'Premium' Sites

[Sylar]

So, when an Admin buys a premium software and a premium theme for his/her site or forum, do you think this basically upgrades their forum? By how much, or how little?

 

[xpl0iter]

Its definitely an upgrade.
This will give people the idea like you're not taking anything lightly and you're in this for a long time.
Also most of these premium stuffs give you extra features and good looks for your forum.

 

[Sylar]

Its definitely an upgrade.
This will give people the idea like you're not taking anything lightly and you're in this for a long time.
Also most of these premium stuffs give you extra features and good looks for your forum.

I tend to agree, however sometimes you can have a free forum that looks and feels just as good as a paid forum :ilike:

 

[Beverly]

With a really good theme, MyBB often imitates the look of Xenforo and it's free. So not really sure why i'd pay when I can get the look and many of the same features with mods from a free software. And, sometimes a forum looks upgraded cause of it's really nice theme, not the forum features. If that's true, then why not just pay for a slightly better theme for a free software? It couldn't be more than $35 for a good theme. That's nearly a $200 savings. That money could be put into promotion/advertising or contests to kick start the forum.

 

[Southern Comfort]

I tend to agree, however sometimes you can have a free forum that looks and feels just as good as a paid forum :ilike:

Once I find that route I'll find a decent free forum software and just get a bad ass theme.

If you are paying out your ass for a nice, premium forum software people generally take you more seriously. If you are willing to make your wallet a bit more lighter than it sends a message.