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DJ Panic
02-27-2006, 02:12 PM
does it cost money for a vBulletin forum.Because i would like to start one/
Fabi
02-27-2006, 03:11 PM
Yes, you have to pay to download and provide such a forum.
Check www.Vbulletin.com for prices and more informations.
bgtfamily
02-27-2006, 08:25 PM
For how much the license costs annually, it really isn't worth it. If you wanted, you could start off with a free forum software such as phpbb and move over to vB whenever it gets a decent amount of activity.
Electron
03-01-2006, 05:21 PM
Compared to the amount of coding, fixing, and overall time and effort that was put into it, vBulletin is definitely cheap....

But opposed to the average internet surfer's capabilities, it's far too expensive.

So, I suggest that you buy vBulletin only if you're serious on having a site and forums. vBulletin is for professional people (a lot of serious companies use it) or for people who have popular sites that need something along the lines of that (where other forum web applications just won't settle).

However, if not, you might end up selling your licence and losing cash for nothing...

Anyway, an owned licence is $160 (you can use it forever after paying that).

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Funnily enough, Microsoft Corporation doesn't use vBulletin for their forums.
Maybe they thought they would look bad and then made their own forum application XD
DJ Panic
03-01-2006, 05:33 PM
since Invisionfree Fourms die in like 2 months,i will consider buying a license for one of these forum.
En-Cu-Kou
03-02-2006, 12:03 AM
Dying time is not about the software, it's about the community you can get.... A friend of mine runs his own custom-written forum without (m)any fancy features, and it's been active for years.
Black Ice
03-09-2006, 09:04 PM
since Invisionfree Fourms die in like 2 months,i will consider buying a license for one of these forum.

Not all of them. There's a Fire Emblem forum that I go to that is in s7, which was put up in 2004.

As for making a vBulletin forum, I don't think that wasting all that money is worth it.
DJ Panic
03-19-2006, 12:56 AM
one last question.
How many boards can you make with a license?
Virtual Headache
03-19-2006, 01:02 AM
one last question.
How many boards can you make with a license?
You can only make one forum.
However, you can always create a forum for testing which doesn't have to be accessible by public.