How PhpBB Forum Software Could be Better
Posted by Barry in General, New Stuff, Other, phpBB, websitesSome of my readers already know that I used to make modifications for the popular forum software phpBB. However as everyone expected phpbb 3 to be out over 3 years ago I stopped developing for phpbb and deleted all the mods I did make as I no longer wanted to support them. If you look at phpbb3, its currently in RC7 and has been in development for years.
Such a successive project like phpBB would make you think there must be a way to pay someone to develop the software full time. They have a very popular website, in-fact it is ranked the  2,476th Top site in the world by alexa.com. Surely a popular site as this one could find a way to make money when John Chows website which is ranked at 2,439 is making up-to $20,000 online a month which could pay many developers for the forum software.
10 Things phpbb should do to make the most money off their website and pay some developers to speed things up:
- Join affiliate programs such as bluehost.com, for every user you sign up you earn $65 dollars, with phpbb people need a place to host it, therefore this would be a good money making idea.
- PhpBB should join other referral programs such as azoogleads, clicksor, AuctionAds, Reviewme, and any other referral program they see fit.
- Sell some banner spots on the phpbb.com home page which could be making thousands of dollars a month for the company.
- When phpBB has a new update available sell sponsor ship so when people log into there admin panels it says something like “Google has sponsord the release phppbb 3.0.12″ this would be a great way to make money.
- As per number 4 all the downloads on the page should have a sponsor as well.
- Modifications and styles databases should be sponsored. A simple “These themes are possible to download by Microsoft.com” etc
- Donate, people live to donate to a project that helps them out, many users off phpbb would be glad to donate to help out, why not capitalize off this opportunity
- Better Google adds integration, I am sure they are making lots of money off Google ads but they could be place better to maximize profitability.
- All news posts could be sponsored, why not get some news sponsors some companies would be glad to sponsor and get some linklove
- Have a review forum where phpbb.com could do reviews and get paid big bucks from new start-ups that need to get the word out.
With my suggestions phpBB could be making money online in minutes, will they take my suggestions?ÂÂ
Probably not but it was worth a shot!
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Hello, My name is Barry and I am a web developer. My expertise is in building websites from the ground up. I currently own approximately 25 sites and I am here to share my wealth of experience on running a website and making money online.
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