Will I earn enough from ads to sustain this

[tomaso88]

im making a paying forum how this works is you can make threads and for every post you get on your thread you will get either 1 cent or half a cent i was going to do lower then that but thought that it was to low then. you can only post 1 thread in each section every hour but you could still have like 20 threads just not all in the same section in that hour and you can post in threads as much as you want (theres rules to make sure posts are valid). now the way im making the money to pay people is through ads so would in your opinion if you used a site like this would you think google adsense would be earning enough to be able to pay i mean 1 click is usauly 50cents so that would be atleast 50 posts so would I get enough clicks to pay people do you think?

also im going to start the site if people are earning to quickly i plan to make it so no one else can join for a bit or something.

 

[Sameh]

I never liked the idea of forum/website based on "get paid to post" model. The forum will be filled with spammers and you will spend your time cleaning after them and investigating fraud. This is my 2 cents!


Good Luck :tu:

 

[tomaso88]

yes yes i know all about that i will make sure that doesnt happen but what about the adsense thing do you think i will earn enough from it to be able to pay people

 

[Sameh]

yes yes i know all about that i will make sure that doesnt happen but what about the adsense thing do you think i will earn enough from it to be able to pay people

AdSense earnings will depend on your forum topics and SERP. So I can't say Yes or No.


Again, It's a risky project even if you will be able to avoid spamming because if AdSense decided to ban your forum, I don't see any good alternatives.

 

[tomaso88]

why would adsense ban my forum may i ask?

 

[Sameh]

why would adsense ban my forum may i ask?

I said if.

Usually, such a forum might generate invalid clicks or non-converting traffic which will result in banning your forum by AdSense.

 

[tomaso88]

well lol i guess lets hope that doesnt happen

 

[astrix]

Here is my view on this idea. First when you attract new users by offering paid to post then most of times you are attracting dishonest people who are not intended to join the community for sake of the money offered in the forum. So you'll lack the quality discussion in forum this is my honest opinion.

 

[tomaso88]

yes im aware of that astrix

 

[JamesDavid]

what would the forum cover? For example if it was say fixing your car engine (mechanics)... it would take a miracle to get experts in that field to fill out quality posts for 1/2 cent... even 20 an hour is a mere 10 cents....

Lets say it was cooking.. then maybe you could find enough people wild about cooking that people would consider posting... problem is your competition is fierce...

plus lets not forget your forum isnt going to be found over night. You will need to spend money on advertising somewhere.... plus your forum will have to have quality posts submitted all the time..

According to your payout structure people will only get paid for posts under their thread correct? Therefore everybody would be willing to start threads becuase that is where they get paid.. what is the incentive for the followup posts? will those be paid?

Lastly 1/3 cent per thread or post doesn't seem worthwhile to me... for example EG.domains would posted on this thread has 6, 710 posts.. which is ALOT in my opinoin. IF he got paid 1/2 cent for EACH post, not each thread he started but each post then he would have made about $33 over the last three years, I am sure compared to the hours upon hours he has spent on here $33 would not be incentive enough to post....

 

[NetOctave]

I would suggest to reward the person with most number of quality posts per day / week / month. Or even reward the thread that generates the most discussion.

 

[bluesinjid]

Well, I think namepro's idea of their NP$ is much better than what pay per post can offer

 

[kiore]

I can't see it working. The amount you could afford to pay would be too low to attract quality posters and the fact you were paying anything would discourage the people who would post quality for free.

I think nmridul has the right idea. Take the 1c / post and accumulate it over the month and then have a monthly vote for the posting or poster of the month. People love competitions & it will encourage quality posts.