[Edgemyster]

I'm surprised there isn't more interest in this. Having run a forum myself for several years, there are usually only a limited number of ways available to a webmaster to generate revenue, usually including membership fees, advertising and Google adSense. And not all are very effective or even equate to that much money unless you drive a lot of traffic.

With the economy the way it is right now, EVERYONE is looking to save money. We have seen a tremendous amount of growth in this space in the last year.

Loyal members will no doubt first consider shopping through their favorite forum since they have an understanding that a lot of forum owners finance their site out of their own pockets.

Imagine if you had a large enough or extremely targeted community where you could request an exclusive coupon from any one of the hundreds of national merchants we do business with (incl. The Gap, HP, Dell, Old Navy, AT&T, Apple, etc.).