How to make forum private and a business?

[newguy2009]

I am starting a website to sell things and wanted to also add this forum to the site. But I need to make the forum for members only and only registration allowed to those who pay the yearly fee. Is this possible to do? How?

I want the forum private to non members and once someone registers and pays via Paypal or Shopping cart, they will be able to log on

[BSMedia]

You could do this with the built in subscriptions and promotion system.

Deny "guests and registered users" access to everything, except maybe one forum promoting your product or service. Then after that, send them the link to subscribe and once they pay using the built in vBulletin subscription system, they'll automatically be updated to the usergroup that has access to everything.

You could even do tierd memberships if you wanted. Say if someone only pays $10 they get half the access that someone who paid $20 does

[newguy2009]

Originally Posted by BSMedia

You could do this with the built in subscriptions and promotion system.

Deny "guests and registered users" access to everything, except maybe one forum promoting your product or service. Then after that, send them the link to subscribe and once they pay using the built in vBulletin subscription system, they'll automatically be updated to the usergroup that has access to everything.

You could even do tierd memberships if you wanted. Say if someone only pays $10 they get half the access that someone who paid $20 does

interesting. So once the forum was set up.. make it private for all and deny all members and users...etc but allow them to see the main forum itself perhaps?

then have link to click and sign up for membership which would be separate page.. then I could maybe add each user individually?

seems confusing but I want to make SURE it can be done!?

[as7apcool]

you can put password for the section and give this password for the new members that you want them to ligin to the server

[Dismounted]

Originally Posted by newguy2009

interesting. So once the forum was set up.. make it private for all and deny all members and users...etc but allow them to see the main forum itself perhaps?

Precisely.

Originally Posted by newguy2009

then have link to click and sign up for membership which would be separate page.. then I could maybe add each user individually?

As soon as the payment is completed through whatever payment processor, the user is automatically moved into another usergroup, you do not need to manually add users.

Originally Posted by newguy2009

tseems confusing but I want to make SURE it can be done!?

Read the manual if you want to...

Originally Posted by as7apcool

you can put password for the section and give this password for the new members that you want them to ligin to the server

That will not work efficiently.

[newguy2009]

ok! thanks a lot

I am not so computer tech savy with this software stuff but I trust the Moderator it can be done, so I will be setting up a Vbullentin

thanks again to all that helped