to the guys that run sevenforums...

This would be an answer for Zero10 - from what I understand he owns the site as part of his business; Designer Media Ltd. Most, if not all? of us, are volunteers that are here to learn and help others out.

Hellriser said:

The greatest payment ever is knowledge. Muahaha!

Though money is good too.

If push comes to shove, John could sell the site, at time of writing this, the value of all the sites combined (vista forums, seven forums and 8 forums) comes to $6,573,698.88

$2,563,384.13 for vista forums
$3,102,081.09 for seven forums
$908,233.66 for eight forums

MrNeeds said:

If push comes to shove, John could sell the site, at time of writing this, the value of all the sites combined (vista forums, seven forums and 8 forums) comes to $6,573,698.88

$2,563,384.13 for vista forums
$3,102,081.09 for seven forums
$908,233.66 for eight forums

Jesus, where'd those figures come from?!

we were discussing it over at Vista forums a while back, figures are just current face valuation

£4,076,056.29 sterling

MrNeeds said:

If push comes to shove, John could sell the site, at time of writing this, the value of all the sites combined (vista forums, seven forums and 8 forums) comes to $6,573,698.88

$2,563,384.13 for vista forums
$3,102,081.09 for seven forums
$908,233.66 for eight forums

The difficult part is to find the right buyer. I have seen a couple of forums that were sold in the past - and they all went downhill from there. It needs the enthusiastic and dedicated people to make forums work. Running a forum for commercial gain only does not seem to function.