What things need for a successful forum?

[samlocalguy]

There are lots of free forum in market like phpbb, smf etc.

But which forum should we choose to start a new forum..and how much it cost?

What about this forum..?? How does cost it??? I really like this forum. And want to start a forum on different topic...

How much budget I need to start a forum like this forum???

[Matthew Sherborne]

I recommend Simple Machines Forum if you'd like an inexpensive forum platform. I decided to go with vbulletin which costs $160 due in large part because of the great word of mouth I've heard about it. In my experience vbulletin is easy to use and setup and it gave me just the look I wanted.

[xeric]

i think for a successful forum we need a good members, active members, creative members and good topics and sections. so that traffic could be better and earning too.

[superboysahil]

If u are new to the forum management things i suggest you to use Phpbb as its more easy to use and learn. later on u can turn to more complex forums like Smf(free) Vbulliten(have to buy)