# How to monetize a Discourse?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109
**Category:** Marketplace
**Created:** [2015年十月30日 16:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109 "2015-10-30T16:08:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Swizz540](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Swizz540)
#### Post date: [2015年十月30日 16:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/1 "2015-10-30T16:08:38Z")
**Hi buddies,**
I am going to launch a community thanks to Discourse. But I can really paid hosting.
So I am seeking a way to monetize my new Discourse installation to loose less money.
I don’t request to earn money just do loose less as possible.
I read about Adsens plugins but today, all people use AdBlock.
All your ideas are welcome.
Kind regard,
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [2015年十月30日 16:24 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/2 "2015-10-30T16:24:50Z")
If you’re not too worried about your own time (the most expensive ingredient..) you could follow my example. Set up a discourse instance on digital ocean and learn how to follow simple instructions to maintain it and make minor customizations. I also use [startssl.com](http://startssl.com) to provide HTTPS at no cost. The fixed costs then are domain name registration and hosting, which are really rather minimal.
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### Author:  [@pieterhoogenboom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pieterhoogenboom)
#### Post date: [2015年十月30日 17:15 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/3 "2015-10-30T17:15:47Z")
You can make your Discourse closed for sign ups and ask people to become a paid member instead. That’s kinda what I do on [http://nomadforum.io](http://nomadforum.io). Although it’s part of something bigger where you get a lot more for being a member than just that.
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### Author:  [@dmitry\_fedyuk](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dmitry_fedyuk)
#### Post date: [2015年十一月1日 02:26 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/4 "2015-11-01T02:26:57Z")
I have developed some monetization plugins for Discourse:
- [«Paid Membership» plugin with PayPal integration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paid-membership-plugin-with-paypal-integration-version-3-0-2015-08-31/30972)
- [PayPal «Buy Now» plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/paypal-buy-now-plugin-monetize-your-discourse-forum-version-2-0-2015-06-17/29701)
- [«Restrict Files» plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restrict-files-plugin-sell-a-digital-content-on-your-discourse-forum-version-1-2-1-2015-07-19/29775)
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### Author:  [@sebastianh](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sebastianh)
#### Post date: [2015年十一月1日 13:38 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/5 "2015-11-01T13:38:02Z")
Looks great, btw I see a weird CSS issue here, see attachment 
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### Author:  [@Vocino](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Vocino)
#### Post date: [2015年十一月1日 23:30 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/6 "2015-11-01T23:30:58Z")
Honestly, starting a vibrant, active, and engaged community is hard enough without monetizing it from the beginning. My recommendation is to worry about monetization when you have something to monetize.
Your members will dictate when and how you should monetize.
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### Author:  [@pieterhoogenboom](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pieterhoogenboom)
#### Post date: [2015年十一月12日 05:18 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/7 "2015-11-12T05:18:39Z")
Thanks! I’ll fix that now 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [2015年十二月12日 05:19 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-monetize-a-discourse/35109/8 "2015-12-12T05:19:08Z")
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