# Is there anybody being able to profit from a website based on discourse **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-anybody-being-able-to-profit-from-a-website-based-on-discourse/78487 **Category:** Community Building **Created:** [January 19, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-anybody-being-able-to-profit-from-a-website-based-on-discourse/78487 "2018-01-19T15:31:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![8BIT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/8bit/32/76872_2.png) [@8BIT](https://meta.discourse.org/u/8BIT) #### Post date: [January 20, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-anybody-being-able-to-profit-from-a-website-based-on-discourse/78487/6 "2018-01-20T16:47:50Z")
A forum must be shared (i.e. marketing) as most do not grow organically… this requires a lot of energy and clear channels of growth and opportunity. There’s a lot of wisdom in this thread (and more around here): > [@General Marketing Strategies?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/general-marketing-strategies/69295): > > Unsure if this fits perfectly in this category, but, it is relevant to community-building insofar as without folks showing up you won’t really have an effective forum! I’m not a fan of marketing, in general, but I have lived long enough to know that the Kevin Costner if you build it they will come strategy isn’t a good one… ever. Consequently, I’ve been thinking about how best to market, especially the things that we can do that cost zero dollars. Love to start a large thr… --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-anybody-being-able-to-profit-from-a-website-based-on-discourse/78487)._