[BNM] Forums / groups / mailing list suggestions?

[Chris Billett]

I've been doing a few Vanilla (GetVanilla.com) installs and configurations
lately. There's also something new from WordPress, I think... WordPress-ish
forums.

Vanilla is nice.

CB


On 27/04/2008 18:40, "James McCarthy" wrote:

> I've got a client who is interested in setting up a forum that
> complements his business. He deals in ethical products which aren't
> very well understood in the market and finds himself answering a lot
> of questions about products and the industry. If he goes to the
> trouble of doing this, he wants to get some side benefit of driving
> more business to his own site.
> 
> I'm wondering what the best way to do this would be, are there any
> forum / mailing list providers that he can stick under a domain he
> owns so he doesn't have the hassle of hosting it himself?
> 
> How to manage the balance between providing the service and getting
> some click through benefit? In the past I tend to just go straight to
> google groups but that doesn't really give him anything back
> commercially.
> 
> Any thoughts, gotchas or suggestions?
> 
> James McCarthy
> http://thewerks.org.uk
> 
>