We developed a site in Dec 2006. The domain is http://www.idj.in and it has been developed for a friend.

We actually had over 350 members but have deleted almost 100 due to inactivity and incorrect contact details.

Here’s our success is measurable parameters -

Members – 265 – authentic and active

Google Page Rank – 4/10

Alexa Rank – 729,001

Page views in Jan ’08 – 29,517

Most Online Ever – 55 on 11 Feb 2008

#1/#2 Rank in Google for -

Indian Domain Name Forum – 346k results

India Domain Forum – 338k results

India Web Forum – 13 Million results

India Name Forum – 5.8 million results

Indian Name Forum – 880k results

#3 for Indian Web Forum – 17.5 Million results

#3 for India Domain Forum – 367k results

#12 for Domain Name Forum – 8.5 Million results

#16 for Name Forum – 107 Million results

And this while competing with earlier established and much more active forums the world over.

The website is now profitable as a standalone (which means that it pays its costs not salaries yet ;) )

The total amount spent on the site and promotion including seo, ppc, linking was $10k, this original amount will be recovered within three years.