Was Gunboards Sold to Vertical Scope

[capt14k]

While I don't post much here I enjoy the forum and how people aren't afraid to call things how they are like the Classic M39 Mess. Does anyone know if gunboards was sold to Vertical Scope? At least one Sponsor has suddenly received a bill from Vertical Scope and the site finally started working with Tapatalk out of nowhere today.

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[BUFF7MM]

You might want to ask that question on gun boards, seems you might get an answer there faster.

 

[capt14k]

Threads were being shutdown on gunboards but it is now official they did sell to Vertical Scope

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[Boxcab]

Interesting. Thanks for the update.


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[Mdeng]

That will be the death of gunboards like it has been the end for several other forums.

 

[Sticky]

That will be the death of gunboards like it has been the end for several other forums.

Because of VS? Or just because it was taken over by a corporate website host?

Just curious... lol

 

[welder516]

They are a Canadian company that is involved in newspaper corps. if you dig further the questions run deep ..............................and may be anti-gun , but please do all your own fact checking to come up with findings that make sense to you .

The new people (VS) say they are not going to interfere with any anti gun messages and that they just want to make money ............................and I think play both sides of the fence IMHO .

 

[JPG]

HKPro was just sold to them as well.
http://www.hkpro.com/forum/hkpro-house-news/236531-changes-forum-management.html

 

[capt14k]

HKPro was just sold to them as well.
http://www.hkpro.com/forum/hkpro-house-news/236531-changes-forum-management.html

They have purchased 30 firearms forums and counting.

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[Mark75H]

They have purchased 30 firearms forums and counting.

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Major ad placement scheme is my guess

 

[capt14k]

Major ad placement scheme is my guess

Yes and selling of info. Which Vic has said there is no info to sell. That is BS. Unless one can wipe themselves from gunboards servers there is plenty of info sell. To begin with your email address. I'm sure every Gunboard member or member of any forum they bought will be hammered with spam.

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[fidelity]

Much less expensive in starting your own firearms magazine as well. I suspect that the outlay to get rights for one of these forums/websites is in the $10-20k range, and there's already an established readership base, that communicates/interacts directly with the management, reporting what they are purchasing, what they want to purchase, etc. The per eyes spending ratio likely also beats traditional magazines as well, and forums are not eroding readership like the magazines (in fact they're probably growing). If they can convince the major corporate ad buyers to spend their monies in 30+ commonly held firearm forums (and if they've similarly linked other forums that are liked minded), they're probably doing ok as long as they don't kill the forum experience.

 

[AssMan]

There are other gun forums?

 

[Sticky]

They are a Canadian company that is involved in newspaper corps. if you dig further the questions run deep ..............................and may be anti-gun , but please do all your own fact checking to come up with findings that make sense to you .

The new people (VS) say they are not going to interfere with any anti gun messages and that they just want to make money ............................and I think play both sides of the fence IMHO .

Understand.... again, I was just curious, as I know of a couple of other forums that they took over, not gun related, but perhaps outdoor sports related. They really haven't 'interfered with' or changed them in any way that is noticeable, but.. they have brought more advertising to those forums. I can understand that from a business standpoint, as it it the advertisers and site sponsors that generate revenue for most forums.

So far, I have not had any issues with spam or other nuisance marketing, as I use a separate email account for those forums that I participate in (like MDS).

 

[Mark75H]

The per eyes spending ratio likely also beats traditional magazines as well, and forums are not eroding readership like the magazines (in fact they're probably growing). If they can convince the major corporate ad buyers to spend their monies in 30+ commonly held firearm forums (and if they've similarly linked other forums that are liked minded),

Cost ratio probably rivals direct mail for collated & confirmed mailing lists. Probably a no brainer for the ad buyers.

 

[texkev]

What I know about Vertical Scope, they have never bought gun sites before and are being very aggressive about it right now. They have owned outdoor - hunting sites though. May have something to do with their new newspaper relationship, I think the Toronto Sun.

 

[mopar92]

What I know about Vertical Scope, they have never bought gun sites before and are being very aggressive about it right now. They have owned outdoor - hunting sites though. May have something to do with their new newspaper relationship, I think the Toronto Sun.

And how do you know so much about Vertical Scope eh? Some kind of mole planted to see how receptive we are to being bought out huh? I is watching you.


JK sort of


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[texkev]

LOL
well not sure how to reply to that HA
Fairly public info on them,easy to Google. Looking at their verticals, they have zero gun sites. Now that will change soon.
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/05/0...to-535-million-as-revenue-falls-expenses-rise

There are only so many big players in this game, easy to list

"Torstar said the main reason for its increased digital revenue was its 56% investment in VerticalScope, which acquires and manages specialty websites."