How much does Bulbagarden cost to keep up?

[Porygon]

On a monthly/yearly basis, about how much money comes out of pocket (or donation) for this site? Just curious because I always hear very ranging estimates when it comes to being told how much sites cost to keep online. I'm interested in maybe starting a website sometime in the future, but am kinda unaware of the costs that go into it. Also, how much do the google ads help out?

Thanks.

 

[Jo-Jo]

My friends and I were looking around at website hosts a month or so ago, and v-bulletin was very expensive. Like, over £100 per month or something ridiculous. (Or per year. I can't remember. Either way, a lot.) Dunno how much BMGF specifically costs, though.

 

[Porygon]

I'm talking about the site in general, not only the forums. And I thought the forums were a one time buy thing, unless you wanted to get a v-bulletin without another website to host it.

 

[Archaic]

vB is only $US20 a year for the software updates, though the initial purchase price was about $US200, IIRC.

I'd have to ask Zhen and Mozz exactly how much the whole site and server costs to run currently.

 

[Zhen Lin]

Hmm, there's an idea, should we publish our financials...

Anyway. Most people won't need to spend anywhere near as much as is spent on Bulbagarden, if it's only a small-scale personal site.