Exactly what do I need to buy to create a site like these?

[talk2troy]

I want to build a gaming, merchandise, membership site w/ advertising on "non-member" pages.

Sites that I have found which are "similar" to this are:

• 8WAYRUN.com
• Dethroned Gaming
• Vietnam Filmmakers
• TBGclan.com | True Born Gaming
• RaceDepartment

All advice is welcome... thx!

PS: I am an experienced Wordpress.ORG user w/ Hostgator hosting.

 

[Terror]

you need xenforo, a style of your choice, xenporta and some other addons.

you can buy the 8wayrun addons here https://xenforo.com/community/members/jaxel.1295/

 

[talk2troy]

Thanks for the reply, but are there specific add-on fees for events calendar / memberships / downloads / subscriptions, etc. as separate plugins or paid modules? Wordpress.ORG has a lot of free plugins + some that have added costs for more features.

Actually: http://www.racedepartment.com is very, very close to what I want!
MENU = Home, Forum, yTube, PREMIUM, Downloads, Calendar
FRONT PAGE = Home = news / blog + adverts - unless you - register / join / pay

 

[Paul B]

Actually: http://www.racedepartment.com is very, very close to what I want!

That site is running a styled/customized version of this add-on: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/cta-featured-threads-portal.2599/

As far as XF is concerned, other than the official software, Media Gallery and Resource Manager, anything else would be from a third party.
You can try the core software and official add-ons here: https://xenforo.com/demo/

I don't know what else @Bram is running on his site, perhaps he can respond.

 

[rainmotorsports]

I develop TBGclan as provided by example. We are currently using the free xenporta 1 but are moving to xenporta 2 and devloping new widgets for that. Brogans portal is another option. I personally developed our theme from our old vbulletin theme but there are some good gaming themes out there.