350 total posts is soaring alright...
Okay, let's play sarcasm.
Let me explain something to you. I
know what
I'm talking about.
140 total posts against 360 total posts... Hell yeah, I'm saying it's soaring. And most likely, that site, that particular site - is rising in visits and uniques because it is a
niche website. Not because of the subject, but
because of the domain name.
Because by creating the community now it has potential to become an authority site on the subject if the site is well developed. Effort now, payoff later.
This person says it
perfectly. OUYAForum dot com has a
really strong domain name.
Where they lose is the site design. But that
won't matter because of the turf.
Want examples? In April of 2010, BlackOpsForum was born and went on to become one of the fastest growing Black Ops forum on the internet with around 30,000 members by the time it was sold to a new owner. Few months later, it was sold again, and this time, there was a domain change. MW3Forum is the name of the site now.
Not to be outdone, last November, a new Call of Duty title was rumored to be Black Ops 2, so the same guy that bought and built BlackOpsForum in the first place created a new COD site called BlackOps
2Forum, and it's rising every day. By the time that Black Ops 2 was revealed, the site blew up like a bomb. Currently, it's at 3,000+ members.
Niche sites can either soar, or die off a slow death. But like Kevin says, you can make an effort to make that niche site into an authority site, it pays off handsomely later.
Although, TalkOuya isn't an ideal name for a website (from a marketing standpoint), in my opinion. Even though that I think the name sounds good out loud. Jelly has an opportunity to take that name and turn it into an authority site, a brandable site, and become a large website. Let me put it this way, a lot of people would not dare to buy a domain like OnLiveFans, but the owner, Ed,
did. And guess what? He turned the site from zero to stardom in a short amount of time because of his quick action - OnLiveFans was built on an early lead, and has gone to become a website with 12,000+ members. It became one of the most authoritive OnLive website on the internet - A lot of the OnLive staff post there to lend their expertise into the site by answering questions about OnLive. Because, the company itself
does not have a forum.
So, by the end of the day, niche sites can soar. And it's an
important market. I attended ForumCon 2012 two months ago, and major companies are saying the same thing.