A webmaster forum, referred to as WTF, boasts a sizable online community with 81,512 threads, 329,877 posts, and 72,384 members, having been in existence for about 22 months. The forum attracts significant organic traffic due to effective SEO practices, which help rank new threads highly on search engine results pages. Hosted on the vBulletin Suite 4.2 platform, the forum sees around 5,000 posts monthly and requires 20 to 60 minutes of administrative upkeep daily. Between May 21 and June 19th, the forum saw 5,690 new posts, 433 new threads, and 420 new users.
The forum generates revenue through BuySellAds (BSA) and Google Adsense, with reported NET profits after cuts from BSA. Revenue peaked in December 2011 but declined due to a reduction in advertisements and increased promotion of the owner's sites instead. Despite apparent revenue drops, historical income included selling links, achieving over $3,500 monthly at one stage. Recent BSA and Adsense earnings were documented for transparency, showing varied monthly income between July 2011 and June 2012.
Additional traffic information is obtained via a premium analytics service, as opposed to the commonly used free Google Analytics. The current owner highlights the efficiency of this service, emphasizing its superiority over free options. This owner, however, is unwilling to enter a non-compete agreement. Notably, the sale package includes one month of free VPS hosting with full root access, although the new owner must transition the site to a new host within three months, with available support for moving.