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Then maybe you'd like to own it. 
We're retiring from the forum business and are open to handing Creative Spark over to anyone here who is interested in running it.
The forum currently runs on managed hosting (provided by the company that builds the forum, Xenforo), which costs $60 a month. That supports the current number of users—about 1,100—perfectly well. But if you attract more users, you'll need more resources, which could potentially lead to higher hosting costs. But for now, all is well. (Alternately, you could buy a license for Xenforo software and host the forum yourself on another host.)
The only other cost is the domain name, creativespark.art, which I believe is around $10 a year. That cost will depend on which domain registrar you use.
So you can see, the cost isn't terribly high (cost isn't the reason for our departure, so no need to offer funding suggestions). But unless you already know how to manage Xenforo forum software, your main cost will be time spent learning how this beast works.
Anyway, let me know if it sounds like something you'd like to do, and we can talk about transfer. If there's no interest in a takeover, I'm afraid we'll have to shut it down in the near future.
We're retiring from the forum business and are open to handing Creative Spark over to anyone here who is interested in running it.
The forum currently runs on managed hosting (provided by the company that builds the forum, Xenforo), which costs $60 a month. That supports the current number of users—about 1,100—perfectly well. But if you attract more users, you'll need more resources, which could potentially lead to higher hosting costs. But for now, all is well. (Alternately, you could buy a license for Xenforo software and host the forum yourself on another host.)
The only other cost is the domain name, creativespark.art, which I believe is around $10 a year. That cost will depend on which domain registrar you use.
So you can see, the cost isn't terribly high (cost isn't the reason for our departure, so no need to offer funding suggestions). But unless you already know how to manage Xenforo forum software, your main cost will be time spent learning how this beast works.
Anyway, let me know if it sounds like something you'd like to do, and we can talk about transfer. If there's no interest in a takeover, I'm afraid we'll have to shut it down in the near future.
