Finally broke down and bought a vBulletin license for sports-cards.ca, downloaded and installed it today. I want to install and configure the iTrader 2.x add-on as well. I have decided that I will put the shopping cart up at offthemask.com and forums on the other.

I will have to find someone who is a vbskinner to make it look prettier but at least for now I have got it installed and can hopefully find some time to put into growing a community. it sounds pretty hard to get a community going but most do not do it because they feel most markets are so saturated that it is not worth the effort but as others say, it takes a few years and all you have to do is get started and before you know it, your efforts pay off.