Community site, how to optimize costs?

Question

Communities

There is an idea for a community site, with subsequent monetization.
Of the options for implementation - 1) on the finished cms (and if it turns out to be promising, order and transfer), 2) order or 3) understand it yourself and somehow do everything from scratch (no level of knowledge).
The problem is that there is no certainty of success, so you want to minimize costs.
Question: what is the best way to proceed? Thank you.

Answer 1

I would first make a "probe" on the finished cms, then launch and test it in public, then after 2-4 passes I would look at the growth traffic, and then I hope there is no need to explain
If there are no problems with time, then it's better to figure it out yourself: 1 ) You will learn all the basics and in the future you may follow the path of a programmer 2) It will be easier to work with other projects 3) Just fun

Answer 2

To minimize costs and generally test the idea, you can try creating a community on Vkontakte. If you achieve that it starts to grow and community members will be active, then you can already think about creating a separate resource. And the Vkontakte community will become a supporting information platform.
In general, a lot depends, of course, on what the community is supposed to do. For some types of interaction, testing on the basis of the Vkontakte group will not be possible, since there will not be all the interaction tools that are needed in this community.
But you should always understand that in a community, the most important thing is the people who are committed to the idea of ​​the community, as well as the bonds created between the members of the community. For a community, by and large, it doesn't matter where you live. If you can gather a community, no matter on what resource or by what methods, then you can then offer this community a more convenient and reliable habitat (=