Paid Forum Solution

Recommendations needed...

[AlKikuras]

I have a client that wants a paid forum (ie, charge for membership). I initially went with Invision Powerboard. They didn't support Authorize.net at first, but added it soon after I signed up. I tested it and the payment did process, but produced an error message for the customer which could be very confusing (said "There was an error message: Transaction was successful.") They have been "working" on the error for a few weeks, but the client is breathing down my neck and I can't wait for them anymore.

Can anyone recommend another forum solution that supports paid memberships? Thanks!

[Reflection]

What I did (using phpbb although I am sure you can do the same with invision) is to disable registration through the board software. I then wrote a php script to 'register' members into the board database after I receive the confirmation through my payment gateway(in your case authorize.net).

[rogerd]

I haven't personally used it, but vBulletin has payment features with the ability to have paid & unpaid member groups with access to different areas.

Depending on the volume of signups you expect, a manual approach would be easy on any forum where you can premoderate signups - use any billing system you want and then approve only those members who pay. Obviously, a fully automated solution that works 24/7 would be preferable, but a manual system might let you evaluate demand.