Want to Start a Social Network?

Social Networking is a major phenomenon that takes place everyday on the web, but have you ever thought of owning a Social Networking site but didn't had the ingredients to start it off? Well here's a list of different scripts(commercial & non-commercial) that would surely help you to kick-start your very own Social Network and have users roaming around your site easily.

1) SocialEngine: SocialEngine is a feature-rich white label social networking application built to support almost any concept. The stable platform is designed to give you the flexibility to implement your own unique features and layout. Its included with all of the staples that users have come to expect: Blogs, albums, groups, messages, and everything else you need. Webligo Group believes in keeping things simple; you'll find that philosophy demonstrated in the layout of SocialEngine as well as the well-designed backend code. This script is recommended, best in the market.

Price: $250(single license, plugins excluded)

See Features List | Demo | Buy SocialEngine


2) Boonex Dolphin Smart Community Builder: YouTube, MySpace, Odeo, Flickr, Match and Facebook - all in one, customizable and under your full control. You're limited only by your imagination - not by the software. Dolphin Smart Community Builder is a universal, free, open source software that allows you to build any kind of online community. With a huge variety of features & options, you can quickly launch your own very unique and successful website.

Price: Free (with Boonex Link on site) | $299(without Boonex Links on site)

See Features List | Demo | Buy Dolphin Smart Community Builder

3) Elgg: Elgg, started in 2004, is an open source social engine which powers all kinds of social environments - from education and business to martial arts and rugby. If you are looking for a professional social intranet or want to run a site for your organisation, Elgg is a great choice.Its Open Source, and offers great plugins for your network as well as themes.

Price: Free

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4) webNetwork: webNetwork provides your site with an instant community. Members can create profiles, friends, videos, photos, blogs, events, groups, and much more! webNetwork, a powerful and tested product is one of the oldest social engines on the market today.Try this one to get your Social Network on the top place.

Price: $199(single license, without plugins)

See Features List | Demo | Buy webNetwork

5) phpFox: phpFox is one of the greatest Social Networking Engines available in the market, it features great plugins, is unencrypted, multillingual, has great support and runs on most servers. It powers up some of the best social networking sites on the web, you can use this script, if you want a medium Social Network with good support.

Price: $300(single license, with branding) | $375(without branding)

See Features List | Demo | Buy phpFox

6) Lovd By Less: New social networks launch everyday, most start with the same basic features. Bloggers have wordpress, mephisto and other open source solutions. Lovd offers a free open source social network platform. Built with Ruby on Rails, Lovd is a social networking solution that has everything you need to build your community, with good user interface, and great look, everything you need to build a modern Social Network.

Price: Free

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For all of the above mentioned scripts, Arvixe provides excellent and reliable hosting with 1-Click Installation, to get you started as quickly as possible, and it also offers you a free domain name, with every hosting plan. Get an Arvixe Hosting Plan to start building your own Social Network.