Tips on starting a server?

After owning a DarkRP server for over 5 years now i would say to avoid it, the gamemode is saturated and 99% of new servers will fail to grab any players, either make it actually unique and not slam packed full of gmodstore addons or just make your own thing, a new gamemode or even try something other than darkrp.

Youll just be loosing money and time if you invest in this.