I’m glad to be with Igor Ligay from Stylemix themes today, a developer who can definitely be called “successful” when it comes to the world of selling WordPress themes and plugins. We’ll be quizzing him on his experience selling on ThemeForest, and his more recent venture selling Stylemix plugins from their website using Freemius. Let’s […]
Divi Sensei: Jan Thielemann’s Story of Traveling the World While Building a Plugin Business
Today we’re excited to interview Jan Thielemann – a self-taught Divi module developer who built his WordPress business Divi Sensei and sells a host of other Divi modules and add-ons! He not only learned WordPress plugin development, but also built his business while traveling the world. His Divi modules started gaining organic popularity and gained […]
David Braun and TemplateMonster – From a Web Design Studio to One of The Top WordPress Themes Marketplaces
Today I’m interviewing David Braun, the CEO & co-founder at TemplateMonster: one of the leading marketplaces in the WordPress products ecosystem. If you have ever considered starting a marketplace for WordPress themes and plugins, or you are just curious to learn about some of the challenges in running a successful marketplace business – I have […]
My Experience Submitting A Theme to ThemeForest – Challenges & Rejections
Building your own Multi-Purpose theme from scratch can be a very tough project to take on. Getting it approved on ThemeForest? That’s a whole other layer of challenges that you’ll need to tackle. In this guest post, I’m going to share my entire experience of submitting a theme to ThemeForest’s marketplace. In February 2017 I
The Freemium Business Model In The WordPress Ecosystem [+Video] – A Tool For Increasing Sales?
Can the freemium business model benefit your commercial product in the WordPress ecosystem, i.e. help you sell more premium licenses? This article looks into the 3 most popular business models in the open-source ecosystem and specifically breaks down the arguments for and against the freemium business model in WordPress. Let’s try to understand if freemium […]
How to Create A Video That Easily Drives More Downloads and Sales for Your WordPress Plugin
If you haven’t yet noticed, online video is changing the way that we learn and make our buying decisions. The ability to use video as an interactive storytelling medium makes it one of the best ways to encourage your potential customers to engage with your brand. You don’t need to take my word for it. Check […]
MooMoo Agency Builds Powerful Relationships with WordPress Plugin Buyers Through Simple Business Moves
Vitalii Kiiko is a passionate and experienced WordPress plugin and theme developer, who recently provided us some great feedback and kindly agreed to share his story. He is a co-founder and works as a back-end developer at both HighSea Studio and MooMoo Web Studio. Vitalii, thank you so much for agreeing to tell us about
“Our Biggest Challenges in Running A WordPress Plugin & Theme Business in 2018” by MotoPress
In this guest post by Alexander Mat, co-founder at MotoPress, he shares and discusses his company’s biggest challenges in today’s saturated and Guten-stirred WordPress business sphere. MotoPress has been financially successful in creating WordPress plugins and themes for small and midsize businesses for quite some time now, so it is interesting to get Alexander’s take […]
Best Practices for Starting A Profitable WordPress Theme Business in 2018
My name is Michael Hebenstreit and I’m the founder & CEO of Array Internet, a media company located in Frankfurt am Main (Germany). With our brand, MH Themes, we’ve been running a profitable WordPress theme business since 2012. While we focus mostly on bloggers and companies that want to start editorial websites, there are many […]
“Marketplaces Can Be Good, If You Have The Right Product” – Interviewing Mike Stott
Today, we’re publishing an interview with another great WordPress entrepreneur, Mike Stott, Founder of Epic Plugins, Epic Themes and co-founder of Zero Bullsh*t CRM. Mike, thanks for agreeing to do this interview! Why don’t we start off by getting to know you a bit – what is your background? Thanks for interviewing me! My background […]