1981 was the year when MTV exploded into the world. The introduction of music videos forever changed the way we consume and enjoy music. Around the same time, a British pop band called “The Buggles” released one of the most groundbreaking pop songs of that era called “Video Killed the Radio Star”. Other than being […]
Black Friday + Cyber Monday 2019 is Coming! Are You Ready?
Black Friday is almost here and we’re getting ready at Freemius! Is it the best day of the year? It definitely could be if you have your marketing strategy planned properly! We have experience working with our plugin and theme selling partners over the years and analyzing many BFCM promotions, which puts us in a […]
Is WordCamp Dying…or Not? Valuable Takeaways from WCUS 2019 in St. Louis
This WordCamp, I heard some pretty tough feedback from other attendees, especially from veteran campers that have been attending WordCamps for years. In particular, I heard that the venue was too spread out because it was so big, the speaking rooms and events felt “disconnected” from each other because you had to travel far to […]
Power Elite Author from Envato Starts Selling Plugins with Freemius
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 […]
Release Notes Oct 2019: White Label Mode, URL Whitelisting, User & Dev Dashboard Upgrades, and Major Coupon Improvements
Release Notes include our periodic updates that highlight the recent product improvements we’ve made, so you can easily stay up-to-date on what’s new. We’ve had some major updates and bug fixes to make selling your plugins and themes way easier! Here’s what we worked on between June – Sept 2019: White Label mode and URL […]
Selling Theme Shop Membership: Why It’s Great For You and Your Customers
A few months ago WPZOOM marked its 10th birthday, and for those of you who haven’t heard about us before, I will make a quick introduction. Who am I and what is WPZOOM? My name is Pavel Ciorici, and I’m the Founder and CEO of WPZOOM — a Premium WordPress Theme Shop. If I look […]
Jose Vega’s Story Tripling Plugin Sales Revenue with WP Sheet Editor
Jose Vega is a young entrepreneur from El Salvador and the lead developer of several successful plugins. His featured plugins are WP Sheet Editor and WP Frontend Admin, which he’s both created in the last 2.5 years and started selling with Freemius. Jose, thank you for agreeing to do this interview. So, please tell us, […]
How to Automatically Translate WordPress Plugins and Themes with Google Translate
We’ve all heard the statistic that WordPress now powers over 33% of websites, but how can you ensure your plugin or theme can be used as widely as possible within the ecosystem? Surprisingly enough, less than half of all WordPress sites have their locale set to English! If you don’t have translations set up already, […]
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 […]
WCEU 2019: My First WordCamp Experience with the Freemius Team
While the Freemius CEO Vova Feldman has been networking with cool people at WordCamps for years, there were a lot of “firsts” for me at WCEU 2019. Not only was it my first WordCamp (gasp! ), but it was also the first time I met so many plugin and theme developers face-to-face. Product people make […]