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Scaling vs Coding: Should You Hire a Lead Engineer for Your WordPress Business?
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Freemius Is Open for Feedback — We’re Listening to Users & Making Big Changes
Acquisitions

Dual Perspective: Zach Tirrell’s 1st-Hand Experience with WordPress Acquisitions as a Buyer & Seller
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Selling Static Products, Email Deliverability Issues Notifications, and Boosting WordPress.org Reviews
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User Dashboard UX Improvements: Downloading Product Versions, Account Closing, Help Scout Docs Integration
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Affiliate Links Store Attribution, New Affiliate Dashboard, and More Affiliate Platform Enhancements
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Custom Localhost URL Patterns, Refunding Without Fees, Subscription Cancellation Coupon, and More
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Chris & Artur of Extendify: WordPress Networking Strategies to Find a ‘Best Fit’ Buyer
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How to Handle Nulled WordPress Plugins and Themes (and Their Users)
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Contributing to WordPress: The Good, the Bad & the Polyglot
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Two Years In: The Impact of COVID-19 on WordPress and eCommerce
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Shaping the Space & Driving Change: 56 WordPress Experts to Follow Online
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2021’s WordPress Mega-Deal: Marieke van de Rakt on the Yoast Acquisition
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How to Optimize Your Checkout’s UX While Protecting Against Credit Card Testing Fraud
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The Gamechangers: Awesome Motive’s Syed Balkhi on Charting a Lucrative WordPress Business Exit
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How I Got Happier & More Productive: Actionable Tips for Busy WordPress Entrepreneurs
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Nailing First Time User Experience (FTUE) for WordPress Plugins & Themes
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Growth Hacking Your Product Launch with Hot Tips
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Getting the Most Out of Reviews & Testimonials for WordPress Plugin & Theme Shops
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Is AppSumo Worth the Hassle for WordPress Plugin Developers?
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New Video Series – Experts Corner, Round I
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How is Coronavirus Affecting WordPress Plugin and Theme Shops?
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ThemeForest vs. WordPress.org Theme Review Process
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Recommending & Bundling WordPress Plugins and Themes: Everything Developers Need to Know
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Selling Theme Shop Membership: Why It’s Great For You and Your Customers
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How to Have a $100k+ WordPress Product Launch
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How to Automatically Translate WordPress Plugins and Themes with Google Translate
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Support as a Service: Is it Right for Your Plugin or Theme Business?
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The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
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What to Do with A Dying WordPress Plugin or Theme? Ways to Revive or Repurpose It
Selling WordPress Plugins & Themes To Enterprises
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Selling WordPress Plugins & Themes To Enterprises – Is That Possible And How To Do It?
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The Anatomy of a High Converting Pricing Page for WordPress Plugins & Themes
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How to Get Way More Freemium Upgrades for Your WordPress Plugin or Theme
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How to Submit Plugins to the WordPress.org Repository
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WordPress Business Cheat Sheet for Selling Themes & Plugins
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136 WordPress Business Tips For Selling Plugins & Themes (From the Experts)
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Can Plugin Developers Succeed on the AppSumo Marketplace?
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Getting The Most out of Feature & Customization Requests for Plugin & Theme Developers
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The Success Story of Blocksy Theme, Believe in Your Dream and Your Idea
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How do WordPress Plugin Developers Make Money?
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Experts Corner Round II – We’re Back with More Top Tips for Selling Plugins and Themes
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How Aaron Bowie Left His IT Job to Build a Full-Blown WooCommerce Extensions Business
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New Video Series – Experts Corner, Round I
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Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Founds Rapidly Growing WordPress Security Plugin
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WordPress Products, Audited: Optimizing Conversion Rates for DeoThemes
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CEO Kim Gjerstad: How MailPoet Became the Email Leader for WordPress
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How to Get Way More Freemium Upgrades for Your WordPress Plugin or Theme
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Why You Should Make Your Plugin or Theme Multilingual-friendly (+How to Do it)
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How do WordPress Plugin Developers Make Money?
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BFCM 2020: 5 Ways to Promote Your WordPress Plugin or Theme Without Reducing Average Sale Price
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Growth Hacking Your Product Launch with Hot Tips
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Getting the Most Out of Reviews & Testimonials for WordPress Plugin & Theme Shops
Best Practices

Recommending & Bundling WordPress Plugins and Themes: Everything Developers Need to Know
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9 Sites to Promote Your Plugin or Theme (Ranked by Domain Authority)
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Freemius is Getting into Video Content – This is Why You Should Too
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How to Have a $100k+ WordPress Product Launch
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WordPress Products, Audited: The ‘All-in-One Video Gallery’ Case Study
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WCEU 2019: My First WordCamp Experience with the Freemius Team
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How to Use Social Proof for Boosting WordPress Plugin and Theme Sales (special announcement!)
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The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
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What to Do with A Dying WordPress Plugin or Theme? Ways to Revive or Repurpose It
Support

How to Hire Your First Customer Support Agent as a WordPress Solopreneur
Best Practices

Recommending & Bundling WordPress Plugins and Themes: Everything Developers Need to Know
Announcements

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
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Support as a Service: Is it Right for Your Plugin or Theme Business?
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Winning Credit Card Disputes for WordPress Plugins And Themes [VIDEO] Is It Possible And How To Do It?
Growing A WordPress Plugin Business Without Growing The Team
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Challenges In Growing A WordPress Plugin Business Without Growing A Team
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Three Types of WordPress Product Customers You Should Fire (and How to Fire Them)
How to Build a Lightning Fast Knowledge Base: The Complete Guide for A Scalable Documentation Solution
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How to Build an SEO friendly Support Knowledge Base: The Complete Guide for A Scalable Documentation Solution
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How to Offer Stellar Plugin Support (Without a Huge Staff)
Best Practices

How to Turn Your Buggy Plugin Release into a 5-Star Reviews Machine
Plugins

How to Build a Staff to Support Your Plugin Business
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WordPress Developers: How to Choose the Best Support Platform for You
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Freemium WordPress Developers: Should You Provide Support for Your Free Plugin?
Plugins

Premium WordPress Plugins: 5 Things That Your Customers Expect
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The WP Job Openings Success Story: Don’t Build From Assumptions, Build for Demand
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100K+ Active Installs: How FiboSearch Became the Leading WooCommerce Search Plugin
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How Mark Zahra Led Spotlight Instagram Feeds Plugin to 10k+ Active Installs in Less than 9 Months
Interviews

The Success Story of Blocksy Theme, Believe in Your Dream and Your Idea
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James Farmer, CEO at WPMU DEV’s Shares Their Transformation from Tons o’ Plugins to Premium Agency Solution
Success Stories

How Aaron Bowie Left His IT Job to Build a Full-Blown WooCommerce Extensions Business
Success Stories

Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Founds Rapidly Growing WordPress Security Plugin
Interviews

CEO Kim Gjerstad: How MailPoet Became the Email Leader for WordPress
Interviews

Innovating from India: Shilpa Shah of Hummingbird Web Solutions
Business Models

Power Elite Author from Envato Starts Selling Plugins with Freemius
Business Models

Jose Vega’s Story Tripling Plugin Sales Revenue with WP Sheet Editor
Business Models

A Maturing Page Builder Market – Interview with Raitis Sevelis, Head of Product at Visual Composer
Interviews

Divi Sensei: Jan Thielemann’s Story of Traveling the World While Building a Plugin Business
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David Braun and TemplateMonster – From a Web Design Studio to One of The Top WordPress Theme Marketplaces
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Success Stories

Divi Kingdom Started Selling Through Freemius And Immediately Saw A Staggering 57% Increase In Revenue
Release Notes

Freemius Is Open for Feedback — We’re Listening to Users & Making Big Changes
Release Notes

Selling Static Products, Email Deliverability Issues Notifications, and Boosting WordPress.org Reviews
Release Notes

User Dashboard UX Improvements: Downloading Product Versions, Account Closing, Help Scout Docs Integration
Release Notes

Affiliate Links Store Attribution, New Affiliate Dashboard, and More Affiliate Platform Enhancements
Release Notes

Custom Localhost URL Patterns, Refunding Without Fees, Subscription Cancellation Coupon, and More
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WordPress SDK 2.5.0-RC.1 Is Ready for Testing: Clone Resolution, Deactivation Feedback UX Enhancements, Assets Mix-Up, and More
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New Feature: Email Styler – Freemius Transactional Emails Customized With Your Brand’s Look & Feel
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WordPress SDK 2.4.2, License Activation Enhancements, Beta Programs Fix, Pricing Page Conflict Resolved, and Streamlined Activation for Add-ons
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User Dashboard JS Customization, New Way to Onboard Affiliates, Affiliate Coupons, and Improved Affiliate Agreement
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Developer Dashboard Revamped Earnings Page, New Email Notifications Center, Shareable Review Cards, and Upgrades to Coupons Management
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Checkout Enhancements, Improved Management of Licenses/Subscriptions (+ new events), and Increased Visibility on Disputes & Chargebacks
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WordPress SDK 2.4.1, Deployment Update Notifications, Install Paid Products with Composer, DKIM Self-Verification, Improved Login As User and Login Security
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SDK 2.4.0 Release Notes – New Pricing Page, License Activation Improvements, Bug Fixes and More
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Contextual Discounts to Increase Conversion Rates and Reduce Churn
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Saving Plugin & Theme Developers Time with Freemius’ New Reactive Contact Form

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