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How to Outrank Your Competitors’ SEO on The NEW WordPress.org Plugin Repository
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Release Notes

SDK 2.4.0 Release Notes – New Pricing Page, License Activation Improvements, Bug Fixes and More
Marketing

Growth Hacking Your Product Launch with Hot Tips
Success Stories

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

Top 14 YouTube Channels for Plugin and Theme Developers to Follow
Release Notes

Contextual Discounts to Increase Conversion Rates and Reduce Churn
WordPress

Stop Blaming Plugin Developers for Too Many WordPress Admin Notices
Marketing

Getting the Most Out of Reviews & Testimonials for WordPress Plugin & Theme Shops
Release Notes

Saving Plugin & Theme Developers Time with Freemius’ New Reactive Contact Form
WordPress

Is AppSumo Worth the Hassle for WordPress Plugin Developers?
Announcements

New Video Series – Experts Corner, Round I
Announcements

Account Successor Feature Tributed to Our Own Tevya Washburn
Success Stories

Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Founds Rapidly Growing WordPress Security Plugin
Product Audits

WordPress Products, Audited: Optimizing Conversion Rates for DeoThemes
Release Notes

Release Notes: Announcing Late & Partial Refunds, Improved User Filtering, Affiliate Links in the Developer Dashboard, & Gifts from Freemius!
Plugins

How is Coronavirus Affecting WordPress Plugin and Theme Shops?
Selling WordPress Plugins & Themes To Enterprises
Best Practices

Selling WordPress Plugins & Themes To Enterprises – Is That Possible And How To Do It?
ThemeForest By The Numbers
Business Models

ThemeForest By The Numbers: Thought The WordPress Theme Gold Rush Was Over? Think Again!
success story with James Kemp
Business Models

James Kemp Doubled ‘IconicWP’ Revenues In Less Than A Year By Leveraging Various Freemius Features
pros and cons going niche market
Best Practices

Niche vs. Mass Market – The Pros & Cons of Going Niche for WordPress Plugin And Theme Shops
Marketing

How to Price Your WordPress Plugin (The Right Way)
Gifs increase your plugin conversion rate
Best Practices

How GIFs Increase Your Plugin’s Conversion Rate in The WordPress.org Repository
Best Practices

Is the WordPress Plugin Repository Worth the Hassle?
Jamie Marsland of the Pootle Page Builder
Interviews

How ‘Pootle Pagebuilder’ Sold Licenses for $9K on Its 1st Month
Best Practices

Why WordPress Plugin Developers Have to Start Thinking SaaS
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Best Practices

Careful! This Simple Pricing Experiment Cost Us $2,000 in Revenue
Freemius Checkout
Announcements

Introducing Freemius Checkout: Sell Your WordPress Products Anywhere
WordPress

540 million Active Plugins Makes WordPress a Billion Dollar Market
Best Practices

The Ultimate Guide to Legally Protect Your GPL WordPress Plugin Business Against Trolls
Best Practices

Lifetime license for WordPress plugins – the right way!
Freemium WordPress Plugins Outlive Free Ones
Plugins

It’s A Fact: Freemium WordPress Plugins Outlive Free Ones
Success Stories

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

New Video Series – Experts Corner, Round I
Success Stories

Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Founds Rapidly Growing WordPress Security Plugin
Product Audits

WordPress Products, Audited: Optimizing Conversion Rates for DeoThemes
Interviews

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

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

Freemius is Getting into Video Content – This is Why You Should Too
Best Practices

How to Have a $100k+ WordPress Product Launch
Business Models

The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
dying-wordpress-plugins
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What to Do with A Dying WordPress Plugin or Theme? Ways to Revive or Repurpose It
GS Team Members product audit
Best Practices

WordPress Products, Audited: The ‘GS Team Members’ Case-study
Selling WordPress Plugins & Themes
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Selling WordPress Plugins and Themes From Your Website – All Best Practices In 1 Place
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Divi Kingdom Started Selling Through Freemius And Immediately Saw A Staggering 57% Increase In Revenue
WordCamp US 2018 Recap
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From Speed Dating To Relationships – My WordCamp US 2018 Recap
WordPress Products, Audited: ‘Elementor Addons’
Best Practices

WordPress Products, Audited: The Case-study Of ‘Elementor Addons’ by LiveMesh
Marketing

Growth Hacking Your Product Launch with Hot Tips
Marketing

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
Marketing

10 Sites to Promote Your Plugin or Theme (Ranked by Domain Authority)
Announcements

Freemius is Getting into Video Content – This is Why You Should Too
Best Practices

How to Have a $100k+ WordPress Product Launch
Best Practices

WordPress Products, Audited: The ‘All-in-One Video Gallery’ Case Study
Marketing

WCEU 2019: My First WordCamp Experience with the Freemius Team
Marketing

How to Use Social Proof for Boosting WordPress Plugin and Theme Sales (special announcement!)
Business Models

The Marketing Handbook for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
dying-wordpress-plugins
Best Practices

What to Do with A Dying WordPress Plugin or Theme? Ways to Revive or Repurpose It
GS Team Members product audit
Best Practices

WordPress Products, Audited: The ‘GS Team Members’ Case-study
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Best Practices

Refund Policy Best Practices In The Prism Of Commercial WordPress Plugins And Themes
new relevant audiences
Best Practices

Creative, Modern Ways To Reach New Relevant Audiences For Your WordPress Plugin/Theme
Best Practices

Should You Incentivize User Feedback For Your WordPress Plugin/Theme?
Best Practices

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

Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) for WordPress Plugin and Theme Developers
Best Practices

Support as a Service: Is it Right for Your Plugin or Theme Business?
credit card disputes
Best Practices

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
Development

Challenges In Growing A WordPress Plugin Business Without Growing A Team
customers you should fire
Best Practices

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
Development

How to Build an SEO friendly Support Knowledge Base: The Complete Guide for A Scalable Documentation Solution
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Support

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
Support

WordPress Developers: How to Choose the Best Support Platform for You
Swamped by the demands of a growing customer base
Best Practices

Freemium WordPress Developers: Should You Provide Support for Your Free Plugin?
Plugins

Premium WordPress Plugins: 5 Things That Your Customers Expect
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
Interviews

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
interview Miriam Schwab
Interviews

Miriam Schwab And Strattic Are Completely Redefining The WordPress Website Security Arena
Plugins

‘WP Mobile Menu’ Grew Rapidly Thanks To 1 Developer Doing All The Right Things
Interview with David Aguilera
Business Models

Our WordPress Plugins Are A Hybrid Model Between Products And Services – David Aguilera From Nelio
success story Buttonizer Jeroen Boers
Marketing

Buttonizer Created A Sustainable WordPress Plugin Business By Helping Increase Interactions On Websites
interview with Benjamin Denis SEOPress
Interviews

How Benjamin Denis Took His WordPress Plugin From An Idea to 10K+ Active Installs in 1 Year On His Spare Time!
Release Notes

SDK 2.4.0 Release Notes – New Pricing Page, License Activation Improvements, Bug Fixes and More
Release Notes

Contextual Discounts to Increase Conversion Rates and Reduce Churn
Release Notes

Saving Plugin & Theme Developers Time with Freemius’ New Reactive Contact Form
Release Notes

Release Notes: Announcing Late & Partial Refunds, Improved User Filtering, Affiliate Links in the Developer Dashboard, & Gifts from Freemius!
Release Notes

Release Notes: New Payments Distribution Charts, WordPress SDK 2.3.2, Privacy + Transparency Improvements, Account Ownership Transfer, and more!
Announcements

White Label Mode, URL Whitelisting, User & Dev Dashboard Upgrades, and Major Coupon Improvements
Product Audits

Multi-Currency, Beta Program, Selling Bundles, and more!
Release Notes

Users Management Dashboard, Premium readme.txt, Custom Premium Slug, Free Trials
Release Notes

Selling WordPress Product Bundles & Memberships, An Affiliate Platform, Proration, Multisite Network Integration
Release Notes

Cart Abandonment Recovery, Verified Buyer Reviews, Invoices, Themes Monetization, And A New SDK Version
Release Notes

MailChimp Integration and Seamless Freemium Checkout with 1-Click Auto-Install
Release Notes

Dunning, New In-Dashboard Checkout & Site Trials! – March Product Release Notes
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Trials, Upgrade Flow, 100% Coupon Code & Editable Billing Information – December Product Release Notes
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Localization, Feedback Form, After Upgrade Instructions & Mobile Friendlier – September Release Notes
Release Notes

Licensing, Billing, Themes Support, Bug Fixes – August Release Notes

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