WordCamp Europe 2017 – The WordPress Product People’s Perspective
WordCamp Europe 2017 has just ended, taking place in Paris this year (next year at Belgrade, Serbia, in case you haven’t heard yet). While last year, at Vienna, only Stanley…
Is ThemeForest a Good Place to Sell Your Premium WordPress Theme?
In this article, I’m going to have a thorough look at the most popular theme marketplace for WordPress themes. We’re going to try and understand the pros and cons of…
MailChimp Integration and Seamless Freemium Checkout with 1-Click Auto-Install
Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights the recent product improvements we’ve made, so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. Here’s what we launched in…
Interview: Aleksander Kuczek – CEO of Perfect Dashboard & VP of Joomla
The first time I met with Alexander Kuczek was through Adam Warner from FooPlugins, a common friend, who introduced us in a lunch we had during the last WordCamp US….
Our WordPress Product Launch Had Unusual Results! Here’s How to Replicate It
If somehow you happened to have missed the successful product launch of Freemius Insights for WordPress Themes from a couple of weeks ago – just read this to get updated….
Think Big, Learn Fast, and Listen: My Lessons from Building a WordPress SaaS Product
A year and a half ago when I started thinking about what my next side project would be, I couldn’t have imagined the success that it would have. While it…
How Imagely Optimizes User-retention & Keeps ‘NextGEN Gallery’ Popular
This time I want to bring forth a special success story of the very popular WordPress plugin: NextGEN Gallery, by Imagely. In fact, it’s our most popular plugin partner here…
How to Outrank Your Competitors’ SEO on the WordPress.org Plugin Repository
The new WordPress plugin repository was officially released, replacing the old “legacy” one. Many community members (including me) feel that most of the issues that were addressed during the feedback…
Dunning, New In-Dashboard Checkout & Site Trials! – March Product Release Notes
Release Notes is our monthly update that highlights the recent product improvements we’ve made, so you can easily stay up to date on what’s new. Here’s what we launched in…
unConversions: Convince Your Plugin/Theme Users To Do Nothing
You’ve probably read a lot about conversion rate optimization (CRO), the practice of testing user experiences to encourage visitors to take actions that drive value. If you care about your…
Insights for WordPress Themes by Freemius
Today, we’re officially announcing the release of our insights and analytics solution for WordPress theme authors: Freemius Insights for themes – yeah baby! In case you have never heard of…
This WordPress Agency Turns Its Custom Plugins/Themes Into a Recurring Income
At Freemius, we work closely with our partners, so we get a unique opportunity to encounter some very interesting monetization use cases and business models. Today I’d like to share…
WordPress Plugin Seller Discloses A Comparison of Plugins Sales: Direct vs CodeCanyon
If you’re a WordPress plugin developer who is trying to make a living from selling plugins – you may have heard of CodeCanyon and want to know if you can…
ThemeForest Or CodeCanyon: Should WordPress Devs Sell Plugins Or Themes?
This is the final part (Part III) in our series of WordPress themes & plugins market analysis, where we’re looking at the unit economics of Envato, the company that owns…
We Used to Hate WordPress Page Builders – Now We Decided to Use One
Hate is a strong word. I may have amplified it slightly, just for the sake of an intriguing title for this article :). Still, as developers who develop a product…