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Nelio WordPres Plugins Are a Hybrid Model Between Products & Services
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Nelio WordPres Plugins Are a Hybrid Model Between Products & Services

David Aguilera is the Chief Product & Quality Officer at rapidly growing Nelio. We met at the last WordCamp in Paris and, after chatting for a while, I figured it would…

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How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support
Alex Castro by Alex Castro

How Barn2media More Than Tripled Their WordPress Plugins Sales Without Spending More Time On Support

Katie Keith and her husband Andy co-founded Barn2Media in late 2009. Initially dedicated to designing WordPress websites for clients, they envisioned building their business around selling products since early on….

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The Ultimate Guide To An Affiliate Program For WordPress Plugins And Themes
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

The Ultimate Guide To An Affiliate Program For WordPress Plugins And Themes

When your plugin or theme business reaches a certain maturity, inevitably, you start to explore additional revenue streams. One trendy channel is affiliation. Setting up an Affiliate Program can be…

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How to Sell Your WordPress Product Business
Phil Derksen by Phil Derksen

How to Sell Your WordPress Product Business

If you’ve been following the WordPress products space, it’s hard to ignore all the plugin and theme acquisitions going around. While it’s a common thing, surprisingly, there’s almost no public…

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A Customer Picks Up Your WordPress Plugin Or Theme & Ditches It: How To Handle Cart Abandonment
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

A Customer Picks Up Your WordPress Plugin Or Theme & Ditches It: How To Handle Cart Abandonment

You’ve got your products ready, with a proper checkout in place, and have customers visiting your premium WordPress plugins or themes online shop. They spend time checking out your products, adding…

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The Do’s And Don’ts of Renewals Discount for WordPress Plugins And Themes, Following The WooCommerce Blunder
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

The Do’s And Don’ts of Renewals Discount for WordPress Plugins And Themes, Following The WooCommerce Blunder

In 2017, WooCommerce dropped its 50% Renewals Discount and got some backfire from the community due to how it was rolled out. This inspired me to shed some light on…

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Interview: Aleksander Kuczek – CEO of Perfect Dashboard & VP of Joomla
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

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….

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How To Connect Your WordPress Plugin With the Right Audience
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

How To Connect Your WordPress Plugin With the Right Audience

Even though you have come up with the ultimate WordPress plugin solution, WordPress users do not know about it yet. This translates into no users, no downloads, and no revenue…

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How to Reevaluate WordPress Plugins After Launch
Brenda Barron by Brenda Barron

How to Reevaluate WordPress Plugins After Launch

You put your heart and soul into creating and perfecting your WordPress plugin. You slaved over your code. You even made it through the wrenching, drawn-out process of submitting it…

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An Interview with Scott Bolinger about WordPress Businesses And Life
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

An Interview with Scott Bolinger about WordPress Businesses And Life

A graduate of San Diego State University, Scott Bolinger is the Co-Founder of AppPresser, a WordPress plugin that lets users to easily and conveniently convert WordPress Websites into mobile apps. Scott…

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Interview with Matt Medeiros – Owner of Matt Report Podcast
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Interview with Matt Medeiros – Owner of Matt Report Podcast

When I started working on Freemius, one of the first things I did was conduct a market research to see how much the WordPress community cares about business. We all know…

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The 5 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Plugin Business Profits
Karen Dimmick by Karen Dimmick

The 5 Mistakes That Will Kill Your Plugin Business Profits

We all know that having a buggy plugin or dropping the ball on support is a quick way to kill off your plugin business, but what other, more subtle mistakes…

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Interview with Adam Warner – Co-Founder at FooPlugins
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Interview with Adam Warner – Co-Founder at FooPlugins

This is the second interview in our WordPress plugin business owners series. We want to inspire WordPress enthusiasts to get into the plugins ecosystem by sharing real stories from plugin…

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The Ultimate Guide to Legally Protect Your GPL WordPress Plugin Business Against Trolls
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

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

Software licensing can be very confusing subject, especially in the open-source world. Boundaries of legality and ethics aren’t always clear. But as business owners focused on selling WordPress GPL plugins,…

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How to Build a Staff to Support Your Plugin Business
Tom Ewer by Tom Ewer

How to Build a Staff to Support Your Plugin Business

There’s no doubt that it’s possible to make an excellent living selling WordPress plugins as a solo developer. But what do you do when you can no longer handle every…

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