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How to Get Way More Freemium Upgrades for Your WordPress Plugin or Theme
Alex Denning by Alex Denning

How to Get Way More Freemium Upgrades for Your WordPress Plugin or Theme

The freemium business model is popular among WordPress and SaaS solutions because it increases the likelihood of users upgrading to paid licenses. It typically includes a free product and the…

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How to Submit Plugins to the WordPress.org Repository
Yash Rana by Yash Rana

How to Submit Plugins to the WordPress.org Repository

Hosting a plugin on the WordPress.org repository is one of the most popular (and effective) ways of kickstarting a successful freemium business. If it’s your first time submitting a plugin…

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Make Money Selling WordPress Themes & Plugins: A Free Cheat Sheet
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

Make Money Selling WordPress Themes & Plugins: A Free Cheat Sheet

This is not your average, generic business guide. The insights we’re sharing are backed by data, experiments, and accumulated first-hand experience from the makers of hundreds of WordPress plugin and…

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136 WordPress Business Tips For Selling Plugins & Themes (From the Experts)
Yash Rana by Yash Rana

136 WordPress Business Tips For Selling Plugins & Themes (From the Experts)

About a year ago we started the Experts Corner video series. We reached out to influential, experienced product business owners in the WordPress space, asking them to share their thoughts…

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Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Founds Rapidly Growing WordPress Security Plugin
Brandon Ernst by Brandon Ernst

Cryptocurrency Entrepreneur Founds Rapidly Growing WordPress Security Plugin

This is a truly unique success story about plugin developer Sagar Patil, who created SSL Zen. Sagar is an entrepreneur who successfully started and sold 4 different companies, and this…

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WordPress Products, Audited: Optimizing Conversion Rates for DeoThemes
Brandon Ernst by Brandon Ernst

WordPress Products, Audited: Optimizing Conversion Rates for DeoThemes

Welcome to another deep dive exploration into the world of Conversion Rate Optimization! Today, I have the pleasure of auditing DeoThemes – a theme shop with some really nice looking…

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CEO Kim Gjerstad: How MailPoet Became the Email Leader for WordPress
Brandon Ernst by Brandon Ernst

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

Just as I was leaving the Freemius + WP Engine Makers Meetup last year at WordCamp US in St. Louis, Founder and CEO of MailPoet, Kim Gjerstad, stopped me at…

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Selling WordPress Plugins and Themes From Your Website – All Best Practices In 1 Place
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Selling WordPress Plugins and Themes From Your Website – All Best Practices In 1 Place

Gone are the days in which you could wrap a few PHP functions into a WordPress plugin or even quickly convert a PSD file into a generic WordPress theme and…

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1 Developer Grew WP Mobile Menu Rapidly With These Tactics
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

1 Developer Grew WP Mobile Menu Rapidly With These Tactics

Rui Guerreiro is the creator of WP Mobile Menu, a user-friendly, dedicated and responsive WordPress menu plugin which has just hit 40k active installs on the official WordPress.org repository, while…

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The Freemium Business Model In The WordPress Ecosystem [+Video] – A Tool For Increasing Sales?
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

The Freemium Business Model In The WordPress Ecosystem [+Video] – A Tool For Increasing Sales?

Can the freemium business model benefit your commercial product in the WordPress ecosystem, i.e. help you sell more premium licenses? This article looks into the 3 most popular business models…

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How Benjamin Denis’ Plugin Hit 10K+ Active Installs in just 1 Year!
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

How Benjamin Denis’ Plugin Hit 10K+ Active Installs in just 1 Year!

This time we are interviewing an exciting entrepreneur from France. Benjamin Denis is the creator and owner of several WordPress plugins, who focuses (when he’s not working full-time at a…

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Why WordPress Marketplaces Need the Right Products – Mike Stott
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Why WordPress Marketplaces Need the Right Products – Mike Stott

Today, we’re publishing an interview with another great WordPress entrepreneur, Mike Stott, Founder of Epic Plugins, Epic Themes and co-founder of Zero Bullsh*t CRM.

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MailChimp Integration and Seamless Freemium Checkout with 1-Click Auto-Install
Vova Feldman by Vova Feldman

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…

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How To Connect Your WordPress Plugin With the Right Audience
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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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Jason Lemieux from Postmatic: Balance Life & Business
Kobe Ben Itamar by Kobe Ben Itamar

Jason Lemieux from Postmatic: Balance Life & Business

Jason Lemieux is an expert WordPress developer and the founder of Postmatic, a nifty and not to mention stylish plugin that allows users to engage in and respond to posts…

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