How to add payments to an AI app without breaking the backend
The moment people are ready to pay, your AI app stops being just a prototype. Now comes the part that feels riskier than shipping the product itself: adding payments without…
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Speed Booster for ChatGPT: How a solo maker turned a frozen screen into a 60,000-user product
For the better part of a decade, Bram van der Giessen worked on software where performance problems have nowhere to hide. Most recently, that meant streaming: keeping video running smoothly…
Bake That Batter: How a Homegrown SaaS Rose from Last-Minute Rescue to Sweet Success
Some SaaS stories start with deep market research, long timelines, and careful planning. Tiago Alves’ didn’t. He only built what he needed to rescue his sister’s bakery, never expecting anyone…
How Monthly Churn Compounds Against You and Why 8% Is the Breaking Point
We all want to grow. New users, new launches, new signups… But when churn creeps past 8% a month, that growth starts slipping through your fingers. At that rate, you…
How to Monetize a SaaS in 30 Minutes with Freemius + Next.js
What if you could fully monetize your SaaS in just half an hour?
A Founder’s Guide: Should You Turn Your WordPress Plugin into SaaS?
Selling WordPress plugins used to be straightforward: build, ship, collect payments, and let a marketplace like CodeCanyon do the rest. But if you’ve been in the game long enough, you’ve…
Escaping the MyCommerce Nightmare: How Milan Petrovic of Dev4Press Successfully Migrated to Freemius
Last week, software makers worldwide faced a crisis: MyCommerce, a long-standing payment and eCommerce solution owned by Digital River, abruptly shut down and filed for insolvency. For many, this is…
Digital River’s Shutdown: What Software Makers Can Do Next
In a shocking turn of events, Digital River abruptly laid off over 100 employees and filed for insolvency, leaving software creators in the lurch, unable to access their hard-earned revenue….
David Braun and TemplateMonster – From a Web Design Studio to One of The Top WordPress Theme Marketplaces
Today I’m interviewing David Braun, the CEO & co-founder at TemplateMonster: one of the leading marketplaces in the WordPress products ecosystem. If you have ever considered starting a marketplace for…
Selling WordPress Product Bundles & Memberships, An Affiliate Platform, Proration, Multisite Network Integration
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 between August 2017…
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 maker here…
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…
Trials, Upgrade Flow, 100% Coupon Code & Editable Billing Information – December 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…
Localization, Feedback Form, After Upgrade Instructions & Mobile Friendlier – September Release Notes
These are the release notes for a major release (more than 80 commits) with a bunch of enhancements and one crucial license related bug fix for developers who monetize with…
Licensing, Billing, Themes Support, Bug Fixes – August Release Notes
This is a major version release (89 commits) with many important bug fixes and significant enhancement of the licensing mechanism for the paid plugin authors. Bug Fixes Quotes Localization: I’m…