Software Guru Meets Entrepreneur: How Ivan Halaka and Taurus Sinkus Made Webba Booking a Success
When a talented technical mind meets an entrepreneurial spirit, great products can happen — and this is exactly the case with Webba Booking.
Tag: plugins
Are WordPress Marketplaces Still Worth It in 2024? A Deep Dive for Software Makers
Years ago, charging money for plugins/themes in the WordPress space was frowned upon. But when WordPress began commercializing, developers saw the opportunity to start selling themes and plugins full-time instead…
Charging Sales Tax on Your Software: A Guide for Subscription-Based Businesses
Subscription businesses have come a long way from magazines and daily milk deliveries. With an average American spending close to $1,000 per year on different types of subscriptions, it’s not…
Mike Nelson of Print My Blog on Building a Five-Figure Side Project Without Sacrificing All His Free Time
For many developers, the satisfaction of making software products lies in creating genuinely useful things for people (all from the comfort of your home office or local coffee shop 😉)….
How Senol Sahin Launched the First AI-Powered Content Creation Plugin on the WP.org Repo
Serving others, identifying the right opportunity at the right time, and putting in good old-fashioned grit have been the key factors to success for Senol Sahin’s content generation plugin AI…
From College Side Gig to WordPress Entrepreneurship: Ben Sibley’s Success Story With Independent Analytics
Ben Sibley has always had an entrepreneurial spirit, as illustrated by the fact that he’s only had one ‘normal’ job — cashiering at a grocery store during high school. While…
Why Offering Multi-Currency Support & Pricing is Essential for Software Creators
The world is at your fingertips and multi-currency support could be the key to unlocking the global market and introducing your software products to brand-new audiences. But — there’s always…
Sailing the Waves: How Alan Fuller Left Corporate Finance & Found Fulfillment & Success In Plugin Development
The age-old platitude that it’s never too late to learn or start over? It doesn’t get any truer than for Alan Fuller, founder of Fullworks, a successful WordPress plugin company…
How to Convert Your WordPress Plugin to SaaS
Converting your plugin to Software as a Service could prove to be fanSaaStic for your product-making journey 😁 Seriously, though — SaaS offers developers an opportunity to service bigger markets…
Signs Your WordPress Plugin Has the Potential to Become SaaS
At some point, most WordPress plugin developers will ponder the possibility of transitioning to SaaS 🧳 For good reason: There are plenty of perks to consider, ranging from scalability and…
Why US-Based WordPress & SaaS Businesses Can’t Ignore US Sales Tax
US sales tax is an ever-growing thorn in the side of solopreneurs and SMBs 🌵 As of 2018, anyone selling software and SaaS products in the US must collect US…
WordPress Plugins vs. SaaS: What’s the Difference & Which to Choose?
Both WordPress plugins and SaaS products offer perks as software models 💃🕺 But which one is better for your objectives? Freemius founder and CEO, Vova Feldman, and I have the…
Leave No Ticket Unturned! How to Find the Best Customer Service Software for Your WP Business
Almost 90% of buyers may become loyal customers after one purchase if they’re happy with the customer service you’ve provided, reports say. That means creating a positive customer experience is…
2021’s WordPress Mega-Deal: Marieke van de Rakt on the Yoast Acquisition
At the end of 2020, then-Yoast CEO Marieke van de Rakt and her husband Joost de Valk (Yoast’s Founder and Chief Product Officer) had reached a crossroads. Though they’d created…
The Gamechangers: Awesome Motive’s Syed Balkhi on Charting a Lucrative WordPress Business Exit
In November 2021, we launched The Gamechangers: a video series that deep-dives into WordPress mergers and acquisitions with the leading entrepreneurs, founders, investors, and business mavens responsible for the big…