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Posted by Ali Halabi
Ali Halabi
510 Points

Any tips on how I can sell my Wordpress themes for a living other then marketplaces?

ThemeForest is very competitive and they take a chunk of your sales. Does anyone have any pointers on where and how one can sell wp themes?

4 Answers

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

There are also a number of other theme marketplaces out there you could check out. I would also suggest doing some market research to see if you can cater to a specific WP niche that is lacking in premium themes.

Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points
Matt Campbell
Matt Campbell
9,767 Points

Go and get clients and then just use your theme to build their site. That way you can charge a lot more than you'd get on ThemeForest but make clear to clients that it is a pre-built so it's a midway compromise between fully bespoke and off the shelf stuff.

Julian Price
Julian Price
11,760 Points
Julian Price
Julian Price
11,760 Points

I have seen folks have a lite wordpress.org version via theme repository and offer a pro version that could be an option to direct to purchase the pro version on your site. Creating your own marketplace.

They offer marketplaces I know of besides ThemeForest is: Creative Market & Mojo Themes.

I hope that helps

Ali Halabi
Ali Halabi
510 Points
Ali Halabi
Ali Halabi
510 Points

These are great advice thank you guys