WooCommerce Payments offers a more unified eCommerce experience, better feature parity with Shopify
WooCommerce Payments offer an in-dashboard, single-account experience for WooCommerce store owners to manage all transactions.
Category: Business
Syed Balkhi on Awesome Motive’s acquisition of All In One SEO
In this episode of Post Status Draft, I talk to Syed Balkhi about Awesome Motive’s acquisition of All In One SEO, the long-running SEO plugin by Michael Torbert, which boasts more than 2 million active installs.
Introducing a new chapter, with Cory Miller as Post Status partner
Cory Miller is now a co-owner and Partner of Post Status. He’s purchased half of the business and will help run and grow it moving forward.
Salesforce Ventures invests $300 million in Automattic, at a $3 billion valuation
Salesforce Ventures has invested an incredible $300 million as the sole investor in Automattic’s Series D, their first raise since 2014. Total investment is now $491 million over 15 years.
Automattic — the maker of WordPress.com — has purchased Tumblr
Automattic has purchased Tumblr from Verizon, in a firesale move reported to be for less than $3 million. There is still value in the site, however, for Automattic.
WooCommerce vs Shopify: A battle for ecommerce platform dominance
Shopify has a lot going for it. WooCommerce, though, is the better platform for ecommerce on the Open Web.
WP Engine acquires Flywheel
WP Engine has acquired Flywheel — which boasts more than 200 employees and $18 million in revenue. WP Engine is setting the stage for an IPO in the next couple years.
Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions
Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions — WooCommerce’s highest revenue-generating extension — for an undisclosed sum.
Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future
I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic’s business, and more.
Why the makers of Ninja Forms are getting into eCommerce
In this episode, I talk with James and Kevin — cofounders of the Ninja Forms product — to discuss why their next leg of their business is in the competitive landscape of eCommerce.
Liquid Web has acquired iThemes
Liquid Web has announced the acquisition of iThemes in an all cash deal that includes the entire iThemes team moving over to Liquid Web as an independent unit, and iThemes products will be included in various Liquid Web offerings.
The WordPress product market is completely different now
Building a WordPress-based product business is a much different process than it used to be. People have to do something different and better than what has come before.
The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried
Joshua Strebel — the CEO of Pagely — shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.
GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP
GoDaddy has acquired the WordPress website management service, ManageWP. ManageWP will remain a standalone app, and GoDaddy will integrate several features into their GoDaddy Pro and WordPress hosting plans.
Using Kickstarter to fund open source
Successfully crowdfunding open source development is difficult, but not impossible. Here are some of the lessons I took away from my Kickstarter project, “A more RESTful WP-CLI.”
Growing a lifestyle business without losing the lifestyle
Balancing a lifestyle business — and trying to grow it — can be tricky, when you’re not willing to give up your lifestyle for that growth. There are ways to grow your business without giving up the lifestyle you began it all for, right?
Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable
Automattic has taken over a majority stake in Pressable, the managed WordPress hosting company, with a purchase of Pressable CEO Vid Luther’s shares of the company. They were already a significant investor.
