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One of my favorite things about Pippin Williamson is that he is an open book. He's always sharing what he's learning, what he's working on, and even how much money his products are making. In an excellent guest post he wrote…

IgnitionDeck has acquired the Fundify Crowdfunding WordPress plugin and theme

Brian Krogsgard

May 28, 2014

Fundify is a crowdfunding theme and plugin combination, that operates on top of Easy Digital Downloads. Created by Astoundify, the Fundify plugin is a free download on WordPress.org, and they monetized the product through a complimentary WordPress theme, sold on…

Pagely has new plans, a new dashboard, and a new Amazon Web Services infrastructure

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2014

Pagely has made some drastic changes to their hosting platform over the last few months. They've moved from Firehost to being fully powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), led by their new CTO, Joshua Eichorn. Measuring tiers of hosting by…

The state of the WordPress theme industry

David Perel

May 27, 2014

BusinessDesign

Editor's Note: This story is republished from Medium, with author David Perel's permission. David has a unique take on the industry and has some very poignant thoughts that I wanted to share with this audience. The times, they are changing.…

Pantheon has raised $21.5 million in Series B financing

Brian Krogsgard

May 15, 2014

Pantheon CEO Zach Rosen announced this morning that they've raised $21.5 million in financing.I covered Pantheon, including an interview, just recently when they launched their WordPress product. As I said then, Pantheon is a very compelling product.Seeing this raise another…

Tips on providing efficient product support

Brian Krogsgard

May 12, 2014

Steven Gliebe did a considerable amount of research when he realized he may be ready to hire support help for his theme shop, Church Themes. So, he asked others in the industry for advice. One of his primary takeaways was…

WooThemes is investigating alleged website vulnerabilities

Brian Krogsgard

May 9, 2014

Some WooThemes customers are alleging that their credit cards suffered from fraudulent charges after purchasing items from WooThemes’ website. The point of vulnerability is unknown at this time. The number of affected customers is unknown. The following is what we know:…

Why unlimited or lifetime product plans are sometimes good

Brian Krogsgard

May 6, 2014

Syed Balkhi talks about product life cycles, churn, and marketing in his post about the psychology of unlimited or lifetime product pricing. At one point or another, you’ve probably wondered should I implement unlimited in my business? Is unlimited really…

The dangers of pricing in WordPress business models

Brian Krogsgard

April 30, 2014

Tom McFarlin warns against the unsustainable practice of WordPress theme and plugin providers selling lifetime support. But although the amount of money that the business is making increases over a short time, there’s not a solid amount of cash flow.…

BackupBuddy Gold and unlimited updates

Travis Northcutt

April 30, 2014

This week, the iThemes launched "BackupBuddy Gold" - a new pricing tier for their BackupBuddy plugin. They already had a $150 tier, which included a license to use the plugin on unlimited sites, as well as support and updates for one year.…

The Stream plugin lets you track all WordPress user activity

Brian Krogsgard

April 29, 2014

Stream is a WordPress plugin by X-Team that allows site owners to track all activity on their website. The free version of the plugin was released in December of 2013, and this last weekend they announced their first commercial extensions.…

Demo WP Pro helps you create demo sites for WordPress products

Brian Krogsgard

April 24, 2014

BusinessWordPress Community

The folks behind Ninja Forms are working on a new plugin, called Demo WP Pro. Demo WP Pro is pretty meta, as it's intended for people that sell WordPress related products. The plugin allows you to create demo sites available for users…

Syed Balkhi, of WP Beginner, enters the commercial theme market with ThemeLab

Brian Krogsgard

April 23, 2014

ThemeLab has been around since 2007, started by Leland Fiegel. Leland released dozens of themes on ThemeLab, most of which were free. He also wrote a consistent blog and was generally an active member of the WordPress community. Over time…

The power of WordPress.org on freemium products

Brian Krogsgard

April 23, 2014