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Jilt has announced they have stopped…

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Dan Knauss
Jilt has announced they have stopped taking new accounts, and they will be shutting down on April 30, 2022. Existing customers will be able to use Jilt's service and support until that time. 🛒 I spoke with Beka Rice and…

GoDaddy shared some new data from…

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Dan Knauss

GoDaddy shared some new data from survey results released back in February. I thought this was interesting considering their audience of designers and developers that may not be as deeply connected to the WordPress community as some folks reading this…

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is…

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Dan Knauss

Upcoming Events 📆 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by GoDaddy Pro from April 27-28. 🆓 The WordPress London Meetup is happening on April 29th and will discuss the hidden features of…

Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp CentroamĂ©rica is…

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Dan Knauss
Upcoming Events 📆 WordCamp Centroamérica is happening now for the first time between April 15-17. 🌎 WordCamp Greece is happening online today, April 16. 🇬🇷 EXPAND 2021 is a free virtual event for web designers and developers being hosted by…

A rising tide lifts all hosts…

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Dan Knauss
A rising tide lifts all hosts 🛥️ More WordPress news on the hosting and eCommerce front: GoDaddy has launched new WooCommerce extensions, which according to the press release are from GoDaddy's recent acquisition of SkyVerge. These extensions "increase the value…

GoDaddy Pro has been making some…

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Dan Knauss

GoDaddy Pro has been making some improvements and changes to their "Hub" interface, which offers measurable value to freelancers and agencies using it: People who use the Hub report saving, on average, three hours each month for every site they’re…

Built by WordPress — .com that is

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David Bisset
Automattic enters the low-end website market Automattic this week announced that its "premium website building service" (which was in beta in fall 2020) is now officially accepting customer applications for "websites starting at $4,900 USD." The announcement describes a turnkey…

I organized a “mega meetup” on…

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Dan Knauss

I organized a "mega meetup" on Zoom in the past week. Over a month in the making, it represented at least eight WordPress meetups, and over 120 people showed up when it started. Birgit Pauli-Haack was kind enough to write…

SkyVerge & GoDaddy

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Brian Krogsgard
The team at SkyVerge is joining GoDaddy in a full company acquisition. All SkyVerge extensions and Jilt will go under the GoDaddy umbrella. In the announcement from SkyVerge, they gave a hint as to what is next: "While we’ll be…

🆕 Commerce Journey đź›’ Learn how…

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Dan Knauss

🆕 Commerce Journey 🛒 Learn how to choose the right domain name and get your WooCommerce store set up by listening to Cory and GoDaddy Pro’s Justin Neely at Commerce Journey! 🛒 Join the discussion in our Facebook group 👥 Follow…

If you still visit Facebook, then…

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Dan Knauss

If you still visit Facebook, then this guide from Michele Butcher-Jones will help you find the better WordPress Groups on that social network. 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Michele recently published an interview with Allie Nimmons, a Support and Customer Success Buff at WP…
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