Paid Memberships Pro

A Visit from the Good Idea Fairy

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2022

Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org • Are Active Install Counts Relevant to Your Business's Success? (Even if they are accurate? And they haven't been.) • Let's Fix What's Broken (The Plugin Repo) Not What Isn't (The Freemium Model) • Follow Leaders, Adopt Standards • Tools and expertise from rtCamp • Some great and "doable" ideas for the future of plugin business metrics on the .org repo. Could some of them help put an end to intrusive and manipulative dark patterns in the WordPress Admin dashboard and notifications?

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Post Status Excerpt (No. 71) — Building, Supporting, and Selling a Winning Product — With or Without WordPress.org

Dan Knauss

October 21, 2022

BusinessDesign

This week I sat down again with Eric Karkovack to talk about the WordPress stories and topics that are on the top of our minds. Independently, we made nearly the same selections. There's a single throughline in this episode — what works, what doesn't, and what will take WordPress businesses forward in the product, agency, and hosting spaces.

Coping With Downward Market Trends

Dan Knauss

July 1, 2022

BusinessFeatures

Post Status members discuss declining revenue — and how to offset it. How will the market slump affect acquisitions and sale prices?

Post Status Notes #496

David Bisset

April 29, 2022

PlanetThe Week in Review

Lots of WordPress core, Gutenberg, and WordCamp news this week. Are off-forum .org support requests OK? Matt: Tumblr will be open sourced. What's the WP Way?

Post Status Excerpt (No. 37) — WordPress Community In Africa

David Bisset

December 17, 2021

PlanetPost Status Podcasts

Mary Job talks with David about her history with WordPress, the African WordPress community, and the challenges they face.

Black Friday / Cyber Monday WordPress Deals 2021

Post Status Support Staff

November 20, 2021

BusinessDesign

Get these great Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals on WordPress products and services for 2021! The sale is on NOW!

Footnotes #456

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

BusinessDesign

Issue #456 “One of the marvelous things about community is that it enables us to welcome and help people in a way we couldn’t as individuals.” — Jean Vanier, Community And Growth Howdy! Thinking about WordPress history lately in terms…

🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status…

Dan Knauss

July 23, 2021

WordPress Community

🤝 WordPress Jobs: The Post Status Job Board 💼 There are currently 22 Active Job Listings on the Board. We don't have space for them all here, so be sure to check online too. ☀️ Employers: Get your job opening…

Jason Coleman was interviewed by Starter…

Dan Knauss

June 8, 2021

Business

Jason Coleman was interviewed by Starter Story. Their conversation focused on how Paid Memberships Pro averaged $100k per month in revenue and is on track to grow an additional 25-50% this year. Over 100,000 sites run Paid Memberships Pro, but…

Congrats to the Paid Memberships Pro…

Dan Knauss

July 31, 2020

Congrats to the Paid Memberships Pro team — their plugin

Jason Coleman posted an update about…

Dan Knauss

March 6, 2020

Jason Coleman posted an update about his growing Paid Memberships Pro business, which raked in $810,000 last year and is currently at $3,000,000 in all-time sales. 📈 "By sharing our story, I hope others can learn what to expect when…

Paid Memberships Pro unveils business model from 2012 to now

Brian Krogsgard

July 29, 2015

Business

Paid Memberships Pro has a somewhat unique monetization method for their plugin. They largely monetize by selling support and custom work, versus selling any kind of extension or functionality. All Paid Memberships Pro features are free. A few years ago,…