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GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP

Brian Krogsgard

September 3, 2016

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.

If you’ve ever struggled with estimates…

Brian Krogsgard

July 29, 2016

If you've ever struggled with estimates (who hasn't?) then you'll appreciate this post from Christian Mackeprang on why good estimates are impossible (note, the post is from 2015, but still good). As a throwback to my own most popular post ever, also…

ManageWP’s new platform, “Orion”, is now live, includes new pricing

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2016

Hosting

ManageWP has long been a leader in the small group of businesses that want to help you manage your WordPress installs from one place. The six year old service has gone through a long development phase, where they rebuilt everything…

GitLab has been making some interesting…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

GitLab has been making some interesting improvements recently (and after Github's recent pricing announcements, I'm sure they are getting more people paying attention to them). They recently announced GitLab Container Registries which allow you to test and deploy Docker containers…

Jonathan Christopher shares some insights into…

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2016

Jonathan Christopher shares some insights into his 10 years experience in pricing service based projects. Pricing is personal and unique depending on a number of variables, but listening to advice from experienced folks like Jonathan can help you make some…

Github has changed pricing, and the…

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2016

Github has changed pricing, and the reaction has been intense and (in WordPress circles) mostly negative. They are now offering unlimited private repositories, but changing the pricing structure so that organizations pay per user rather than by tiers based on repository count.…

Automattic has won the rights to manage .blog

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2016

Automattic has won the rights to manage the gTLD .blog, one of the most sought after generic top level domain extensions to date. They paid "about $19M" for the privilege, according to Matt Mullenweg's blog post (which he has since…

Pagely has dropped their lowest pricing…

Brian Krogsgard

May 10, 2016

Pagely has dropped their lowest pricing tier so that their lowest plan is now $99, a clear move upmarket. You get five websites with the lowest plan. They removed a $64 (3 site) and $149 (10 site) option as part…

I always love it when Tony…

Brian Krogsgard

April 28, 2016

I always love it when Tony Perez speaks or writes, and this post on Sucuri's journey of pricing is worth the read whether you're just thinking of starting of producing paid products or in the midst of thinking about changing your…

Envato has introduced flexible pricing on…

April 8, 2016

Envato has introduced flexible pricing on ThemeForest across HTML, Muse, Marketing, PSD, Sketch and Courses categories. The WordPress category isn't included (for now) but I think it's pretty obvious it's on the way. I'll have more on this soon.

WordPress Questions & Answers — Draft podcast

Brian Krogsgard

April 1, 2016

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listeners' WordPress questions, from topics like Multisite, to understanding taxonomies versus posts, the state of the WordPress importer, and more.

Restrict Content Pro 2.5 is an all new take on the product

Brian Krogsgard

March 31, 2016

Restrict Content Pro has been around for a long time, but for a few years it was the third leg on Pippin Williamson and friends' product landscape. It's always been a solid, but limited product. It's still limited, but their…

Vova Feldman recalls how changing the…

March 26, 2016

Vova Feldman recalls how changing the pricing model of his SaaS based WordPress plugin by removing the monthly renewable option cost him dramatically. This post is more for folks selling something, but there are interesting lessons to take away here for…

GoDaddy targets Digital Ocean with new cloud infrastructure

Brian Krogsgard

March 21, 2016

Business

GoDaddy is targeting products by companies like Digital Ocean and Amazon with their new by-the-hour Cloud Services and Apps project. The pricing is pretty much a direct mirror of Digital Ocean's right now (starts at $5 per month), and they…

Mandrill ditches free plans, stacks onto paid Mailchimp

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2016

Business

Most of you know this by now, as it's been all over the web and a hot topic in Slack, but Mailchimp is ditching free Mandrill plans for transactional emails, and stacking Mandrill onto paid Mailchimp plans. But even if…

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

Hosting

The WordPress Foundation is the legal entity that has ownership of the WordPress trademark, and also acts as a pass through for WordCamp and other WordPress funds. As a 5013c non-profit in the US, the foundation has to submit paperwork…

GoDaddy has acquired ManageWP

If you’ve ever struggled with estimates…

ManageWP’s new platform, “Orion”, is now live, includes new pricing

GitLab has been making some interesting…

Jonathan Christopher shares some insights into…

Github has changed pricing, and the…

Automattic has won the rights to manage .blog

Pagely has dropped their lowest pricing…

I always love it when Tony…

Envato has introduced flexible pricing on…

WordPress Questions & Answers — Draft podcast

Restrict Content Pro 2.5 is an all new take on the product

Vova Feldman recalls how changing the…

GoDaddy targets Digital Ocean with new cloud infrastructure

Mandrill ditches free plans, stacks onto paid Mailchimp

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

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