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There are third party tools and…

Brian Krogsgard

August 3, 2016

There are third party tools and SaaS applications that deal with signing documents, but sometimes for situations it might make sense to explore doing so with WordPress. That's why I noticed this post that covered some of the options out there…

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…

If you run a SaaS business…

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2016

Business

If you run a SaaS business (or want to), then you might want to bookmark this in-depth post from Jason Cohen, founder of WPEngine. I could say it discusses the cancellation rate in SaaS business models, but I don't think…

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

Brian Krogsgard

May 10, 2016

Last week, Automattic introduced WooCommerce Connect, a Jetpack-esque suite of tools for WooCommerce, where modules could utilize the processing power of WordPress.com to run particular elements of eCommerce websites. WooCommerce Connect requires Jetpack, and therefore also a WordPress.com account, in…

Managing products is about focus

Brian Krogsgard

April 13, 2016

Business

I have to hand it to Jeff Chandler, he's pretty good at raising a ruckus when he's annoyed with a plugin. Yesterday, I guess he reached his boiling point with Edit Flow, the quasi-abandoned plugin by Automattic for managing an…

Not all plugins need to rush…

April 8, 2016

Not all plugins need to rush to the SaaS model. Josh Pollock has some thoughts on why this might not be the path for you and your plugin.

Recently, HappyTables posted this photo on Instagram…

March 31, 2016

Recently, HappyTables posted this photo on Instagram showing off a company that is using it's new revised functionality. They are shifting the product form being about a website builder to being an API connector of sorts. It's really neat, and I…

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…

WordPress and SaaS — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 26, 2016

DraftPlanet

Joe and Brian discuss WordPress in the context of SaaS — or Software as a Service. They dig into WordPress as a tool for a SaaS within another industry, as well as WordPress-centric tools with SaaS based business models.

Envato is getting into hosting WordPress websites with Pressed partnership

Brian Krogsgard

December 22, 2015

BusinessHosting

Envato has been testing a pitch for hosting since December 1st, and plans to roll it out on a broader scale in the new year. Two theme shops are running the hosting pitch now, Qode and Select-Themes. Buyers can see…

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

The company behind CoSchedule, the SaaS…

November 4, 2015

The company behind CoSchedule, the SaaS editorial calendar with a deep WordPress integration, is looking to triple in size -- from 10 to 30 -- over the next year. It makes me wonder how well Edit Flow could do if it…

The dangers or selling under non-disclosure

Brian Krogsgard

October 30, 2015

Business

Gilbert Pellegrom has written a post that somewhat tells the story of what happened with WP Updates. Most of you know that WP Updates was acquired, and as I previously reported, was under a non-disclosure agreement as part of the…

WP Updates sold under non-disclosure, experiences outage

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2015

Business

WP Updates is a SaaS that allows plugin and theme authors to provide automatic updates to their customers. It is a third party distribution system that the author uploads their updated files to and WP Updates sends it to customers.…

Restaurant Engine sold for “low six figures”

Brian Krogsgard

August 7, 2015

Business

Brian Casel has sold Restaurant Engine for a "low six figures" sum. His asking price was $185,000, according to FE International, the site he used as a broker. Restaurant Engine was a very early entrant as a hosted WordPress website provider…

Build features more customers will see

Brian Krogsgard

June 9, 2015

Most users will never engage deeply with an app. It's sad but true. Consider this devastating graph by Andrew Chen in his post on the next feature fallacy. This is the attrition rate of users in your average app. Of 1,000…

There are third party tools and…

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

If you run a SaaS business…

Thoughts on WooCommerce Connect

Managing products is about focus

Not all plugins need to rush…

Recently, HappyTables posted this photo on Instagram…

Vova Feldman recalls how changing the…

WordPress and SaaS — Draft podcast

Envato is getting into hosting WordPress websites with Pressed partnership

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

The company behind CoSchedule, the SaaS…

The dangers or selling under non-disclosure

WP Updates sold under non-disclosure, experiences outage

Restaurant Engine sold for “low six figures”

Build features more customers will see

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