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Member Spotlight: Marcus Burnette
Michelle Frechette
Marcus Burnette is a WordPresser with GoDaddy Pro, team co-rep for the Photos team, a podcaster, and first-and-foremost, a family man.
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Nice weather they’re having
Dan Knauss
Apparently unaffected by downward trends elsewhere, GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) posted some bullish numbers for their second quarter with revenue up 9% year-over-year, and net Income up 93% year-over-year. See the presentation slides and other prepared remarks from CEO Aman…
WooCommerce Blocks 8.1, Joost on Shopify’s Decline, Insights from Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack
Bob Dunn
New enhancements to WooCommerce Blocks 8.1. • Joost's report on CMS Market Share shows Woo growing — but Shopify has hit a wall. • Two "Voices of Experience," Beka Rice and Birgit Pauli-Haack share long-term takes on WooCommerce, WordPress, and Gutenberg.
Jilt has announced they have stopped…
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…
SkyVerge & GoDaddy
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…
Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder…
Dan Knauss
Verge Engine Optimization Max Rice, co-founder and CEO of SkyVerge — a prominent seller of plugins for WooCommerce — shares how his team started this $350k/month business. 🙌 Max walks the reader the process of designing, prototyping, and manufacturing their…
Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic has acquired Prospress, the makers of WooCommerce Subscriptions -- WooCommerce's highest revenue-generating extension -- for an undisclosed sum.
Shopify introduces WordPress integration
Brian Krogsgard
Shopify has announced three WordPress themes and an official Shopify eCommerce plugin to help WordPress sites start selling using Shopify. Shopify partnered with Themezilla, Themify, and Ultralinx for the launch. The themes and plugin are free and Shopify is promising…
Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic has acquired WooThemes, whose flagship product is the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. All 55 team members at WooThemes will join Automattic, swelling ranks at Automattic by around 18%.
A new look and a new domain
Brian Krogsgard
The new Post Status design is an alpha, but I wanted to show readers as soon as I could. Also, the site has a new domain and utilizes HTTPS everywhere. A lot has gone into it so far, and there is much left to do.
Week in review: Beta 2, refinement, transparency, Do Action, apps, and more
Brian Krogsgard
Welcome to the fourth “Week in Review” on Post Status, where I hope to offer up some of the things you may have missed in the last week or so. There are a lot of great reads to catch up on…
