How to Sell your WordPress Themes Online
Whether you are a budding developer making WordPress themes for fun or are a professional, there is a huge scope for making money because of the prevalence of WordPress and how easy it has become for people to set up their own blogs and websites. While there are free themes aplenty, there is always demand for custom professional themes to go with specific content and website designs. If you too would like to try selling your WordPress themes, this article will teach you how to so for free and earn the most you can.
Instructions
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Directly.me
One of the largest digital goods selling platform, Directly.me is perfect for both beginners and advanced developers. This should be your preferred marketplace for several reasons, the foremost being a simple interface, quick setup, customer interaction and profit margin.
You can sign up on the website completely free and be on your way to selling themes in no time. Once you make an account, all you have to do is click on ‘sell product’ and you will be guided towards making your first page, known as a billboard. Here you can attach screenshots of your theme along with a description, listing all the features and other details.
After that you have to select the price for your theme, which can be any amount you deem reasonable. You also have the option to open up your theme for affiliates, giving others the opportunity to sell your theme and make a commission on each sale. Once you are done setting it up, the page will be live and you can either promote it on your social networks or link to it from your own blog/website.
The payments are completely secure and in contrast to other marketplaces, you get to keep 80% of the proceeds. Moreover, the website also lets your customers contact you for queries or feedback, and all you have to pay nothing to benefit from all these features.
If you want to remain in complete control over your digital product, Directly.me is your best bet. -
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ThemeForest
This is another very popular marketplace where you can sell your themes. However, the main issue here is that your theme needs to be approved first and even after it is accepted you have limited control over your profits. Not only does the website itself decide the price of your theme, it also keeps up to 60% of the proceeds, leaving you with only 40% when you start. Only after you reach about 300,000 sales do you start getting 70% of the profit.
If money doesn’t really matter to you in the start, ThemeForest can be a good option too, provided your work gets selected.
