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11-21-2012, 04:08 PM
How did you market it to get 260+ sales? What percentage does ThemeForest pay?
Was always curious how so many themes on there have thousands of sales. Do you have to market it yourself, or does ThemeForest do a pretty good job of driving sales to your themes automatically?
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11-21-2012, 04:13 PM
I didn't do any marketing at all. They do a pretty good job of getting customers to their themes. Keep in mind they're a multi million dollar company and they spend a lot of that on marketing.
For starters they take 50%. Sounds like a lot but that does get you a lot of customers. The more you sell the more you can keep for yourself. I'm currently at 52%.
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11-21-2012, 04:55 PM
I've been thinking of getting back into Web Design.
But it would be such a side hustle that I don't think I got get things done on time.
Do you just build to sell? or do you get request on specifics and then build for a client?
I could easily write something like a Vcard and display it. But If someone asked me to write something by request. I already have a busy day to finish before I even get to sit in front of a computer
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11-21-2012, 08:05 PM
Nice work! Can you tell me about the process? Was it like this PSD -> HTML/CSS -> Wordpress Integration
Where did you learn about coding themes in WP?
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11-25-2012, 04:40 PM
I want to do this. Where should I begin?
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11-25-2012, 05:01 PM
Damn, nice sales figures. What do you think contributed to the success of your theme? There's a loooot of competition on there and I see a lot of nice looking themes offering much of what the top sellers do that never make it past a few dozen sales.
The Envato marketplace is a total game changer. I've been on the buying side lately and the quality you can get on there for web assets is just unreal. Win / win / win.
EDIT: Also, has anyone ever bought the Extended License?
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11-25-2012, 07:33 PM
Nice. Did you model the theme after an already successful seller?
For guys who don't design or code but have capital: you could hire someone else to build the themes, you just need to find good talent (and be willing to pay for it) because the bar is high. But you have very clear examples of what to give the designers (themes that sell well). That could mean some nice passive income. I'm thinking about this myself, might start with building them myself until I find some success, then shop it out.
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11-26-2012, 10:33 PM
OP. Thank you for making this thread.
Question: If I'm good with HTML and CSS for web design, how can I start? Do I make random Wordpress templates and upload them to ThemeForrest, then wait for them to attract me customers?