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The WordPress themes market is huge. Big players such as StudioPress, Elegant Themes, ThemeFuse, and WooThemes, just to name a few, dominate as top premium theme sellers. Alongside these dedicated studios are thousands of independent designers developing themes for public release in WordPress theme marketplaces. In this post we’ll be looking at three of the most popular marketplaces for selling themes. We’ll discover more about how each of them work and what’s offered for buyers and sellers. ThemeForest From a buyer’s perspective, the choices of themes offered at ThemeForest are extensive. As of now, there are currently 4,399 WordPress themes to choose from. For perspective, […]

When we create websites with WordPress, it’s easy to get distracted by all of the amazing tools, plugins, and themes, and forget that the content is most important. If relevant information is difficult to find on your website, then all of the time you spent creating it will ultimately be overlooked. Naturally, the easier you make it for visitors to navigate to content that is both relevant and useful to them, the more time they’ll stay engaged with your site. Traditionally, WordPress sites have relied on a sidebar with a list of recent posts, categories, tags, and a search widget to keep users engaged. For […]

Sitemaps typically come in two formats: XML and HTML. Search engines use the former to quickly and easily find the content on your site, while webmasters and bloggers use the latter to help visitors find the pages and topics they’re interested in. Creating a sitemap for a WordPress site is as easy as installing and setting up a plugin. After the initial setup and creation, most sitemaps automatically update when you publish or remove content. In this article, I’ll be looking at 5 standalone sitemap-generating plugins currently available from the WordPress repository. 1. Google XML Sitemaps For a very long time […]

Whether you run a blog, membership site, or eCommerce site, if you want to collect online payments from your customers, you’ll need a payment processor. There are plenty of options out there, but which one should you choose? Well, most people would start by considering the two big-hitters of the industry: PayPal and Stripe. Having been around for years, and with worldwide availability, I’m sure you’re familiar with PayPal. PayPal uses an off-site checkout method, redirecting your customers to a dedicated checkout page to take payments. Stripe is the newer option, and has a more limited availability—US, Canada, UK, Australia, […]

WordPress is continually evolving. As the Content Management System changes, so do all the businesses built around it—premium theme developers, paid plugin coders, and everyone else who has centered their business around WordPress. Particularly in the premium theme industry, we’re seeing tremendous change as more and more developers rush into the growing market to get their piece of the pie. With the advent of minimalism, single page, and other trends, the face of the premium theme market is continually changing. But there are a few stalwarts in the field—premium theme developers that have endured the change and come out on top as […]

Unless you’re a major celebrity or an icon in your industry, you know how it feels to open up Twitter and outwardly sigh at your follower count. Building your brand up to have thousands of followers on Twitter can seem like an unreachable dream for many. Though difficult, with the appropriate steps this dream can become a reality. There are dozens of ways that people gain followers. The simplest is to ask your friends, family members, or coworkers to follow you. Other more “complicated” methods, that is methods that require actual effort, can involve frequently tweeting high-quality content. For research […]