6/20/2023 0 Comments Codecanyon xcommander![]() I though it will be an easy task, but I did not even realize how wrong I was at that moment. I saw all these top-selling WordPress themes earning about $20k+/month and started to thinking about releasing my first premium theme. First fail: trying to release a WordPress theme And I've made about $770 net profit in first month! Spoiler: This plugin was made about 80% of my sales at all time.Īfter that I've released about 8 more plugins, on average I've been able to develop 2 plugins per months from idea to production. It wasn't stopped me, so I've developed my next plugin within next few weeks, it was approved at the beginning of April 2014. It took me about 2 weeks to build the plugin from scratch and another week to write the documentation and record some intro video. The plugin was approved on CodeCanyon at the end of March 2014 and had just few sales. The idea of the plugin was pretty simple - it added an ability to add password-protected Client Area to the Wordpress website, where the user will be able to log-in and track the project status, download the files, and so on. In march 2014 I started working on my first premium plugin. ![]() Their fees are pretty high (they keep about 50% of your total sales), however they have a large customers base, so after research and looking at sales stats of other plugins I decided to give it a shot. I ended up with a decision to try to sell items via CodeCanyon (Envato Marketplace). I spent a lot of time on research, looking into existing plugins, distribution options and so on. ![]() But I absolutely had no idea how to sell them. Despite the fact that my plugins haven't been excellently coded, users liked them and I started to think about launching some premium plugins. In 2011 I've started working with WordPress, and published my first free plugins in summer 2012. And think about that idea again after reading Rework back in 2010. Who might not like the idea of having some passive/semi-passive income? :) First time I think about it after reading a 4-hours a week back in 2008. In this article I'll share learned lessons and my experience of being an author at Envato Marketplaces. ![]() As an author I've made over 1,880 sales and earned about $18k in net profit on CodeCanyon. ![]()
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