Being attractive for web designers

Regards.

I've been programming a website which is going to be a marketplace for web templates. I have everything done (licenses, design, systems, everything), but I don't have any web template there, and I don't know how to be attractive for web designers and customers. I'm talking about how to innovate in this kind of market, seeing that already there are big enterprises (themeforest, etc) in this field.

Thank you!

 

I'm not trying to be a smartass, but seeing that you are getting into the business of selling templates, presumably quality premium ones, shouldn't you already have an idea of what's good? Or at the very least have a few groups of developers that you are in contact with to help you design a kickass site? I understand that your asking to get some free input, but if you're serious about entering such a saturated market you really should hire an experienced developer that specializes in designing or consulting marketplace sites if you don't already have a clear idea of what would likely work well.

 

I've wanted to set up my own theme marketplace in the past, and part of my plan was to prepare a bunch of my own themes to sell. Getting the site populated with themes will be difficult at first, as web developers want to know the theme will actually sell. So, once the site is populated you will need traffic. A strong advertising campaign is ideal.. it's not going to be easy, or cheap. Good luck!

 

Thank you all for replying. I'm really sure about the selection process of templates, and of course I want the best for my website. But my goal when posting it was to know what can be lucrative and engaging for web designers. About customers, I'll talk about it later. But even so, thank you all.

 

tbh, it's incredibly saturated. I come across a lot of similar sites/marketplaces that are all but abandoned. Hell, they sell ready-made clones of them.

I'd say asking a forum for an "innovative" idea is likely the last straw...how forthcoming would you be with an innovative idea? Bring the idea in a little, and narrow it to start. Any specific type of theme/template you are interested in?...would other people be?

Hardest part of picking a theme is just the sheer number of them to pick through. More info, reviews, etc., that can be given on a select number of templates ("the best"), makes it easier to decide. That's where I'd start.

At least this in way you'll have a bit more direction, know what to advertise, etc. Expand as you go.

 

Could you partner with a designer to release some premium and exclusive templates?

 

That's not a bad idea, but he would likely need to have some serious traffic and sales prior to anyone agreeing to this.

 

I suppose the deal could be that if the designer doesn't get money / attention after a certain amount of time, the designs would no longer be exclusive.

 

Well you can fill your site with themes from other sites like themeforst with your affiliate links, this way your site would not look empty and in the mean time you can create your own theme and add the to your website

 

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Also I can come up with some designs for you of you want ... We can swap out some designs for work ? Plus cash