I want to make a new website where user can buy templates , simple but great looking designs , at low prices , starting from $ 1 up to the most expensive that will be around $ 50 , would you guys buy a template from such a site ? The designs will be unique and you'll get them in PSD and HTML formats. What do you think about my idea ? Will it have success ?
Can you make these templates, or source someone to make them? Make sure they're not just templates you've taken off the web.. If you can, and if you can keep it updated, you should do well!
Of course that they will be made by me , and my team. We just want to offer as I said templates from $ 1 up to $ 50 , and all of them will be our designs. So you think it will be succesfull ?
I think it's a good idea, you should sell template up to $100 depending on the design I own a web hosting business if you need a host let me know I can offer you some great deals I been in business for a little while now. Make sure to include a portfolio on your website too, you should also so design web banners and logos you should get more clients that way too. That's if you have experience at making logos of course.
That was another idea , to design also logos and headers beside the templates , I thought that $ 100 may be a little too expensive , we're working on the site as we speak , but first of all we nned to have at least 50-100 templates for start..And if the client wants to have the template just for him what would you think would be a fair price ? let's say that the regula price is around 25 $ so what would be the fair price for a design sold only once ?
You've got to find out what you need to do to make your templates more attractive than the free templates that are available. And rather than making generic templates for people to buy, why not offer a custom service? And I just noticed you mentioned that. Why not figure out how much it would cost for the job and them add whatever markup you deem necessary? Of find out what other sites are charging?
There are loads of free and scrapped templates available out there ... you need to provide unique templates in order to grab buyers. Although you want to offer cheap, make sure you dont undersell your work!!
i know that there are a lot of cheap templates but I shall try to offer a higher quality template than a free one at a lower price than other websites that sell templates now , I noticed that they have prices starting from 30-40 $ for the most simple templates , and such a template you can find for free , and if you want something that looks ok , it will cost you starting from 50 to 3000 $ if ou want the template just for yourself.
if the templates has good designs, source templates and well coded everyone will buy templates from the site.
What will your site offer which these do not? http://www.themeforest.net http://www.designers-paradise.co.uk http://www.templatemonster.com As these all offer templates from as little as $3 to $50 Themeforest and TemplateMonster have this market pretty much locked to themselves at the moment.
I think you will have a hard time being very profitable if you just focus on trying to sell the designs as cheap as possible. You have to pay yourself and your team. How much is your time worth? How many would you have to sell at an average of $x to make it worth your while? A lot of people will pay a higher price if the quality stands out above the other options and if the service stands out.
Well , of course they will have a high quality otherwise , just that also Templatemonster and themeforest have high quality designs , but templatemonster has higher prices , I would want something like themeforest , with cheaper templates and also free templates , but since there is themeforest do you think that a similar site would be succesful ? Of course with great designs at affordable prices.
I think for the 1$ themes ... only to get the free ones and expect people to get them for 1$. But my main problem ( if I would such a thing ): where to get new content?
Don't make (another) website. Join the ones that already exist and save yourself the hassle of competing against them. Pay them a good commission if they bring you sales and everyone is happy.