Free or paid wp theme?

Discussion in 'General Marketing' started by gonico, Dec 10, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi guys,

    I built this super cool and unique wordpress arcade theme with very cool features and a very clean and pretty interface.

    I'm wondering if I should sell it or give it away for free but add several links of sites of mine to do link building.

    In the other side, if I sell it I will make money to buy traffic and advertising.

    So... the egg or the chicken?
     
    gonico, Dec 10, 2009 IP
  2. Steve Powers

    Steve Powers Peon

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    #2
    what's your design?Are you sure it's worthy to buy.I prefer to the former-using it for link building.
     
    Steve Powers, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  3. dtrainer

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    #3
    It depends how much you wish to customize your website. IF your are happy with the free ones, then go for it.
     
    dtrainer, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  4. minucosminu

    minucosminu Active Member

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    #4
    there are so many free wp themes that I don't see the point of buying one, just if you are a company or something.
     
    minucosminu, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  5. srinivas26

    srinivas26 Well-Known Member

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    Hi,

    I agree with minucosminu, no need to buy WP themes.

    Regards,
    Srinivas.
     
    srinivas26, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  6. einsteinsboi

    einsteinsboi Well-Known Member

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    #6
    You can sell it and make some money, but it would be better to offer it for free and then charge if someone wants customizations or to remove the copyright link or something like that. By offering it for free you can start building your cred as WP themer and then eventually start selling premium themes.
     
    einsteinsboi, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  7. lazyfrog

    lazyfrog Active Member

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    I second that plus one can provide encoded footers that can be unlocked for a free. The footers can be sold.
     
    lazyfrog, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  8. SEOdir.net

    SEOdir.net Banned

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    #8
    If its very cool and you think that everyone will like it, then I would suggest to add link in the footer to gain backlinks ;)
     
    SEOdir.net, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  9. bengun

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    #9
    IMHO, best way for you - try to sell your wp theme and if profit in your opinion will be low then free distribution makes sense.
     
    bengun, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  10. rmvalues

    rmvalues Well-Known Member

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    #10
    for me, prefer to free resources.

    free wp theme even better than paid one.

    who want to pay if can get the free one?
     
    rmvalues, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  11. fairtrad3

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    The egg of course..emm or was it the chicken? I wonder. I think it would be better to build link first because as they said link is the currency of the net. Then after you got links and traffic hopefully. You can start build more themes and start a solid design business.
     
    fairtrad3, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  12. HaroonB

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    #12
    you can use the free theme but the paid one will be more user friendly and have more options
     
    HaroonB, Dec 11, 2009 IP
  13. gonico

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    thanks for all the suggestion... im very interested in the encrypted code part.
    does anyone know how to do that?
     
    gonico, Dec 12, 2009 IP
  14. China Products

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    #14
    There are many free and paid wordpress themes, if you want promote your design you can offer as free theme.
     
    China Products, Dec 12, 2009 IP