Comments on: How Do You Plugin/Theme Developers Make Money? http://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money WordPress and Web Dev From the Ground Up Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Praveen Rajaraohttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-3152 Praveen Rajarao Fri, 10 Jun 2011 01:16:24 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-3152 There are a lot of ways that we can. There is online advertising, online surveys, affiliate marketing to name a few. You can visit my blog to know more. There are a lot of ways that we can. There is online advertising, online surveys, affiliate marketing to name a few. You can visit my blog to know more.

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-3129 Thaya Kareeson Tue, 10 May 2011 17:44:08 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-3129 That is the most common monetization model for sure. The only problem is, the amount of effort developers put into their plugins and site is tremendous. If they were to put the same amount of effort elsewhere in a different niche, they can make 10x the money easy. That is the most common monetization model for sure. The only problem is, the amount of effort developers put into their plugins and site is tremendous. If they were to put the same amount of effort elsewhere in a different niche, they can make 10x the money easy.

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-3128 Thaya Kareeson Tue, 10 May 2011 17:43:01 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-3128 Hi @paulgailey, Yeah I have to keep policing this stuff. It's kind of a pain. Now-a-days it's just not worth policing this stuff since I don't get money for my plugins anyway. Lots of great WP plugins now stopped developing plugins since there is really no money in it for them. Hi @paulgailey,
Yeah I have to keep policing this stuff. It's kind of a pain. Now-a-days it's just not worth policing this stuff since I don't get money for my plugins anyway. Lots of great WP plugins now stopped developing plugins since there is really no money in it for them.

]]> By: pratishhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-3072 pratish Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:44:51 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-3072 Plugin developers also make money by selling more advanced version of the plugins which they provide it for free. they can also make money for installing and configuring it with more advanced custom features on their clients website. Some plugin developers make money through the ads which are running on their website and they generate traffic by attracting plugins users to their website. Plugin developers also make money by selling more advanced version of the plugins which they provide it for free. they can also make money for installing and configuring it with more advanced custom features on their clients website.
Some plugin developers make money through the ads which are running on their website and they generate traffic by attracting plugins users to their website.

]]> By: @paulgaileyhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-3071 @paulgailey Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:45:41 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-3071 OK, so what I don't really understand @ThayaKareeson is how sites like: <a href="http://wpplugins.com/purchase/296/wp-greetings/" target="_blank">http://wpplugins.com/purchase/296/wp-greetings/</a> get away with charging for your software and making it look like theirs? Are you having to police this sort of activity alot? OK, so what I don't really understand @ThayaKareeson is how sites like: http://wpplugins.com/purchase/296/wp-greetings/ get away with charging for your software and making it look like theirs? Are you having to police this sort of activity alot?

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2878 Thaya Kareeson Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:57:31 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2878 Are you a plugin developer? No? How about a thank you? I have ads because I don't want people to pay for my plugins. If I don't get paid somehow, I can't afford to code for free. If I go premium my plugins will be ad-less, but I'm not planning on it. If you say I steel people's code then many other plugin devs steal from my code too (including some big time developers). It's called GPL. Learn your facts before you slander. It's people like you who make me not want to continue coding for the WP community. You want everything for free (plugin, support, time) and cry about it when you don't get it. Good thing there are lots of other great people in this community that keep me around or else I would pull all of my plugins right now so that I can stop supporting bad apples like you. Are you a plugin developer? No? How about a thank you?

I have ads because I don't want people to pay for my plugins. If I don't get paid somehow, I can't afford to code for free. If I go premium my plugins will be ad-less, but I'm not planning on it.

If you say I steel people's code then many other plugin devs steal from my code too (including some big time developers). It's called GPL. Learn your facts before you slander.

It's people like you who make me not want to continue coding for the WP community. You want everything for free (plugin, support, time) and cry about it when you don't get it. Good thing there are lots of other great people in this community that keep me around or else I would pull all of my plugins right now so that I can stop supporting bad apples like you.

]]> By: Frank Massahttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2876 Frank Massa Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:08:34 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2876 There are some plug-ins people would pay for.. Yours would not be those.. you steal other peoples code and try and force your ads into everything. Stop crying, no one would pay you anyways. There are some plug-ins people would pay for.. Yours would not be those.. you steal other peoples code and try and force your ads into everything. Stop crying, no one would pay you anyways.

]]> By: Julianhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2778 Julian Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:56:00 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2778 i think developing is not too good as blogging i mean... i have made 28 plugins and only got $5 for donations wheeew <a href="http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/julianwp" rel="nofollow">http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/julianwp</a> i think developing is not too good as blogging

i mean…
i have made 28 plugins and only got $5 for donations

wheeew
http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/julianwp

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2751 Thaya Kareeson Sun, 30 May 2010 04:51:18 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2751 Most of the time it's suggestions for how it can make the plugin better (but also benefit the requester at the same time). A lot of features I put into all of my plugins, I never really use at all but have to spend time developing and testing. It does make the plugin better for everybody, but sometimes I just don't have the bandwidth to help someone troubleshoot their super tricky way of using my plugins. Most of the time it's suggestions for how it can make the plugin better (but also benefit the requester at the same time). A lot of features I put into all of my plugins, I never really use at all but have to spend time developing and testing. It does make the plugin better for everybody, but sometimes I just don't have the bandwidth to help someone troubleshoot their super tricky way of using my plugins.

]]> By: Michael Fieldshttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2750 Michael Fields Sun, 30 May 2010 04:43:43 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2750 "That's a great idea. I should incorporate a little resource section into my blogs to help spread the word for the authors." Awesome! Can't wait to check it out. "I was never brave enough to put back into codex. I'm too scared of breaking the internet. I tend to think that if there is an error or omission that's probably done on purpose." Definitely not done on purpose... it's a community effort!!! Go for it. "There are many times when people request features from me that I never needed or wanted for my own purpose, so its' not really creating it for myself. But then it is nice to be the center of attention!" When you say "request features" are you referring to "modifications to already existing code" or "requests to create custom solutions". "That's a great idea. I should incorporate a little resource section into my blogs to help spread the word for the authors."
Awesome! Can't wait to check it out.

"I was never brave enough to put back into codex. I'm too scared of breaking the internet. I tend to think that if there is an error or omission that's probably done on purpose."
Definitely not done on purpose… it's a community effort!!! Go for it.

"There are many times when people request features from me that I never needed or wanted for my own purpose, so its' not really creating it for myself. But then it is nice to be the center of attention!"
When you say "request features" are you referring to "modifications to already existing code" or "requests to create custom solutions".

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2749 Thaya Kareeson Thu, 27 May 2010 22:59:13 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2749 Hm... I just checked and I use the same email address on both services. Darn! Hm… I just checked and I use the same email address on both services. Darn!

]]> By: xentekhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2748 xentek Thu, 27 May 2010 19:03:35 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2748 You know... I don't know how that logo showed up. Intense Debate is owned by Automattic, so maybe its because I used the same email address as I do on wordpress.org? :) You know… I don't know how that logo showed up. Intense Debate is owned by Automattic, so maybe its because I used the same email address as I do on wordpress.org? :)

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2747 Thaya Kareeson Thu, 27 May 2010 15:36:38 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2747 That makes sense. There's only so many ads you can place before it just kills your site in terms of usability. BTW, how did you get the little WP logo in your intense debate? That makes sense. There's only so many ads you can place before it just kills your site in terms of usability.

BTW, how did you get the little WP logo in your intense debate?

]]> By: Ottohttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2746 Otto Thu, 27 May 2010 12:40:28 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2746 For both Simple Twitter Connect and Simple Facebook Connect, they get around 800 hits a day. On Extend, they get roughly 600 downloads per day. That varies, of course, the max I've seen is 4000 for SFC. You can see the donation bit on the sidebar of <a href="http://ottopress.com" rel="nofollow">http://ottopress.com</a> . It's a simple affair, just a box and a suggested $5 donation, for a beer. :) For both Simple Twitter Connect and Simple Facebook Connect, they get around 800 hits a day. On Extend, they get roughly 600 downloads per day. That varies, of course, the max I've seen is 4000 for SFC.

You can see the donation bit on the sidebar of http://ottopress.com . It's a simple affair, just a box and a suggested $5 donation, for a beer. :)

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2745 Thaya Kareeson Thu, 27 May 2010 05:33:22 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2745 BTW, thank you for the suggestion! I have added it a donation section to my sidebar too! BTW, thank you for the suggestion! I have added it a donation section to my sidebar too!

]]> By: xentekhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2744 xentek Thu, 27 May 2010 05:16:39 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2744 I should also add that I've had colleagues think that I was out of mind to NOT be running ads on my site. But again, its against my personal aesthetic, and choose not to do so. I should also add that I've had colleagues think that I was out of mind to NOT be running ads on my site. But again, its against my personal aesthetic, and choose not to do so.

]]> By: xentekhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2743 xentek Thu, 27 May 2010 05:14:50 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2743 > "I try to update codex whenever I see an error or omission" "I was never brave enough to put back into codex. I'm too scared of breaking the internet. I tend to think that if there is an error or omission that's probably done on purpose. " No really, go ahead and try to break it :) Even incomplete (or slightly inaccurate) info in the codex is better than a blank page. Someone will build on your contribution. Though most wp developers I know just read the code and ignore the codex. > "I try to update codex whenever I see an error or omission"
"I was never brave enough to put back into codex. I'm too scared of breaking the internet. I tend to think that if there is an error or omission that's probably done on purpose. "

No really, go ahead and try to break it :)
Even incomplete (or slightly inaccurate) info in the codex is better than a blank page. Someone will build on your contribution. Though most wp developers I know just read the code and ignore the codex.

]]> By: xentekhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2742 xentek Thu, 27 May 2010 05:07:37 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2742 It might just be my personal aesthetic, but there is something about Ads that make me trust a site a little less. It seems like the priority is on making money and not providing what ever it is that the site is providing. I'm not bashing anyone that uses them, and obviously banner ads, text ads, and the like are effective - to a certain degree - but for me, they tend to clutter a design and take focus off of the information that is trying to be presented. In other words, they can be a huge distraction to users. But since most of my plugins tend to be a by-product of other work, they're paid for indirectly and I don't mind supporting them after the release. If I don't have time, I don't respond, and so far no one has complained. If a plugin is sufficiently complex, or solves a real business need, it really warrants a price tag. Some of the plugins I have in the pipeline (and even some I've released early but with very few user controlled options) seem like perfect candidates for the premium plugin route. And with Envato (the themeforrest guys) opening a WP Plugin section on the Code Canyon marketplace soon, it seems like a good way to go for me. I've been self-employed for 7+ years now and that's not about to change anytime soon, and while consulting is a lucrative career, it is still a game of trading time for money, and I too am looking for ways to pull in a residual income for code I've already written. But who am I kidding? I write the code for free. I'm paid to answer the emails :) It might just be my personal aesthetic, but there is something about Ads that make me trust a site a little less. It seems like the priority is on making money and not providing what ever it is that the site is providing.

I'm not bashing anyone that uses them, and obviously banner ads, text ads, and the like are effective – to a certain degree – but for me, they tend to clutter a design and take focus off of the information that is trying to be presented. In other words, they can be a huge distraction to users.

But since most of my plugins tend to be a by-product of other work, they're paid for indirectly and I don't mind supporting them after the release. If I don't have time, I don't respond, and so far no one has complained.

If a plugin is sufficiently complex, or solves a real business need, it really warrants a price tag. Some of the plugins I have in the pipeline (and even some I've released early but with very few user controlled options) seem like perfect candidates for the premium plugin route. And with Envato (the themeforrest guys) opening a WP Plugin section on the Code Canyon marketplace soon, it seems like a good way to go for me.

I've been self-employed for 7+ years now and that's not about to change anytime soon, and while consulting is a lucrative career, it is still a game of trading time for money, and I too am looking for ways to pull in a residual income for code I've already written.

But who am I kidding? I write the code for free. I'm paid to answer the emails :)

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2741 Thaya Kareeson Thu, 27 May 2010 04:00:06 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2741 How much does traffic does your plugin generate? How much does traffic does your plugin generate?

]]> By: Thaya Kareesonhttp://omninoggin.com/wordpress-posts/how-do-you-plugintheme-developers-make-money/#comment-2740 Thaya Kareeson Thu, 27 May 2010 03:59:29 +0000 http://omninoggin.com/?p=641#comment-2740 Thanks xentek! I've done some freelance work before and I got too exhausting after a while. I would like to build residual income instead. That's interesting, so you would rather sell premium plugins than get money from ads or donations? I figured that I can do something like a freemium model. Basic features for free (for people who blog for fun) and premium features for money (for people who blog for money). Thanks xentek!

I've done some freelance work before and I got too exhausting after a while. I would like to build residual income instead.

That's interesting, so you would rather sell premium plugins than get money from ads or donations? I figured that I can do something like a freemium model. Basic features for free (for people who blog for fun) and premium features for money (for people who blog for money).

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