Jan 10Freemius 2022 Year in Review (+ Numbers) and What’s to Come in 2023Wow! What a year 😅 We’ve been sending annual transparency report emails to our selling partners since 2018. This time, I decided to open it to the public to let others get a glimpse of the happenings at Freemius and what we have planned for 2023. Plus, with thousands of…2022 Highlights15 min read2022 Highlights15 min read
Dec 30, 2022Huge News! Freemius Launches State-of-the-Art Sales Analytics and Multi-Store Dashboard 🚀A mega-project deserves a mega-announcement! The new Multi-store Dashboard is by far our biggest milestone and most complex deployment in 2022. …Multi Store Dashboard14 min readMulti Store Dashboard14 min read
Dec 7, 2022Developer’s Guide on How to Sell Elementor Templates and Kits in 2023How much do you know about Elementor Templates? These new-generation static themes are easy to build and offer developers and digital creatives an opportunity to cash in on the no-code revolution. Get insider tips from four WordPress professionals on how to successfully sell Elementor Templates (and Template Kits) in 2023. …Word Press23 min readWord Press23 min read
Nov 16, 2022Dual Perspective: Zach Tirrell’s 1st-Hand Experience with WordPress Acquisitions as a Buyer & Seller — FreemiusIn 2020, Zach Tirrell was tasked by Modern Tribe to help prep The Events Calendar for an acquisition, despite owning no part of the business. …Word Press15 min readWord Press15 min read
Sep 21, 2022Scaling vs Coding: Should You Hire a Lead Engineer for Your WordPress Business? — FreemiusDo you hand over the coding keys to a lead engineer or do you keep them? This is a question most technical founders will have to answer as their WordPress business scales. On one hand, you’re partially saying goodbye to a passion you’ve spent years nurturing. …Word Press20 min readWord Press20 min read
Aug 3, 2022Chris & Artur of Extendify: WordPress Networking Strategies to Find a ‘Best Fit’ Buyer — FreemiusWordPress networking strategies probably don’t immediately come to mind when you think of plugin and theme development. But Extendify’s Chris Lubkert and Artur Grabowski believe that networking is a crucial aspect that’s frequently overlooked by product owners who have plans to sell their businesses down the line. Artur clarifies: “Too…Word Press15 min readWord Press15 min read
Jul 27, 2022How to Handle Nulled WordPress Plugins and Themes (and Their Users)Like cracked software is to the internet at large, so too are nulled WordPress plugins and themes to devs and users in the WP space — a nuisance, a danger, a badge of honor. Wait, what? A badge of honor? Unique to WordPress, having your first product ‘nulled’ is something…Word Press18 min readWord Press18 min read
Jul 13, 2022Contributing to WordPress: The Good, the Bad & the Polyglot — FreemiusFive months into my WordPress writing career, I watched a rerun of an old Top Gear episode where Jeremy Clarkson admits that he doesn’t know a thing about how engines work. I couldn’t help but chuckle. Put it this way — if I were a motor journalist and WordPress was…Word Press17 min readWord Press17 min read
Jun 29, 2022Two Years In: The Impact of COVID-19 on WordPress and eCommerceAfter a period of massive growth that saw the majority of markets scramble online to survive, we’re entering a time of deceleration. Growth is slowing, the COVID-19 Stock Market bubble has burst, and there’s a cautious atmosphere in WordPress. …Acquisitions11 min readAcquisitions11 min read
Jun 29, 2022Two Years In: The Impact of COVID-19 on WordPress and eCommerce — FreemiusAfter a period of massive growth that saw the majority of markets scramble online to survive, we’re entering a time of deceleration. Growth is slowing, the COVID-19 Stock Market bubble has burst, and there’s a cautious atmosphere in WordPress. …Word Press10 min readWord Press10 min read
