Comments on: New Twist on Premium WordPress Themes

By: New Twist on Premium WordPress Themes - Pay money, get nothing | Scott's Morning Brew

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:05:14 +0000

[...] in February, I read this article on Weblog Tools Collection: Small Potato is starting a “WordPress Premium Themes [...]

By: CWF Game Cast

CWF Game Cast — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:32:16 +0000

I’d like to try the themes out but don’t want to be tied if I don’t like it. I know people will say “it’s only $5, certainly worth the expenditure” but not when one is watching their pennies.

If, after trying it out, it is suitable to my needs I have no problem paying for it.

By: Iva

Iva — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:28:01 +0000

CWF, the site doesn’t ask you to input your credit card info at all. I guess it’s so thanks to the code.

By: CWF Game Cast

CWF Game Cast — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:25:07 +0000

The WTC code gets us free signup. Is it permissible to sign up and try the club. Then, quit before we’d be charged $5 when our membership is up for renewal? If so, how does that work?

By: Charity

Charity — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:38:06 +0000

@Fred G. - Then why don’t you simply create your own themes? That’s what I do if I can’t find one that works with what I want it to. I create my own.

Personally, theme developers have to eat too, and I have no problem paying a nominal fee for a theme.

By: miletwo::network

miletwo::network — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:50:00 +0000

Interesting concept. I don’t really understand why anybody would pay for a theme with how easy it is to make your own, but I suppose some people need that.

Thanks for the link.

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KodeeXII.Net » Post » Enter the Wordpress Premium Theme Club — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:57:32 +0000

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By: Fred Gonkin

Fred Gonkin — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:25:44 +0000

If Word Press is going to promote themes that charge then it is my belief each theme should include a release note. In the release note it should state if it is an new theme or an updated theme. If it is updated it should state what has been updated and why. Also any compatability issues with plug-ins or displaying. Finally if it is a new theme it should include any testing done (e.g. security) and its results, any issues, what plugins are not compatible, and any other information. In my opinion Word Press does have a duty to its customers to ensure that anything released or promoted does not adversely effect its customers. As a user of Word Press I am completely opposed to this idea of paying for themes.

By: Fred Gonkin

Fred Gonkin — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:17:20 +0000

I have enough problems with free word press themes working. If I download free themes I am lucky if one theme displays correctly and works correctly with my plug-in. Personally I think the staff at word press is getting a head of themselves. Right now the issue should be establishing quality standards and not promoting more additions. Until a quality standard has been defined by word press that states that a theme must meet a minimum quality standard and being enforced there is no way I am paying for something that has not been properly developed.

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WPDesigner » Wpdesigner 20,000 Accounts Giveaway — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:47:14 +0000

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By: ChrisM

ChrisM — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:24:25 +0000

Just a quick note to fellow non-American visitors - don’t include a + sign or brackets (as an example +44 (0) 207 432 8765) in the phone section of the sign up form (44 207 4312 8765 would work fine.) Thanks for the code

By: Iva

Iva — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:54:27 +0000

I always wanted to check out the theme club and I thought I won’t be able to, as I’m from a country that doesn’t support PayPal yet, so this was very generous. Thank you, Small Potato and Mark:)

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:59:00 +0000

Thats awesome that SmallPotato is doing this promotion. Even though I just redesigned my site, I might take him up on this offer just to gain access to those themes which might come in handy later down the road.

By: Michel

Michel — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:03:13 +0000

I signed up (thanks for the promo code! nice idea!:-), just to see, what is what…

I like especially the WPDesigner8 theme (although if use it, I might change it a little bit…) and wanted to see how it’ll look on one of my latest projects, involving WordPress:)

Good luck, small potato! Your idea with the free and $5 club is good, might work, might not, but I wish luck turns your way!

Cheers!

By: jez

jez — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:34:36 +0000

5$ wisely spent (by me 1 month ago), but thanks wltc & small potato for offering the 500 free sign-ups, it is a great idea!

By: Aditya

Aditya — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:00:21 +0000

Interesting,but this is the way Joomla themes work now… at least the good quality ones. So it’s about time WP moved in this direction.

By: Small Potato

Small Potato — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:59:50 +0000

Chaos - Thanks for the heads up. I’ll edit the TOC right after this comment to guarantee the 12 themes.

Jonathan - I agree, but my club is actually going to focus on what the club members want. You’re allowed and encouraged to send in requests for new themes and features. And yes, people have been requesting for a magazine theme for the club so I’m going to create one very soon.

By: Gomi

Gomi — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:41:16 +0000

Happy. Happy. Looking forward to the next 12 themes… and definitely a renewal next year

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:08:26 +0000

@Small,

It’s not even so much the point of putting more time into them, I think the market has just been so saturated that it’s extremely difficult to help make yourself stand out these days.

It might be good to pick a niche, maybe magazine styled themes, news sites styled themes, or maybe professional themes. Something that you can focus on and be good at.

Just a recommendation, that’s all.

Best of luck to you.

By: ChaosKaizer

ChaosKaizer — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:59:51 +0000

I like this ideas, I hope to see more wordpress club theme. Its better than generic free-seo-marketing-footer-link themes. IMO $5 per year subscriptions beat others CMS themes club.

btw I think small potato’s forgot to mention how many theme release every year at his Themes Club Terms (TOC).

I have many experiences with theme club, so I think its important to state clearly how many theme release for a year.
“$5 per year for at least 12 themes” doesn’t sound convincing and its written at the sign up page not in the TOC page.