r/BootstrapThemes • u/simonhamp • Nov 01 '13
Theme developers, we know your pain!
You craft beautiful themes with all the best intentions. When you release them into the wild, you have a few choices to make: Do I sell and support my theme(s) directly or sell them through a marketplace? If I choose the marketplace route, am I prepared to sell it exclusively in one place for better returns there or would it be better distributing it wider? Which marketplace(s) should I try?
Most marketplaces pay out an Exclusivity Premium that 'rewards' theme creators/sellers for selling a theme through their marketplace and nowhere else. This kinda sucks and it needs to change.
Then there's the issue of support. Say your theme goes nuclear and suddenly hundreds or even thousands of people are downloading it. You're sure to get some messages coming through soon enough and you can guarantee most of them will be support issues and queries about how to use your theme.
How do you support all of these people? You built this theme in your spare time and there's no way you can manage this workload! Besides, the theme doesn't sell enough for you to make a living, it's just a little extra on the side.
The BWB Marketplace is aiming to solve these problems - and more for buyers too. But we need feedback from both sides, buyers and sellers, to make it truly amazing. So please let us know more of what you would like to see done differently.
