We have been getting lots of questions about how to increase the WordPress business? But increasing any type of business needs great effort, perfect plan, and ideas. Among them, today we are going to discuss one best and easy method to increase the WordPress business and that is with Freemius.
Do you want to increase your WordPress Business? Try it with Freemius and get your business more than double! Click To TweetIn this blog post, we will share with you what is Freemius, how to start with it, and how we can earn more with it? Besides that, we will share with you some genuine reviews from the previous users and how they are feeling with Freemius.
What is Freemius?
Freemius is a new and innovative standard for selling premium WordPress themes and plugins. It has secure checkout, software licensing, recurring payments, automatic payments, EU vat management, free trials for premium products, bundle selling, and more.
You can sell your premium plugins and themes through the WordPress dashboard instead of using an external marketplace or making your own marketplace using WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads. Freemius is the complete package for your premium themes and plugins.
Moreover, Freemius allows you to sell from your website or from within the WP Admin of your free users (if your plugin/theme has a free version).
If you are fed up with the existing system for automatic updates, software licensing, payments, etc, then Freemius will be the best and ultimate solution for you.
Features
Here we are going to list some major features of Freemius. Because of tons of mesmerizing features, Freemius is a powerful solution for digital products; themes, and plugins.
- Software Licensing
- Automatic Updates
- Seamless EU VAT
- Analytics and Usage Tracking
- Subscriptions
- Easy Buy Button
- Individual and Bundle Package Sell
- Support Major Payment Systems
- Very less service charge
- Awesome support community
Moreover, Freemius has lots of advantages over other systems like WooCommerce, EDD, Codecanyon, or theme forest. You can see the comparison table below.
Popular WordPress theme OceanWP decided to migrate towards Freemius because they are not happy with the current system they are using. In addition to that, Scissor Themes, Candid Themes, Keon Themes are using Freemius and they are really happy with the service and business after integrating Freemius.
How to start up with Freemius?
Are you ready to start your WordPress business with Freemius? If you are still in dilemma, follow this post completely, you will surely love this and will jump towards Freemius without any delay.
In the beginning, you need to signup for the Freemius account. You can either log in with a Github account or Gmail. Besides that, you can make a new account using your email and some other general information.
After signing in, you will see some important videos listed on the dashboard. It is highly recommended you see those videos to know how to start with Freemius. If you feel any trouble signing up, you can join the Slack channel and get help easily.
In your dashboard, on the left side, you will see the option to add Themes/Plugins. You need to click here to add themes and plugins.
Note:- Use the same slug if your product is listed on wp.org.
Now, follow all the instructions that are mentioned in the dashboard or see the below video to know more about it. We believe that you are successfully able to add a new theme or plugin there.
Next, you need to integrate the SDK into your theme folder. While integrating SDK, follow the instructions that are mentioned on the dashboard.
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