- Bought between 100 and 499 items
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- United States
Browse through the WordPress templates on Theme Forest and sort by “Sales” and it’s obvious that “Portfolios” drive the most sales in this category. But why? One could say it’s due to the audience demographic which frequents themeforest.net. But what about the idea that these web designers need template designs to build for their clients.
What type of industry specific WordPress Templates might be built which would sell well? For example, maybe Real Estate WordPress Templates might sell a lot? Maybe not, maybe generic Business theme templates would sell well…
What industries would perform well on themforest.net which are not being offered?
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- Author had a File in an Envato Bundle
- Sold between 100 000 and 250 000 dollars
- Author was Featured
- Item was Featured
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Grew a moustache for the Envato Movember competition
- Exclusive Author
- Slovakia
Well, if I knew the answer to this question I’d a very rich man by this time 
- Author was Featured
- Bought between 50 and 99 items
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
- Sold between 10 000 and 50 000 dollars
- United Kingdom
I tried to answer that question and the answer is that you just have to try different types of templates, for example no one would have thought admin designs would do so well, and what a surprise it was when they took off, the same with portfolio templates. You just cant tell whats going to be a best seller until it is. The best idea is not to niche your templates unless you know that niche is going to be popular (eg, portfolio), try to stay generic for business or personal rather than law and real estate etc.
- Bought between 100 and 499 items
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- United States
Admin skins does not surprise me. A lot of programmers who have zero design skills. Programmers can buy a 30 Admin template and outfit it with their programming.
I understand your point about not niching yourself, however certain industries benefit from specific Call to Actions, these could be integrated into designs. Thoughts?
- Author was Featured
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Exclusive Author
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Item was Featured
- Sold between 250 000 and 1 000 000 dollars
- United States
My question is how some portfolio templates can sell dozens in the first week, while others sell just a few, or even none. IMO the ones that sell a lot don’t look any better than the ones that less a lot less.
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Won a Competition
Bug :/
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Won a Competition
My question is how some portfolio templates can sell dozens in the first week, while others sell just a few, or even none. IMO the ones that sell a lot don’t look any better than the ones that less a lot less.
It’s all about VooDoo 
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Sold between 250 000 and 1 000 000 dollars
- Author was Featured
- Item was Featured
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Author had a File in an Envato Bundle
- Referred between 200 and 499 users
- Author had a Free File of the Month
My question is how some portfolio templates can sell dozens in the first week, while others sell just a few, or even none. IMO the ones that sell a lot don’t look any better than the ones that less a lot less.
I think its all about exposure, some themes get featured on outside sites and those are usually the ones that sell extremely well, of course there’s also the other factors of look, functionality, features and flexibility. Also usually once a theme makes it into the “Popular” section sales will increase even further.
