A little background of myself: I made my first website in 1997 and have been a developer (or "webmaster" as we called it back then) ever since. I started programming in PHP in 2003, and starting using WordPress in 2012 as a CMS and making simple custom themes. In September of 2015 I started developing a WordPress theme with the intent of selling it on ThemeForest (a highly-trafficked marketplace for WordPress themes) with hopes of adding it as a new passive income stream and helping secure my dream of becoming a digital nomad, working remotely as I travel around the world. I figured it would only require occasional updates and support when needed. Having created a couple simple WP themes in the past, I thought creating the new theme should take about 3 months at most. I figured if the theme generated at least $1,000 per month over 3 years ($36k total) it would be worth it. I mean, why wouldn’t it… right? The top themes on TF generate over $100,000 PER WEEK!
Because ThemeForest allows the buyers to leave ratings, I really wanted to create a well-made, well-tested, highly-customizable, well-supported theme that the customers would praise.
If I thought of a feature that customers
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/14165/did-i-waste-a-year-of-my-life-developing-a-wordpress-theme-r-startups
source https://williechiu40.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/did-i-waste-a-year-of-my-life-developing-a-wordpress-theme-%e2%80%a2-rstartups/
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