I just sold my first copy!

rafark said:

It was on January 2013 that after many failed attempts at making decent money (or any at all) from blogs and selling cheap logos I had decided to develop and sell WordPress themes after looking at the amazing figures those guys were making for what seem to be such an easy thing to do. Wrong. I was so wrong, it is so easy to create a theme, but it's very hard to create a high-quality product that is up to standards so that other people will put their trust on you. And I had no clue about design, let alone programming.

So from 2013 to mid 2014 I created several themes nobody wanted even if I gave them away for free. They were pure garbage. I realized I needed to start from the beginning, so I stopped creating and started learning what I needed to in order to create the product: programming and graphic design (at least the fundamentals). Needless to say I exceded myself in the sense that I learned much more than what I should have or needed. Big mistake, I had not set a limit.

Long story short, today after 5 years of unpaid work and failures, I finally made it! I sold a copy of a theme of mine! I'm now one of the guys I wanted to be.

I'm excited to see all these years of drought and perseverance are finally starting to pay off. If you keep working on your goals, sooner or later, one way or another you'll end up accomplishing them.

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SamHelena said:

Good job. I have always wanted to build themes (shopify and wordpress)
I cant code (yet) what is best way to learn please? thanks

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