To sell WordPress themes, list them on a theme marketplace that reaches buyers for you or sell from your own website. This post lists 5 marketplaces where developers have sold themes and plugins, including ThemeForest, Creative Market, CodeCanyon and MOJO Themes. Compare review rules, exclusivity and author revenue share before you upload.

WordPress developers have more opportunity than ever before to make money selling premium themes and plugins. The CMS’ popularity grows daily, and as announced by Matt Mullenweg at the 2013 State of the Word, WordPress now powers 18.9% of all websites.

Here are top 5 places for selling WordPress Themes:

1. Themeforest:



Themeforest is one of the major marketplaces by Envato. Themeforest boasts over 10,000 themes & templates that have been published on the site by over 2,500 authors. WordPress themes is one of their main strength with many nice design and more responsive interface user.

2. Creative Marketplace



Creative Market is different from the other marketplaces in that there is no review process. It allows designers to sell WordPress themes, templates, and all manner of graphic design goods on their site.

3. Codecanyon



If you’re looking to sell WordPress plugins, CodeCanyon is a good candidate for your products. It is another marketplace by Envato. The quantity as quality of wordpress themes is variety and multi-form to enable to any oneline store built on wordpress platform.

4. CMSmart Marketplace



CMSmart Marketplace is a perfect sytem to sell your WordPress, Joomla, magento theme and extension. Its sale system is boosted and uploaded many products for e-commerce website. In near future, wordpress themes will become their strength to get close with customer.

5. MOJO Theme

Like Themeforest, Mojo Themes gives you 50% of sales initially as an exclusive author, and allows you to keep up to 70% as you sell more. It is also a quickly growing marketplace which has nearly 1,000 themes & templates listed. Wordpress theme is up to hundreds of product with interactive with user.

Become vendor to sell your WordPress Themes and Plugins today!

Frequently asked questions

Where are the best places to sell WordPress themes?

Theme marketplaces give you buyers and payment handling but take a share of each sale and set review rules. Your own website keeps more revenue but you must bring traffic. Many authors start on a marketplace, then add their own store. Compare current terms in our online marketplaces guides.

Where can you sell templates for websites that do not use a CMS?

Plain HTML and CSS templates are sold on general template marketplaces as well as from authors' own websites. Check whether the marketplace accepts non-CMS templates, how it reviews code quality and what licence buyers receive, then document the template clearly so buyers can use it without a CMS.

What do I need before selling a WordPress theme on a marketplace?

You need a theme that follows WordPress coding standards, passes the marketplace's review, and ships with documentation, demo content and a licence that allows resale. Prepare preview images and a live demo, plan how you will handle support and updates, and read each marketplace's author terms on exclusivity and payouts before you submit.

Where can you sell WordPress plugins?

You can sell WordPress plugins on a code marketplace such as CodeCanyon, or from your own website with a licence key and an update server. Many developers also publish a free version in the WordPress.org plugin directory and sell a premium version separately. Before you upload, compare each marketplace's review rules, exclusivity terms and revenue share.