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By: Batsirai Chada

Batsirai Chada — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 04:20:50 +0000

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By: John J Farina

John J Farina — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 01:30:54 +0000

I hate free themes. They are so blah looking.

By: Mothership

Mothership — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:21:44 +0000

I also agree. If the aim is to make some money from the blog, then one should not shy away from the idea of paying for the most visible resource required to do this – the theme.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained. If the idea and execution are well planned, then the blog should make enough money to cover the most in short order.

By: Veera

Veera — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:53:57 +0000

Of course, GOOD things are NOT free. We have to spend few bucks to get what we want. And, premium themes are the ones which the user should choose if he/she planning to monetize the site.

By: Vandelay Design

Vandelay Design — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:54:38 +0000

Nick,
I agree, admin features would be nice and would set it apart from most free themes (K2 is kind of an exception.

arthritistreatment,
This may sound rude but it’s not meant to be – if you think $100 is expensive for a well-developed theme you haven’t looked around at what a custom design would cost. For what customers are getting Brian’s themes are priced very fair.

Liam,
Well said. Most premium themes are magazine-style for that reason.

By: liam

liam — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:41:56 +0000

I think a premium theme has to be able to do more than just be a blog. I think people expect more for their money, and rightly so. As you say there are a lot of very good quality free themes out there, but I think the main thing that will set apart a great premium theme is the ability to use it as a CMS rather than just a simple blogging platform.

The popularity of News/Magazine style premium themes backs this up, you need to allow for the more content heavy sites to display a lot of content in a way thats still appealing to the reader. Basically people are looking more for Website or portal type themes rather than personal blogs.