Comments on: WooThemes launch of ExpressionEngine themes gets TechCrunch frontpage

By: Bjørn Børresen

Bjørn Børresen — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:04:56 +0000

Well, first off – if you’re talking about the average blogger – he/she wouldn’t pay $300, they’d pay $149 or even $99 for the EE Freelancer License http://tr.im/RUQw

Second, EE themes are not limited to blog themes. Yes, the first themes we released were blog-focused, while our second batch was more business/product oriented.

By: justintime

justintime — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:13:33 +0000

LOL @ Mike I had the same reaction. “Wtf…17…entrepreneur…CEO…give me a f**** break, can this kid even legally earn $” LOL…to the power of marketing eh?

EE themes will never take of, as John said avg. blogger will not drop $300 for EE. And why would they if all the want to do is blog+AddSense and WP is superior to EE in that category. But there is always those people that buy SUVs “just in case they need 4WD”…so some will buy EE and themes but never use its power beyond blogging…tight market.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:19:23 +0000

Sorry Bjørn! For some reason I got you mixed up with with that Daniel Brusilovski fella.

By: Bjørn Børresen

Bjørn Børresen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:50:19 +0000

Mike; lol, no where did you get that? I’m twice that age .. I guess you’re talking about the TechCrunch columnist, he is 17.

Anyway, yeah, maybe we need to market the themes more as starting points for great websites (not so much blogs which is what currently works great for woothemes when it comes to WP). We’ll see, it’s going to be interesting.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:22:46 +0000

Oh and wtf…you are 17years old? I feel so old right now!

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:19:58 +0000

I’m having the same thoughts as John, but I definitely hope it works out for you guys! I downloaded the Bueno theme to check it out.

By: Bjørn Børresen

Bjørn Børresen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:19:34 +0000

Thanks Pål

John; yeah I know, we might need to turn it up a notch, maybe provide forum theme as well and sell it like a “social website community bundle in 1-2-3″ .. we’ll see how it goes. It had to be tested sooner or later.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:59:12 +0000

Testing Bueno EE theme as we speak!! V Easy to set-up!!

By: Pål Degerstrøm

Pål Degerstrøm — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:46:20 +0000

Bjørn! Big congrats to you and the rest of the team!!!

By: John Faulds

John Faulds — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:45:02 +0000

I would think that the majority of people who buy blog themes would probably look at EE and think: “I’ve got to buy a licence too!? Why shouldn’t I just stick with WordPress?” In most cases the answer to why you’d choose EE over WP would be to provide the flexibility and extensibility that WP can’t provide, but are blog theme buyers really in the market for that extra power? I’m doubtful.