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I agree to this response. I had a barely competent lawn mover talk to me about a website and after 30 minutes of discussion was able to get a smallorange hosti

I agree to this response. I had a barely competent lawn mover talk to me about a website and after 30 minutes of discussion was able to get a smallorange hosting , use the script installer , watch some videos and was able to set up a nice little website. He did make a couple of phone calls to me in the middle but in less than a day he was setup. After pointing to themeforest he now has a website that developers charge 3-4K for. Wordpress is really easy and if the audience is not competent utilizing it then maybe a network hosted like wix seem an alternative. Not sure if this demands a discussion.

x5n1 11y ago
Each one of those themes nets its developer anywhere from $25,000 to $350,000. So yes it makes sense for him to sell it for $50. Then you come to me and want some customizations done. Well those customizations are going to cost you at least $1,000, if not $3,000 to $5,000. You know why? Because I want to make my $75,000 per year. You don't like it, do it yourself. It's so easy a monkey could do it! The value is not in how much time I spend doing it. The value is in the 10 years I spent learning how to do it. If you can find someone in India to do it for cheaper, then don't come to me. Period. Seen plenty of freelancer.com brilliance out there. That's what you deserve.
- zenincognito 11y ago
  I am not sure what your hostility stems from ? The author is talking about Wordpress not being easy. You are wrong in that the developer nets $25K per theme. Most of these themes have less than 100 sales so a $50 theme nets less than $5000 for the developer. Further to that most of these themes now have a very good customizer so even your average Joe can customize it to their liking. The discussion is absolutely not about value. Its about the author talking about wordpress not being easy. Amazon AWS is not easy and yet they have managed to increase their revenue. If a non technical person can set-up a wordpress and be able to use it then truly it has done a good job of being easy.
  - x5n1 11y ago
    That's one aspect of it. The other aspect of it that because the developer is charging $3,000 - $5,000 they are doing something wrong that the user can do themselves for $50. This sort of mentality creates a toxic market for WP developers. It's fine for people to do it for $50, it's not fine to go around spreading this toxic rhetoric that the developers charging $3000-$5000 are ripping people off. And that's what I read OP's comment as saying and that's what the hostility is directed at.
    - zenincognito 11y ago
      Again you are being hostile to your own perception and what you think you are reading. I did not say the developers were ripping people off. I did not even talk about the value the developers provide. You assumed that I was talking about developers ripping people off which in some way reflects your own inferiority complex about this issue. I read the previous response and neither is that person saying what you are perceiving.
- goblinking 11y ago
  just another WordParasite.

x5n1 11y ago

Each one of those themes nets its developer anywhere from $25,000 to $350,000. So yes it makes sense for him to sell it for $50. Then you come to me and want some customizations done. Well those customizations are going to cost you at least $1,000, if not $3,000 to $5,000. You know why? Because I want to make my $75,000 per year. You don't like it, do it yourself. It's so easy a monkey could do it! The value is not in how much time I spend doing it. The value is in the 10 years I spent learning how to do it. If you can find someone in India to do it for cheaper, then don't come to me. Period. Seen plenty of freelancer.com brilliance out there. That's what you deserve.

zenincognito 11y ago
I am not sure what your hostility stems from ? The author is talking about Wordpress not being easy. You are wrong in that the developer nets $25K per theme. Most of these themes have less than 100 sales so a $50 theme nets less than $5000 for the developer. Further to that most of these themes now have a very good customizer so even your average Joe can customize it to their liking. The discussion is absolutely not about value. Its about the author talking about wordpress not being easy. Amazon AWS is not easy and yet they have managed to increase their revenue. If a non technical person can set-up a wordpress and be able to use it then truly it has done a good job of being easy.
- x5n1 11y ago
  That's one aspect of it. The other aspect of it that because the developer is charging $3,000 - $5,000 they are doing something wrong that the user can do themselves for $50. This sort of mentality creates a toxic market for WP developers. It's fine for people to do it for $50, it's not fine to go around spreading this toxic rhetoric that the developers charging $3000-$5000 are ripping people off. And that's what I read OP's comment as saying and that's what the hostility is directed at.
  - zenincognito 11y ago
    Again you are being hostile to your own perception and what you think you are reading. I did not say the developers were ripping people off. I did not even talk about the value the developers provide. You assumed that I was talking about developers ripping people off which in some way reflects your own inferiority complex about this issue. I read the previous response and neither is that person saying what you are perceiving.
goblinking 11y ago
just another WordParasite.