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UPDATE: We have been so far approached by four companies that do WordPress installs for a living. This sums it up: "I do wordpress web dev and it is annoying
by gotrythis 15y ago
UPDATE:
We have been so far approached by four companies that do WordPress installs for a living. This sums it up: "I do wordpress web dev and it is annoying to setup so many sites over and over. This could be very helpful."
While I got some good feedback that we're going to act on, most of the comments were saying that hosts have built in things for this, so there isn't a need, or something similar. While for the most part these comments were there to help, some were not and they were missing the point... and we are aware of the other options for installing WordPress.
SetupBOT can be used for any web application that gets installed on servers, not just WordPress. WordPress was just an example, because it's free. I made a mistake with my choice in post title and perhaps missed out on some opportunity because of that.
As for WordPress, some people are manually installing it, which is why there is a manual install option on the WordPress site, and it's a pain. Also, companies specialize in installing WordPress bundled with themes and plugins, which SetupBOT can handle, and they are telling us that it is a pain for them too.
Thank you to the community for helping us connect with companies in that market. We'll investigate if that is the right option for us.
Of course, my ideal would be to sell to larger companies, like WordPress itself, or other companies that sell software that gets installed on servers, for instance support software Kyako.com.