Easily Add A Classifieds Marketplace or Auction To Your Site With Premade Scripts

In Holding Online Auctions: An Introduction To Marketplaces, I introduced the concept of earning additional income on your site by creating a marketplace for users within your niche that allows them to buy, sell, and trade related goods. I know that many of the larger sites who have created marketplaces in the past used custom code that they designed specifically for their own site. That’s an... read more

Simple Way To Create Review Sites Using WordPress

In the Affiliate Review Sites: An Introduction post, you saw my recommendations for creating a well-rounded, useful affiliate review site. I also mentioned that automating the format layout of a review is a good idea (but automating the content itself is not). You can certainly create your own little design template that you copy/paste into each review if you want. I’ve done that a few million times... read more

Using WordPress as a Traditional CMS

People often want to create a site that doesn’t look like a blog. Usually, if you ask them enough questions, you’ll find that they want to have a site that mostly consists of “static” pages (content which doesn’t change very often). They want a home page that isn’t a list of reverse chronological, ever-changing blog posts. They probably want to include a blog as a... read more

Plugin Easily Turns WordPress Into Membership Site

In Membership Sites: An Introduction, you were introduced to the concept of what a membership site is, how you can use them, and what kind of income they can generate. I also recommended one of the products that many people use to create membership sites, but I wanted to mention another product designed just for WordPress users. It’s called WishList Member and it’s a WordPress plugin that... read more

My 10 Favorite WordPress Premium Theme Sites

WordPress premium themes have come a long way in the last few years. They started out by offering just a few special options or a new type of design not commonly used in free themes. But over the years, they’ve blossomed into offering strikingly beautiful, creative, and ingenious designs. Below are my favorite sites to browse when I’m kicking back on a rainy day, looking for inspiration or... read more