Buying themes and plugins from other sources

Moneyman

New Member
If a deal is too good to be true, then it probably is. Developers charge a good amount of money for their themes, say 40$. If anyone sells it for 10$, then most of the time it will not be legal. However, if the person has resell rights then they are probably allowed to do so.

To be on the safe side however, I like to buy themes and plugins directly from sites like Codecanyon or Themeforest. I would recommend Elegantthemes as well because the themes can be compared to almost every other expensive theme (30$+) however the price is "dirt" cheap, because you pay only 89$ a year for over 80 great themes and some useful plugins you might need.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
If a deal is too good to be true, then it probably is. Developers charge a good amount of money for their themes, say 40$. If anyone sells it for 10$, then most of the time it will not be legal. However, if the person has resell rights then they are probably allowed to do so.

To be on the safe side however, I like to buy themes and plugins directly from sites like Codecanyon or Themeforest. I would recommend Elegantthemes as well because the themes can be compared to almost every other expensive theme (30$+) however the price is "dirt" cheap, because you pay only 89$ a year for over 80 great themes and some useful plugins you might need.
I saw some good reviews on Elegant Themes but haven't looked on their site that I can remember. It's $89 for all the themes or just 1?
 

JohnQ

Member
I have got a couple of these kinds of emails offering their discounted themes and plugins but I didn't look on the links they sent because I was not needing any of those at the time.

If you do buy from other sources you need to make sure they are not doing anything illegal and that they can be completely trusted.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
I have got a couple of these kinds of emails offering their discounted themes and plugins but I didn't look on the links they sent because I was not needing any of those at the time.

If you do buy from other sources you need to make sure they are not doing anything illegal and that they can be completely trusted.
The ones that I check on said it was completely legal. I don't know how to tell if a site should be trusted or not though.
 

JohnQ

Member
The ones that I check on said it was completely legal. I don't know how to tell if a site should be trusted or not though.
You have to be careful because just because someone says that something is legal that doesn't mean that's true. There are also other laws in some places that others don't have.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
You have to be careful because just because someone says that something is legal that doesn't mean that's true. There are also other laws in some places that others don't have.
I know that and I am always careful and try to look for more information or ask questions before I make any decisions.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
That's a good practice! :Thumb:

I always do that myself after getting burned a few times in the past.
after looking at a couple of the websites again I noticed that many of the plugins and themes they were selling were not the most recent versions. Maybe that's why they are cheaper.
 

JohnQ

Member
after looking at a couple of the websites again I noticed that many of the plugins and themes they were selling were not the most recent versions. Maybe that's why they are cheaper.
Maybe they have some kind of source for old plugins that are released somewhere because of their age and that is why they are selling them cheap.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
Maybe they have some kind of source for old plugins that are released somewhere because of their age and that is why they are selling them cheap.
Maybe they are but if they are older versions then I would not want to buy them because sometimes the updates are to fix security problems.
 

JohnQ

Member
Maybe they are but if they are older versions then I would not want to buy them because sometimes the updates are to fix security problems.
You're right about that. Based on what I have seen there are always some kind of security fixes or hardening listed in changelogs.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
You're right about that. Based on what I have seen there are always some kind of security fixes or hardening listed in changelogs.
Maybe I am just being paranoid but the security things scare me. I am always afraid that someone will break into my blog and ruin it.
 

JohnQ

Member
Maybe I am just being paranoid but the security things scare me. I am always afraid that someone will break into my blog and ruin it.
I don't think that is being paranoid at all. The security of your blog should be important. You don't wan to work hard on it and get it doing real good and have someone mess that up and cost you time, money and other things.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
I don't think that is being paranoid at all. The security of your blog should be important. You don't wan to work hard on it and get it doing real good and have someone mess that up and cost you time, money and other things.
I have read some things where people had their whole website ruined because of security problems and hackers breaking in and messing up their website.

I am so afraid of that happening because I would not have an easy time of fixing it because I am not knowledgeable enough in that area.
 

JohnQ

Member
I have read some things where people had their whole website ruined because of security problems and hackers breaking in and messing up their website.

I am so afraid of that happening because I would not have an easy time of fixing it because I am not knowledgeable enough in that area.
I understand that because I would really hate for that to happen to me as well.

Do you have a good security plugin on your site?
 

JohnQ

Member
The only security plugin that I use is called Wordfence. Is that a good one to use?
Yes that is a great security plugin to use and it's always one of the most used plugin in the Wordpress repository. It's also one that is always recommended by many people and even web hosts.
 

Maria Marketing

Active Member
Yes that is a great security plugin to use and it's always one of the most used plugin in the Wordpress repository. It's also one that is always recommended by many people and even web hosts.
Good. I was looking at some reviews of wordpress security plugins when I was first making my blog and that one was always at the top of the rankings so I figured that it would be good for me to use myself.

It always tells me when people are trying to hack into my blog and it locks them out and I really like that feature. I did not realize that there were so many hack attempts on websites like mine that are not big or very popular.
 
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