6 Wordpress Template Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: March 16th, 2024

Start A Wordpress Template Business

Here are some real life success stories of starting a wordpress template business:

1. Zion Builder ($240K/year)

Stefan, the founder of Hogash and ZionBuilder, started his journey in the Joomla and WordPress template/plugins business in 2012. After partnering with various designers and launching the top-selling theme Kallyas, which generated $90,000 in sales in the first month, Stefan focused on improving the theme and expanding his team. In 2018, he decided to build his own site builder solution, Zion Builder, to meet his high standards of quality, code, ease of use, and performance. The product has received great feedback and continues to evolve with each update.

How much they make: $240K/year
How much did it cost to start: $0
Current team size: 6

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About

Balasa started Zion Builder over 12 years ago

Revenue

Balasa grew the business to $20K/month

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So... can you actually make money with a wordpress template business?

Of course. There are millions to be made in this industry.

But how?

Research real, profitable businesses and see exactly how much money they make.
Study exactly what works, and what doesn’t.
Take action, because now you have the roadmap.

Join Starter Story and build your next big thing:

Start Now

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2. SaasRock ($52K/year)

Alexandro came up with the initial idea for SaasRock after 8 years of being a developer.

He built multiple web apps using C#, Vue, .Net, and Tailwind CSS.

Alexandro felt like his web development process was too slow because of the multiple stacks he was using. He migrated my Vue2 app to Vue3, then to React, and then to Svelte to create a similar boilerplate but with different frontends.

With this in mind, he started looking for tools to speed up his web development process.

How much they make: $52K/year
How much did it cost to start: $500
Current team size: 0

I Turned My 'MVP Template' Into A Business That Now Makes $4,380/Month

About

Alexandro started SaasRock about 2 years ago

Revenue

Alexandro grew the business to $4.33K/month

Costs

It cost Alexandro $500 to start the business

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3. WP Engine ($227M/year)

How much they make: $227M/year
Current team size: 1170

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About

Jason started WP Engine over 14 years ago

Revenue

Jason grew the business to $18.9M/month

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