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G’Day.
So, some food for thought ……….
I know that Freeze, like a good number of other ecommerce-ready themes on the market have support for WooCommerce, probably mainly because it is effectively open source and free. And that is fine. But having looked at a number of the free and premium eCommerce plugin solutions that are out there I would like to suggest that the Theme-Dutch group consider having a theme compatible with the Shopp eCommerce plugin.
Yes, it is a premium plugin (at $55), but having seen what it does and the features that it has (via a training webinar from a non-bias trainer) I must say that it really appears to be superior to all the others, although Cart66 does also have some nice features as well.
Already another theme developer has a created a theme to take account of the Shopp plugin, and I think that website developers looking for a better solution for their clients will want to use Shopp with quality themes - like those that Theme-Dutch produces.
Details on the Shopp eCommerce plugin are at: https://shopplugin.net/
And NO, I do not have any affiliation whatsoever with any of the eCommerce plugins.
Cheers,
Michael.
Hi Michael,
Thanks a lot for taking the effort to post your comments/advice.
We certainly appreciate it, and I’ll aks our developers to look at it for sure.I have one remark, though.
As you probably may know, most theme buyers don’t want to spend any money, and might complain about the fact they need to spend another $ 55,- (If I knew this.. and if I knew that..). In some cases they even demand to support the plugin as well.
Or, they might consider to buy another e-commerce theme because they don’t want to pay additional costs.We are trying to achieve the best quality possible and certainly appreciate valuable advice.
But there are two sides on every story
Thanks a lot Michael!,
HelenHelen,
G’Day and thanks for your prompt reply.
Yes, I do agree with you re theme buyers wanting to get the best theme for the cheapest cost, but if one looks at the website developers who would be purchasing a theme for a client, then that cost would/should be built into the overall project cost.
I’m pretty sure that there are no statistics available, but I wonder how many theme buyers purchase a theme and never use all of the full features, eg: like Freeze and Mikmag. As an example, I purchased Mikmag and am using it for a site but don’t have any intention of using the features to incorporate the WooCommerce or bbPress options. And the same could be said for Freeze, I like its features but don’t think I’d use the WooCommerce options.
So, if a theme is made with great features and has the option to have the Shopp eCommerce plugin added at the buyers discretion then the theme still should sell. Obviously when marketing this type of theme one would indicate that an additional cost would need to be met to utilize the eCommerce features, and that support for this plugin is via a third-party.
An interesting discussion.
Cheers,
Michael.
Hi Michael,
We totally agree with you and we have our own internal discussions about it as well. We also consider to release two versions of themes to reach seperate target groups, and as you described in your post.
Our clients are also free to send requests for making themes compatable with plugins like Shopp. We customize themes for individual clients as well. (if its an appropriate plugin of course).
We take suggestions and requests very seriously and we really like to know what theme buyers have on their mind. This way we’re are able to respond much better. If we get multiple requests, we certainly take this into account.
btw, an updated version of Freeze is available right now, and which you can download the same way as your previous version.
Have a nice weekend!
Helen
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