{"id":1872,"date":"2017-09-17T00:22:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-16T18:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2017.colombo.wordcamp.org\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2017-09-17T00:25:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-16T18:55:27","slug":"asif-rahman-on-making-millions-in-plugin-business-without-being-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colombo.wordcamp.org\/2017\/asif-rahman-on-making-millions-in-plugin-business-without-being-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"Want to strike it rich with your WordPress plugin business? M Asif Rahman will teach us how!"},"content":{"rendered":"

M Asif Rahman’s<\/a> talk is titled “Making Millions in WordPress Plugin Business But Not Being Evil”<\/strong>. This talk is a must-attend for all rising WordPress developers and agencies who are keen to combine their passion with business acumen, without compromising on ethics.<\/p>\n

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Asif has been a long time WordPress enthusiast, serial entrepreneur and technology evangelist. He is the CEO of a prominent WordPress product company called weDevs, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. A veteran of WordCamps, Asif has appeared in more than 40 WordCamps around the world.<\/p>\n

Since weDevs was founded in 2013, Asif’s company has launched dozens of plugins, with both free and premium add-ons\/versions. These plugins have clocked over 500,000 downloads, and fetched more than $1 million in sales.<\/p>\n

Asif will share his experience on how his organization was able to bootstrap their business with plugins, and finally build a team of around 35 people working from a swanky office today.<\/p>\n

The points that Asif will cover include:<\/p>\n

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  1. A brief discussion on do’s and don’ts.<\/li>\n
  2. The moral background for business decisions.<\/li>\n
  3. Choosing a pricing model: Add-ons, Pro versions or SaaS.<\/li>\n
  4. Satisfying your free users.<\/li>\n
  5. Making the most from the ecosystem around WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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