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Licensing / monetization future decisions #746
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have written up tentative plans here
Would love to hear ideas from @szepeviktor about how to manage keeping repos clean and including Freemius SDK & markup in the wp.org builds (or tell me it's all a terrible idea!)
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szepeviktor commentedon Jan 19, 2021
Do I understand correctly?
Adding Freemius WP SDK to the plugin at release time?
(I do not have experience with money except for asking a small monthly fee for 5-10 years.)
leonstafford commentedon Jan 20, 2021
Yes, that was the idea:
I'm not great with money and struggle to ask people to pay for my stuff. Patreon is slowly building up, but not enough to cover minimal expenses. I figure if I can keep the projects free and open source, but ask for $ from those who want/need the convenience of wp.org listings and simple installation, it may be the right balance.
If only there were automated tests for life!
patrickposner commentedon Jan 20, 2021
@leonstafford that could be easier than you think.
Freemius is automatically parsing your code and provide a free version and pro version of your plugin.
There is also a composer package available: https://packagist.org/packages/freemius/wordpress-sdk
So you can still provide a development version on Github without having users to hassle around with licensing,
include the package only on builds for w.org and add a constant or another indicator for the prefix_fs() function to run.
That's pretty much the same way I will do it with Simply Static ;-)
leonstafford commentedon Jan 20, 2021
@patrickdk77 that will be brilliant, thanks! I'll give it a try
petewilcock commentedon Jan 25, 2021
I'd be happy to pay for a premium version tbh. I've paid for themes and a variety of other plugins here and there, so one that I can really leverage for a static site is worth the money. Always happy to pay for something that'll be refined and developed over time with more options and error handling/feedback :) I'd always pick that over something promising that gets abandoned because the author needs to eat!
leonstafford commentedon Jan 25, 2021
Thanks @petewilcock! Eating less a concern for me, can probably survive on my body fat for a year :D Shelter is the kicker here in Australia. Still holding off on going Freemius route for now, but will definitely be submitting plugins to wp.org repo. I re-enabled other donation options besides Patreon, which has brought in a few more $ already this week. Also working on a job app for a WP engineer role nearby, which could definitely help take the pressure off.