Selling a Theme

[aprylk]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could offer some help. I've been designing Genesis themes on a local host with the intention to sell on my website shop and on Etsy as a 'pre-made, customisable wordpress theme'.

Simply put; when you buy the genesis frame work or a child theme from StudioPress, you get an instant download of a zip file which you can then upload to WordPress. I want to sell those.

I know how to design the theme, I know how to transfer a locally hosted website to a live website using filezilla (thats not what i want to do in this case), I know how to use Etsy and my website shop but what I'm not sure about is how and what I need to include in the zip file so that someone can easily download said zip file and simple upload it to WordPress.

I hope i've explained myself properly and thank you to anyone who can provide advice!

[Susan]

The best advise I can give you is to download the Genesis Sample theme, and see what is included in that theme's zip file.

Generally, the zip file will include:

stylesheet
front-page.php (if you use one)
functions.php file
any other php files you have created
a screenshot of your theme
a readme text file with instructions, or further information

[aprylk]

Thanks Susan, i'll give this a go.

[James Chai]

To get an idea of what to include, refer to the official WordPress docs (although this is for submission to WordPress you should get a clear understanding of what is involved)

https://make.wordpress.org/themes/handbook/review/required/

and more specific to selling child themes

https://carriedils.com/sell-genesis-themes/

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