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I think I misunderstood the concept of selling genesis based themes.
I was going to create a Lawyer wordpress theme that was made with genesis, but it seems like the buyer would need to also buy genesis when they purchase my child theme and you're not supposed to just give away the genesis framework? I can't imagine someone is going to pay, say $40, for my theme in the marketplace, and then purchase the $60 framework.
Is genesis really only meant for clients who want a website rather than having a theme on themeforest?
Unless you are doing the website for a friend, family, or some dear to your heart cause or organization...a customer should not balk at that low cost.
When we had our website done, most people we contacted to build it wanted a minimum of $1000 for a basic website with 5 pages. More was, well, more. The highest bid for a website was $5000. Mind you, ours was a small local business with no on-line selling, etc. Just a newsletter, calendar, and some basic contact stuff.
$100 for a theme is cheap. You also must consider hosting and the domain name, obviously, for the basics. You could use a "free theme", but many of those are not as capable as Genesis. The biggest expense is the time involved for the person to build the site to meet the client's needs. Paying for themes supports the developer.
I don't mind paying for a good theme, and I believe Genesis and the long shopping list of Child Themes are unsurpassed.
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