subject: Using A Premium Wordpress Theme Advantages. [print this page] There are a lot of reasons to use a free WordPress theme over a premium WordPress theme. Some reasons are no cost, easy to download from the WordPress library and ability to do what you want with them. WordPress even preloaded with two free themes along with any WordPress installation. So why would anyone want to pay for premium themes?
There are a number of reasons why a blogger or online marketer would pay for a premium theme. The first reason is support. You may be surprised to hear that not all free WordPress themes are supported. Just because they are part of the WordPress library does not mean they will be support with future updates.
What does this mean for the user? When WordPress does its major updates to the platform (parent code) all paid premium themes are immediately updated. Yet free themes may be abandoned by the creators which will need the user to either pay an expensive WordPress programmer to correct the issue or fix the issue on their own.
Yet with a premium theme the support is there when the theme is bought and also the support is there when it comes time for WordPress updates. Marketers and bloggers are paying for the peace of mind and to keep their websites up and running smoothly for their clients.
When a marketer is running a website that is responsible for their livelihood, it makes sense to pay for a theme versus not pay for one.
Another reason to use a premium theme is features. No where can you find a free WordPress theme that can do what some of these top of the line paid premium themes can do. They come with so many features that it would make no sense for a marketer to use a free theme. Using a free theme would need them to buy many plugins, have scripts created and pay for a lot of other things just to get the theme to support their business. They would rather opt to pay $97 to get everything embedded into one theme, than to spend upwards of $500 to $1000 to get the same feature sets from a number of sources.
So as you can see there are some really big benefits to paying for a premium WordPress theme. When you calculate the cost and time needed to get the same benefits from a free WP theme, it does not make sense to save a hundred dollars, when it may cost you way more with the free solution.
Art Saborio runs a website called the WordPress Guy. You can take a look at it here http://simplestrategicmarketing.com. The site is a large authority site with a focus on WordPress. If you are interested in more information on premium themes, check out the Flexsqueeze theme it is top rated.
