ThemeForest in 9 slides
The biggest marketplace for website themes and templates (part of Envato) - authors sell WordPress themes, HTML templates, and UI kits, with the revenue share rising as you sell more.
- Template marketplace
- Template marketplaces
- Based in Melbourne, Australia
What you do on ThemeForest
How the money is made: selling digital products
- Make it once
- Upload and list it
- Buyers download it
- Royalties paid out
The biggest marketplace for website themes and templates (part of Envato) - authors sell WordPress themes, HTML templates, and UI kits, with the revenue share rising as you sell more.
Founded 2006 · next to 16 other template marketplaces
Work and topics
Good for
What ThemeForest takes
Author share rises with lifetime sales (exclusive authors keep more)
Can you join?
Yes, if you live almost anywhere.
Open in 196 of 200 countries and territories
What people actually earn
ThemeForest shows $1,254,157,847 in community earnings and 78,938,100 items sold, a running total shared across Envato Market sites, per its homepage.
Source: themeforest.net ↗How it scores
Strong on track record and access.
- FeesNot enough facts
- Getting paid2.8
- Access4.0
- Track record4.5
- Proof of earnings4.0
- Verified earnings
- Open worldwide
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- 20 years running
How much we know
We have 9 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
- Wikipedia or reference page
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts