WordPress is no more a CMS only; it has become a means of living for many. As it’s an open source tool, thousands of developers and designers work for it. And many of them make living out of it.
If you’ve been using WordPress for a while, you must have noticed that a lot of Premium WordPress Themes providers are out there. Developers and designers make money by selling premium themes.
But what about those who don’t have any designing and developing skills?
If you are like me and don’t have any of these skills, you can still make money by selling others’ themes. It’s called Affiliate Marketing.
Most of the premium WordPress themes offer affiliate programs. When you sign up for an affiliate program, you will get a unique affiliate link. If someone buys a WordPress theme by using your affiliate link, you’ll get a handsome commission.
If you are new to Affiliate Marketing, here are some relevant posts for you.
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If you are interested in promoting premium WordPress themes, here is a list of high paying WordPress themes affiliate programs. You can join these programs for free.
MyThemeShop
MyThemeShop offers a whopping 70% commission per sale. You can earn up to $244.30 per sale. I've already earned more than $7,000 from this affiliate program. All of the MyThemeShop themes are SEO friendly, blazing fast, unique and elegant. Because of this, they convert like crazy. It offers some plugins too.
And the amazing thing is, you will get paid as soon as you make your first sale.
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Elegant Themes
Elegant Themes offers 87 themes for just $69 which means customers are paying less than $1 for a premium theme. That makes it one of the best converting affiliate programs. Divi theme is their best creation. And it's one of the best selling WordPress Themes. Elegant Themes offers 50% commission on each sale.
You will also get renewal commissions. This means you will continue getting commissions as customers pay their yearly renewal fees.
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StudioPress
StudioPress is one of the most popular WordPress themes. I've used it on my blog. The conversion rate of their affiliate program is pretty good. If you are a blogger, designer or developer, you can promote StudioPress themes. It offers 35% commission on the total sale.
You can also earn 5% from the affiliates you refer. It's called Two-tier program.
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Tesla Themes
TeslaThemes is one of the fastest growing WordPress theme clubs. It has an affiliate program that lets you earn 50% commission for every sale. You will also get a whopping 15% from two-tier affiliate program. TeslaThemes offers commission every time a user buy themes.
The minimum payout is $1.
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CSSIgniter
TeslaThemes is one of the fastest growing WordPress theme clubs. It has an affiliate program that lets you earn 50% commission for every sale. You will also get a whopping 15% from two-tier affiliate program. TeslaThemes offers commission every time a user buy themes.
The minimum payout is $1.
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CyberChimps
CyberChimps is one of the earliest WordPress themes and plugins provider. It has an awesome affiliate program that allows you to earn 30% per sale. You can also earn 5% commission from the two-tier program.
And the amazing thing is you will get 100% commission for first two sales.
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ThemeIsle
ThemeIsle Affiliate Program offers 55% commission on all sales. It is run by an experienced affiliate management team which are available via phone, email, Skype, and Twitter. You will get paid as soon as you reach $100.
It also offers performance incentive.
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PremiumCoding
PremiumCoding has a performance based affiliate program where you can earn up to 50% commission. It also offers commissions on yearly and monthly renewals. This means you will continuously making money if customers pay monthly/yearly.
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EngineThemes
EngineThemes offers some awesome apps themes for WordPress. It has an affiliate program for web designers, entrepreneurs, developers, and bloggers. It offers 35% commission. And you will get paid as soon as you make $50.
It will approve your application instantly.
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Theme Junkie
EngineThemes offers some awesome apps themes for WordPress. It has an affiliate program for web designers, entrepreneurs, developers, and bloggers. It offers 35% commission. And you will get paid as soon as you make $50.
It will approve your application instantly.
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ThemeForest
ThemeForest is the biggest marketplace for WordPress themes. It has a decent affiliate program that offers 30% of the referred person’s first cash deposit. That means if someone deposits $200, you’ll get $60.
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ThemeFuse
ThemeFuse offers some modern and responsive WordPress themes. By joining its affiliate program, you can earn 30% on every sale and additional 10% on every recurring payment. You can make up to $49 from a single sale.
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Themify.me
Themify creates drag and drop WordPress themes. Themify affiliate program lets you earn 30% commission on all sales generated through your affiliate links. The minimum payout is $50. You will get the payment on the first day of each month.
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WPZOOM
WPZOOM makes beautiful and high-quality WordPress themes. It offers 25% commission on every sale to their affiliate members. You will get your payment via Paypal within 25 days from the end of the month.
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WPZOOM
WPZOOM makes beautiful and high-quality WordPress themes. It offers 25% commission on every sale to their affiliate members. You will get your payment via Paypal within 25 days from the end of the month.
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PremiumPress
PremiumPress has a rewarding commission based affiliate program. It offers up to 70% commission. Your commission rate will be increased with higher sales. PremiumPress affiliate program is managed by Avangate Affiliate Network.
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So those are some best paying affiliate programs for Premium WordPress Themes.
If you are looking for any other WordPress theme affiliate programs, just search for the terms “Theme Name + Affiliate Program”.
I would suggest you to join all the above affiliate programs and their mailing lists so that you can get all updates, promotions, deals etc. Do let us know if you are promoting any other WordPress themes. However, if you found this post useful, help me by sharing this post on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.
Ow. Great posts.
I am using affiliate for a long time, but still didn’t success to make a single sale.
Read this: https://roadtoblogging.com/make-first-affiliate-sale/
Hi Istiak,
Thanks for sharing this great collection of WordPress Theme affiliate marketplace.
A few days ago, I just started MyThemeShop Affiliate and Got first Sale in last month. I got 24.5$ commission for a single theme. :)
Glad to know that. Keep it up.
Hi Istiak thanks for this post. I am also trying but no success yet.
Hi Istiak,
Could you add also our rich 40% Affiliate Program?
CSS Hero is a WordPress plugin for website customization. We deliver the ultimate tool to make your WordPress website exactly as you wish!
Browse our enrolling affiliate link:
http://csshero.org/affiliate
Please share it!
Thank in advance
Cheers
The CSS Hero team.
I only covered top WordPress theme affiliate programs in this post. I think it won’t be appropriate to add a WordPress Plugin affiliate program in this list. However, thanks for letting me know about the program.
Hi, Istiak. I joined EleganThemes Affiliate Program 5 months ago, had 1100 clicks and zero sales. Any advices?
Maybe you are not generating the targeted traffic.
This is a wonderful article really i am very enjoyed to read this. Thanks for sharing this information. Please Keep updates this type of information
Regards
Amit Kumar
Currently im using Mythemeshop affiliate, will try other also.
Thanks for sharing.
Hi Rayhan, thanks for sharing the valuable info, but so far I know that MyThemeShop doesn’t support other than PayPal. Do you’ve any thoughts on that? Thanks again!!
Yes, MyThemeShop pays through Paypal only.
Hi, how can i be approved for elegant themes affiliate
Do they reject you?
Hello there. This post is very much resourceful. Thanks for sharing. Would you please let me know whether mythemeshop supports Payoneer withdrawals? Thank you.
No, they only support PayPal payment.