This morning I read about a new theme marketplace that Envato has launched. The marketplace is called ThemeForest and it features themes for WordPress, Drupal, Typepad, Movable Type, Blogger, Joomla, and more. The prices for themes range from $10 to $50. It seems like the Our Community theme has made the most money so far, with 53 sales @ $30 each for a gross total of $1,590 (the author’s cut is probably 25% – 35% of that).
It seems like the gross sales figures for a popular themes may be quite good considering they just launched, although it seems to me that the authors are getting a smaller cut than they deserve. If similar marketplaces open up to compete against them, we may see those commission rates increase. I wish my web design skills were up to the same level as my programming, because it might be a good way to bring in a little extra income.