Curious what was popular during Black Friday? Here are the top 10 sellers according to a poll in the WPLTDS Facebook group. There was at least one surprise.

A challenge for developers is how to market and sell their plugins. In this interview Nathan Wrigley speaks with Dave Grey, the author of Nag Me Not. In the podcast they talk about a sponsorship model, which might be a good option for certain types of plugins. If you don’t want to listen, there is a nice summary on the page.

A switch like this would mean significantly change how brands drive visibility and traffic online.

Katie Keith runs Barn2, a plugin shop that sells a number of Woo extensions. She did a survey asking people why they choose WooCommerce. It is interesting to see, or be reminded, that WooCommerce is very flexible. Today with SureCart and FluentCart that flexibility and range of extensions is one of Woo’s advantages, if you need it.

404 Media summarizes the trademark issue between Matt Mullenweg / Automattic and Kevin Geary / Automatic.CSS. Automattic has asked that the Automatic.CSS product name be changed.

Katie Keith answers the question if lifetime licenses really cost more to support by digging into real data from Barn2’s sales and support history.

A new free plugin from Joost de Valk for easily creating a brand assets page. It includes some nice touches.

This is an interesting survey of web designer pricing.

Matt Cromwell has some advice for product developers to help navigate the changing WordPress landscape and the integration of AI.