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$1333 WP plugin sales in first month 🎉

Not a big number but I'm excited and you know why :)

On Jan 2020 we decided to move from Stripe to Paddle because taxation, accounting was real pain.

After trying all major payment gateway provider we finally settled down with Paddle.

But, here comes the problem. There were no good WordPress plugin available that integrate with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads.

So, we created one for ourselves and later on February we decided to release it publicly.

After 2 months of fine tuning, bug fixing we finally soft launch on April this year.

And here is the number:

Sales → $1333 😻
Total visitor → 519

If you are interested here is the plugin https://wpsmartpay.com/

Our Roadmap: https://trello.com/b/DjDSyKFV/wp-smart-pay

Right now Paddle integration available for WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads.

We've more integration one the way 👊

, Founder of Icon for WP SmartPay
WP SmartPay
on May 2, 2020
  1. 1

    Congratz, Pervez 🎉

    Quick question tho, how did you promote your plugin? Paid ads or organic traffic?

  2. 1

    Congrats, Certainly this will help digital product sellers and best wishes for the upcoming future...

  3. 1

    That is really cool, was just looking at Paddle today and created our account. Will this work for our SaaS? We used Wordpress for the front-end that handles transactions, currently, we are using Paypal. Can we also get some assistance with the integration?

    1. 1

      Yeah you can use Paddle on your SaaS. We've created Paddle PHP SDK for this purpose https://github.com/themexpert/paddle-php

      You can use our SDK and build the integration easily. Open ticket if you found bug or improvements.

      1. 1

        Thank you. If you don't mind I have a few more questions. As we are using Wordpress, not sure you are offering a plugin or a SDK? How is your solution different from Paddle open-source plugin? Thank you.

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          1. We are offering both. SDK is for any SaaS wants to integrate Paddle to their system.
          2. Plugin for WordPress and also our plugin based on our SDK.
          3. Paddle free plugin is nothing but a shortcode while our one gives you complete integration with WooCommerce, EDD and more coming.
          1. 1

            Thank you! We will go with your Wordpress plugin. If it can save us time then we are happy to pay for it. Do you have a link?

            1. 1

              Awesome man! Grab before the Lifetime deal is gone this month or at least we'll double the price of Lifetime deal.

              1. 1

                Will do! Just need a week.

  4. 1

    Great work! Congrats

  5. 1

    Congrats. Definitely inspiring as I just launched a WP plugin called Hicopy.co - Boost your link building & marketing when users copy your content.

    The product is final but struggling to get downloads, even for the free version. But all a learning game. Lol

    Gonna follow. Keep up the great work 🤙🏼

    1. 1

      Thanks man! Free version on wp.org doesn't gives you automatic download.

      Yeah its a learning and implementing game :)

  6. 1

    Awesome. Excited for the upcoming features. I appreciate your hard work.

  7. 1

    Amazing! It's the best Paddle payment plugin for WordPress so far.

  8. 1

    Congratulation! Definitely, it will be much helpful for digital product seller with EDD. Best of luck with good sale.

  9. 1

    Great work! Congrats on your success so far.

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