Toms Design
No Code Templates for Growth-Driven Marketing
So here's the update about the last month. November was very productive. We launched three new templates.
Markethub is a multi-page marketing site for agencies and tech businesses.
Sketchfolio - One-page portfolio site for creatives and photographers.
Arcadium - One-page portfolio site for interior design and architecture agencies and professionals.
It also correlated with the best month so far in terms of sales on the Webflow Marketplace. In this year's Webflow conference, the team shared that we will be able to sell templates outside of the marketplace,so looking forward to seeing how and when this functionality gonna be launched. That would allow me to experiment with different distribution channels.
I also decided to be more active on X(Twitter) by sharing more of the process and daily work, reaching out to connect with people in the industry, and just being more active there.
Personally, had a scary health situation that resulted in being taken with ER to the hospital. It's good now, but I just need to rework some aspects of my life, and learn to not sweat the small things.
Overall, it's going well, and I will keep consistent work coming out, not worry about the immediate results, but the effort put in. Work always pays off in the long run.
Until next time,
Toms
Since the last update in August, a lot has happened! First, I got married and moved to a new place. August and September were mostly focused on personal life, which meant temporarily putting the template business on hold. Additionally, I dealt with some administrative tasks around establishing the new business, including navigating taxes and accounting (still a work in progress), which left less time for designing and developing new products for the store.
Now, I'm getting back on track. Two new templates have been launched, bringing the total to five templates currently available on the Webflow Marketplace, with another one under review. The latest release, Scriptora, is a tech blog template ideal for startups, tech news sites, or personal journaling. I’ve also created a shortlist of templates to submit for review next, and I'm currently working on a creative portfolio template for illustration and photography.
I'm looking forward to November and hoping it will be the best sales month yet!
Until next time,
Toms
After the first full month of selling templates, I got the third template accepted on Webflow Marketplace as planned. So far, it's been a promising start, with fairly consistent sales throughout July. I saw a slight dip at the beginning of August, which might be because of the vacation period. I expect sales to start increasing again by the end of August/start of September once everyone gets back to the normal schedule.
Still want to experiment with the pricing of template, to see which would get better results, therefore my next template will be a simple landing page for Startups/SaaS businesses using SVG illustrations and animations. My plan is to be able to design and develop smaller templates but more often to see if that works better or if I should spend more time developing multi-page/layout templates. As always, iteration is the key. With every new product I'm trying to up the quality and speed, also I feel that my process is becoming more structured and productive.
Let's see how the August pans out and will update the progress in September.
Toms
After spending May designing and submitting the first two templates for the Webflow Marketplace, I was excited to see the first sales coming in my Stripe dashboard.
I'm already working on the third template, which will be a great fit for a SaaS marketing site and include custom illustrations and light animations throughout.
I look forward to feedback or ideas for the new templates to create better products for the IH community.
Toms
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