Based mostly in Surat, India, TemplateMela are one in all our latest Energy Elite Authors from ThemeForest. We determined to ask them some questions on how they acquired began and the way they constructed a enterprise out of doing what they love. Take pleasure in!
Inform us a bit about your self. The place are you from, what do you do for a residing?
We’re a workforce of artistic and progressive individuals from Surat, India. As a workforce of two, Mahesh and Chetan, we began our journey in 2008 as WordPress and Magento eCommerce builders and we started to create customized designs for these platforms. In 2011 we related with ThemeForest and began constructing Templates for eCommerce.
Regardless that we have been promoting our templates on our personal web site templatemela.com, we determined to go along with ThemeForest due to its nice potential and good enterprise mannequin.
We have been decided to focus solely on ThemeForest, and so we rejected many partnership affords and freelance work. Due to buyer help, we've greater than 25 individuals at TemplateMela and they're all incomes sufficient to reject any job affords ☺.
Inform us one factor about you nobody else is aware of?
We started by creating themes for Magento when it launched in 2008, and we have been the primary firm in India offering personalized Magento designs. Seeing the large demand for customized work, we got here up with the thought to create and promote Magento templates to our clients. We created web site magesupport.com and offered many Magento designs. We additionally partnered with OpenCart and PrestaShop as theme designers, then we launched templatemela.com and provided many platform themes.
Immediately we're the world’s first firm to supply themes in all main platforms presently accessible for eCommerce.
Is there something uncommon or particular about how you're employed?
There are such a lot of individuals asking why and the way we've greater than 200 themes on ThemeForest.
Our focus was offering artistic themes for every class like electronics, trend, jewelry, toys, medication and extra, in order that clients don’t should customise generic themes. We create area of interest themes for a lot of platforms, so [as a result] we've greater than 200 gadgets on ThemeForest.
And we've greater than 25 professionals serving to shoppers upgrading our themes.
Is there something uncommon or noteworthy about your life expertise?
We borrowed some cash to finish our masters in laptop training. And earlier than we began our firm, I was getting $100 a month in wage whereas bills have been greater than $200 a month together with mortgage instalments. Mahesh began freelancing part-time and Chetan was on the lookout for a job. So, we begin working collectively doing a little freelancing in 2007 in order that we may earn sufficient cash.
Simply as we began doing this, I acquired fired from my job. And all the sudden my $100 in earnings stopped. However the good factor was that we earned greater than $200 in our first month, half time, so it was a great expertise. All we knew was the right way to customise WordPress and Magento. Fortunately Mahesh beloved designing, turning into an entire net designer, and we had good methods to hurry up theme design and create on-line shops for shoppers.
Now we're producing greater than sufficient cash for all our 25 workforce members.
What’s your most memorable shopper/buyer story on Presswp?
In March 2014, the TemplateMela workforce attended WordCamp – the WordPress convention – in Atlanta, USA. There’s one shopper named Michel who's a contract net developer there who informed me, “I repeatedly buy themes from you, you guys assist me velocity up my eCommerce growth to earn cash. Thanks, guys.”
The subsequent month in April 2014, we attended Joomla day in Atlanta, USA. Two shoppers hugged me and mentioned “You saved us plenty of time!” We'll always remember these moments.
What’s probably the most difficult factor about your work?
Staying updated with present net developments/requirements, and repeatedly updating our themes on new variations of every platform. We now have greater than 300 themes, so maintaining up-to-date is a continuing problem.
Title a number of individuals who encourage you and why?
Narendra Modi – I personally like his method of working like a machine, his humbleness and his management. And Steve Jobs, as he created excellent high-quality merchandise and moved the business ahead.
What's your recommendation to different authors relating to the right way to create a profitable portfolio?
Do what you might be an professional in: you probably have good expertise with eCommerce, don’t attempt to create enterprise themes. Concentrate on area of interest themes, as there are numerous common themes constructed. Do trending and distinctive design, adopted up with the most effective buyer help you'll be able to supply.
Enjoyable Reality: You’re ranked 50th for gross sales on ThemeForest
We will’t consider we made it! We like to say thanks to all of our clients, the ThemeForest workforce, and the workforce working with us.
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