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Sellwire – The easiest way to sell digital goods online

Over the past year I’ve had my fair share of experiences with e-commerce systems and selling digital products such as the Nivo Slider. While some products did it better than others, I found none of them really hit the spot. Most of them were geared to towards physical goods for a start, and the ones that did focus on digital sales lacked features.

So with that in mind today I am announcing the launch of Sellwire: the easiest way to sell digital goods online. Sellwire aims to make selling digital goods online as simple as possible, literally upload a file and share a link, and takes care of the complex e-commerce payment gateways and tracking stuff so that users can focus on making great products.

Sellwire is a “scratch my own itch” solution to a problem I’ve experienced lately, and I hope others might find it just as useful as I have. So if you are interested why not head on over and check it out.

9 days ago 0
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Nivo Slider: The Story So Far

I should start this article by explaining the fact that I am not a born and bred entrepreneur. I’m a developer at heart who has literally stumbled upon “success” just as I was beginning to get interested in the whole business side of the web. I’ve been wanting to write this article for a while to simply explain the process of how the Nivo Slider grew to be successful and some of the decisions I’ve made (and lessons I’ve learned) a long the way.

I suppose I should start by defining “success” in this context. The Nivo Slider has been downloaded more than 890,000 times and sales have generated more than $40,000 USD in the first six months and have increased every month so far. Put it another way, the Nivo Slider will generate way more than double my day job salary in its first year. That is where I’m at just now. But how did I get here?
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Snippi

On Friday Orman Clark and myself launched Snippi, a super awesome snippet tool sharing code with your friends. We would love for you guys to use it and let us know what you think.

86 days ago 1
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Getting My Web Development On

So today I started my new job as a full-time Web Developer working for Orman Clark. Working from home has been great so far, and I’m loving my new iMac that I purchased recently to help me get my work done more efficiently.

To help me celebrate this next step in my career I’ve also updated this site (yes again) to use one of Orman’s awesome WordPress themes called Memo. I love the style of the theme and I hope that you guys like it too.

I’m really looking forward to all the awesome stuff I’m going to get to do with Orman and his team, so keep your eyes peeled for updates of cool things to come.

107 days ago 3
I hate it when people call themselves "entrepreneurs" when what they're really trying to do is launch a startup and then sell or go public, so they can cash in and move on. They're unwilling to do the work it takes to build a real company, which is the hardest work in business. That's how you really make a contribution and add to the legacy of those who went before. You build a company that will still stand for something a generation or two from now. That's what Walt Disney did, and Hewlett and Packard, and the people who built Intel. They created a company to last, not just to make money. That’s what I want Apple to be.

Steve Jobs on “entrepreneurs”

113 days ago 0
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Announcing Nivo Gallery

Today marks the launch of Nivo Gallery, an offshoot and sister product to the Nivo Slider. Nivo Gallery aims to be more of a full-blown photo gallery experience rather than simply an image slider, focusing on supporting multiple types of content and having a fullscreen experience, rather than fancy image transitions.

Head on over and check it out and, as always, let me know what you think.

127 days ago 1
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