Comments on: ThemeForest vs Independent Theme Shops: Where Should You Buy WordPress Themes From? https://wpshout.com/themeforest-vs-independent-theme-shops/ A hub for advanced WordPress users, developers & savvy business owners. Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Sabina Ionescu https://wpshout.com/themeforest-vs-independent-theme-shops/#comment-12984 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:08:00 +0000 https://wpshout.com/blog/?p=13090#comment-12984 In reply to Laura P..

Hey Laura, thanks for sharing your story, I’m surprised to hear these things happen. I hope that this type of behavior is an exception and that you simply bumped into the wrong author. I would suggest to report them on ThemeForest, not let these things happen to others.
As for independent authors, many are non-exclusive and upload their themes on TF as well as their separate sites. For example, our theme Hestia is listed in both places https://themeisle.com/themes/hestia-pro/

]]> By: Laura P. https://wpshout.com/themeforest-vs-independent-theme-shops/#comment-12983 Fri, 18 Aug 2017 12:21:00 +0000 https://wpshout.com/blog/?p=13090#comment-12983 I recently purchased a theme from ThemeForest and it did not perform as shown in the display image. I requested a refund and was denied by the theme author. I left a factual review and was contacted by the theme author and accused of liebel and they guy also said that if I did not change my review my ThemeForest account would be terminated. I was so shocked. It all seemed SO UNPROFESSIONAL. I asked the author not to contact me again and within minutes I was locked out of my account. I really never expected to be harassed and threatened over a theme! I’m SERIOUSLY confused. So, I gladly clicked on the list provided in this post to look for other NON-ThemeForest themes, but a few at the top first take you to an independent site, and after you click to find out more about a theme it takes you.. guess where? Themeforest. Just wanted to let you know.
Thanks for listening and producing the list – time to update it for 2017!!!
Ciao,
L

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