Chapter 10. Time for Action
People just like you are building million dollar empires built on WordPress. This is really worth repeating—people just like you are making millions of dollars using WordPress. Yes I know! That sounds like a campy infomercial line, but my dear readers, it's exceedingly true. Nevertheless, there is absolutely no reason why you can't be one of them or at least make enough money from WordPress that you can start to think about quitting your day-time job.
In this chapter, we'll quickly cover the following:
Prototyping with WordPress
How real business models can run on WordPress
Making money selling themes, plugins, and digital goods
Offering job boards, WordPress hosting, and corporate blogging software
Additional resources to learn more about WordPress and WordPress Plugins
The open source business model
There's a lot of debate on the validity of building a flourishing business on top of open source technologies like WordPress. More often than not, this resilience is directly...
