So going from 2-3 sale per week to zero sales in the last 30 days for all my WordPress plugins on codecanyon
What I am doing wrong ? Do you think guys I should sell my plugins away from here as it seems waste of energy or it just my plugins not useful any more
Your last item is from 2021 and you may need to create new one. You were lucky so far that you were making proper sales - see the link
I think, apart from outdated plugins, there are also the impacts of changes in the tech field following the economic recession and the pandemic.
Additionally, if your plugins and themes are developed using an older version of PHP, they can be upgraded to the latest version. Updating relevant libraries ensures compatibility with the latest version of WordPress.
For example, when I consider buying a plugin for work:
Therefore, I believe it’s essential to ensure plugins work well and remain compatible. If they meet customers’ needs, they will still sell.
All plugins works fine with php 8.3 and they recently updated it’s obesely not the reason
Some of the points I mentioned are merely examples of open issues.
I am also developing some upcoming products on Envato. I have researched companies like Flatsome; it’s safe to say that they sell very well, averaging 50-60 sales per day.
Some questions that arise are:
I believe the issue is not with Envato but rather the products themselves. For products that adapt, continuously change, and adjust to solve customer issues, they will be among the 20% that hold 80% of customers needing them. Overall, if we can create a good enough product while consistently improving it and providing customer support, there’s no reason why it would be rejected! You can refer to some plugin images I’ve mentioned; I only calculate author fees at 37.5% collectively, but the actual sales milestones have significantly lower author fees.
Products with dwindling sales may have exhausted the demand from their specific customer segment. Generally, in any field, it is rare to have a product with a perpetual lifecycle that doesn’t require adjustments.
These are just some personal points you can refer to, analyze, and evaluate against your products, and compare them to other successful products in the same niche. You might find ways to improve!
Best,
Let’s just say that traffic on envato has gotten really bad, and this trend has been visible for years. So even a new product without personal SEO is doomed. Plus don’t forget that shutterstock bought envato, and I think there was optimization of SEO costs including, as a result we see what we see.
I have grasped this as well. Besides being a programmer, I also work with SEO as an SEOer. My understanding of SEO over the past 1-2 years is that with the advent of AI, ChatGPT, Bard, etc., marketing and related fields have undergone constantly changing variables. From my perspective, Google Search will undoubtedly lose market share in the future; the only question is to what extent.
I notice that Envato still advertises our products on Google Search. However, as a new author, I don’t have a clear opinion on the actual challenges you’re facing. I’m just expressing my personal viewpoint based on some product analysis for my own needs.
It’s the total sales at Envato is getting lower. In addition to that, Envato is promoting “Elements” instead for a long time that is also causing the problems. There’s big discussion at the page below:
Traffic to new products used to be around 20-50 uniques per day, sometimes more, now it’s 5-15 a couple days after release. At the same time, the sales funnel is 1% of 100 uniques, so let’s do some simple math and see that this market is not good for new authors unless they have experience in SEO and marketing. But if they have those skills, it doesn’t make sense for them to use that market ,)
Very well said 
Those who suggest doing marketing and SEO should answer a simple question “If you do marketing and have SEO and traffic why do you need Envato?”
The current state of Envato reminds me of Sunfrog before. Many of us in the POD community in Vietnam and sellers worldwide didn’t have much hope in their support team back then. Everything collapsed, and no one could do anything. Hopefully, with Shutterstock taking over, there will be positive changes in traffic. AI and Covid-19 have really made a huge impact on human history.
