How free file affects views (and sales) and how much it is worth it

[HyperrealRecords]

And it’s better to submit less popular files from your portfolio because it might make some harm to your selling model.

I would agree, but unfortunately, it is not that easy because of this:

AudioJungle Free File nominations: APR-JUN 2018

In order for a file to be considered for any Free File promotion, the file must meet the following criteria:
The file must either be rated 4 stars or higher , OR have at least 50 sales .

Alright, can we agree that 50 sales are quite a good number for an item? If so, that raises the interesting dilemma.
Do you want to “sacrifice” the track which is already selling quite well in order to boost your presence and grow your customer base OR things are going good without that and assuming that you may lose some sales during the free period, should you submit a file for a featuring or not? I think it depends on the current and progressive situation of a particular author. If the one has 100 items and only 1 item with 50 sales or more, is it worth to submit a bestseller then or not?

Hi,
In my cause, I have the same sales like in past month, nothing special.
I have WordPress theme free of the month for May 2018.

Hi, thanks for the reply! Do you mean that the sales from the portfolio are the same as before, or you mean that your WordPress theme is selling while it is free?

Thank you very much

You are welcome