No matter what kind of website or blog you own, you’ll definitely find something that will make your site better. Just like with clothes some plugins are one size fits all, and other are quite specific. Almost every blog will encounter spam, security concerns and will want to expose their content to the largest audience possible. This two article series focuses on the most essential and useful WordPress plugins every blog will find useful. Whether you’re bored with the default comments platform, want to try custom fonts or just add neat social sharing options, continue reading to find the best WordPress plugins out there. The plugins are sorted into categories and only a few of them have the same features so you can find the very right ones for you.

The first part will cover optimization, forms, comments, site backup, posts, security, design & theme customization and media. Stay tuned for part 2 which will contain even more specific and targeted WordPress plugins.

The second part will cover ecommerce, SEO, social media, marketing and lot of great miscellaneous plugins.

Optimization

1. WP Super Cache

WP Super Cache is a very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files. After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts.

2. WP-Optimize

WP-Optimize is a WordPress 2.9++ database cleanup and optimization tool. It doesn’t require PhpMyAdmin to optimize your database tables. It allows you to remove post revisions, comments in the spam queue and un-approved comments within few clicks.

3. W3 Total Cache

W3 Total Cache improves the user experience of your site by improving your server performance, caching every aspect of your site, reducing the download times and providing transparent content delivery network (CDN) integration.

Forms

1. Contact Form 7

Contact Form 7 can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail content flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.

2. Fast Secure Contact Form

A super customizable contact form that lets your visitors send you email. Blocks all automated spammers. No templates to mess with.

3. Gravity Forms (Premium –  $39)

Gravity Forms is hands down the best contact form plugin for WordPress. Build and publish your WordPress forms in just minutes. No drudgery, just quick and easy form-building.

4. AJAX Contact Forms (Premium – $10)

This is a jQuery based AJAX powered HTML / PHP contact form with Twitter Direct Messaging, easily integrated into WordPress via shortcodes and functions.

Comments

1. Disqus Comment System

Disqus, pronounced “discuss”, is a service and tool for web comments and discussions. Disqus makes commenting easier and more interactive, while connecting websites and commenters across a thriving discussion community.

2. GD Star Rating

GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up an advanced rating and review system for post types and comments in your blog using single, multi and thumbs ratings.

3. Wizzart – Recent Comments

This plugin offers a highly customizable widget to show recent comments of your visitors in your sidebars.

4. Facebook Comments

Full Facebook Comments moderation and management for your WordPress site. Quick and easy to set up. Insert automatically or via a shortcode.

5. Thank Me Later

Automatically send a ‘thank you’ e-mail to those who comment on your blog. This plugin engages visitors by reminding them to check back for new comments and interesting content.

6. Disable Comments

Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type.

7. WP Customer Reviews

WP Customer Reviews allows your customers and visitors to leave reviews or testimonials of your services. Reviews are Microformat enabled (hReview).

Site Backup

1. WP-DBManager

Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of back ups, optimizing and repairing of database.

2. BackUpWordPress

BackUpWordPress will back up your entire site including your database and all your files once every day.

Posts

1. Editorial Calendar

The Editorial Calendar makes it possible to see all your posts and drag and drop them to manage your blog.

2. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site.

3. SimpleReach Slide

The Slide recommends related posts from within your site on a widget that “slides” in at the bottom of the page.

4. WordPress Popular Posts

WordPress Popular Posts is a highly customizable sidebar widget that displays the most popular posts on your blog. You can use it as a template tag, too.

5. Raw HTML

Lets you use raw HTML or any other code in your posts. You can also disable smart quotes and other automatic formatting on a per-post basis.

6. Auto Post Thumbnail

Automatically generate the Post Thumbnail (Featured Thumbnail) from the first image in post or any custom post type only if Post Thumbnail is not set.

Security

1. Akismet

Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.

2. SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam

Adds CAPTCHA anti-spam methods to WordPress on the forms for comments, registration, lost password, login, or all. For WP, WPMU, and BuddyPress.

3. Secure WordPress

Secure WordPress beefs up the security of your WordPress installation by removing error information on login pages, adds index.html to plugin directories, hides the WordPress version and much more.

4. BulletProof Security

WordPress Website Security Protection. Website security protection against: XSS, RFI, CRLF, CSRF, Base64, Code Injection and SQL Injection hacking att

Design & Theme Customization

1. Widget Context

Widget Context allows you to specify widget visibility settings – you can choose to display them only on certain posts, front page, category or tag pages etc.

2. WP Google Fonts

The WP Google Fonts plugin allows you to easily add fonts from the Google Font Directory to your WordPress theme.

3. WP Maintenance Mode

Adds a splash page to your site that lets visitors know your site is down for maintenance. Full access to the back- & front-end is optional.

4. Genesis Simple Sidebars

This plugin allows you to create multiple, dynamic widget areas, and assign those widget areas to sidebar locations within the Genesis Theme Framework

5. Shortcodes Ultimate

With this plugin you can easily create buttons, boxes, different sliders and much, much more. Turn your free theme to premium in just a few clicks.

6. All In One Favicon

Easily add a Favicon to your site and the WordPress admin pages. Complete with upload functionality. Supports all three Favicon types (ico,png,gif).

7. Font Uploader (Premium – $10)

This plugin lets you upload your own font files and apply them to any element of your website without requiring a knowledge of html or css.

8. WPtouch

WPtouch: A simple, powerful and elegant mobile theme for your website. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress website into an application-like theme.

9. Widget Logic

Widget Logic lets you control on which pages widgets appear using WP’s conditional tags. It also adds a ‘widget_content’ filter.

10. WP Content Slideshow

WP Content Slideshow is the perfect Slideshow for WordPress. It displays up to 5 Posts or Pages with Tile, Description and Image for every Post.

Media

1. Easing Slider

The Easing Slider comes with various options that allow you to choose different sources to get the images from and also multiple styling options so that you”ll never have to edit any files directly & with ease. Create your own unique elegant slider.

2. NextGEN Gallery

NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with dozens of options and features.

3. flickrRSS

Allows you to integrate Flickr photos into your site. It supports user, set, favorite, group and community photostreams.

4. WordPress Video Plugin

A filter for WordPress that allows easy video embedding of supported sites. Support for 65 different video sites.

5. oQey Gallery

oQey Gallery is a premium grade plugin for managing images and video, creating photo slideshows with music, photo & video galleries that works fantastic.

6. uBillboard (Premium – $20)

uBillboard is a Premium Slider for WordPress. It is a jQuery based slider with a multitude of transitions and options so you can customize it all you want without being overwhelmed with options you never wanted or needed.

7. WP Lightbox 2

This plugin used to add the lightbox (overlay) effect to the current page images on your WordPress blog.

Commerce

1. WP e-Commerce

WP e-Commerce is a free WordPress Shopping Cart Plugin that lets customers buy your products, services and digital downloads online.

2. Jigoshop

Jigoshop is an eCommerce plugin for WordPress developed by professionals with years of experience delivering online shops for global brands.

3. WooCommerce

Transform your WordPress website into a thoroughbred online store. Delivering enterprise-level quality & features whilst backed by a name you can trust.

4. uPricing (Premium – $15)

uPricing is the ultimate and unique solution for all your WordPress related pricing page needs. Creating pricing tables has never been easier. uPricing comes with easy to use jQuery powered admin interface that lets you create and edit your pricing tables.

5. PayPal Donations

Easy, simple setup to add a PayPal Donation button as a Widget or with a shortcode.

SEO

1. All in One SEO Pack

All in One SEO Pack is the best SEO plugin out there which will automatically optimize your WordPress blog for search engines.

2. WordPress SEO by Yoast

WordPress SEO is the most complete WordPress SEO plugin that exists today for WordPress.org users. It incorporates everything from a snippet preview and page analysis functionality that helps you optimize your pages content, images titles, meta descriptions and more to XML sitemaps, and loads of optimization options in between.

3. Google XML Sitemaps

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently.

Social

1. Add Link to Facebook

Automatically add links to posts or pages that are being published to your Facebook wall, pages or groups. Simple one time setup and forget. The way links appear on Facebook can be customized.

2. WP to Twitter

Posts a Twitter update when you update your WordPress blog or post to your blogroll, using your chosen URL shortening service. Requires PHP 5 and cURL

3. Digg Digg

Digg Digg allows you to integrate popular social buttons into WordPress easily.

4. ShareThis

The ShareThis plugin seamlessly enables users to share your content through Email,Facebook,Twitter, Google +1, Like, Send and many more.

5. BuddyPress

BuddyPress lets users register on your site and start creating profiles, posting messages, making connections, creating and interacting in groups and much more. A social network in a box, BuddyPress lets you build a social network for your company, school, sports team or niche community.

6. bbPress

bbPress is forum software with a twist from the creators of WordPress.

7. The Google+ plugin

The Google + Plugin integrates WordPress with your G+ Profile and Page – now with BuddyPress and Post Format support.

8. Twitter Widget Pro

A widget that properly handles twitter feeds, including parsing @username, #hashtags, and URLs into links.

Marketing

1. Newsletter

This plug-in lets you collect subscribers on your blog with a single or double opt-in subscription process. Double opt-in is law compliant and it means the user has to confirm the subscription following simple standard instructions sent to him via email.

2. WP125

Easy management of 125×125 ads on your blog. Ads can be run for a specified number of days, and will automatically be taken down. Track clicks too.

3. s2Member

s2Member (membership with PayPal) offers powerful membership capabilities. Protect members only content. The s2Member Framework integrates with PayPal very easily and fully supports recurring billing.

4. MailPress

The WordPress mailing platform.

5. Subscribe2

Subscribe2 provides a comprehensive subscription management and email notification system for WordPress blogs that sends email notifications to a list of subscribers when you publish new content to your blog.

6. MailChimp Widget

Adds a widget that allows your users to sign up for your MailChimp mailing list.

7. Simple PopUp

A simple, attractive, extremely fast and non annoying pop up box for your WordPress Blog. It’s power lies in its ease of use.

Miscellaneous

1. WP-PageNavi

Want to replace the old ← Older posts | Newer posts → links with some page links? This plugin provides the wp_pagenavi() template tag which generates fancy pagination links.

2. Jetpack by WordPress.com

 Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.

3. Exclude Pages

This plugin adds a checkbox, “include this page in menus”, which is checked by default. If you uncheck it, the page will not appear in any listings of pages (which includes, and is usually limited to, your page navigation menus).

4. Broken Link Checker

This plugin will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found.

5. ManageWP Worker

ManageWP Worker plugin allows you to remotely manage your blogs from one dashboard. You can read our review here.

6. Redirection

Redirection is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections and keep track of 404 errors without requiring knowledge of Apache .htaccess files.

7. FD Feedburner Plugin

Redirects the main feed and optionally the comments feed seamlessly and transparently to Feedburner.com.

8. Hotfix

Provides unofficial fixes for selected WordPress bugs, so you don’t have to wait for the next WordPress core release.

9. Google Analytics for WordPress

Track your WordPress site easily and with lots of metadata: views per author & category, automatic tracking of outbound clicks and page views.

10. WP-Polls

Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. You can also easily add a poll into your WordPress’s blog post/page.

11. Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu

The lazy and the productive will love it : all admin links available in a neat horizontal CSS driven drop down menu. No need to click on “Manage” then “Pages” to edit pages. And plenty more space on your screen.

12. Pretty Link Lite

Shrink, beautify, track, manage and share any URL on or off of your WordPress website. Create links that look however you want using your own domain name.

13. 5sec Google Maps (Premium – $8)

Integrate Google Maps into your WordPress blog easily without using API or any code.

14. Advanced Access Manager

Advanced Access Manager is a new way of controlling access to your single blog or multi-site setup. This easy to use interface is a very helpful tool for experienced WordPress users.

Conclusion

Do you know and use any other plugins besides the ones we suggested here? We would really appreciate your feedback here, but we are pretty sure this list will be very comprehensive for you and will satisfy most peoples needs!

Twitter

The Look

You won’t see anything drastic on the new homepage yet there are some adjustments. The new homepage is designed to make it easier to access and scan the relevant information for you. The biggest improvement is the media which is now embedded into the timeline. There’s no need to view photos or videos in new tabs anymore, you can access them straight away ( of course, you still have to click). You can also immediately access your favorite features from the lefthand side.

The new homepage’s goal is to be consistent between all your devices. Twitter has always been about simplicity and nothing has changed with this version. Although with the right aligned timeline Twitter has has started to resemble other social networks.

The profile view has experienced some changes. The number of lists you’re included on is now gone. In fact, lists have been made more irrelevant with this update. You also get a larger picture thumbnail and the new Me tab allows you to edit your profile straight within the profile page.

@Connect

The @Connect tab has taken over the previous Activity tab’s duties. It’s the place where you can see who has followed or mentioned you, retweeted or favorited one of your tweets. The tab is splits Interactions and Mentions so you can easily track your Twitter influence. Basically nothing much has changed except the name which I believe does the trick.

Another thing Twitter has introduced in this version is the switch from usernames to real names. Now everything’s backwards – first name you’ll see above the tweet is the real name which is a hyperlink and only then comes the username.

#Discover

Discover lets you tap into a stream of useful and entertaining information, customized just for you. Discover is something like the old search function only way more better. What it does is it generated your personalized information and stories based on who you follow, your location, trends and your interactions. Discover tab consists of five sections – stories, activity, who to follow, find friends and browse categories. Interacting has been made extremely easy.

While some of the experienced users often get bored by those following suggestions which aren’t always the best, the #Discover is a superb feature for those who are new to Twitter and don’t quite know where to start off.

Brand Pages

Twitter has followed the example of Facebook and Google+ and introduces the brand pages feature with this update. Although it’s nothing game changing because most of the companies already have Twitter accounts this feature will allow companies to customize their header to make their pages look more official. Companies will also have the chance promote a tweet which will appear at the top of the timeline. The new pages also let brands separate their replies and mentions. And, of course, they’re free.

Embedding Tweets

@1stwebdesigner nice article, this one reason why I need optomise my website for mobile devices.

— Juan Tarrats (@jtarratsart) December 21, 2011

The new update also comes with great news for developers. Instead of copying and pasting a code users can now simply embed their tweets with just a couple of clicks. All the usual actions are available and easy to use with the embedded tweets – reply, favorite, retweet.

WordPress bloggers will be able embed Tweets directly into their posts by simply copying the Tweet URL or using a familiar shortcode.

Finally, Twitter has refreshed the design of Follow and Tweet buttons and introduced two more buttons – #hashtag and @mention button. The new #hashtag button tells your visitors there’s an interesting conversation happening on Twitter, and lets them join in with just one click. The @mention button encourages visitors to Tweet to your account, driving public conversation directly from your website.

What’s gone

Most of the negative feedback comes from iPhone users. The option to translate tweets is gone and users can no longer copy and paste from a tweet. There’s also some buzz about saying thank you to multiple people. With the tweeting now happening from a pop up window you no longer reply to several people at once so you just have to type in the user names manually. Which again is a little inconvenient because of the use of real names.

Yet I was unable to find anything significant that the new version lacks so I’d be grateful if you could point these things out for me and other readers.

Overall

Twitter really appears to have hit the bull’s eye with this update. Most of the users seem very fancy about the new changes and reviews are only praising the new features. There are opinions that Twitter has officially gone mainstream but that’s the very same thing you’d do with such an influx of users. The new version really makes engagement and interaction easy. We’ll see the results but for now on it seems rather promising and optimistic.

Additional resources

• New Twitter: 25 Tips and Tricks for Savvy Tweeters
• The New Twitter: It’s Just Not For Me, But I Understand It
• Six ways the ‘new new’ Twitter changes everything

Tweetdeck

The same day Twitter announced it’s new version the most popular tweeting platform Tweetdeck got a new look as well. Tweetdeck was acquired  by Twitter in May 2011 allegedly for around 40 million dollars. Finally, the conversion from beta is complete and we can get our hands on the new platform.

You can get Tweetdeck either as a web application, Chrome plugin or desktop plugin. In this review I’m using the desktop version yet there’s actually no difference. So, what’s new?

The Look

The most radical yet not so noticeable is the shift from AIR to a native desktop app. The dashboard is almost identical with the old version however there’s been an irreversible change. The next thing you might spot is the missing orange logo which is replaced by Twitter’s blue bird.

The column navigation has switched to the top of the window and is more handy. Yet there’s a considerable drawback namely the columns aren’t resizable anymore. Actually you couldn’t resize columns in the old version as well but the minimum width for them was lower and more columns would fit the screen.

Unlike the old version the tweeting is now done from a pop up window. Some other minor changes include blue links, switch from usernames to real names, tweets now miss day and date and a smooth search bar at the top right.

Overall, the look now seems somehow cleaner and coherent. Browsing experience is made more pleasing and perceptible. Yet there’s a price. And it becomes apparent when it comes to performance and features which is far more important than sleek neat visual look.

Performance & Features

Usually with an upgrade we expect new features and improved performance but it’s quite discussible within this case. So is there something new? The message box is more compact as it merges the messages you have with a person. Also you get a solid info about a user you follow by clicking on his avatar. Yes, that’s about it.

But what’s gone? First of all there’s no more support for Foursquare, LinkedIn and Google+ also hasn’t hit the list.

While some of you might be glad that the AIR is gone there are some cons. And the most apparent is the approximate 20 second delay for updating tweets. It may not be so essential for ordinary user but it may create some problems for those who used to use Tweetdeck seriously.

Here are other important drawbacks and missing features:

• There’s no more option to edit lists and add new people to them.
• Retweeted tweets doesn’t stand out in any way so it’s harder to spot them.
• Media from Twitpic, Instagram, Youtube etc doesn’t show in a pop up. Instead you have to view it in browser.
• @Me column shows only mentions without retweets.
• No drag and drop support for image upload.
• You can’t translate tweets anymore.
• No more support for keyboard shortcuts.

Overall

While Tweetdeck can be proud of the fresh beautiful look it just can’t hide and countervail all the missing features. One of the Mashable’s commentators wrote – “Tweetdeck wasn’t just a Twitter client but an overall social media dashboard.” Sadly but it’s kind of truth. Some maintain that this is the Twitter’s strategy to stimulate users to use the native Twitter website and maybe it is so.

However, Tweetdeck was never a business platform. It was created for Twitter power users and I believe it hasn’t changed it’s nature. The new look is definitely a benefit and, well, do we care if Twitter pushes us to use it’s own tools? For the average user it doesn’t make a difference and if the app works and meets all the needs – why not to use it?

Raster Graphics

1. Jingle Jam Christmas Party Flyer ($6)

Use this design for any Christmas advertisement or Christmas party at a nightclub, at work or use as a holiday party invitation. 4×6 inches, CMYK, 300 DPI.

2. 20 seamless christmas backgrounds ($5)

This set comes with 10 patterned papers and 10 textured papers – that all look and feel like original Christmas wrapping paper. Patterns come as 500×500 jpegs.

3. Christmas Backgrounds ($5)

Pack with six artificial Christmas textures and decoration patterns. 3000x3000px, 300 dpi.

4. Christmas & New Years Eve Party Flyer ($7)

A clean, crisp, wintery, cold, exciting 6×10” PSD flyer template, perfect for any nightclub or party event. 3 variations, CMYK, 300 DPI.

5. Christmas Bash Party Flyer Pack ($7)

Modern and shining design to spotlight your event. 5 PSD files, CMYK, 300 DPI.

6. Santa and Christmas Reindeer ($2)

Illustration of flying Santa and Christmas reindeer

7. Typo Christmas Flyer Template ($4)

8. Wonderful Christmas Flyer & Postcard ($6)

This item includes a uniquely and carefully designed flyer & postcard. 8.5×11’’ + 8.5×5.5”, editable layers.

Vector Graphics

1. Santa Into the Winter Christmas Night ($3)

Christmas winter landscape with Santa in the sky.

2. Red and golden christmas background ($4)

3. Set Of Christmas Icons ($5)

4. Christmas Banners ($4)

5. Set vector christmas greeting card ($3)

Editable and scalable vector Christmas greeting card

6. Christmas Background with Sparkles ($4)

7. Santa Holding Wooden Banner ($4)

Email Templates landing pages

1. FeastMail ($14)

Feast Mail is an exclusive Christmas email template with business style. Snowy style with exclusively designed Christmas collages is a great way to share the warmth of the season your clients by sending them a beautiful Christmas email. 3 styles, 5 layouts and 6 color variations.

2. Simple Christmas ($15)

Simple Christmas is a user-friendly and flexible festive template. There are three designs with many possible variations and layered 3 Photoshop files included. 3 different layouts, commented code, layered PSD files.

3. Holiday Mail ($9)

Holiday Mail is a highly customizable email template. It comes with multiple modules which can be stacked over each other to get different layouts.

4. FeastMail 2 ($18)

Feast Mail 2 is a Christmas email template with twelve exclusively designed Christmas collages. great way to share the warmth of the season your clients by sending them a beautiful Christmas email. Inline CSS, commented code, layered PSD.

5. Christmas Season Landing Page Template ($10)

Included in this template package is one HTML page – the main landing page is perfectly formatted using good practices for landing page design including strong, obvious CTA areas (Call To Action) to help convert visitors into clients / customers.

6. XMAS Season ($6)

XMAS Season is a Christmas special deal promotion webpage for any kind of product you want to sell. HTML and CSS3 markup, responsive layout, Javascript slider, layered PSD.

Photographs

All prices apply to medium size download.

1. Christmas ball($3)

2. Christmas gift sitting on a table ($3)

3. Christmas Present ($3)

4. Brightly lit Christmas tree ($3)

5. Beautiful xmas tree at dusk ($3)

6. Door opening into a living room ($3)

7. christmas($3)

8. Christmas($3)

9. Two candles with decoration ($3)

Yes, some of you might have already figured out what kind of service we’re writing about here. ManageWP is a service that allows you to manage all your WordPress websites from one single dashboard. What does it mean?

Lets quickly run over the main features:

• Firstly, that means that you no longer have to remember all logins and passwords for your sites or keep them in long spreadsheets. With ManageWP dashboard you can access all your websites with one click.
• Performing an upgrade of WordPress, plugins and themes across all of your sites is easy as clicking one ‘Upgrade all’ button. You can also install plugins and themes to multiple sites at once, from a variety of sources (your favorites list, WordPress.org, your computer or any URL).
• You can backup all your sites from ManageWP dashboard at any time or restore a previous backup. ManageWP can backup both your entire website or just the database. You can also set automatic scheduled backups.
• ManageWP allows you to set up a new, fully loaded, WordPress site in minutes. Or use ManageWP’s clone tool to clone any of your existing sites from one domain, subdomain or folder to another.
• With all sites under one roof, doing bulk operations becomes easy. Whether you want to post an article to multiple sites, manage your blogroll links or add users, ManageWP allows you to do it effortlessly across any number of sites at once.

How does it work? Do you have to provide them with all your passwords? The answer is no. Access to your site is governed by the ManageWP Worker plugin that you install directly onto your blog. That means that the only password ManageWP stores is the one needed for their central dashboard. So lets get started and take a deeper look into this service.

Features

Dashboard

Once you’ve installed the plugin and linked your website with ManageWP you can access all the features it offers. The dashboard is clean and easy to use. Plus it looks just like your casual WordPress dashboard so you don’t have to worry about adapting to a new and unfamiliar platform.

In the main view you can see which plugins or themes have an update available, below there are post revisions aka post autosaves and spam comments. You can also view the recent comments and posts. In the top right there is a pageview statistics graph and scheduled backups below it.

Manage Plugins & Themes

ManageWP dashboard allows you to instantly and simultaneously install themes or plugins for all of your websites. You can also opt to Activate plugins after upload. Looking through all the plugins is also made easy. In my opinion, the only drawback is the plugin horizontal layout so you have to scroll the window quite far if you’ve got a lot of plugins installed.

Backup

With ManageWP, you can set up scheduled backups to Amazon S3, Dropbox, your own server, any external FTP or an email address for all of your blogs with just a few clicks. You can choose between daily, weekly or monthly backups. Note – this feature is only available for the professional and business pricing plan.

Migrating/cloning sites.

This feature comes in handy if you need to setup a new network of identically modified websites. The theme and all plugins are installed automatically so you don’t have to spend time setting up every blog manually.

Bulk Actions

ManageWP allows you to bulk add/export websites, create new pages, posts and links for all of your websites.

It’s pretty clear with the pages and posts – although I don’t see a good reason why one would like to publish the same post on several blogs, the function does it’s job. Again you’re given the default WordPress text editor so there’s nothing unfamiliar to master.

The Bulk add users feature is bloody useful if you’re willing to add a writer for a set of blogs. You can find this feature under the Users section.

Note – all the bulk features are only available for professional and business pricing plan.

Self-hosted version

ManageWP also offers self-hosted version which allows you to run the service on your own dashboard. Self hosted allows you to have an unlimited number of blogs, host everything on your server and add your own features. It’s created for companies and organizations managing hundreds or even thousands of websites and is currently available only as Enterprise license.

Pricing

ManageWP will be offering three pricing plans where the price then depends on the number of websites you’ll manage (you can choose from a range between 10 and 500). The pre-order is launching on December 6th. All users that sign up now will receive a 30% life-time discount on any hosted service plan that they pre-order for as long as they maintain their service.

• 30 day free trial so you can test the service before paying for it.
• Free plan which allows you to use the Standard features for up to three (five, if you refer some friends) websites.
• Annual plans, and you will get two months free when you sign up for these.

Below you can see the pricing plans for 10, 100 and 500 websites.

10 websites

• Standard: $7/month
• Professional: $21/month
• Business: $42/month

100 websites

• Standard: $40/month
• Professional: $120/month
• Business: $240/month

500 websites

• Standard: $70/month
• Professional: $210/month
• Business: $420/month

Interview

Since this series focuses on the startups we wanted to ask a couple of questions to the founder of ManageWP Vladimir Prelovac.Vladimir Prelovac is the the CEO of Prelovac Media, an internet company located in Belgrade, Serbia. Besides ManageWP he’s also written a book on WordPress plugin development and created other stunning services and plugins.

1. There aren’t many alternatives who can compete with ManageWP. How did you come up with the idea of ManageWP?

As with most good ideas, it was a stroke of luck and a hint of opportunity. A friend of mine was rambling about how he had trouble managing his blogs, and I suddenly realized there is nothing like that available for WordPress, which is, after all, the world’s biggest internet publishing platform. The world needed something like ManageWP, so I decided it was time to make it.

2. As far as I understand ManageWP began in 2010. Why did it take so long to finish beta testing and establish a fully functional service?

ManageWP is an extremely complex piece of software. What makes it unique is that we really tried to make it run smoothly on literally thousands of different server configurations that WordPress would run on. That was our biggest challenge. Scalability was also an important focus for us — some of our users are managing thousands of blogs. But knowing that ManageWP can load data from 1800 websites in less than two minutes… it makes it all worth it.

There is also a list of spectacular features that we are pushing to integrate into ManageWP. Some startups, for example, are satisfied with only offering backup solutions for WordPress. But that functionality is only a tiny piece of the overall picture. Backup features are critical — and something we pride ourselves in offering — but it is only one piece of the 23 major features currently offered by ManageWP, with many more on the way. And with all the great ideas coming in from our beta users, we know that the value we can provide will continue to grow.

Another thing is that we had to ensure that ManageWP would work with services that WordPress users already deeply value. That’s why ManageWP now integrates with Google Analytics and AdSense. And that’s why we already have plans in place to integrate with SEO and uptime monitoring tools in the near future.

And then there is the fact that WordPress is constantly evolving. Adjusting to all the changes is a challenge unless you are willing to work hard to adjust to those changes. Thankfully, our team put in the effort to adapt. So that’s why it all took almost a year and a half to arrive at this point. (And the ride is not over yet!)

Ultimately, our goal is to create a dashboard so useful, so powerful that people will no longer need to log into their WordPress websites or other services. They will be able to log into ManageWP, and everything that the user needs to effectively manage their WordPress sites will be all right there at the user’s fingertips.

Above you can see a screenshot from Wayback Machine with the ManageWP website in 2010.

3. You’ve established a flexible and nice scheme where instead of following a strict milestone schedule the users themselves suggest the ideas you then consider. How did you come up with this method and has it brought the desired results?

Yes! I believe this is one of our strengths at ManageWP. Many of our features were suggested by our users, and that makes it a much more personalized experience for them and for us. After all, nobody could ever have a perfect vision of a product (except maybe Steve Jobs), so it was very important that we listened to our users early on in the development process. We already have around six or seven different ways for users to send us feedback, and I read all of it. The best ideas are sent off to the team for development.

Above you can see a screenshot from ManageWP Google group where users can suggest ideas which then are sent for consideration.

4. Since our series is about successful and fresh startups could you comment on ManageWP from this perspective? How has it grown as a project?

There are different ways to measure the success of a startup. At ManageWP, and from the feedback we have received, it would seem that we created a truly useful service that solves a problem that many people share. Some of our users were excited to learn when we intended to charge for ManageWP, but for the past 12 months, all we wanted to do was focus on creating a genuinely useful product.

And I think that is the most important thing — in order to keep the team passionate and the users interested, you need to have a great product.

5. Your blog says that the number of websites managed by ManageWP has hit 50 000. How do you feel about these results and what are predictions for the future?

Well, looking at numbers like these is always exciting. We hit 50,000 websites near the end of September, but we now manage over 80,000 WordPress blogs. So, when you put it into that perspective, you get really excited as you can see that your product is making a small but measurable change in how the internet works.

Somebody once said that the best way to predict the future is to invent it.

By having a clear vision of where we want to go and by keeping our customers happy, inventing the future is exactly what we are doing. It also helps when we are working with a strong and thriving publishing platform in WordPress. So, all things considered, I am very positive about our future.

Above you can see a screenshot with the exciting announcement.

6. Could you share some of your tips/business principles for others out there willing to make a successful startup?

There are couple of principles that I believe will make any startup’s journey easier:

First is that you need to have a cool product, one that you strongly believe in and you will want to use on your own. This also makes it so much easier to justify putting most, if not all, of your own time, money, and heart into it. You have to realize that there will be many hurdles along the way, as with all things in life, so you better have an idea of what you are doing and why you are doing it.

Second is to launch the beta as soon as possible. This allows you to start listening to your users and getting feedback. They will give great ideas on how to improve your product… for free!

Third is to not create a startup that relies on external funding to succeed. We are completely bootstrapped, which most likely forced us to create a significantly better product than we might have if we were basking in investment money. It motivates you to perform.

Fourth is the speed — making efforts to optimize your application and interface like crazy. Users have never been as impatient as they are today. Also, intuitiveness: the less the users needs to think, the better. You really need to watch other people use your product. You will be surprised by what you will discover.

Do the above things, and people will be drawn to your efforts and will help you to succeed.

7. Additional information

We are launching the pre-order on December the 6th. All users that sign up now will receive a 30% life-time discount on any hosted service plan that they pre-order for as long as they maintain their service, so come check us out! Finally, ManageWP is set to launch in early January.

Conclusion

ManageWP indeed is an amazing and one of the most useful services for WordPress. It’s also a great example of a fresh startup success story. You should definitely check out the free trial if you are running multiple WordPress websites. We’d be glad to hear your feedback and personal experiences. Stay tuned and wait for the next hot startup story.

Little explanation, what we’re doing here

This is something new we are trying out here at 1WD. We are searching for new startups, services we really enjoy and want to share with our readership! The idea is to give better visibility to some outstanding startups and give you a good understanding of what they do and why we think they deserve your attention. Also – we don’t earn anything from these reviews, we just find what we love and review it honestly in detail. When we can, we will always interview the people behind the startup, so you can learn from them, and they can share their passion and story.

I think this new idea and a little shift in focus here at 1WD will be really beneficial for You and feel free to critique what you didn’t enjoy in this article, what you want us to review next and tell us what we did right and if you want more articles like this!

We are very open and if you know about a cool service we could review – just write us in our contact form!

Dainis Graveris

Gamification is a whole branch in reader engagement which brings together game mechanics and marketing to create engagement and solve problems. What do we understand with game mechanics from a web standpoint? Well, that doesn’t necessarily has to be the traditional online games as we are used to seeing them. Gamification relates to things like points, badges, activity levels, leaderboards, challenges etc. Gamification is an excellent way to help shape user behavior and influence them to take actions. There are already lots of successful companies who’ve implemented these game mechanics into their services. Foursquare and Farmville are only two brilliant examples of efficient use of game mechanics.

How do you start then? While there are many ideas and tips to help you improve reader engagement this article focuses on tools and services that do the work for you. Polls, comment platforms, newsletter and gamification services – continue reading and check out these 15+ awesome tools to enrich the readers engagement. The post also contains some neat examples of user engagement and gamification techniques in use.

Tools & Services

1. Badgeville

Badgeville is the leading Social Loyalty and Smart Gamification Platform. Badgeville makes it easy to drive reader loyalty and increase retention by rewarding targeted behaviors, such as visiting, reading pages, commenting, and sharing links.

You can use Badgeville pertaining to retail & ecommerce, media & publishing, entertainment, health & fitness, education etc. Basically the principle stays the same. You implement a social rewards program into your website, in that way being able to offer a variety of rewards to make the experience more enriching.

The platform

Badgeville gives content, commerce and community brands the power to drive and measure user behavior with social game mechanics. Badgeville’s industry-leading customers are experiencing increases in key business objectives by more than 30%.

Dynamic Game Engine

Badgeville’s patent-pending Dynamic Game Engine (DGE) makes it easy for smart brand marketers and product leaders to use social game mechanics to drive user behavior across their web, mobile, and social experiences. Chosen by industry-leading brands, the DGE is the most flexible and lightweight gamification solution available on the market today.

Widget Studio & API

With the Badgeville Widget Studio, you have access to an extensive library of skinnable, turnkey widgets that make it possible to deploy a deeply integrated social loyalty program across your web experience in a matter of weeks. For additional customization, the Badgeville API can be quickly integrated into any digital property.

Social Fabric

Social Fabric is a groundbreaking technology that brings the social interactions found on Facebook, Twitter, and similar social sites to any web property, delivering relevant, real-time social experiences tied to site-specific user behaviors and content. Social Fabric offers real-time notifications, follow functionality, and relevant activity streams.

Engagement Analytics

Marketers can now take advantage of the same analytics that social game developers use to build compelling, revenue-generating user experiences. With Badgeville’s Engagement Analytics, you’ll gain deep, real time insight into the health of your user community, measuring daily active users, lapsed users, as well as a host of behaviors.

2. Polldaddy

With Polldaddy you can create stunning surveys, polls, and quizzes in minutes. Collect responses via your website, e-mail, iPad, Facebook, and Twitter. Generate and share easy-to-read reports.

Features:

• Create stunning online surveys. Use the survey editor to create surveys quickly and easily. Collect responses via your website, e-mail or on your iPad or iPhone
• Market-leading online polls. What does your audience think? Embed simple, one-question polls into your website to find out.
• Test their knowledge with an online quiz. The perfect tool for the classroom, colleagues or just for fun. Create quick and fun quizzes to test their knowledge.
• Get your content rated. Create simple five-star and Nero rating widgets to attach to your blog posts, images, videos, and more.

Pricing:

• Free (200 survey responses per month, 10 questions per survey): $0
• Professional (5,000 survey responses per month, unlimited questions per survey and more): $200/year
• Corporate (unlimited survey responses per month, unlimited questions per survey and more): $899/year

3. Outbrain

Outbrain is a simple way to increase engagement, generate new revenue and drive traffic to your mobile-optimized site. Outbrain automatically places your best content at the foot of your article to guide your readers towards more of what you have to offer.

Features:

• Improve site recirculation. Targeted content recommendations increase page views by 3-12% and move readers between your blogs, site sections, and other properties.
• Make money. Customers pay Outbrain to distribute great articles and content that they want read. When quality articles match your content, links to these articles may show and generate revenue for you.
• Editor friendly. With Outbrain, you decide which content sources will be recommended to your readers. You will also have a full control over the sponsored recommendations that drive you revenue.
• Extend to mobile platforms. Outbrain recommendations are a great addition to your mobile platforms.

4. Disqus

Disqus is a comment platform that helps you build an active community from your website’s audience. It has awesome features, powerful tools, and it’s easy to install.

Features:

• Realtime comment system. Comments become more like live discussions with realtime posting and updating.
• Notification and reply system. The notification system lets people know when they’ve received a response. Best of all, they can continue the conversation straight from the email.
• Inline media embedding. Full integration with media services such as Youtube, Flickr, and more. Attach media such as photos and videos right within the comments.
• Mobile commenting. Fully compatible with mobile websites for commenting while on the go.

5. The Slide

The Slide by SimpleReach recommends related posts from your site on a widget that “slides” in at the bottom of the page. You’ve seen a similar content recommendation widget on sites like NYTimes.com, and now SimpleReach is allowing anybody to take advantage of this awesome tool for free. The Slide uses ‘asynchronous loading’ and will not affect the load time of your pages.

6. Readability

Readability delivers a great reading experience that compensates publishers and writers without slowing down the web. Why would you want to use it as a publisher? 70% of all Readability membership fees are earmarked for writers and publishers. Every time a subscriber uses Readability on your site, a portion of that subscriber’s fees are allocated to you.

Features:

• Snappy auto-rendering of content on mobile & tablet devices.
• Innovative analytics that provide new insights into reading activity.
• A powerful API that is simple to integrate and build upon.
• Enhanced accessibility and instant printable + single-page views.
• A rich mobile experience — without installing an app.

7. Intervue

Intervue is a quick and easy tool for publishers who are looking to gather short video responses online from anyone with a webcam.

8. Zooshia

ZOOSHIA is a simple yet clever tool that arms websites and blogs owners with fresh content from across the social web. ZOOSHIA is the first and only social plugin that enables you to mix content that interests you and your audience.

9. BigDoor

BigDoor use game mechanics to increase user engagement, loyalty and monetization.It’s goal is to help web publishers, marketers and developers grow and engage their communities. BigDoor offers a cost-effective, flexible and easy to use suite of tools to quickly build game mechanics into your online experiences and applications.

Pricing:

• BigDoor is free as a widget and for developers, yet you have to pay for the enterprise service.

10. Bunchball

Bunchball is yet another gamifaction platform which allows you to influence users behaviour and optimize the way they interact with the website.

Nitro Platform is designed to make it easy for you to offer meaningful experiences to your users. Highly flexible and scalable, Nitro can be customized to your needs, but offers intuitive, easy set-up.

WordPress Plugins

1. Newsletter

This plug-in lets you collect subscribers on your blog with a single or double opt-in subscription process. Double opt-in is law compliant and it means the user has to confirm the subscription following simple standard instructions sent to him via email. Newsletter Pro can send emails directly from your blog, collect statistics, has a built in feed by mail service and an auto-responder for follow up you new subscribers.

2. Subscribe 2

Subscribe2 provides a comprehensive subscription management and email notification system for WordPress blogs that sends email notifications to a list of subscribers when you publish new content to your blog.

3. GD Star Rating

GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog. You can set many options for displaying the rating stars, and add widgets into the sidebars for displaying top ratings and other statistics generated by the plugin. Plugin includes advanced settings panels that will allow you to control many aspects of rating.

4. Sharethis

The ShareThis plugin seamlessly enables users to share your content through Email,Facebook,Twitter, Google +1, Like, Send and many more. You can customize the ShareThis widget on your site and register with ShareThis to get access to enhanced share related analytics for your site.

5. Quick Chat

Quick Chat is WordPress chat plugin with support for translation, chat rooms, words filtering, emoticons, user list, gravatars and more.

6. Gigya

The Gigya Social optimization plug-in aggregates authentication and social APIs from Facebook, Twitter, Google and other OAuth & OpenID providers, giving sites the ability to authenticate users via social network and OpenID providers and increase site traffic by enabling users to easily share content with their friends and followers.

7. Facebook Comments

Allows your visitors to comment on posts using their Facebook profile. Supports custom styles, notifications, combined comment counts, recent comments

Examples

1. Foursquare

Foursquare uses badges as a reward for challenges completed. Badges is a great way to engage users and keep competitive mood around them. Bagdes will be the stimulus for existing users to keep using service and an attractive detail for the newcomers.

2. Dropbox

Dropbox is another great example of efficient use of user engagement. They’re offering extra free space for completing challenges. One of the challenges include inviting friends so in that way the service is being popularized.

3. Tribesports

Tribesports is a social network for people interested in sports and an excellent example of website gamification. In the screenshot above you can see the user profile page. Tribesports have implemented the whole package – activity level, leaderboard and badges. One the main site’s features is challenges. You can take them., challenge your friends, create your own ones and see the progress of others.

4. Mint

Mint has this fitness feature which allows you to do drills, take challenges and view your progress.

5. Dribbble

Dribbble is also a nice example of user engagemenet. As you get the status and gain more exposure you’re also promoting your business. Plus the exclusivity of the site also plays a role in user engagement.

This is where digitally selling services comes in handy. So what are the advantages? Selling products with them is made as easy and pleasant as possible. All you have to do is upload your product, get the Buy Now button and watch the money roll in. These services let you focus on the product while they do the selling. The products are uploaded on safe and secure servers so you don’t have to worry about delivery and possible downtime. Most of these services provide more than one payment method so your visitors can shop in their local currency and use their preferred payment method. Want to expand your business even further? Create your own affiliate service with ease and watch the sales increase. And finally, you can track and monitor all your purchases, have a clear overview of products and all your activity in one place.

So you believe your business is ready to hit the global market? Are you ready to attract new buyers and keep them coming back? Continue reading and check out these 10 useful services for selling digital goods online.

1. Sellfy

Sellfy describes their service as the simplest way to sell digital products on your website. The process is quite simple – you create a product (design templates, ebooks, images, videos  etc), upload it to Sellfy and make money using generated ‘Buy now’ button.

Main features:

• The products are uploaded to a secure cloud drive and after the purchase is made, delivered to your clients.
• The buttons are cool looking and simply implementable into your website.
• You can offer discounts for clients who recommend your product via Twitter or Facebook.
• You will be able to see not only the sale stats but also discount campaign impact as shares and clicks.

Pricing:

• 5% per transaction.

In the screenshot below you can see the user’s control panel. Here you can drag and drop files to create the product.

Once the files are uploaded you have to specify the name of the product, the price, your Paypal email address and information about discounts if you want to offer any.

When finished with that you’ll receive the HTML code of your button. You can later access it on your products dashboard.

2. PayLoadz

PayLoadz offers a secure digital goods ecommerce service for anyone to sell downloadable goods online. They enable tens of thousands of people to sell digital goods such as videos, video games, ebooks, software and templates to a large audience of buyers from their online store. PayLoadz can service the needs of beginners as well as enterprise level partners.

Main features:

• Sell anywhere online – PayLoadz system works everywhere – your site, Facebook, Twitter, their store, blogs, etc. You are provided with simple purchase links and copy and paste HTML code to insert purchase buttons or shopping cart enabled buttons that work on all devices and platforms.
• Secure file storage and automated delivery – file security is a high priority. Files are stored on the ultra-secure Amazon S3 platform.
• Several payment systems – customer choice is what drives sales conversions. They need to be able to pay in a variety of methods. Credit cards, eChecks, ACH transfers, and existing account balances are some of the ways your customers can pay for your products.
• Turn key affiliate system – every PayLoadz account comes with a turn-key affiliate marketing system which handles affiliate management, affiliate product promotion, and affiliate payouts.

Pricing:

• $14.95/month + 5% per transaction. Payloadz also offers a free 7 day trial so you can try the platform out. What’s more, the transaction fees are only applied to actual sales, so you pay only when you get paid yourself.

Below you can see the product setup screenshot from a demo account. You can enter things like file format, category, keywords and description.

They also provide you with detailed statistics about the purchases.

3. E-junkie

E-junkie provides shopping cart and buy now buttons to let you sell downloads and tangible goods on your website, eBay, MySpace, Google Base, CraigsList and other websites. For merchants selling downloads, there is an automatic securing of the digital delivery of files and codes. If you are selling tangible goods, the shipping costs and inventory management is automatically calculated.

Main features:

• Store your files securely on their server, or store them remotely on your own server
• If you are selling single items, just copy-paste the Buy now buttons in your site.
• E-junkie lets you add options like size, color etc. to your products
• Calculate shipping & packaging automatically
• Manage your inventory automatically
• Create & manage affiliate program for all your products

Pricing:

• Depends on the number of products you’re selling. Starting from $5/month.
• E-junkie offers 30 day money back guarantee so if you are dissatisfied for any reason, E-junkie will refund your last month’s payment upon request.
• Unlike other services E-junkie only require payment of a flat monthly subscription fee, there is no bandwidth cost and no transaction fees. Also You only need to start a paid subscription after your first week of free trial if you decide so.
• Finally non-profit organizations are eligible for waive of monthly fees.

Below you can see the Add Product page and user admin panel.

4. Plimus

The Plimus landing page is decorated by a huge title which says – “sell more. Market, sell and buy digital goods and services around the world online and on mobile.” Indeed, Plimus is one of the largest and most serious services around offering great tools for sellers as well as affiliates. With the Plimus e-business platform, you have all the tools you need to take charge of your business and sell more.

Main features:

• Plimus offers you the most extensive set of payment methods available in the industry.
• Track and monitor your business in real-time with over 35+ standard reports and an unlimited number of custom report options
• Protect your products with our extensive licensing, piracy and copy protection options
• Plimus provides all the essential affiliate capabilities needed to help you build your own affiliates network at no extra cost.
• Your shoppers belong to you, and you can market to them at any time using the robust newsletter feature

Pricing:

• Depends on transaction amount range. Commission rates start at 75 cents.
• Payouts are generally made to Sellers and Affiliates on the 15th of each month for the previous month’s sales.You can receive your payout via Paypal, e-check and Wire Transfer.
• With Plimus you can protect your reputation by building reserves to meet refund and chargeback claims

Plimus has a very instructive getting started page where you can find useful guides for using the service together with some video tutorials.

5. Fetch

Fetch is a digital delivery application that makes selling downloadable products simple. It seamlessly integrates with popular shopping carts and payment systems like Shopify, Goodsie, PayPal, and many others. Fetch is hosted software so there’s nothing to install and works on any platform.

Main features:

• Hosted so there’s nothing to download or install.
• Uncluttered, lightweight interface for efficient user interaction.
• To ensure your data is never lost, Fetch is backed up daily and stored at multiple geographic locations.
• Associate a single file with several products.
• Allow previous buyers to download updated files.
• Revenue and download statistics are shown in real-time.
• Files stored on and delivered from Amazon S3.
• Use Fetch at no cost on the free plan.

Pricing:

• All premium Fetch plans have no restriction on the number of products, files, orders, users, or any other feature. Sell as much as you’d like without worry of costly commissions or order limitations.
• Pricing depends on the storage size. Starting from $5/month. There’s also a free plan available yet the storage is limited to 1MB.

All premium accounts have unrestricted access to everything Fetch has to offer. Unlimited products, orders, downloads, and so much more. Fetch puts you in control of everything.

6. Pulley

Pulley is a simple way to sell your digital art, music, videos, photography, fonts, eBooks, software, and other downloadable products. With Pulley you can easily add your digital products and customize your account settings, sell from any website and the money goes directly to your PayPal account, secure download links are emailed automatically to your customer and view real-time statistics as well as complete order and download history.

Main features:

• Stay focused on creating and selling your digital goods, and let Pulley handle the secure hosting, delivery, and tracking.
• Embed “Buy Now” buttons into any website, blog, Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, email, or anywhere else you can imagine.
• Keep tabs on who bought what, when it was delivered, and whether or not they’ve downloaded it yet.
• Speak to your customers in your own voice. Customize the emails people receive when they place an order with you.

Pricing:

• Free 14 day trial. Sign up for any plan and use Pulley free and unrestricted for 14 days.
• Unlike other services, Pulley doesn’t charge any commission or per transaction fees.
• Pricing depends on the storage size. Starting from $6/month per 100MB.

The dashboard gives you a crystal clear overview of sales, top products, and activity in your Pulley account.

See all of your order activity and customer details presented clearly and precisely.

7. DPD

DPD makes it quick and easy to sell downloads. Sell downloads, automatically deliver your products, and run your own affiliate program with DPD. Get advanced selling features and options with no programming required.

Main features:

• DPD allows you to customize your cart, delivery pages, and even emails with both simple WYSIWYG and advanced template editors.
• DPD allows you to sell your downloads on an unlimited number of websites, each with their own customizations and options.
• DPD protects your products from theft with a host of advanced security features so only the person who paid for your products gets access.
• In addition to download only products, DPD supports downloads with generated keycodes, keycode only delivery, and simple tangible goods.

Pricing:

• 30 day free trial. If you choose not to use DPD, do nothing- your account will automatically close and you won’t be charged a thing.
• DPD does not charge any per-transaction, per-storefront, or per-product fees above and beyond the flat rate pricing above.
• Pricing depends on the storage size and amount of products. Starting from $5/month per 500MB and 10 products.

8. dbox

This tool is your best buddy when it comes to selling digital goods through PayPal. Automate product delivery and keep track of customers and orders after their purchase on PayPal.

Main features:

• Customers instantly receive your product upon completing their payment. No more manual labor required and happy customers guaranteed.
• Your files are highly secure and redundantly stored on the amazing Amazon S3 network.
• Seamless integration with PayPal, the global leader in online payments with over 78 millions accounts in 190 markets and 19 currencies around the world.
• iPhone app of the Dbox webservice, which will surely make live easier for you. Monitor your products and track sales per day, week or month.

Pricing:

• Free (1 product)
• Basic: € 9.95/month (5 products)
• Advanced: € 19.95/month (20 products)
• Pro: € 39.95/month (50+ products)
• All accounts apply for 30 day free trial.

After signing-up you need to add a new product and upload your digital file.

The product view presents you with the integration code.

In the settings section you can customize the email and adjust PayPal settings.

The Dashboard will show you the latest trends with new orders and statistics from sales.

9. Cerizmo

Cerizmo is yet another selling platform which was created to provide a simple and reliable way to sell digital goods online. After realizing the limitations of most digital product e-commerce systems, they created their own solution to address these problems.

Main features:

• Sell products from your web site, blog, or anywhere. Copy and paste buttons on your site and start selling.
• Downloads sent automatically to your customers. Make money while you sleep
• Get paid instantly after a sale. The money will be deposited directly into your PayPal account.
• The downloads are hosted on Cerizmo’s secure servers. No software to install, no servers to manage.

Pricing:

• Depends on the amount of products and storage. Starting from $8.99/month per 15 products.

10. BitBuffet

With BitBuffet, you can sell single pay-per-download products through simple links or use PayPal’s built in shopping cart and receive the money via PayPal.

Main features:

• Redirect your customers directly to the highly recognized PayPal payment page without any extra steps which can potentially lose customers.
• If PayPal supports it, you can sell in that denomination. Don’t fuss around with other services that don’t offer multiple currency support.
• With the unique “pay what you want” model, you can offer your product in return for a donation of any amount. A great technique for grabbing attention.

Pricing:

• 10 products: $6/month
• 30 products: $10/month
• 80 products: $17/month
• 240 products: $31/month
• Unlike other services, BitBuffet doesn’t withhold your money until you hit the payout limit. Get your money instantly and securely through PayPal.

Again Graphicriver is the answer. With just over 2000 backgrounds in sales you can be sure you’ll find the right one just for your needs. In this article we’ve compiled various backgrounds ranging from subtle textures and patterns to abstract desktop wallpapers to splendid lighting effects. Large part of these background are print-ready so you can use them in almost any way you can think of. Continue reading and check out these 60 useful and neat premium background from Graphicriver.

1. 101 Web 2.0 Backgrounds ($5)

Pack include 101 nice and clean web 2.0 style backgrounds for you site templates. 101 Jpegs + 1 PSD with all groups, organized layers, easy to change gradients, size. 150×800.

2. Wavy Abstract Background ($3)

This is a background in 6 different colors. The files are at height resolution and you can use it anywhere you like. There is a PSD file included so you can change the colors very easy.

3. Light Trails ($4)

5 unique and fully flexible light trails with 3 different colour variations per trail and 2 examples of how these light trails can be added to your graphics.

4. Extremium Lights ($2)

Modern backgrounds pack contain fuly customizable backgrounds, 1800×1000 resolution, fully layered PSD file, 7 background colors. Ready to be used for any web. project or aplication.

5. Lighting Backgrounds V2 ($3)

Lighting backgrounds, especially suited for use in web pages, twitter pages, or any type of project. The way these BG are made it, can enlarge them without losing quality. Changing colors is very easy, you can make the color combination that you like.

6. Backgrounds Web Kit ($4)

This file was created for every web designer that wants to work less when designing a web site, plus it can help you build an big number of web backgrounds.

7. Carbon Fiber Backgrounds ($9)

A collection of 20 exclusive background of carbon fiber, ready for the web.

8. Torn Paper Backgrounds ($3)

You can find included in the package 5 .PSD files (all the themes are separated in a diferent file) and 5 high resolution .JPG’s. CMYK, 300 DPI.

9. Space Web Backgrounds ($4)

Backgrounds especially for use in web pages, twitter pages, or any type of project. The way these BG are made it, can enlarge them without losing quality. Changing colors is very easy, you can make the color combination that you like.

10. ScratchBG ($2)

A collection of modern style grunge backgrounds, suitable for use on websites, banners, posters & more.

11. Venera Night Sky ($3)

Venera Night Sky is abstract background and you can use it anywhere you like. There is a PSD file included so you can make change very easy.

12. Infinite White Floor Spotlight ($5)

Six modern High resolution Web backgrounds 3000×1875 px 72dpi. Modern and fresh design great for faking a spotlight and photographic ambient.

13. Stylish Mosaic ($2)

Come’s complete with 7 pre-set color versions for you with an easy to change background to create your own variations.

14. WORN PSD Background ($2)

A set of six distressed PSD backgrounds in earth tones for you to use in your designs

15. Awesome web 2.0 incorporated clouds ($3)

Massive, beautiful and peaceful cloud background. Works great as a website background, artwork background, print, anything. Massive resolution of 3508×2480 at 300 dpi.

16. Shape Shift Background ($3)

Included is a full layered PSD file and 7 different colored JPG images. 3000x2250px.

17. Silk Light Abstract Background ($2)

4 color variations. Hi-res resolution. There is a PSD file included so you can change the colors.

18. 60 Retro Stripe Grunge Backgrounds ($2)

This set includes 60 retro stripe textured backgrounds for your design projects. Use them however you like to give your projects a professional look and feel. 1600x1200px.

19. Abstract Background ($2)

Beautiful backgrounds that are great for desktop wallpaper, web background, mobile phone wallpaper, etc. 3300x2550px, 300 DPI.

20. Beautiful Floating Islands Scene ($6)

Floating Islands Scene v1 is a page background that can be broken up into many segments and re-arranged completely for a unique look. Ready to go right out of the box. 3000x1230px.

21. Paper Backgrounds ($3)

Photorealistic pack contain 4 jpegs good quality and 1 PSD to change color and to edit structure of backgrounds. This backgrounds good for templates, blogs and other your stuff. 2700×2072 res. 300 dpi.

22. Vintage Wallpaper ($4)

Included in the zip file you will find a psd file that contains the illustration and an ai file that is the wallpaper pattern in vector format so you can use it in any way you wish.

23. Studio Backdrops ($3)

Simulate a realistic studio photo shoot with this 7 backdrops/backgrounds. Great to showcase your products, images, posters, webpages or any type of work. It can also be used for web backgrounds. 4000×2500 px 72dpi.

24. Grunge Old Paper ($2)

High resolution –  2827×4000px, layered PSD file where you can adjust the intensity of the texture and/or the intensity of the dark edges, 2 JPEG files saved from the PSD, optional torn edges.

25. Vintage Tileable Wallpaper Pack ($11)

Inside the zip file you will find a full set of individual jpg files of all the tiles for tileable backgrounds for your websites or whatever use you see fit and  a photoshop pattern file which you can load into your photoshop from the preset manager and use them as pattern fills.

26. World Map ($4)

This is clean layered psd world map classic black / white and lined version included. 4500x3000px.

27. Retro Rays Background ($2)

12 colors, high-resolution & quality backgrounds – 2400×1680px.

28. Premium Vintage Backgrounds ($5)

Classic look with an awesome style to use in any design project, website backgrounds, twitter accounts, desktop wallpapers, blogs, etc.

29. Abstract Waves In Colors ($3)

Abstract Waves In Colors #2 is abstract background at hi-res. There is a PSD file included so you can change the color very easy. 4000×3000, 300 DPI.

30. light & bokeh backgrounds ($4)

8 amazing colored backgrounds. Very nice light and bokeh effects. 2 styles (with & without lite noise effect).

31. Metal Backgrounds ($4)

6 Metal backgrounds, 1024×768, jpeg.

32. Massive Abstract Backgrounds ($3)

Massive Abstract Backgrounds 4 Light Effects. 3 Style of Background (Bokeh,Clean,Dust) 8 colors each. 2560x1600px.

33. Underwater Backgrounds ($2)

Clean underwater backgrounds at 2 variations, 4 colors, 2560×1600 res, 300 dpi. PSD included and well organized.

34. Retro Paper background ($2)

Retro Paper background. Full HD resolution (1920×1080px). Background to use in your web design projects andor as your desktop background. Pattern included (200×200px).

35. Faux Leather Textures ($7)

A collection of 5 faux leather textures perfect for backgrounds, 3D modeling and design projects. Images are all in JPG format sized 3000px x 2000px. Each graphic/texture has been rendered separately, meaning that each texture is unique.

36. 6 Darken Wood Backgrounds ($3)

6 HQ Wood Backgrounds, 2000×1500 px

37. Halloween Night ($3)

Scary Pumpkin within a graveyard. Background for designs.2524×3774px.

38. Linen ($2)

2560x1600px, PSD file included, easily changeable colors and saturation.

39. Abstract color waves ($5)

Abstract color waves that can be used for a website, presentation or print. Clean colors, well-organized and easy to edit. 2000x1500px, 300 DPI.

40. Plume Background ($3)

Layered PSD file – 3000×2250px, 72dpi, 5 color variation backgrounds included.

41. Backgrounds Pro 2012 Bundle ($5)

This file is a Bundle/Collection of 22 different professional backgrounds. These backgrounds come in handy when designing different stage environments to display products, photos and text. 3000x2500px, 300 DPI.

42. Fresh Grass Meadow and Tree ($3)

A fresh summer morning with mist and a solo tree.

43. Explosive Background ($4)

Full layered PSD File and 7 different colored jpg images. 3000×2250px.

44. Hi-res Textured Background ($2)

really textured and detailed. comes in 8 different colors. 2500x2000px.

45. Abstract Aurora Backgrounds ($4)

Abstract Aurora Backgrounds. 5 Backgrounds, 3 colors each, 15 variations. Use for print, web or design. 2500x1600px.

46. Background 5A ($2)

Ultra-high quality backgrounds that are great for desktop wallpaper, web background, mobile phone wallpaper, etc. 2 fully editable PSD files, 2400x2000px, 300 DPI.

47. Interior Backgrounds ($4)

Simulate a realistic studio photo shoot with these 18 background possibilities (3 clean interiors and 5 light set-ups). Great to showcase your products, images, posters, webpages or any type of work. It can also be used for web backgrounds. 4000×2500 px 72 dpi.

48. Paper Holes ($3)

4 Paper Hole Backgrounds. Including PSD and JPEG at 3072×2304.

49. Denim Background / Texture ($2)

PSD File Included in 2560×1600 resolution, customizable colors, customizable patterns and effects.

50. Hill and villages ($5)

Hill and villages with beautiful landscape. PSD included, 300 DPI.

51. Jute Wrap ($2)

Available for several common resolutions including i-devices, psd included for easy customizations, change color in one go.

52. 10 Retro Graphic Backgrounds ($3)

10 colored high-resolution & quality backgrounds with halftone elements. 3200×2267px, layered.

53. Vintage Floral backgrounds ($3)

Vintage Floral backgrounds in 6 colors 2448×3264px.

54. Subtle Wallpaper ($2)

5 JPEG with different color variations, layered .PSD file, 1920x1080px.

55. Stripes Vintage Background ($2)

Looks awesome for product presentation, 4 colors, various resolutions up to 2560×1920px.

56. Fabric Backgrounds ($2)

A palpable background resource for your premium websites or any graphics project.

57. Urban Backgrounds ($3)

1200×720px, 300dpi.

58. Geometric Grunge Pattern ($2)

A set of geometric pattern backgrounds with grunge effect (not tileable). Layered PSD file, 4167×2917px, layered vector geometric pattern included.

59. Patterned Paper Set ($3)

A set of high quality patterned papers. Ideal for use in backgrounds, designs, presentations, wallpapers etc. 3000x2300px.

60. Worn-out Carbon Background ($3)

The file can be transformed into clean carbon by hiding the “dirt” layer. Layered PSD, 2560×1440px.

1. Great Business Card Mock-up Pack ($6)

Best way to present your business card in 4 fancy & different styles. All you have to do is copy and paste. Your flat graphic files magically turn into 3D (print simulation) with impressive angles and lighting. Best for print preview and advertising.

2. 3D Asymmetrical Web Page Display ($3)

Perfect for displaying templates, web pages, photos etc. Each image is a smart object so editing the images is super easy. No need to worry about placements and reflections, it’s all done automatically.

3. 5 Realistic Logo Mockups ($6)

Create a realistic display for your logo in few seconds. These PSD files uses the Smart-Object feature, so you can replace the mockup content easily and quickly.

4. Mega Pack WEB Mock-Up 3 ($5)

This innovative package mock-ups is especially designed to show your web sites. in an elegant and attractive way, giving such a unique and real.

5. 3 Fold Brochure III ($6)

A design that breaks the traditional tri-fold design for brochures, giving a truly modern and original style all your ideas. 11×8,5.

6. Magazine Mockups – Closely Version ($5)

Magazine Mockups – Closely Version is a file, specially designed to create presentations of magazines designs, wanting to show these amazing designs an elegant, sophisticated and beautiful way.

7. Tee Mockup ($6)

This t-shirt mock-up file can be easily used and opened in Adobe Photoshop CS or higher. Place any image/logo or whatever on the mock-up, and place it on your website or shop.

8. Smart 3D package box ($4)

Elegant 3D box elements that will enhance your graphic and web projects alike to make it further visually appealing. The boxes are Smart Objects that requires jus placing your image and the box will be updated automatically.

9. Poster Mock-up Templates ($4)

4 psd template files with 3 different poster sizes. Very easy to modify. All you have to do is copy and paste your image.

10. Sleek Screen Mockup ($5)

Layered PSD file of a sleek display in 16:9. The file comes with four different screen resolutions to choose from.

11. Sleek Phone Mockup ($6)

Layered PSD file of a sleek phone. The file comes with two different screen resolutions to choose from on three different groups of phones and 8 single phone layouts.

12. Corporate Design Mock-ups ($11)

A spectacular mock-ups collection unprecedented, with photo-realistic effects and high-definition, Designed especially for presenting branding on different promotional pieces.

13. Sleek Laptop Mockup ($6)

Pixel-perfect image that are perfect to show of your latest wallpaper or homepage layout. Works with any background.

14. Album Cover CD Mock-Ups ($3)

Display your album cover design with these mock-up files. Simple to use with just a copy and past to edit both the cover art and background textures. Jewel case and digipack mock-ups included.

15. Set of 2 billboards ($4)

This is a set of two isolated billboards, with interchangeable backgrounds (3 included), smart objects for one-click editing and effects for a realistic photography look.

16. Mobilisimo Mobile Phone & Mobile Pad Mock-ups ($9)

Perfect to show your latest wallpaper, website or app. Works with any background.

17. Hands on tablet ($3)

4 hands templates which are holding the tablet, which can be easily applied with your application screenshot. The hands are the different layer, so you can move, rotate, combine them, or anything that gets on your mind.

18. Mega pack Brochure ($7)

This innovative package mock-ups is especially designed to show your creations in brochures or three-fold. in an elegant and attractive way, giving such a unique and real, let your works be seen truly spectacular.

19. Shopping bag mockup ($4)

Give your graphic creations another look by testing in real objects the design details which cannot be visualized from the initial drawings and sketches.

20. Bottles and Ice cool Mock-Up ($5)

This very useful graphic template is a great showcase for drinks, cocktails, toothpaste and every product that needs to be showed on a frosty cool scenery.

21. Stand Display Mockup ($5)

This PSD item uses the Smart-Object feature, so you can replace mockup’s content easily and quickly. The item includes a view from three different angles for optimal display.

22. 3D Google Map Mock-up ($5)

Quickly illustrate a stylish 3D arrival map mockup. Place your own map or a Google map. You can add any background or use transparent one.

23. Business card mockup display ($4)

You can use this file to display the front and back of your card or to show 2 different cards together. The PSD file uses the Smart-Object feature, so you can replace mock-up content easily and quickly.

24. AutoFrame ($2)

This item automatically generates a frame of your image without action. Just edit and save the smart object. Frames can be resized.

25. Paint Can ($4)

Layered PSD file of an paint can that uses Smart Objects to create the labels so they can be created in separate files.

26. Computer & Monitor Set ($4)

All items are in resolution 2400×1680px and highest quality. Everything is able to change (color, resizeable shapes).

27. Trade Show Boot Mock-up ($6)

Fully editable Booth PSD file. To generate your own Booth replace and adjust the corresponding Layers.

28. PRO 3d Web Showcase ($6)

Best for your web designs, pictures, artwork, portfolio etc. Full layered Photoshop .PSD Files (5 styles)

29. Professional Cap Mock-up ($4)

Quickly illustrate A cap mock up. You can add any background, edit 3 areas of colors, add a pattern, image, or a design of your own.

30. Splash Bundle ($6)

This awesome bundle contains 4 different juicy splashes with 4 different materials of which is: water, blood, milk & chocolate. It’s all high quality 3d rendered and fine tuned in Photoshop.

31. Paper Mock-Up (44)

If you design a page and want to show or want to see how he could now printed in a magazine or book, this mock-up is perfect for presentation.

32. The Store Maker ($7)

All elements have a very detailed design and they are all editable. All layers are named and well-organized.

33. Pixel Screen Mock-up ($6)

Ultra realistic LCD pixel screen mock-ups. A unique way to display your images.

34. Premium Product Presentation ($5)

Premium product presentation can be used for any of your website project for showcasing your website,products etc. Full layered,named and editable.

35. Chocolate/Candy Bar Mock-Up ($4)

The file you get is set up at 3222×1812px, preview ready.

36. 3D Box Mockup ($4)

6 Variations, Smart Layers, easily editable, 2560×1600px.

37. All-Star Shoes Mock-up ($4)

Quickly illustrate a shoes mock-up. You can add any background, choose the shoes color, place your own pattern design.

38. Piecemaker Mock-up (#3)

All elements have a very detailed design and they are all vector shapes (even shadows). Double-click easy image change (change one image and all pieces are updated).

39. Professional Trifold Brochure Mock-Up ($3)

Display your brochure design with this professional mock-up file. Simple and easy to use with smart-object feature and hue/saturation adjustment to change background color.

40. Cosmetic Packaging Mock Ups ($3)

Layered PSD files of beauty hand cream mock ups. Add some flair to your designs with these editable files.

41. Creative Book Shelves Including Icons ($7)

Uber high quality objects with insane amount of details arranged as shelf stuff. Design agency, photographer, travel company or any private blog can use this illustrations for about page design.

42. Food-Bag Product Mock-Up ($3)

Simple and easy to edit graphic food-bag mock-up with smart objects for one-click editing.

43. Grungy Crumpled Paper Mock-up ($5)

11 Grungy crumpled paper mock-up psd templates. It’s easy to edit. It is perfect for your product showcase, for your unique gallery, for print or any other awesome project.

44. Vinyl Records ($3)

A set of cool Vinyl Records for your project fully editable PSD build in vector layers.

45. Red Wine Bottles and Grapes ($6)

This mock-up consists of one bottle in two states: brand new and from the cellar – old and decayed. The bottle is very layered and each layer is vector smart object, so the whole thing is scalable.

46. Food Packaging Mock-Up ($4)

Simple and easy to edit graphic food packaging mock-up with smart objects for one-click editing.

47. Paper Bag Mock-Up ($8)

High resolution 2000×1500. Easily editable via smart object (automatically transforms two-dimensional images into realistic three-dimensional previews).

48. T-Shirt Mock ups ($5)

Best professional t-Shirt mockup pack to present your t-Shirt design and organize your online store. Changeable shirt color and background.

49. Textures Business Card Mock-up ($5)

1000×750px, 3 Styles.

50. Pie Chart Creator ($4)

Quickly illustrate a stylish 3D pie chart mock-up. Generate graphs within minutes, change the segments size as you wish x4 shaded graph styles, x8 different colors You can add any background or use transparent one.

Today we’ve prepared a compilation of a niche which will always be in demand – flyers. Flyers have been around couple decades and probably will be couple more. Whether it’s web or billboard – every event needs a flyer. They’re on of the most powerful marketing tools so you have to be careful when choosing one. Fortunately, Graphicriver has plenty of wonderful option to choose from so keep reading and check out these 50 impressive and fantastic premium flyers from Graphicriver.

1. Electro Party Flyer ($6)

A modern, sexy and unique flyer, poster, invitation design for your next party. The final package includes a fully layered, renamed, grouped PSD file.

2. Full Page Magazine ($13)

Print ready. PSD clearly labeled and allowing text to be edited to desired needs and shapes to be changed to any color. Help file included.

3. Summer House Party ($6)

Summer House Party Flyer Template for a fresh flyer design in 3 different colors for a hot party or any other mainstream event. You can modify everything very easy and quick. Changing the color style, pictures and the typo is no problem. It is well-assorted in folders and layers. Print ready: CMYK , 400 DPI.

4. Ad And Party Flyer Template ($6)

An awesome ad and party flyer template with the super box effect. Just insert your image, text or any artwork and enjoy the output. CMYK, 300 DPI.

5. Indie Flyer/Poster ($6)

Indie Flyer / Poster – Designed principally for an Indie or Alternative Music Event, but also suitable for a festival, concerts, special evening in a club, concerts or parties. CMYK, 300 DPI.

6. Beach Party Flyer ($6)

CMYK, 300 DPI.

7. Flashy Nightclub ($6)

Tabloid size 300dpi CMYK Print ready (with bleed). Can be used as Poster, Flyer, E-Flyer template for nightclubs and any entertainment events.

8. Happy New Year Party Flyer ($6)

A modern, sexy and unique flyer, poster, invitation design for New Year party. The final package you download includes 4 PSD files fully layered, renamed and grouped.

9. Elegant Product Flyer ($6)

Elegant product flyer suitable for any product campaign. Simply change text and images with your own. CMYK, 300 DPI.

10. Get Minimal ($6)

It’s time to get minimal. Completely editable AI/PSD documents, you can change colors, positions and typefaces.

11. Cosmos Summer Party ($7)

Layered Photoshop file with all layers included, all objects on the background is a layer at full 300dpi. Every single adjustable layer used in creation of the background included. Organized in groups for easy navigation. 1 Click color change. Astonishing color variations. For any possible occasion. CMYK, 300 DPI.

12. Indie Flyer ($6)

Designed principally for a Rock / Indie / Pop / Underground / Alternative Music Event, but also suitable for a gig, concert, festival, night club special evening. Ideal for a indie pop event or a rock/pop band poster. CMYK, 300 DPI.

13. Business Flyer Template ($6)

The template pack contains 1 psd file, 4 JPG files for preview purpose and readme file. Inside the psd file, you will find 4 separated main layer groups/folders of template color schemes. CMYK, 300 DPI.

14. Business Sale Postcard Mailer ($6)

This post card mailer has a bold, eye-popping, look with a very universal design to accommodate almost any type of business who wants to promote a sale. All objects and text are super easy to change. Color combination could be endless. This postcard brings a modern unique look and feel for your business marketing. CMYK, 300 DPI.

15. Rap Battle Music Flyer ($6)

This graphic design template may have been designed for a particular theme, but if you like the way it looks you can change the wording and elements to suite your own need. Once you buy the file just open it, then change it however you like. CMYK, 300 DPI.

16. BOLD / COLORFUL / VIBRANT Typography Flyer/Poster ($6)

Bold, vibrant, colorful and fun, can be used and applied for just about any purpose. CMYK, 300 DPI.

17. Grunge Newspaper ($6)

Designed principally for a Rock / Indie / Grunge / Underground / Electro / Alternative / Pop Music Event, but also suitable for a gig, concert, festival, night club special evening. Ideal for a rock/pop band poster & festivals. CMYK, 300 DPI.

18. Stunning Nightclub Poster ($11)

Stunning, trendy, professional, top notch poster and flyer template. Can be used as a poster, flyer, e-flyer template for nightclubs and any entertainment events. Also works great as a website background, artwork background, print, anything. 300 DPI.

19. RW Swiss Style Flyer ($6)

Stunning business/corporate flyer. CMYK, 300 DPI.

20. Rock Music Event Flyer Postcard ($6)

This flyer has a nice outside country festival feel with a touch of water green. You can easily edit text and change colors how you wish. This Rock Music flyer can be for any style event with music. Also, the guitar image is a vector. CMYK, 300 DPI.

21. Clean Simple A3 Poster and A6 Flyer ($6)

The A3 poster and A6 flyer are made to stand out and get the important info that is needed to be advertised without distracting the person reading it with pointless images. Hence the name clean and simple. CMYK, 300 DPI.

22. Elegant Promotion Flyer ($6)

Elegant Promotion Flyer is suitable for any product promotion. With well-managed layer, no special skill required to understand how the layer’s work. You easily change the text, color and images as well. This flyer comes with 8 block spaces for product list so you can add up to 8 products at the bottom page of this flyer.

23. Green Valley Poster ($6)

Poster template. CMYK, 300 DPI.

24. Star Typography Party Flyer ($5)

Modern, clean & minimal party flyer, fully editable and well-organized. Print-ready design - 300 DPI, CMYK, bleed margins.

25. Typography Template ($6)

A4+5mm bleeds, CMYK , 300dpi, layered, all text fully editable (fonts free for commercial use, download links in the documentation file).

26. Minimal Event Poster ($6)

Minimal Event Poster Template- Designed for special music evenings or parties in night clubs, discotheques, concerts and even a music festival. CMYK, 300 DPI.

27. FunkyRock Flyer Postcard ($6)

Band entertainment promotion music flyer postcard. CMYK, 300 DPI.

28. Blackboard Flyer ($6)

CYMK, 300 DPI.

29. Event Instruction ($6)

A retro and unique flyers, poster, invitation design for a party or others.

30. RW Ultimate Fastfood Flyer Bundle ($7)

This package is a premium bundle for a wide perspective of businesses related to fast food restaurants and other foods. CMYK, 300 DPI.

31. Print Marketing Campaign Template Set ($7)

This is a perfect template for your next print marketing campaign. Easy to customize Print Marketing Photoshop Templates that includes a Full Page and Half Page Magazine Print Ad, a 4×6 Flyer, and a Postcard Business Mailer. CMYK, 300 DPI.

32. RW Essential Business Flyers Bundle ($7)

4 business and corporate flyers for a price of one. CYMK, 300 DPI.

33. Trendy Travel Flyer ($6)

A nice clean trendy travel flyer. All layers intact and fully editable. Very simple to edit and to adjust. CMYK, 300 DPI.

34. A3 Drinks Promotion Advertisement Poster ($6)

A clean, crisp, easy to use A3 multiuse PSD poster template, perfect for any type of drinks advert. CMYK, 300 DPI.

35. Retro Fancy Dress A5 Flyer ($6)

A clean, crisp, exciting, sexy, retro and glamorous A5 fancy dress multiuse PSD flyer template, perfect for any type of event. CMYK, 300 DPI.

36. Retro Party Poster ($6)

3 layered posters with editable text. CMYK, 300 DPI.

37. Valentine’s Day Template ($6)

Valentine’s day flyer / poster / postcard / lovecard / wallpaper / e-card template – designed principally for a Valentine’s Day party, but also suitable for music events or parties in a club, Mother’s Day celebration or just as a postcard for your beautiful love. All text layers are full type and can be easily edited. All hearts are 3d modelled objects – well organized and separated from each others and are easy to modify.

38. Alternative Flyer/Poster Bundle ($11)

Alternative flyer / poster template bundle vol. 1-3 – designed principally for a rock / indie / electro / grunge / underground / alternative music event, but also suitable for a gig, concert, festival, night club special evening. Ideal for a vintage/retro event or a rock/pop band poster.

39. Get Minimal – Presentation Poster Z-Fold ($6)

Completely editable print-ready PSD , AI and EPS files. Easy to change colors, fonts and styles. CMYK, 300 DPI.

40. Get Minimal – Flyer 04 ($6)

Completely editable documents, you can change colors, positions and typefaces.

41. Waves ($6)

Advertise your party, birthday or other event with this cool and shiny flyer. CMYK, 300 DPI.

42. 2 Corporate-Style Flyer/Ads Templates ($6)

The file pack contains 2 PSD files for two different flyer design templates. CMYK, 300 DPI.

43. Minimal Fashion Event Flyer ($5)

A clean, smooth and fashionable flyer ready to spark your presence in the city. Comes with additional 10 color variation and featuring 1 click color change option. CMYK, 300 DPI.

44. Intrigue Retro A5 Flyer Template ($6)

A quick & easy retro flyer template. Edit the text then replace image aligned to the text layer & hey presto. CMYK, 300 DPI.

45. Swiss Posters ($11)

Swiss Posters is a packet of five beautifully designed posters, inspired by old and new Swiss designs.

46. Earth Tones Flyer Template ($6)

Included are 2x PSD files, front and back cover design. All layers are well grouped and named. CMYK, 300 DPI.

47. Retro Colors Flyers ($6)

A Retro and unique flyers, poster, invitation design for a party or others. CMYK, 300 DPI.

48. Bar Crawl Flyer ($6)

A lovely simple flyer with splats of paint, available in 2D and 3D. Layered Photoshop file organized in folders with editable text and flexible layer styles. CMYK, 300 DPI.

49. Brand Manuals & Guides ($6)

A helpful and useful corporate identity manuals and guides template, will guide you to provide a professional identity manuals with quick and easy way.

50. Minimalist Event ($6)

A minimalist and unique flyers, poster, invitation design for a party or others. CMYK, 300 DPI.

Pretty cool, huh? But once you feel you’re past that beginner level you can start using actions a bit differently. Most of the actions come with editable layers so you don’t need to limit yourself with just the effects the author’s provided. You can edit the layers, change adjustments and delete the parts you don’t need. It’s really useful when, for example, you need to retouch some photos but don’t have the time for it. You can easily apply some of your favourite actions and do some minor tweaks. Actions are also great source of inspiration and a way to learn new techniques. Some of the actions around the web are absolutely fantastic and you can learn a lot from them. Once you’ve broken down couple of them you can start to build your own ones. Who knows, maybe one day yours will be featured in an article like this.

1. Dimensions – 3D Generator Action ($5)

The Photoshop Action ‘Dimensions’, helps you to generate whatever you want (text, image, shape, etc,) in 3D.

2. 3D Map Generator ($6)

3D Map Generator allows you to create your own 3D maps with only one click. Every shape is possible and delivers a professional result. Ideal for web graphics, infographics or presentations.

3. 22 Vintage Letterpress Photoshop Actions ($6)

These 22 actions make it simple to create that vintage wood type letterpress look. Simply select the layer and hit play. Complete with 11 different textures and 2 sizes of each. Great for print or web. Works on all layer types (text, vector & raster).

4. 3D That! ($6)

With just one click on the button you can easily turn any shape/layer/text or whatever you like into a 3D image with high-resolution. To put it simply – just 3D that!

5. 3D Box Generator ($6)

Design your boxes on flat templates, run the script and in just a few minutes, you’re 3D box is up and ready! It not only generates 3D boxes in high res 3000×3000 PNGs, it generates a PSD as well for further modifications even after the box had been generated

6. PROActions Bundle – Film & Special Effects ($8)

These actions are not simple, filter-playing actions. The steps they take have been studied and thoroughly tested, making these actions true image enhancers. The results of these actions are realistic re-creations of traditional effects, without any gimmicks.

7. 100 Photo Styles ($8)

A set of 100 photo styles to quickly enhance your images. They range from simple enhancements through to lomo effects.

8. Reflection Action ($4)

An action that creates an awesome reflection for any design.

9. Book Mockup Generator ($6)

Generate your book and e-book mockups/cover with ease and speed with the Book Mockup Generator. It generates quality mockup images of 3000×3000px 300dpi resolution with just one click.

10. Cinematic Photo Effects ($5)

These Photoshop actions will add impact to your photos, by punching colors and contrasts as seen in some blockbuster movies.

11. 50 Photo Effects – Curl & Shadows ($5)

50 Photo Effects – Curl & Shadows is a package of 50 actions. Creates curl and shadows for photos or any image.

12. Image Flow 3 ($5)

Showcase your work like the pros with this Photoshop Image Flow action. Simply place your work on separate layers and click play action.

13. Photograph to Sketch Art ($5)

This action not only creates a sketchy hand drawn effect on your photos, it also creates the paper texture needed for the effect itself! All you need is a picture! Included in the download package is a link to an 8 minute video tutorial, which quickly and easily goes through the action, so you know how to get the most out of it, and how to get the coolest looking results.

14. Stitch it ($6)

Stitch it is a set of tools that can be used to create realistic badges from any vector logo, with just a few clicks.

15. Magazine ($5)

Photoshop action to create a magazine cover in few seconds.

16. Stitched Stripe Actions ($4)

7 actions that will turn any type of layer into a stitched badge with stripes.

17. Nature Action Set ($6)

This action set is specially created to enhance nature photography. Just press play and enjoy.

18. Map Creator ($6)

Create great looking maps with these 6 actions.

19. ComicBook iT ($5)

Create amazing looking comic book images with this great time-saving action, ComicBook iT comes with 4 different render styles and offers users complete control over the half-tone effect settings.

20. Drop Shadow Action ($6)

A handy action to give your images a bit of depth on the page. A great way to add a little more to your presentation, with 2 different actions that can produce a range of great results.

21. Sticker iT ($4)

Create amazing looking sticker effects with this awesome action, Sticker iT comes with 3x different render settings and allows you to give any vector shape, font or raster pixels a cool realistic sticker effect.

22. Icon Maker Pack ($6)

This ultimate collection contains three useful Photoshop add-ons wich allows you to create perfect, sharp and eye-catchy web icons with single click.

23. Rotated Monitor for Web ($6)

This is a perfect solution for displaying content in LCD monitor. There is an included “screen picture rotator ps action” for the left and right side versions. This spectacular impression can be done in 30 seconds.

24. 4 Insta-aged Photo Actions ($4)

This action allows you to simply open any image, click play on the appropriate action and your ordinary picture will transform into an old, vintage photo complete with texture, distressed edges and a realistic drop shadow.

25. 3D Frame Generator ($5)

If you’re looking for more flexibility to choose the best pieces for your design, this is exclusively created to meet your needs. 3D Frames Generator uses Photoshop 3D features to deliver a modern type of 3D web page display to boost your portfolio presentation or blog showcase. You can place your arts on 3D frames and then rotate, roll and slide them all in 3D.

26. Realistic Web Shadow Generator ($5)

This very cool action allows you to create a fantastic realistic shadow effect with just one click. Just select a layer and then click play. It works great with images, rectangular shapes, rounded corners shapes etc.

27. 3D Screenizer ($4)

3D Screenizer is Photoshop action that converts your ordinary screenshot or image into stylized photo-like image.

28. Post Processing Actions ($5)

Over 4 different complex contrast adjustments made using curves and levels, 5 sharpening techniques applied to bring every detail to life, 3 Colour boosting techniques, noise reduction implemented.

29. Virtual Magnifier ($6)

Virtual Magnifier makes a part of your screen look much bigger just like you look at it behind a magnifier. This Photoshop action and nice-looking magnifier simulate magnification effect at its best. Using this you can drag and magnify wherever on the screen.

30. HDR Action ($4)

Awesome HDR Effect on your images, please note that this is not true HDR , but it will make your single exposure images look as if it were.

31. LightFX Background Creator ($6)

This is an advanced action that processes 414 commands to produce a specific light effect image with 1 click. It works best on resolutions over 1000×1000. For use under this size its best to create it at larger resolution and crop the size you need or flatten the image and copy/paste it over to your project.

32. Pop art style ($6)

Pop Art Style action creates images in the style of Andy Warhol.

33. Blueprint Generator ($5)

The fastest way to make your own blueprint background with one single click. You just need to click play, set the canvas dimensions and it´s done.
This item also comes with 9 extra actions to make your main shape/text/raster outlined with 3 different blueprint styles.

34. Setik ($6)

Setik is a set of Photoshop Actions containing 21 Actions you could use to create stitched web elements based on any shape or path.

35. Encadrage – Picture Frames Action ($6)

Encadrage is the easy way to make picture frames.

36. 6 Lomo Actions ($5)

A set of 6 Photoshop actions + 1 vignette action. Get your digital images to look like lomography.

37. Realistic Drop Shadow ($4)

Create real drop shadow within seconds with this  Photoshop action file. You can drop the shadow in right or left direction then you can rotate, resize or free transform the shadow as you like because it will be created in a separate layer even you can add a mask or effect to the layer.

38. 11 “960 Grid Actions & PNGs” ($4)

This Grid System Photoshop action set is designed to bring ease to your grid design requirements. Just choose your color, click on one of the 11 different grid actions, and hit play. The action will then open up a new Photoshop Document and draw out the 960 grid system that you chose.

39. Chalkboard Generator ($5)

The fastest way to make your own chalkboard with one single click. You just need to click play, set the canvas dimensions, set the inner and outer frame size and it´s done.

40. 10 Pro Studio Photo Effect Actions ($4)

A set of 11 powerful action. professional quality effects. and easy retouching. These actions take 20-30 seconds to work, and follows a non destructive method.

41. Vintage Tv Actions ($4)

Create realistic vintage television effects with this kit of actions sets that make it easy. With over 100 combinations of effects, three Vintage TV Sets, and the option to double up on action usage, you may get lost in all of the possibilities. The Actions are carefully separated in steps so that you get the best quality effect.

42. 12 Retro Photo Actions ($5)

This item includes 12 Photoshop actions to enhance them and give them a retro feel. Just load your photo into Photoshop, play one of my actions and voila! The borders are included to add an extra oomph.

43. Batch Wallpaper Resizer ($4)

Resize your wallpaper in 16 different resolutions with a single click. You can choose the alignment and export them all with one click.

44. Folding Machine Mock-up Action ($4)

Create realistic creases with these 4 actions. You can also watch the video tutorial if not you’re not familiar with actions.

45. PolaColor Action ($4)

Give to your photos the vintage feel of Polaroid colors.

46. 4 Professional Photo Looks #4 ($4)

These four actions give you some instant POW to your Photos. Whether you want the old-school look with “Vintage Summer”, or a cool and cold look with “Blue Sky”, this action pack is for you. All in the simple click of a mouse button.

47. Retro 3D lines ($4)

24 actions to transform your layers into neat retro 3D objects.

48. 20 Vintage Summer Photoshop Actions ($5)

20 Vintage Summer Photoshop Actions is a pack which help you get the perfect summer color effect for your pictures. All effects are easy to modify. All effects are Smart Filters, and Fill Layers.

49. 5 Eerie Atmosphere Actions ($4)

A set of 5 Photoshop Actions to create an instant eerie atmosphere in your photos.

50. 3D Anaglyph Action Set ($4)

Great 3D Anaglyph effect to your images.