Premium WordPress Themes – PremiumWP

Hi folks is Felix from RichWP. Thank you all for participating in this competition. I got a lot of inspiration and ideas to create new themes. I have come to the conclusion that I will publish a WordPress eCommerce solution within the next month (mid/late June).

Here are the contest winners:
1. ThemeGrrl – DailyNews
2. Blogicthink.com – (Please contact felix [at] richwp.com)
3. Robertine – Is waiting for the eCommerce solution
4. Paul – SuperBlogger
5. Fasil – BlogBeast

Happy Blogging!
Felix

Update: Contest Closed

Felix Krusch recently launched RichWP.com which offers “Rich WordPress Solutions” including commercial WordPress themes and custom WordPress theme design. He has a special opportunity for PremiumWP.com readers to help create and win a new premium WordPress theme. Felix explains below:

Hi it’s Felix from RichWP.com. I would like to say thank you to all PremiumWP.com readers for the support I received from you in the first weeks of my premium WordPress theme label RichWP.com.

Today we would like to present a special opportunity to you. As you probably know, my themes cater to different purposes from blogging to presenting your photos, art or your business. I would like you to decide what kind of WordPress theme I should program next. Should it be a gallery theme or an ecommerce shopping solution? Do you want a new magazine or a portfolio theme etc? What features should be built into a premium theme?

Leave a comment below with your suggestions. The five most creative / constructive commenter’s will get the theme + my personal support for free.

Update: Contest is now closed. Winners will be announced shortly.

With the release of the awesome new WP-Vybe Theme from Solostream last week they have kindly offered to give away a couple of premium WordPress themes to some lucky readers.

The Prizes
1st Place – Developer’s License for either the WP-Magazine or WP-Vybe themes.
2nd Place – Premium License for either the WP-Magazine or WP-Vybe themes.
3rd Place – Basic License of either the WP-Magazine or WP-Vybe themes.

For more details and live demos of both themes go to the Solostream website here.

How to Enter
To enter the contest all you need to do is write a short review of either the WP-Vybe theme or WP-Magazine theme on your blog. In the review ensure you link to the Solostream theme page, and leave a trackback or comment on this post so we can track contest entries. We will review all the entries and pick 3 winners.

The contest will end on Wednesday 20 August, so make sure you write your review and comment here before then to be in the running for one of these great themes. Good luck.

WP-Vybe Thene

WP-Magazine Theme

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There is an ever growing number of premium WordPress themes, however the premium themes below are the 10 best premium WordPress themes available, the cream of the crop, as of February 2008.

The Gazette Edition Theme (Price: $99.95 – $249.95)
The Gazette Edition is a magazine / newspaper style WordPress theme, which looks amazing and has some great features as well such as integrated options page to change colour schemes and homepage layout, featured article panel using Mootools, drop down navigation, and integrated ad management script.

Revolution Pro Media Theme (Price: $79.95 – $199.95)
A theme is structured towards media, making it an ideal theme for online media magazines and other media focused sites. Revolution Pro Media boasts a very diverse homepage – including a place for featured tabs, video, photos, and thumbnail images.

WP Remix Theme (Price: $55 – $155)
WP Remix is a WordPress powered master theme. The theme is completely customizable, quality coded & comes bundled with many different layout options that helps everyone create custom websites quickly and easily.

WP Magazine Theme 1.0 (Price: $79 – $279)
A professional WordPress theme with multiple layout options and multiple features including five different homepage layout options, featured article glider box and build in banner ad blocks.

Revolution Magazine Theme (Price: $79.95 – $199.95)
Revolution Magazine is a customizable theme ideal for online magazines and has a new enhanced featured video location on the theme as well as drop down menus.

Magazine News v1.0 (Price: $49 – $129)
A news / magazine-styled WordPress theme created for sites with a lot of content, and looking to maximize there Google adsense revenue. It is a three-column, widget ready, adsense ready theme that is sure to give your blog that unique look that will garner some extra attention.

Flash News Theme (Price: $99.95 – $249.95)
An attractive and functional magazine / newspaper style WordPress theme.

Revolution Tech Theme (Price: $79.95 – $199.95)
A theme ideal for the Tech fan, and who wants their site to feature a technology, focusing on the latest tech news, product reviews, etc.

Monochrome Theme (Price: $75 – $199)
Monochrome is a magazine-style theme for WordPress packaged with an AJAX post slideshow, a custom theme admin page to easily manage and customize Monochrome, author archives, two page templates, multi-tier drop down menus, utilizes custom fields options and a CSS framework to aid in customization.

News Theme (Price: $75 – $245)
A simple yet clean and legible magazine-style theme

Other Premium WordPress Themes Worthy of Mention:
Gridline Magazine Theme (Price: $29.99 – $99) -A minimal, grid-based magazine theme
Revolution Pro Business Theme (Price: $79.95 – $199.95) – A theme designed to look, feel and function like a traditional website.
Premium News Theme (Price: $99.95 – $249.95) – The original premium news theme. A grid-based magazine-style theme.