In reply to Benjamin Intal.

@Benjamin What I did was offer themes with or without support (paid). I offered paid support as an option should one want it. For the most part, it worked, but it did not bring in enough financially to sustain the business model because most were simply downloading the free theme and very few were opting in for support.

However, this was like 6 years ago, and the market is quite different from what it was back then (at least for me), so it might work better now. I also did not market myself very well back then, and there was a lack of social networking on my end as well, so all this added to the failure for my attempt at this business model.

I will be honest, this is a business model I was thinking about once again off and on, but if I do it later in time, I plan to do more research. I think the key is to ensure one has a source of income that is separate from it should things not go well.