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Guides, comparisons and tutorials for building profitable WordPress websites.
Real Estate Website Examples From Agents, Portals and Builders (2026)
Seven live property sites, from an Austin agent to an Aberdeen portal and a UK housebuilder, with their search, listing pages and what they charge.
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Vacation Rental Website Examples: 7 Book-Direct Sites and How They Take Bookings
Seven book-direct rental sites, from one St Ives cottage to a Cape Cod listing site, with their calendars, price breakdowns, deposits and owner fees.
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Online Community Website Examples: 7 Paid Groups and What Members Pay For
Seven paid online communities, from MetaFilter's $5 sign-up to Pavilion at $2,700 a year, with what members get and how each one charges.
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Online Marketplace Examples and the Commission Each One Charges Sellers (2026)
Seven live online marketplaces, from Reverb to a farm-to-door fruit site, with what each one charges sellers and how to build your own.
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7 Job Board Website Examples and How Each One Makes Money (2026)
Seven real job board and recruitment websites, from We Work Remotely to a Berlin startup board, with what each one charges employers to post.
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7 Directory Website Examples That Charge Businesses (2026)
Seven real directories, from Psychology Today to a $25-a-year doula finder: how each one searches, lists and charges, and how to build your own.
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WordPress for Coaches: Booking, Courses and Memberships on One Site
What a coaching site needs on WordPress: paid 1:1 booking, courses and memberships, with three real setups and their first-year costs.
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BuddyPress Themes vs a Purpose-Built Community Theme: BuddyX, Reign and BuddyBoss in 2026
When BuddyPress with BuddyX, Reign or BuddyBoss is the right base for a community, and when a dating or course theme with the features built in is better.
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How to Build a Freelance Marketplace Like Upwork on WordPress
Proposals, milestones, commission and payouts. How Workreap, Exertio, Freeio, TaskHive and our theme run an Upwork-style site, and how to find freelancers.
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WordPress Dating Theme or Dating Plugin? Building a Dating Site in 2026
BuddyPress plus plugins or a dating theme? We compare costs, matching, paid memberships, verification and ThemeForest Extended Licence fees.
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Affiliate WordPress Themes in 2026: Comparison, Coupon, Cashback and Review Sites Compared
Six affiliate themes and plugins sorted by business model, with what each does with network data, prices checked October 2026 and FTC disclosure rules.
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How to Build a Review Website Like Yelp or Trustpilot on WordPress (2026)
Four ways to build a Yelp or Trustpilot-style review site on WordPress, plus the FTC and CMA fake-review rules and how Google review stars work.
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LMS Theme or LMS Plugin? LearnDash, Tutor LMS and LearnPress vs a Course Theme (2026)
LearnDash, Tutor LMS and LearnPress compared with a course theme: what's free, what the paid plans add, and year-one costs for three kinds of course site.
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How to Make a Coupon Website in WordPress: Codes, Store Pages and Three Ways to Build It
Where coupon codes come from on Awin, CJ, Impact and Rakuten, how to handle store pages and expiry, and three WordPress routes compared.
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WordPress Real Estate Themes in 2026: Houzez, WP Residence, RealHomes, Estatik and IDX Compared
Houzez, WP Residence, RealHomes, Estatik and an IDX service checked side by side: agent sites vs listing portals, MLS feeds, licences and prices.
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WordPress Auction Themes and Plugins in 2026: eBay-Style Sites Compared
Auction plugin or auction theme? We compared Ultimate Auction, YITH, Simple Auctions, iBid and our own theme on proxy bids, anti-sniping, fees and payouts.
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Video Theme or Video Plugins? Building a Paid Video Site on WordPress
Presto Player, WpStream and Paid Memberships Pro against a dedicated video theme, with year-one costs and the ThemeForest licence most buyers miss.
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What It Costs to Host Videos for a WordPress Video Site: Bunny, Cloudflare, Mux, Vimeo, YouTube
One 10-minute 1080p video with 10,000 views. What your own server, YouTube, Vimeo, Bunny Stream, Cloudflare Stream and Mux would cost, with the sums shown.
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