Currently Wordpress is the most popular platform for blog hosting. As the popularity of Wordpress is growing day by day the theme developers are gradually shifting from the traditional looking blog themes to more advanced professional looking theme. These themes are termed as Premium themes. Though there are no predefined standards to designate a theme a premium theme we can say all themes which comes with a price as a premium theme. The premium themes developer are harnessing the true power of Wordpress as a CMS.

The premium themes are generally available at a price range of $39 and more. If you wish to buy a decent premium theme it will bun your pocket in access of US $ 50. When I first started my blogging journey and moved to Wordpress, I was incited by the look of these premium themes and in a hurry bought a theme called WP Remix. The person behind the theme is R Bhavesh. The website for this theme promised a lot of things and design about the theme but it delivers nothing. It is infact worst then a free theme. The design included with the theme are worst and the support for the theme is not available. The guy promised me that he will help me in any kind of customization but after I purchased he made me look like a fool. he told he is too busy and he can not help me in customizing. Moreever the showcase in the website for the WP Remix theme shows various designs and when I asked the guy for example or Live demo of those sites he was failed to provide any. It seems he has created the PSD designs and is showing them on the site and those design exist no where. I paid US $ 55 for this theme but have not used the theme till date.
Based upon my learning, while choosing theme for your site, do not get incited by the look of the so called premium themes and waste money on them. Rather do extensive research and find some freely available themes. For your information the theme currently used in this site is a free theme but it delivers much better look and facilities then the US $ 55 worth of WP remix theme. The theme I am currently using is WP Magazine and available fro free at Gabfire. Though I have modified it extensively I like working with this theme and the way it is designed. Another theme that I am using in one other site of mine is Options theme and it is one of the best theme available fro free. In fact it delivers quite more functionality and customization then the much hyped premium themes with price tag attached to them.

A final a few words of caution before you decide on switching to Premium themes, Do not ever buy WP Remix theme (telling from my personal experience), Do extensive search in google to find a a theme for free that will serve your purpose, read other users comment about the theme you wish to buy, thoroughly check the theme show case and demo.

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