Most designer’s will scream black and blue if you mention buying a premium theme for your blog over getting something custom made. Why wouldn’t they though – you can replace there $1500 service with a $100 theme.
As a professional web developer I can assure you I have talked many clients out of premium themes – but believe it or not I have talked many into just buying a premium theme and saving the thousands I wanted to charge them
- You have a very limited budget
- You have pressing time constraints
- Your brand is not yet developed but you have content and want to start publishing it
- You are just testing the waters
- You are building your blog without professional help
- You have spent more than a month trying to decide what your blog should look like and haven’t written a word
- You have just sacked your third web developer
- You have found a premium theme you really love
Do you have any other reason ? Drop a comment and let everyone know your experience with premium blog themes.