First up, nobody could come up with the right guess for our best-selling themes in the last month, so nobody thus got both correct and the free 6 month subscription on offer has thus gone to waste… There are however 6 people who guessed our all-time bestselling themes correctly and we have decided to give each of these people a Developer copy to any of our themes. But before we announce the winners, we need to tell you what the winning combo’s would’ve been…

Best-selling themes in the last 30 days (28 Jun – 28 Jul):

You needed to have these 5 themes in order (and we’ve included another 5 – which you didn’t need of course – to make up the Top 10):

1. Aperture
2. The Station
3. Gazette
4. Over Easy
5. Busy Bee
6. Fresh News
7. Feature Pitch
8. Suit and Tie
9. WooTube
10. Flash News

Surprised? I think the most intriguing thing to note from the above list, is the fact that some of our older themes (Gazette, Over Easy, Busy Bee etc.) are acting as some kind of flagship themes for us and are still selling really well. Whilst their dominance is being challenged by some of the newer themes (Aperture, The Station), I’d be surprised if these just stopped selling completely anytime soon.

The all-time list obviously makes for even more interesting reading…

All-time Best-selling themes (since 9 July 2008):

These are the 5 themes you needed to have in order (and we’ve included another 5 - which you didn’t need of course – to make up the Top 10):

1. Fresh News
2. Busy Bee
3. Over Easy
4. Gazette
5. VibrantCMS
6. The Station
7. Open Air
8. Flash News
9. Aperture
10. Fresh Folio

Not so surprised? Many of you actually guessed the Top 5 themes correctly, but couldn’t get it in the correct order… So sorry about that… This list however shows you what we’re talking about in terms of “flagship” themes that generally have a much longer-lasting appeal in terms of sales. This is of course evident since the Top 4 all-time bestsellers make an appearance in the list for the last month (whilst VibrantCMS was still in that list if you take sales from 28 May – 28 June).

And then – just before we announce the winners – it’s interesting to note that when looking at all-time sales and measuring the sales amounts vs the age of the theme, the Top 5 fastest-selling themes would be Busy Bee, The Station, Aperture, Over Easy & Fresh News… Interesting huh? I can honestly tell you, that one can get totally caught up in these stats, whilst trying to figure out what they mean… So here’s the winners then:

The Winners:

1. JohnONolan (submission)
2. Chris Gilbert (submission)
3. Ahmed (submission)
4. Mark T (submission)
5. Phil M (submission)
6. WP Themes (submission)

Congrats to the six of you. Drop us an e-mail and we’ll hook you up with a free Developer theme…

Also thanks to everyone else that placed a submission. We may try this again in coming months; so study the above figures well until then!

wpressd.com

For this one, we really, really liked John O’Nolan’s suggestion to create a Digg-style platform for niche WordPress content. There are a whole bunch of WP content aggregators out there, but none that offers a little bit of community contribution & involvement; so we’re sure that this will be a great idea. Congrats John!

wpmag.com

For this one, we had to think a little longer as there were many great suggestions… In the end, we decided to award it to Mark Bailey for his in-depth plan of action. We just got the feeling that he’s going to do a great job of building a community around wpmag.com and the community is really lacking some top-notch WP content sites.

So congrats to both John & Mark… Please drop us an e-mail on info[at]woothemes.com and we’ll get those domains moved over to you ASAP.

So I’ve decided to give both of these domains away, in the hope that someone else will develop them and do them justice. Obviously the idea is that the projects will both contribute back to the WP community; so we all stand to gain from this!

Here’s what you can win:

1. One of the two domains: wpressd.com or wpmag.com;
2. Any theme (of your choice) from our collection to get your new domain cracking; and
3. We’ll even do a little follow-up blog post once you have launched the new site.

And it is so easy to win:

Simply comment below and tell us what you would do with one of these domains, should you own either of them. The best idea will then get the domain and the other freebies that go along with that.

We look forward to your ideas!

I have marked the 3 entrants, who’ll be getting a free copy of Cushy in bold. If you’re one of the lucky one’s, please e-mail us your full name, e-mail addy and desired username + password to info@woothemes.com and we’ll hook you up.

• armintalic: @adii ‘Cushy’, because ‘Cushr’ is sooo 2008.
• charlesstucklen: @adii gimme cushy pweezey
• streetlife: @adii “c”reatively “u”shering ” “s”ales by “h”yping cush”y”
• aznumis: @adii Cushy = theme that loves you back
• Kajrietberg: @adii Cushy: You say it as kussie. That means a little kiss in Dutch.
• mackcamera: @adii Cushy – little hardship or difficulty (Hindi word)
• shigaepouyen: @adii Cushy ? It’s not the partner of Starsky ? In Starsky & Cushy ? No ?
• darwinshome: @adii Cushy: v- To be crushed gently by a giant with a lisp. n- New theme released by #WooThemes. n- the best pillow to sleep on at night
• stalkerh: @adii Cushy : Soft , Plump and cute cos you know pushy aint gona work ( Not really very business like but hey)
• rainbowgeek: @adii a Cushy like see you shy ? I don’t have another kind of definiton
• simmessa: @adii Cushy = Round, soft and cushionated, for maximum handling pleasure, (now featuring CSS 3 rounded corners for maximum grip)
• slearl: @adii Definition of Cushy: The opposite of how Christian Bale felt on the set (http://zi.ma/831317).
• rafiq: @adii cushy: Easy, making few demands, comfortable; Comfortable; often in a way that will suit a person’s body
• shigaepouyen: @adii Cushy ? It’s not the partner of Starsky ? In Starsky & Cushy ? No ? #wootheme
• franto: @adii Cushy – C U shy?? ) Cushy – not really “sushi” WP theme…
• andrevr: @adii Cushy. Like a favourite pair of slippers. Equal parts soft, warm and gentle. Says: Welcome. Just like the theme…:))
• asktheboater: @adii Cushy simply means you don’t have to work hard to get the theme working. That’s what I need!
• exit56: @adii cushy – a job that allows you to do what you want every day, and occasionally get the entire internet to grovel to you for free stuff.
• cprowe: @adii Cushy – When one hides an unexpected erection via the use of a cushion.
• JohnMcLearran: @adii this ones a lil NSFW but u can fill in the blanks… Cushy like my girlfiends ____ or Cushy: to be in the presence of cush…
• gavinelliott: @adii cushy is slang where I am from for canny, cool, ok, good, awesome, nice. Not funny, but we own the rights to the word.
• d3signar: @adii I might be getting pushy but I really, R-E-A-L-L-Y need to ahold of a free copy of #cushy. #cushy: easy like Sunday mornings
• d3signar: @adii #cushy: type of wadding used to make dumbells for snowmen training in the summer olympics
• youpimatin: > @adii Cushy – When one hides an unexpected erection via the use of a cushion. http://tinyurl.com/d74oc8
• farrhad: @adii Cozy and cute theme that will make you feel comfortable and remind you of a cozy bed….(This makes no sens! lol)
• scott_donaldson: @adii Cushy – The ability to restrain yourself from cutting off cars with McCain/Palin stickers on them.
• scott_donaldson: @adii Cushy- is the act of pretending to work when really you are just spending all day on twitter trying to impress @adii 4 a killer theme!
• wonderstate: @adii #wootheme I’ll let this picture of Cushy speak for itself: http://www.wonderstatemedia.com/misc/cushy.jpg
• scott_donaldson: @adii Cushy – when a free couch abandoned on the street actually looks tempting enough to take home but not enough to brag about.
• katemag: @adii cushy is a sushi – wonderful and tasteful like japanese sushi for wordpress.
• oldweiler: @adii Cushy…when the other side of the pillow just isn’t cool enough.
• upstartdesigner: @adii Cushy means kittens on top of a soft baby sleeping in a bed made of muffins… in a cloud.
• Sound_Designer: @adii “Cushy” is the way the skin on my elbows feel after a long time in the bath. Your themes rock! Keep em’ comin’! Thank you!
• natetronn: @adii Lifes like a box of Cushy, you never know what your going to get.
• bradhuss: @adii cushy; def: effortless luxury + sophisticated style = cushy
• 3magine: @adii Cushy makes the WP core feel Mushy
• RobBarham: @adii Cushy = “This time next year we’ll be millionaires”
• recruitingAngel: @adii : Cushy (noun); An extravagant beard usually grown for the purpose of identifying social status. ex: http://tinyurl.com/2ja3by
• redding_nv: @adii Cushy = a comfortable sofa whose stuffing is composed entirely of teddy bears
• briandusablon: @adii cushy: curiously soft and cozy, like you’d find in a new version of the Fat Bottom Girls video. http://tinyurl.com/34xs3x
• deenadouglas: @adii #cushy… Great looking theme! Beautiful! Luv it! Perfect 4 my new blog. cushy = luxurious