📱 Best Platforms
ThemeForest, Creative Market, Gumroad
📖 The Hustle
Build a modern WordPress block theme (FSE-compatible) designed for plumbers, electricians, cleaners, and landscapers. Include pre-built page layouts for services, about, contact with Google Maps, reviews, and an online booking section. Local service businesses need websites but cannot afford custom development. A $49 theme that looks like a $2,000 custom site is an easy sell to business owners who understand that a good website pays for itself with one new client.
🚀 First Step
Set up a local WordPress install, create a new block theme with an empty theme.json file, design the homepage template in the Site Editor with a hero section, 3-column services grid, testimonial carousel, and contact form block.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Build entirely with native WordPress blocks (no page builder dependency) — block themes have less competition on ThemeForest and are the future of WordPress, making your theme more future-proof
- Include one-click demo import with realistic placeholder content for each service niche (plumbing, electrical, cleaning) so buyers see a finished-looking site immediately
- Offer niche-specific child theme variations (electrician theme, plumber theme, landscaper theme) that share the same core code — triples your product listings with minimal extra work
🛠 Tools & Resources: WordPress (local install with Local by Flywheel), VS Code, ThemeForest, Creative Market, Figma (design mockups)