Every affiliate wants to promote the products that sell. The problem is that most “best themes” lists are written once and never updated, so they keep recommending items that peaked years ago. This article shows how to find the WordPress themes and plugins that sell right now, and how to turn that data into content and clicks.
Why all-time best sellers are a trap
The all-time best sellers on ThemeForest have huge sales counts, so everyone promotes them. You compete with thousands of sites for the same searches, and many buyers already own them. Meanwhile newer items that sell well every week get little attention from affiliates. These are your opportunities.
Five signals that an item is worth promoting
- Recent sales, not total sales. An item with 300 sales last month is a better bet than one with 30,000 sales and almost none recently.
- Rating weighted by the number of reviews. 4.9 stars from 12 reviews is less reliable than 4.7 from 900.
- Last update date. Themes and plugins that are not updated break with new WordPress and WooCommerce versions. Buyers check this, and refunds cancel your commission.
- The author’s track record. Authors with several successful items and good support usually keep their products alive.
- Price. Your commission is a share of the price, so a slightly more expensive item that converts well can earn more per click.
Where to find the data
Envato Market itself
Each category on ThemeForest and CodeCanyon can be sorted by best sellers, newest, rating and price. Look at the weekly best sellers and the newest items, then open the item pages to check update dates and comments.
The Envato API
If you want to track hundreds of items, use the API. With a free personal token you can read sales, ratings, prices and update dates and compare them over time.
Your own store
Your clicks tell you what your visitors want. An item that gets many clicks but you rarely feature is a candidate for your home page. An item you feature everywhere that nobody clicks should step aside.
Let the numbers decide — automatically
Romelius Affiliate Importer does this analysis for you inside WordPress:
- A Profit Score from 1 to 100 for every item, based on demand, rating weighted by reviews, price, maintenance and the author’s record.
- The “What to do today” dashboard: hidden gems that sell well but get little traffic from you, trending items and products that need attention.
- A Market monitor with weekly best sellers, rising items, newcomers and the strongest authors of a category.
- Launch Radar watch lists that notify you when a new item appears in your niche — so you can write about it before everyone else.
- Smart badges such as Trending, Price drop and Best seller that appear and disappear based on real data.
Turn the data into content
- A monthly “best sellers” post for your niche — update it every month with fresh data and the date in the title. Readers and search engines both like fresh lists.
- Comparisons between two rising items: “X vs Y — which one should you buy?”.
- New launch reviews for promising items spotted by your watch lists.
- Self-updating product lists on your pages (best sellers, trending, price drops) so the page stays current without editing.
A simple monthly routine
- Check which items gained the most sales in your niche.
- Update your “best of” list and the home page.
- Write one comparison or review about a rising item.
- Remove or replace items that stopped being updated.
- Look at your clicks and repeat what worked.
Thirty minutes a month with good data beats hours of guessing. Try the live demo of Romelius Affiliate Importer to see the Profit Score and dashboard with real Envato data.