WooThemes joins Automattic

#1

Post by schwuk » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:15 PM UTC

WooThemes joins Automattic
woothemes.com

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#2

Post by erlend_sh » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:30 PM UTC

That's pretty clever. They're buying WooCommerce, one of the leading eCommerce platforms.

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#3

Post by arkitaip » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:31 PM UTC

And just like that - by acquiring the people behind e-commerce plugin WooCommerce - Automattic has become one of the major e-commerce platform providers. Great move by Automattic.

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#4

Post by ereckers » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:32 PM UTC

This is definitely unexpected. I'm guessing Auttomatic + WooThemes + Jetpack + More? is WordPress's answer to fending off the Weebly, Shopify, Wix, etc..

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#5

Post by wonderyak » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:32 PM UTC

I wonder if this will somehow improve the quality of WooThemes' themes?

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#6

Post by wonderyak » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:33 PM UTC

ereckers wrote: post #4

This is definitely unexpected. I'm guessing Auttomatic + WooThemes + Jetpack + More? is WordPress's answer to fending off the Weebly, Shopify, Wix, etc..

With the coming REST API and possibly some new ways of obviating the dashboard and the TinyMCE editor WordPress is headed in a great direction.

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#7

Post by ereckers » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:35 PM UTC

wonderyak wrote: post #6

ereckers wrote: post #4

This is definitely unexpected. I'm guessing Auttomatic + WooThemes + Jetpack + More? is WordPress's answer to fending off the Weebly, Shopify, Wix, etc..

With the coming REST API and possibly some new ways of obviating the dashboard and the TinyMCE editor WordPress is headed in a great direction.

Yeah. REST API + JS front-end frameworks like ReactJS look to be the future.

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#8

Post by MichaelTieso » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:42 PM UTC

Hey all. I'm Michael, a Developer Advocate at WooThemes and now Automattic. I'm happy to answer any questions. As you can imagine, we're all really excited about this.

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#9

Post by ereckers » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:45 PM UTC

arkitaip wrote: post #3

And just like that - by acquiring the people behind e-commerce plugin WooCommerce - Automattic has become one of the major e-commerce platform providers. Great move by Automattic.

WooCommerce has already got a big chunk: http://trends.builtwith.com/shop

And they're trending up: http://trends.builtwith.com/shop/WooCommerce

Re: WooThemes joins Automattic

#10

Post by ryannevius » Tue, May 19, 2015, 7:48 PM UTC

MichaelTieso wrote: post #8

Hey all. I'm Michael, a Developer Advocate at WooThemes and now Automattic. I'm happy to answer any questions. As you can imagine, we're all really excited about this.

Sort of unrelated, but still a question: what is the role of a "developer advocate"? Also, it sounds like job roles transferred over one-to-one?