What business model should I adopt?

You can use whatever business model you can think of. One of the great things about Joomla! is that you have a complete freedom of choice. Here are a few popular business models used in the Joomla! community that you may consider when developing extensions:

  • 100 percent free model: This model is popular in the Joomla! community where many extension developers give their software away for free. Why would they do this? Sometimes the development cost is funded by the developer's employer or client, and they feel this software would be useful to others, so they share it with the community. The benefit to the developer is that other people in the community can contribute back additional features or improvements, so ...

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