[rstocker99]

First off this is a great idea. I'd pay (see caveats below).

100% agree on YABP. It never even occurred to me that this would lead me into your "non-standard" blogging platform. I can't imagine most people wanting to do that. I know I wouldn't.

But I think combining this with WordPress hosting would make for a killer unique selling angle for non-tech savvy folks that need to setup a blog for their business. Selling a one-time use blog template generator isn't super compelling. Recurring revenue is SO much nicer.

If it was me I'd either:

1. Go into the same business as http://wpengine.com/ and use this as the differentiator or

2. Make this in to an engine you could sell to every company that hosts WP and it's friends.

[nasmorn]

It might me much nicer but the market is a lot smaller. The market for WP Themes from your main website includes every website with custom design that wants a blog. I also wouldn't underestimate how many people would pay a lot of money for this. Not 20$ but more like 200$. Not ramen startups that do everything through sweat equity but normal companies that would have to pay someone to do it. 200$ doesn't get you very far if you tell a designer to create a blog template based on your website. As an added plus they can already show you the end result so if you like it there is absolutely no risk involved.

Also the two products are in no way mutually exclusive.