Buying and Selling WP Businesses: An interview with Pippin Williamson

In 2009, Pippin Williamson started selling WordPress plugins under the moniker Pippin’s Plugins. In the 12 years that followed, he grew the business into Sandhills Development and expanded to a team of 27, acquiring dozens of other WordPress products along the way.

In 2021, Pippin sold his entire suite of WordPress plugins and services to AwesomeMotive and the full business operations and team along with them. Then he quietly exited the entire WordPress scene.

In this exclusive interview session, we’ll hear more of this story along with actionable advice you can use if you ever acquire or sell a business.

What You’ll Learn

• The requirements for the new owner of Pippin’s assets
• What was the motivating factor in selling the business
• Highs and lows of being an entrepreneur and running a business
• The transition from WordPress business owner to owning a brewery
• Will Pippin jump back into the development world one day