I love creating new niche blogs and playing around with designed. I suck a graphic design, but I’m a freak when it comes to having a great looking site. A custom design is always the best way to go, but it’s best to wait until your site is established before shelling out a few thousand dollars for a custom theme. In the meantime, I always go for a nice customized wordpress them which only costs a few bucks, but still makes your blog stand out from the regular free themes our there.

Here is a list of some of my favorite and most used premium wordpress themes and services I use.

WooThemes I use these guys all the time, and the quality on these themes are top notch. If you create new blogs more than once a month, I highly recommend you join their membership program, where you have access to all of their themes and new ones are released each month. WooThemes also offers a few free themes as well. - Visit WooThemes

Elegant Themes The next best solution to WooThemes without the high end cost, Elegant Themes has an assortment over 40 different premium wordpress themes. With full access to all of their themes for only $39 a month, you can’t go wrong. - Visit Elegant Themes

Ultimate Blogging Theme If you are looking for easy customization in all areas, without having to get your hands dirty with code, the Ultimate Blogging Theme is a great solution. Heavily improved from it’s first release a couple years ago, UBT is the same theme Carl Ocab uses to generate thousands of dollars a month from his blog. - Visit Ultimate Blogging Theme