I have heard that Thesis is a good one, but I have not actually seen what it looks like.

I second Thesis + Clickbump Themes (not all of them are for Adsense)

Flexibility is good if you're doing blogging.

Optimizepress is good if you're doing squeeze pages and sales pages.

I love profitstheme for building affiliate sites. The design and flexibility are beyond anything I've seen, plus it is EASY to use.

Elegantthemes,Templatic and Woothemes is good..

Thesis in my mind is the best...

I would do thesis if I can afford it. But, if its free then I would just start with woo themes.

My personal favourite is the Genesis framework from StudioPress with the Lifestyle child theme.

Tom

One thing about thesis is that it is just a framework. You still have to do customization (change css) to get it to look the way you want. I have a developers license of thesis. I think elegant themes would be your cheapest route 39.00 per year and you can use any of their themes (60+)

I use two themes... Thesis for my main money sites (ie. my blogs) and optimize press for my squeeze pages, sales pages, and content delivery.

I doubt I'll ever stray from these two, they work exceptionally well.

In terms of advertising Heatmap theme for WordPress is good for Adsense and widgetized ads.

I use Pagelines on some of my blogs. Its good for tech, modern style sites.

However I find that the best thing to do when wanting a wordpress theme is to do searching through wordpress theme sites. There are literally thousands of them, both free and paid. I say this because you probably have an idea in mind what you want your site to look like roughly and may see a theme that you like and think that will go well for your site.

I know it sounds stupid but I have spent weeks searching for the right template I'm happy with for some of my sites. Installing many and finding out despite looking good at first it doesn't work how I want it to in some way or something. For me its either been that, buy one or make your own. Hope to give you some help.

Mike.

i am big fan of gabfire themes , they make some amazing looking themes ,also they very easy to handle in the back office ,

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

I had tried CTR theme. Looks good and simple. Try it.

Sounds like Thesis has a pretty strong endorsement!

My opinion for best wordpress simple and flexible themes the nr1 for me is woothemes

Try it , simple and flexible themes

I know Woothemes, Thesis, Elegantthemes and Optimize Press are used quite often.

Depends on what you're marketing exactly, and what your goals are. I love the recent 'Notebook' theme that just came out on Themeforest recently. It's currently one of my favorites. It's simplistic but professional.

I like and use Builder from iThemes. Not free, but it's good.

When I was new to WordPress, I was not about to use a mere framework, like Thesis, when I had no idea how to flesh it out.

Ron

another thesis lover for paid themes. but there are some good free themes like pagelines, thematic in wp directory..

Flexibility Theme is good for affiliate

For affiliate marketing, Thesis - if you can handle the learning curve and cost. If aesthetics are not that important to you, you don't have to do that much customization.There are also thesis themes - free and paid) floating around.

Ithemes Builder is handy, if you want to use a lot of widgets for ads etc.

I personally use Thesis theme for my affiliate sites.

The code is very "clean" so it is great for SEO purpose and Google likes it. Furthermore, it is very easy to use.

The only downside is the cost - $167.

OptimizePress costs $97 and it is great for squeeze page, sales page etc....

I totally rate Pagelines but again its handy if you get the framework too. I run all my sites through pagelines.

[DELETED]

Elegantthemes, Thesis and ThemeForest have good themes

I checked out Optimize Press and I like that one a lot, thanks to anyone who mentioned that.

It seems like many people like the thesis theme, especially for affiliate sites. Seems to be one of the cleanest, most professional looking ones.

--Wizz--

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

I love them in this order

Woothemes - they also provide some very nice free themes
Genesis - I've worked a lot with this framework and I love it
Thesis - I've done just basic things but I know that many people prefer this framework

Wordpress is best site for blogging
and Thesis and ThemeForest both themes are good.

There is such a wealth of amazing free Wordpress themes out there, that you never really need to buy any premium themes. For IM niches inove is a nice looking theme.

i recommended solostream for wordpress

I use Socrates now
I tried using Thesis but the learning curve was too steep for me of little exp... :-)

cjbwebs

My best and favorite wordpress theme are
Suffusion, Liquorice and Toolbox.

Thanks all...................

[DELETED]

StudioPress

A two page theme with simple colors will be sufficient enough for this purpose. One page is to advertise affiliate program and other is for the contact info.
You don't need any columns or sidebars for the website.
Just use a simple color theme. I will prefer a free theme as there are a lot out there.

[DELETED]

[DELETED]

I would say Optimizepress is a good theme for Affiliate Marketing or if you have your own products.