Mandro

Web Designer • Building @Framer Templates • Top Creator

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

Working on the hero section for my upcoming @framer template.

WIP – stay tuned!

[Nick Stepuk @stfnco]

My Framer template earnings since the 3.0 launch:

Month — Total — Polar + Dub

Jul — $11,200 — $4,987 + $6,213
Aug — $9,980 — $4,331 + $5,649
Sep — $8,025 — $2,212 + $5,813

Tomorrow I'll make the rest of my templates free. Time to move on.

Let's be honest: nobody knows how to launch new products on a new marketplace. It's flooded. The positioning has shifted from an amazing design tool and website builder to an AI agent. More products, less quality, and nobody will reverse it.

Don't tell me about distribution. The Framer marketplace was the source of truth for people looking to buy a solid product. I never believed anyone who had "their own channels." If you want to prove me wrong, just share your stats in DM, I'm fine with apologizing.

If you're starting, consider other opportunities. It's painful to see people sharing their $9 earning screenshots. I know it could be a small win for someone, but let's be realistic. Just do the simple math.

Currently, I'm helping some clients with their websites in stealth mode. Enjoying the predictability and communication. People still need nice custom solutions. Lucky to have a bit of a reputation in the Framer community. Feel free to DM if you know someone who needs assistance.

It was a great rally since 2023. I wish it could continue, but the world is different. Time to adapt and become different as well.

Grateful.

[Hamza Ehsan @hxmzaehsan]

Look, I can only share my experience.

In my opinion, this was a mix of a number of factors.

Now, the easiest narrative to push is to say AI is the sole reason this has all happened.

AI has obviously affected things, but it is not the only reason this collapse happened as fast as it did.

In my opinion, there were a number of things that accelerated it:

1. Removing quality control, opening the marketplace, and allowing it to be flooded with 7,000+ new templates most of which are poor quality or copycats.

2. A new ranking algorithm that just didn't work, hence why it's been changed so much and still continues to be changed. And because of the point above, it's understandably a very tough task to balance now.

3. A new redesign of the marketplace/community that prioritised the community over the marketplace and conversion (which was well documented by all the angry creators here on X over the last few months) that eventually got changed back to basically how it was before the update. But that alone was no longer enough to repair the points above.

So all of these, coupled with the way the industry is moving with AI is the reason why it all fell apart so quickly for so many creators in my opinion.

It's completely normal for companies to change and evolve and there to be a downward curve over time, but the way this fell off a cliff from June 16th, it's quite obvious to see there's more to it than AI.

It's unfortunate, but like I say, it's business.

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@fverloop @SashaMozdir @framer Is this update only for free templates? Why aren’t the paid templates changing?

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@Mejedkot Same happened to me. Not just one—three of my templates that were in the top 20 are now gone. Naturally dropping day by day is fair, but manually pushing them down is not. No hate at all, just sharing my genuine concern. @aandreug

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@Mejedkot My Fuel template had the same thing happen to it. :)

[Anatolii Dmitrienko @bynneh]

Framer just quietly ended the template business as you know it.

When I started there were maybe 1k @framer templates on the whole marketplace, and with a quality product the hardest part was just getting approved.

Now anyone can publish ∞ templates a day with no approval, so we're heading toward 1k a week.

When everyone can publish anything, the hard part is just getting noticed.

The best designer no longer wins.

The designer people actually follow does.

That's uncomfortable for a lot of us who just wanted to build, but it's where this is going.

Nobody finds you by accident anymore.

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@RalconStudio @framer Thank You!!❤️

[Framer @framer]

This year’s Best Template award goes to Westhill Studio, for their amazing work on Fuel!

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@DesignedByPaul @framer 🔥

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@heyhimeshdesign @framer https://t.co/4VD6ukOQJY

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

Working on the hero section for my upcoming @framer template.

WIP – stay tuned!

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@heyhimeshdesign @framer Where exactly? On the marketplace?

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@tamasbodo @AntonDrukarov @framer @bynneh I think this might be my last free template, but I’m still undecided on whether to publish it as free or paid.

https://t.co/PsOyBIt7xp

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

Working on the hero section for my upcoming @framer template.

WIP – stay tuned!

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

I’ve had a great experience with Framer’s Partner Rewards — it’s one of the best programs they offer. It has its ups and downs, though, since it’s a slow process, but the results are worth it over time. That’s why I stuck to free templates. But now I’m starting to think I should have gone with a mix of free and paid. High-quality customers usually don’t go for free templates, and having a creator page full of only free products doesn’t really reflect a strong brand image.

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@AntonDrukarov @tamasbodo @framer Yeah, for sure @AntonDrukarov! I’ll be launching paid templates soon. You were actually the first to suggest making Viper a paid one when I released it. That template idea was inspired by the legend himself — @bynneh!

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@tamasbodo @AntonDrukarov @framer Even publishing my new paid template under my current account doesn’t seem like the best idea, as @tamasbodo mentioned — people already associate me with free templates, haha.

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@tamasbodo @AntonDrukarov @framer Absolutely! I’m planning to publish new paid templates soon with even higher quality. Thanks so much for the appreciation!

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@AntonDrukarov @tamasbodo @framer I haven’t published any paid templates yet, but I’ll be launching my first one soon under a new brand, since my current account only features free templates.

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@Riteshpx @omarelabd @framer @dub Yes, I believe we will receive a payout from FirstPromoter.

[Mandro @MandroDesign]

@bynneh @framer Bro is back with a banger! 🔥