Peter Ng

Building stuff, growing stuff and learning as I go

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

@RalconStudio @gilverse_design This is insanely good lol. Can't wait for those skills to drop!

Btw, do you need a Claude Team or Enterprise plan to create videos like this, or can you do it with Pro too?

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

This makes me even more bullish on free templates tbh😉

With Agent Templates, people have one more reason to actually give Framer a try. They can start with a free template and let AI handle a lot of the work they'd normally have to figure out themselves.

[Framer @framer]

Introducing Agent Templates, Marketplace templates built to work with the Framer agent. Each one ships with skills, a design system page, and a short video that shows how the pieces fit together. Read the full update and guide https://t.co/eUvqlv04Wj

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

@DesignByMarso @konrad_designs questioning too, hope we have an answer :D

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

@anyspot_ @framer Bro this is the most AI-generated way to say absolutely nothing 😭

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

Is the @framer template market really dying?

Taking some time this weekend to look back at how things have changed in the Framer ecosystem, especially after seeing some big creators leave the game. Just my two cents based on what I've been seeing lately. Could be wrong, but here's how I see it.

I used to see a lot of creators sharing their template sales, but lately it's mostly commission screenshots. And it's not just my timeline anymore. Some pretty established creators have openly shared how much their sales have dropped, and a few have even left the game.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like the template business isn't dead. The game is just changing.

Buyer behavior is changing too. AI can build websites now, and there are tons of great free templates out there. So why would someone pay for one? The customer journey is getting more complicated, and just making a good-looking template probably isn't enough anymore.

I'm starting to think free templates could be the next big opportunity, especially as commissions become a bigger part of the business. Instead of just selling templates to existing Framer users, creators now have a reason to bring completely new users into the ecosystem. We're basically doing user acquisition for Framer lol.

Before, at least from what I've seen, paid template sales felt like a bigger win for creators. Sure, Framer could get new subscribers and creators could earn commissions from those too, but that didn't seem to happen very often.

Now, with free templates, we're actually bringing new users into the ecosystem. And that feels like a much better win-win for both sides.

And honestly, I think this is where Framer could step up too. More marketing resources, real acquisition case studies, better materials for creators, maybe even courses on distribution, marketing and user acquisition. Would love to hear what @jornvandijk and @jurrehoutkamp think about this. Are there any plans to help creators get better at bringing new users into the ecosystem?

Of course, the easy days of uploading a template, posting it a few times and hoping for sales might be over. Creators probably need to think more like marketers now, not just designers.

But Framer is still pretty small compared to WordPress, Webflow, etc. So I'm still bullish on its future. There's still plenty of room to grow, especially if we can reach people who haven't even heard of Framer yet.

Idk, I don't think the opportunity is gone. It's just moving somewhere else.

What do you guys think?

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

TLDR: The Framer template business isn't dead, the game is just changing. Paid template sales are getting tougher, while free templates and commissions are opening up new opportunities. Creators are becoming a user acquisition channel for Framer, and I think Framer could do more to support them with marketing and distribution. Still bullish on the ecosystem, but creators need to think more like marketers now😄

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

@itsziro_el Tenora is still such a solid template, though. Keep cooking bro💪

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

@MaxPalmer666 @WeekendVisuals Hmm, is it the same for the affiliate program? I don’t think that amount is paid only to template creators, some of it probably goes to affiliate marketers too

[Peter Ng @peternguyen891]

@princepxdesign @framer I encountered the same issue. May I know the reason and solution here?