Johan Schneider

From 10 years of experience designing websites for clients, I now share my journey to building a business with Framer! Follow along :)

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

Premium templates need to be useful out of the box! It's one thing to ship a landing page with a couple of sections as a free template, but when charging premium, customers should expect their site to come with a lot of extra thought put into the whole package.

My biggest focus for my next template is going to be to make it as "ship-ready" as possible.

That's why I'm making sure:

👉Images are easily swappable but they keep the abstract SaaS UI layer that puts the design together. No more putting in your own images only to be disappointed that it doesn't look as good as the template examples.

👉All the important pages are there. Ideally, customers should not feel the need to create any more pages for their first shipped version. What pages to include depends on the niche, but they should be the ones most important for conversion.

👉No random modules and sections. All sections come in a planned sequence to maximize conversion. On every page. This comes with designer experience, and it's one of the main things a premium template customer should pay for in my opinion.

👉All the customizations can be done fast with minimum adjustment.

Am I crazy here or is this already a no-brainer? Let's discuss! Let's make the best templates together!

#framer #BuildInPublic @framer

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@sekhsoyebali @framer Awesome! Scroll o.O

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

Amazing! Now is the time to switch to #framer 🔥

[Framer @framer]

We heard your feedback on the Basic plan, so we've upgraded it. Same price, more room to build.

Basic site plans are now upgraded:
⚡️ 50GB of bandwidth (up from 10GB)
🗄️ 2 CMS collections (up from 1)

[Framer @framer]

We heard your feedback on the Basic plan, so we've upgraded it. Same price, more room to build.

Basic site plans are now upgraded:
⚡️ 50GB of bandwidth (up from 10GB)
🗄️ 2 CMS collections (up from 1)

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@framer That's actually huge! 1 blog and one portfolio collection for portfolios, or 1 product listing and one blog for digital product sellers :D

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@framer

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@work_ayushUX Honestly, I love the trend I see of being confident in pricing higher. I feel like a 29-79$ template might be perceived as cheap in comparison to a 129-149$ one, and you would need less than half the sales numbers to perform similarly. Following to see how it goes, good luck!

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@CristianMielu @framer Damn, that looks so complete and thought out, taking notes! Good luck!

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@AkemyDesign Yeah, honestly once I submitted my template I felt a little relief to be able to start working on something different while I wait. I might also do more than one template at a time just to avoid burn-out/staring at the same thing each night, lol

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

I would say that depends on the market in that particular niche as well as the value provided. Like... how launch-ready is the template really? Is it a full package of curated sections that's already well thought out for that niche, or is it more loose? I think free templates would probably benefit more from being broader to leverage the extra reach you can get, while paid templates should be more focused and "launch-ready" for a specific niche. But that's just my take based on vibes, lol...

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

Are there any Strength/Fitness coaches or creators on here? #fitness #bodybuilding #coach

I follow a lot of you guys and get inspired on my own fitness journey but I see that on the web, you guys are severely underserved web-design wise... That's why my next template is going to be for you! Follow along as I post progress every day!

#framer #buildinpublic

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@NeoFramer @framer ETHAN, Looking good!

[Neo @NeoFramer]

ETHANCLARK is now live on the @framer marketplace 🎉

To celebrate the launch, I’m giving ETHANCLARK away for FREE for the next 48h.

To claim it:
1⃣ Comment “ETHAN”
2⃣ Like
3⃣ Repost
4⃣ Follow (so I can DM you the link)

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@abdulla_builds @framer Let’s gooooo!

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@datzeldave That's the best thing about Framer, it's such a joy of a design tool!

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

That's actually very interesting to read! Thanks for sharing, and being so transparent. I used to wonder about how it can be so easy to earn money with Framer and what the catch is... But I would say the catch really is quality. That may be obvious for someone like me and others with a lot of prior web/product design experience. But it really comes down to how well the template solves problems for real businesses!

[Akem @AkemyDesign]

We need to figure this out.

I’ve come across a lot of Framer templates, and know a good amount of creators.

And I’m still wondering how some of them are earning thousands of $ per week with a few templates, like @JJGerrishDev for example.

While some creators are struggling to make a sale per month with 10 templates listed on the marketplace.

Obviously audience matters, and design is the core factor. But I still find some creators with great templates, a pretty good audience, and making no money.

Is this because of niches? The complexity? Luck?

What’s the difference between @hxmzaehsan, @ramishdotdesign, @bynneh’s way of doing this business

And the ones making nothing?

I think figuring this out could change a lot of creators’ behaviors, choices, and therefore lives.

On my side I’m still early in this grind, 1 template on the marketplace, 4 others coming (in review). And I want my next steps to be the right ones.

I’m not doing this for fun, even if I truly enjoy it — I’m gonna make this a living.

Hamza, Ramish, Anatolii. Those are my goals, nothing less.

Love you all.

Repost so we receive all the knowledge we can find on X.

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

Template is still in review by @framer

I designed the visuals to work regardless of how your SaaS product UI looks. Even though I would recommend to also show your product UI screens, you can use all of the included, abstract overlays to still show an idea of how your product works!

#framer #buildinpublic

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@aureusdesign @framer @polar_sh Hey! that's awesome!

[Johan Schneider @ramwerk]

@SashaMozdir @framer @dubdotco thats's awesome!