Mandro @MandroDesign

Web Designer • Building @Framer Templates • Top Creator Joined December 2023

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Hamza Ehsan @hxmzaehsan

4 days ago

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.

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Mandro @MandroDesign

3 weeks ago

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

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Mandro @MandroDesign

4 weeks ago

@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

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Mandro @MandroDesign

4 weeks ago

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

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Anatolii Dmitrienko @bynneh

3 months ago

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.

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Mandro @MandroDesign

7 months ago

@RalconStudio @framer Thank You!!❤️

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Framer @framer

7 months ago

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

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@DesignedByPaul @framer 🔥

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@heyhimeshdesign @framer framer.com/marketplace/te…

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

Working on the hero section for my upcoming @framer template. WIP – stay tuned!

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@heyhimeshdesign @framer Where exactly? On the marketplace?

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@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. x.com/mandrodesign/s…

Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

Working on the hero section for my upcoming @framer template. WIP – stay tuned!

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

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.

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@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!

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@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.

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

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

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Mandro @MandroDesign

a year ago

@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.