How to Make Money with Framer, a Practical Guide for Designers

If you are a designer who wants to move faster, ship real websites and actually get paid for it, Framer is one of the best tools you can learn right now.

I’m a Website designer and Content creator working with startups, founders and growing teams, and Framer has become a core part of how I design, build and deliver sites without the usual handover headaches.

In this guide, I’ll walk you through the most realistic ways to turn Framer into income, whether you are just starting out or already freelancing.

Let’s get into it.

🧠 Why Framer is worth your time

Framer sits in a sweet spot between design and development.

If you are coming from Figma, the canvas and layout model will feel familiar. But unlike Figma, you are not just designing screens, you are building a real, live website with hosting, CMS and animations baked in.

What makes it powerful:

• Design and build in one place

• Publish real sites without a developer

• Responsive by default

• CMS for blogs, case studies and pages

• Animations and interactions without code

For clients, this means faster delivery.
For you, it means you can charge for both design and build, even if you do not write code.

Before you try to monetise, learn the tool properly

Do not rush into selling before you are comfortable in Framer.

Spend time on:

• Layout and responsive behaviour

• Components and reuse

• CMS collections

• Basic animations and interactions

• Publishing and custom domains

Good ways to learn:

• Clone templates and take them apart

• Rebuild simple sites you already know

• Follow Framer creators on X and LinkedIn

• Go through Framer’s own tutorials and Academy

Tip: Practise on real use cases like portfolios, SaaS landing pages, agency sites and blogs. These are exactly what people pay for.

Once you can confidently build a clean, responsive site from scratch, you are ready to monetise.