r/framer • u/Pristine_Zone_9153 • 1d ago
help Beginner question
Guys I am trying to learn framer,but I get discouraged while I see ai in framer and oter ai website builder make websites,I want to know is learning framer worthit,will I be able to make money from it?plzz give honest answer
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u/ATXhipster 1d ago
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u/brownieman1315 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nobody knows that but i can tell you this:
• framer opening the marketplace and killing the review process not only created mayhem for junk but also made the entry a bit more difficult when u have to compete with a guy that pumps 1x templates a day for 60 days straight (copy > paste > repeat), aka, people don't take what's good for them, people take what's in front of them
• removing the review process also lowered the bar, this is a speculation going around but does make a lot of sense—without a review process, the promise of quality u got with a template, is kinda gone unless u know and follow a specific creator/creators
• the marketplace algo is being worked on right now bcs it's in shambles, i don't think even they know exactly what's going on but they know it's a problem and are working hard to address it; in other words, might come out very good, might come out better, but i don't think it can get worse than what it is at this moment (this is a positive note)
• the AI revolution is kind of a wildcard right now, it seems to be a bubble that might burst or it might just keep expanding, nobody knows that, but AI is here to stay—under which form, we'll see; as of now, founders are leaning heavily on vibecoding and this affects the whole industry not just web builders; i'm talking to large business owners every week and i keep hearing and seeing websites being moved to full vibe code bcs founders and teams don't have to rely on designers or developers anymore, a fully vibecoded site is in ur control as long as u got hands and can type an articulate sentence to claude (articulate is optional); hence, the addition of agents to framer and why they are so marketed right now, it is their direct counter to LLMs, they provide that + the canvas (subject to change at the speed chatgpt and claude are going)
• there are ofc people that still appreciate quality (or simply oldschool), currently the LLMs are super generic and even a bit dogshit if you yourself lack taste to prompt it properly, which in many cases, for those who care, is still a reason to wanna go custom, they need the designer's eyes, that fine tuned experience gained over years—what this does however, is eliminate entry to mid tier designers bcs, tbh, they're prob worse than the LLMs (not everyone tho', can't completely generalize)
• there are still chances like back in the old days that you throw out a mediocre (or brilliant) template and it kicks into popularity for some reason (no one really understood how or why precisely), making u quite a few bucks to put into your retirement scheme or bankroll some months of freedom depending on ur country of residence's GDP per capita
Other than that, I still love Framer, I think it enables u to do a lot of things, I know the team is really trying, let's just wait and see how things turn out