Where to Launch a UI Kit: Figma Community Files, Framer Components and Design Marketplaces
Launch a UI kit as a free file in the Figma Community, where anyone who can edit a file can publish it, and add a paid version through a marketplace or storefront you can reach. Figma’s help page says it is not currently approving new creators to sell paid files, so a paid kit usually sells elsewhere, for example on Gumroad or a design marketplace. Structure the file so its first page works as a preview, because buyers can see only that page of a paid file.
Why is the preview more important than the kit?
Nobody can inspect a UI kit before they get it, except by looking at what you show. On Figma’s Community a paid file reveals only its first page to a visitor until they buy, and Figma strongly recommends using that page as the preview and putting the paid content on later pages. Thumbnails, a carousel and the first page are therefore the whole sales pitch, and you build them before you finish the components.
This differs from a plugin, which a reviewer tests, or a theme, which a buyer runs. A kit is judged by screenshots, so spend a day on a cover and a few real-looking screens. Facts below come from each service’s own pages, read on 13 November 2026, unless an entry says otherwise.
Which places carry design files and kits?
Free distribution and paid distribution are separate problems, so the entries say which one each place solves.
01 Figma Community (free files)
The public gallery where UI kits, wireframes, asset libraries and design systems can be shared.
- Who can publish
- Anyone with can-edit access to the file, from the editor
- Listing fields
- Name, description, category, up to five tags, thumbnail and up to nine more images, support contact
- Image size
- Recommended 1920x1080; a prototype preview in the thumbnail replaces the extra images
- Updates
- Publishing again makes a new version and does not change anyone’s existing duplicates
Because duplicates are snapshots, a buyer who copied version one keeps version one. If you fix a bug, say so in the description of the new version and tell people where to get it.
Custom tags may be up to 25 characters, so choose the words a designer types, such as the product type, not your brand. A free kit is a fair way to earn followers who might later buy a paid one.
02 Figma Community (paid files)
Selling a file through the Community, for approved creators with an activated Stripe account.
- Status
- Figma’s help page says it is currently not approving new creators to sell paid files
- Review
- Paid files are reviewed by Figma’s content team before they appear
- Price
- One-time payments in whole US dollars, with a minimum of 2 dollars; changeable at any time
- Irreversible
- A file published as paid cannot be converted to free later
If you are not already an approved creator, this route is closed for now, so plan for another seller. Check the page before you rely on this either way, since Figma can reopen approvals.
If you are approved, structure the file with its first page as the preview, as Figma advises, and keep the paid pages after it.
03 Framer Community components
Framer’s gallery for reusable components, which can be free or paid.
- Review
- None: components are published immediately
- Revenue
- You keep 100% of component revenue, per its help page
- Needs
- A live preview page that shows the component, plus name, byline, description, categories and pricing
If your kit includes interactive pieces such as a navbar or pricing table, a Framer version reaches designers who build live sites rather than static mockups.
Changes you make later do not update the published version, so publish a new version when you are ready. See website templates for how Framer compares with other builders.
04 Gumroad
A storefront for digital files, useful when no design marketplace will take your kit.
- Fees
- 10% plus 50 cents on sales through your own link; 30% when a customer finds you through its Discover marketplace (read 13 November 2026)
- Tax
- It states it handles sales tax as merchant of record
You upload the Figma file or a duplicate link and write the product page yourself, so the preview images and the licence text are yours to supply. Spell out whether a client project, a commercial product and a resale each need their own licence.
Send your own audience to the direct link, which carries the lower rate, and treat Discover as a bonus.
05 UI8 and Creative Market
Marketplaces where designers sell kits, fonts, mockups and templates.
- Our check
- Both refused an automated fetch, so we state nothing about their review, fees or terms
- Fits when
- You want a catalogue of buyers who already shop for design resources
Open each one’s seller page and read the exclusivity terms, the revenue split and the review process before uploading. A marketplace that requires exclusivity will stop you selling the same kit elsewhere.
The other is Creative Market. Compare them against Gumroad on what you keep per sale, and on how a buyer finds your kit.
06 Dribbble
A design community where designers post work-in-progress and finished shots.
- Use
- A shot of one polished screen from the kit, linking to the file
- Our check
- We did not read its posting or self-promotion rules; read them first
It is a place to be seen by other designers, not a store. Post a single strong screen with a short note on the idea behind the kit, and link to the place the file lives.
Designers who like a shot often follow the creator, so a steady series of screens builds the audience your paid release needs.
07 Post your build ideas (our board)
A free launch board with a design tools category, no account and no queue.
- Fits when
- The kit comes with a story, such as a design system for a specific product type
- Limit
- Four images at most on the listing, so link a page that shows the whole kit
Write what is in the kit as a short list, such as screens, components and styles, and name the licence in one sentence. The outbound link is a normal followed link.
Browse the board’s design tool ideas to see what designers say they lack. A kit for a gap that is already named is easier to describe.
What is a sensible free-first plan?
- Publish a small free kit in the Figma Community with a strong cover, five or more tags and a support contact.
- Post one screen on a design community and one line on the free launch page, both linking to the Community file.
- Watch which components get duplicated and commented on; build the paid kit around those.
- Choose a seller: your own storefront for the lowest fee, or a design marketplace for a ready-made buyer base after reading its terms.
- Put the paid kit’s licence in plain words on the product page and in the file’s first page.
The UI kit playbook has the dated version. If your design work is more about tooling than files, the Figma plugin guide covers review and publishing, and the digital product guide covers selling files in general.
Frequently asked questions
Can I sell a UI kit on the Figma Community?
Only if you are an approved creator with an activated Stripe account, and Figma’s help page says it is currently not approving new creators to sell paid files. Paid files are also reviewed by its content team and cannot be switched to free later. If you are not approved, sell through another storefront and publish a free file in the Community.
How should a paid Figma file show a preview?
Figma says only the first page of a paid design file is accessible until purchase, so it strongly recommends using that page as the preview and putting the paid content on other pages. Anything on the first page is visible to everyone, so do not place content there that you want to charge for.
Is Framer a good place for a UI kit?
If the kit contains reusable components for sites built in Framer, yes. Framer’s help page says components are published immediately and that you keep 100% of component revenue, and it asks for a live preview page. It does not suit a kit for static Figma mockups, which belongs in the Figma Community or a storefront.
Post your build ideas publishes this page and runs a free launch board that competes with some of the sites it names. Facts about other sites came from their own pages on the date shown above; terms, queues and prices change, so confirm on their sites before you decide. About the publisher.