Best Digital asset & template marketplaces in 2026: Top 8 Picks, Ranked
Sell templates, themes, plugins, fonts, presets, stock photos and footage where buyers already shop. Below are the 8 digital asset & template marketplaces we cover in 2026, ranked by our editor score, popularity rank, reader upvotes and how often readers click through.
Last updated September 2026 · 8 listings reviewed
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The largest marketplace for printables, templates, patterns and digital downloads alongside handmade goods.
#336 web rank · ▲ 3 this week · 20c listing + 6.5% transaction + 3% + 25c payment fee
8.0/10
Etsy sells digital downloads (planners, templates, patterns, wall art, fonts) with instant delivery next to its handmade and vintage goods. Fees are 20 cents per listing, 6.5% transaction and about 3% plus 25 cents payment processing. The main reason to be there is Etsy's own buyer traffic; the price is competition and copying. Read more →
Pros
- Buyers arrive from Etsy search; digital files deliver automatically
- Low cost to test a product
Cons
- Fees add up to roughly 10-12%
- Copycats and search competition
Pricing: Free · Payout: Daily to weekly (Etsy Payments) · printables templates digital downloads marketplace
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Marketplaces for themes, templates, plugins, code, audio and video; authors keep 45-87.5% depending on exclusivity and volume.
#1.0k web rank · ▼ 8 this week · Authors keep 45% (non-exclusive) to 87.5% (exclusive, high volume)
7.4/10
Envato Market (ThemeForest, CodeCanyon, VideoHive, AudioJungle and more) sells themes, templates, plugins, scripts and media to millions of buyers. Authors keep 45% as non-exclusive and up to 87.5% as exclusive high-volume sellers, paid monthly. Review standards are strict; the audience is enormous. Read more →
Pros
- Huge buyer base for WordPress themes, templates and code
- Envato Elements adds subscription royalties
Cons
- Strict review and exclusivity pressure
- Prices are set within Envato bands
Pricing: Free · Payout: Monthly (15th) · themeforest codecanyon themes plugins
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Marketplace for fonts, graphics, templates and themes; non-exclusive shop owners keep 50% of each sale, paid monthly.
#14k web rank · ▼ 77 this week · Shop owners keep 50% of the list price (non-exclusive listings)
7.3/10
Creative Market is a marketplace for fonts, graphics, illustrations, mockups, website and app templates, themes and other design assets, bought mostly by other designers, marketers and small businesses rather than end consumers. Opening a shop requires an application: Creative Market reviews submitted products for quality and originality before approving a seller. The default commission split gives shop owners 50% of… Read more →
Pros
- Design-focused buyers who pay for quality; no exclusivity requirement
- Straightforward monthly payouts once a shop is approved
Cons
- 50% commission is high relative to some digital-asset marketplaces
- Shop approval process adds friction and can reject submissions
Pricing: Free · Payout: $20 Monthly · fonts graphics templates design
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Stock photos, vectors and video inside Creative Cloud; 33% on images, 35% on video.
#68 web rank · Contributors keep 33% (images) and 35% (video)
7.2/10
Adobe Stock pays contributors a flat 33% on images and 35% on video, monthly above $25, with buyers coming from inside Creative Cloud apps. Its royalty rates are the most contributor-friendly of the large agencies. Read more →
Pros
- Higher and stable royalty rates than Shutterstock
- Buyers inside Photoshop and Illustrator
Cons
- Strict technical review
- Slow ramp for new portfolios
Pricing: Free · Payout: $25 Monthly from $25 · adobe stock stock photos vectors
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Sell stock photos, video and music; contributors earn 15-40% by annual download tier.
#1.8k web rank · ▼ 2 this week · Contributors keep 15-40% depending on downloads
7.0/10
Shutterstock pays contributors 15-40% of sale value based on annual download counts, monthly above $35. Photos earn cents per subscription download; video clips earn dollars. Royalties are passive but the tiers reset each January. Read more →
Pros
- Largest stock buyer base; passive royalties
- Video pays far better than photos
Cons
- Royalty tiers reset annually and start at 15%
- Per-download earnings are cents for subscription sales
Pricing: Free · Payout: $35 Monthly from $35 · stock photos stock footage royalties
6
Gumroad's built-in marketplace that recommends your products to buyers across the platform.
#2.8k web rank · ▲ 19 this week · Standard Gumroad 10% fee (Discover sales previously carried a higher fee) · accepts Health & Supplements
6.9/10
Gumroad Discover surfaces products to browsing buyers on gumroad.com and in recommendation emails. It is a modest but free source of additional sales for sellers already on the platform. Read more →
Pros
- Free extra exposure for products already on Gumroad
- Buyers with accounts and saved payment details
Cons
- Discover traffic is modest for most sellers
- Fee policy has changed over time
Pricing: Free · Payout: Weekly · gumroad discovery digital products
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Amazon's marketplace for licensing data files, tables and live APIs directly to AWS's enterprise customer base.
#26 web rank · ▼ 2 this week
6.8/10
AWS Data Exchange is Amazon's catalog for third-party data products, letting a company or individual publisher package data files, database tables, Redshift datasets or a live API as a listing that any AWS customer can subscribe to and pay for directly through their existing AWS bill. For a publisher sitting on a dataset with real commercial value (pricing history, firmographic… Read more →
Pros
- Distribution into AWS's large enterprise and developer customer base with billing handled by Amazon
- Supports flat files, database tables, Redshift datasets and live APIs, not just static downloads
Cons
- Exact fulfillment fee percentage and payout schedule are not published; providers must ask AWS directly
- No self-serve, no-code path — best suited to teams that already run structured data infrastructure, and separate AWS storage/transfer costs apply
Pricing: Freemium · data licensing api enterprise amazon
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Stock footage, music and sound marketplace where contributors set prices and keep 40-60%.
#16k web rank · ▲ 555 this week · Contributors keep 40% (non-exclusive) or 60% (exclusive)
6.8/10
Pond5 (owned by Shutterstock) sells stock footage, music and sound effects with contributor-set prices and royalties of 40% (60% exclusive), paid monthly. Video creators with a back catalogue license clips here. Read more →
Pros
- Contributor-set pricing and high video royalties
- Strong for footage and audio
Cons
- Smaller buyer base than Shutterstock
- Exclusivity for the higher rate
Pricing: Free · Payout: Monthly · stock footage music sound effects
How we rank digital asset & template marketplaces
Every provider gets an editor score from 0 to 10 based on what publishers keep, how reliably and quickly it pays, the honesty of its terms, its effect on the site (speed, layout, reader trust), and reputation. The Tranco web rank is refreshed daily and shows real-world popularity. Reader upvotes and click-throughs nudge the order over time, and we remove listings that shut down or change terms dramatically. Read our full methodology.