The internet uses your work for free. Some of it wants to pay.
Icon sets, UI kits, fonts, templates — if you give design resources away, a sponsorship wall lets the studios and developers who ship them fund the next release.
“Your components saved our team about a month of work.”
Gold9 moFree resources travel because they’re free — put a price on them and the reach dies. But somewhere out there, your icons are in a funded startup’s product, and your UI kit saved an agency a billable week. Those people don’t need a license. They need a way to pay you that means something. A named plaque on your wall is exactly that — and every plaque is proof that real teams ship your work.
Where to put your wall link
The download page
“Free, backed by the people who use it” with the badge right where the download button is.
Your portfolio footer
Every case-study visitor sees who already puts money behind your work.
Link-in-bio
On Dribbble, Behance, X: one link that shows named backers instead of a bare shop link.
Inside the file
A readme in the zip, a note on the Figma cover page — the person opening it is the person who got the value.
Who backs designers
You get backed by the people who ship your work: developers who use your icon set in every project, studios that build on your kit, teams whose product looks good because of your fonts. Companies back at higher tiers because the plaque is good for them too — it shows taste. And the months on each plaque show your resources aren’t abandoned: people have been backing them all along.
How SponsoredBy works
Money goes straight to you
One-time or monthly backings, paid directly into your own Stripe account — we never hold your money. Fees: 10% on Free, 5% on Pro, 3% on Max.
Everyone signs in
You verify a handle or domain before you can take payouts, and every backer signs in to a real account before they can back you.
Support becomes plaques
Backers appear on your public wall with a tier, a name (or anonymous, their choice), and how long they’ve backed you.
Payouts currently require a U.S. Stripe account — more countries are coming. Your wall works everywhere.
Show the world who’s got your back.
Free to join. Your wall is live in minutes, and every backer gets a plaque with their name on it.