An AI prompt marketplace is a site where people buy and sell prompts: the text you give a model like Midjourney or ChatGPT to get a particular result. PromptBase is still the best one by a mile. Gumroad and Payhip are better if you already have an audience, Creative Market suits Midjourney prompt packs, and PromptHero is the pick for free prompts.
I sold a few of my own Midjourney prompts on PromptBase, including the Animals of the Amazon prompt on my best Midjourney prompts page. It made a few dollars, not a living, and the market has got tougher since.
This guide covers where to buy and sell AI prompts now, what each marketplace charges, and an honest answer on whether selling prompts is still worth it. I've cut the marketplaces from the first version of this post that have closed or stopped selling prompts.
What are the best AI prompt marketplaces in 2026?
The best AI prompt marketplaces in 2026 are PromptBase for reaching buyers who are already searching, Gumroad and Payhip for selling to your own audience, Creative Market for Midjourney prompt packs, and PromptHero for free prompts. Here's how they compare for sellers.
| Marketplace | What's on it | Seller fee | Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| PromptBase | 330,000+ prompts for image, video, and text models, plus agent skills | 20% on marketplace sales, 0% through your own link | Weekly or monthly from US$30 (Stripe), or daily (Zoneless) |
| Gumroad | Any digital file, like a prompt pack | 10% + US$0.50 plus card fees, or 30% on Discover sales | Weekly from US$100, to your bank or PayPal |
| Creative Market | 1,200+ Midjourney prompt listings among design assets | 50% of the list price by default | Monthly from US$20 |
| Payhip | Your own store for digital downloads | 5% free, 2% on US$29 a month, 0% on US$99 a month, plus card fees | Straight after each sale |
| Etsy | AI art you made, but no prompt bundles | US$0.20 a listing, 6.5% a sale, plus processing | Not for prompts |
| PromptHero | Millions of free prompts to search | You can't sell | Not for prompts |
| FlowGPT | Free community chatbots and characters | You can't sell | Not for prompts |
PromptBase
PromptBase is the biggest marketplace built just for AI prompts. It lists more than 330,000 prompts for Midjourney, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other models (PromptBase), and buyers pay per prompt.
Most PromptBase image prompts sell for a few dollars, and the trending Midjourney and ChatGPT Image prompts on its homepage sit between US$2.99 and US$4.99. PromptBase added agent skills in May 2026 and "build" prompts that make games and apps in tools like Claude Code and Codex in September 2026 (PromptBase changelog).
Sellers keep 80% of PromptBase marketplace sales and 100% of sales through their own referral link (PromptBase). Buyers who want lots of prompts can get PromptBase Select, which costs US$14 a month billed yearly or US$19 monthly for 10 downloads a month (PromptBase).
The catch for buyers is that single prompts add up fast. Refunds only cover prompts that don't work as described, and you have to ask within 24 hours.
When I listed my prompts, signing up took a few minutes, and new prompts got featured on the PromptBase homepage for a few days, which helped them get seen.
Gumroad
Gumroad is the easiest way to sell a prompt pack to people who already follow you. You upload a file, like a PDF of prompts, set a price, and share the link.
Gumroad takes 10% + US$0.50 a sale, plus card processing of 2.9% + US$0.30. Sales through its Discover marketplace cost a flat 30%, processing included (Gumroad). Payouts go out weekly once you've earned US$100, and Australian sellers get paid in Aussie dollars to a local bank account (Gumroad).
Gumroad won't bring you buyers the way PromptBase does. Treat Discover as a bonus, not a plan.
Creative Market
Creative Market is a design asset marketplace with more than 1,200 Midjourney prompt listings, usually sold as packs with example images (Creative Market). It suits prompt packs aimed at designers, like mockups, patterns, or clip art.
You have to apply to open a Creative Market shop. Shops earn 50% of the list price by default, and Creative Market covers the card fees (Creative Market). You can request a payout once a month from US$20 (Creative Market). Anything made mainly with AI has to be labelled as AI-generated (Creative Market).
Payhip
Payhip is a Gumroad alternative that charges less as you grow. Its free plan takes 5% a sale, the US$29-a-month plan takes 2%, and the US$99-a-month plan takes nothing, with PayPal or Stripe fees on top (Payhip).
Payhip pays you straight after each sale. Like Gumroad, it's a shop, not a crowd, so you bring the buyers.
PromptHero
PromptHero is the best free AI prompt site. It lets you search millions of prompts for Midjourney, FLUX, Stable Diffusion, Sora, Veo, and other image and video models (PromptHero).
You can't sell prompts on PromptHero. Its paid plans add generation credits and private images, from US$16 a month billed yearly (PromptHero).
FlowGPT
FlowGPT was a prompt-sharing community when I first wrote this list, and it's now mostly a free app for chatting with community-made bots and characters. Its homepage mixes roleplay categories like Romantic and Anime with tools for essays, translation, and coding (FlowGPT).
There's no way to sell prompts on FlowGPT, though it has run cash-prize prompt contests (FlowGPT).
What is an AI prompt marketplace?
An AI prompt marketplace is a website where people buy and sell prompts that get a specific result from an AI model. A good Midjourney prompt might produce one consistent sticker style, and a good ChatGPT prompt might turn a product list into Etsy listings.
The best AI prompt marketplaces sell prompt templates, not one-off prompts. On PromptBase, most prompts have [square bracket] variables a buyer can change, like "Very tiny [KEYWORD] that looks like the iOS emoji" (PromptBase). The buyer swaps in their own subject and keeps the style.
What is PromptBase?
PromptBase is an online marketplace for buying and selling AI prompts, and with more than 330,000 listings it's the biggest one built just for prompts. Buyers pay per prompt, usually a few dollars, and get the full prompt to use and edit.
Every PromptBase prompt is reviewed before it goes live, which takes 15 minutes to 36 hours (PromptBase). The review team tests the prompt and declines anything too simple to be worth buying, too close to a prompt already listed, or mass-produced with AI (PromptBase).
PromptBase covers image and video models like Midjourney, ChatGPT Image, FLUX, Kling, and Seedance, and text models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. It also sells agent skills and app-building prompts, and takes 10% of custom prompt jobs that buyers hire sellers for.
How do you sell prompts on PromptBase?
To sell prompts on PromptBase, you make an account, submit a prompt template with example outputs, and connect Stripe or Zoneless to get paid. Here are the steps.
- Write a template, not a one-off. PromptBase only approves prompts with [square bracket] variables a buyer can change, or random generators that hold one style (PromptBase).
- Pick a use, not just a look. PromptBase says prompts that work in real projects, like t-shirt prints, sell best over time (PromptBase).
- Make the examples. Generate example outputs with the prompt. For some models, including Midjourney, PromptBase asks for a share link that proves you made the example yourself.
- Submit and wait. Approval takes 15 minutes to 36 hours. If the prompt is declined, you can edit it and resubmit, or dispute the decision.
- Set the price. Every seller can price prompts up to US$19.99, and the cap rises to US$99.99 as you make more sales (PromptBase changelog). Most are priced at US$10 or less (CartMango).
- Get paid. Stripe pays weekly or monthly once you have US$30 and your account is 30 days old, and Zoneless pays daily in USDC with no minimum (PromptBase). PromptBase pays in US dollars, and Stripe converts to your bank's currency at the mid-market rate.
- Share your own link. Sales through your PromptBase referral link carry no fee instead of 20%.
How do you sell AI prompts online?
To sell AI prompts online, pick one job your prompts do well, package them as templates with example outputs, and sell them where your buyers already are. That means PromptBase if you don't have an audience, and Gumroad or Payhip if you do.
- No audience yet: Start on PromptBase. Buyers already search there, and the 20% fee is the price of that traffic.
- You have followers or a mailing list: Sell bundles on Gumroad or Payhip, or send people to your PromptBase referral link for no fee.
- You make prompts for designers: Creative Market buyers want prompt packs with polished example images.
- Someone needs a prompt built for them: Custom jobs on PromptBase carry a 10% fee. If you'd rather freelance, my guide to AI freelance jobs covers where to find the work.
How do you sell Midjourney prompts?
To sell Midjourney prompts, build a template that holds one style across any subject, test it on the current model, then list it on PromptBase with a Midjourney share link as proof. PromptBase's reviewers try the prompt themselves and decline it if their results don't match yours.
PromptBase says "unique styles" are its top-selling category, like stylised vintage animal illustrations (PromptBase). My Animals of the Amazon prompt was that kind of template: swap in any rainforest animal and the cinematic jungle style stays the same. Clip art, colouring pages, stickers, and t-shirt designs also suit Midjourney prompts, because buyers want lots of matching images.
Midjourney prompts go stale as the models change. My Amazon prompt leans on :: weights, which Midjourney only supports up to version 6.1 (Midjourney), so test every prompt on V8.2 before you list it.
You can also sell the images instead of the prompt. My guide to making money with Midjourney covers print on demand, stock images, and other options.
How do you sell ChatGPT prompts?
To sell ChatGPT prompts, sell a finished job, not a clever wording. ChatGPT follows plain-English instructions well, so nobody pays for "act as a marketing expert". They'll pay for a prompt that turns their product list into Etsy listings or a messy spreadsheet into a clean report.
PromptBase sells ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok prompts, and since May 2026 it also sells agent skills: SKILL.md files that teach tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor how to do a task (PromptBase). A skill bundles the instructions and examples together, so it's a bigger product than a single prompt.
For a big bundle, like 100 prompts for real estate agents, Gumroad or Payhip suit better than a marketplace that sells one prompt at a time.
Can you sell AI prompts on Etsy?
No. Etsy bans AI prompt bundles, and says the prompts used to make AI art shouldn't be sold separately from the finished artwork (Etsy). Its Creativity Standards list AI prompt bundles as something that doesn't count as "designed by a seller" (Etsy).
What you can sell on Etsy is the art your prompts make: printables, clip art, colouring pages, or a custom AI portrait of someone's pet. The listing has to say the item was made with AI.
Etsy charges US$0.20 a listing and 6.5% of each sale (Etsy). Payment processing comes on top: 3% + US$0.25 for US sellers, and 3% + A$0.25 for Australian sellers on local orders (Etsy).
Where can you buy Midjourney prompts?
PromptBase is the best place to buy Midjourney prompts, and most of its trending ones cost US$2.99 to US$4.99. Check the example images, and use its Midjourney V8.2 filter, because prompts made for older versions can look different on the current model.
- PromptBase: single prompts, or 10 a month with Select from US$14 a month.
- Creative Market: packs of Midjourney prompts with example images, priced per pack.
- PromptHero: free prompts, shown with the images they made.
- Midjourney itself: free. Its Describe tool writes four prompts from any image you upload, and its style codes apply a ready-made look when you add --sref and a number.
Before you buy, try the free prompts on my best Midjourney prompts page and the tips in my Midjourney prompt guide. Most styles people sell come down to a subject, a medium, the lighting, and a few parameters.
Is selling AI prompts still worth it?
Selling AI prompts is worth it as a side hustle, not as an income. The money per sale is small, and AI models keep getting better at writing prompts for you.
- Prices are low. CartMango, which sells its own digital storefront, sampled 188 live PromptBase listings and found a median price of US$5.99 (CartMango). After PromptBase's 20% fee, that's US$4.79 a sale.
- Subscriptions pay a dollar. A PromptBase Select download earns the seller US$1.00 (PromptBase).
- The bar is higher. PromptBase declines prompts a buyer could guess from the title or examples, and prompts that look mass-generated with AI (PromptBase).
- Midjourney writes prompts for you. Its Conversational mode turns plain-English chat into prompts (Midjourney), Describe turns any image into four prompts, and Style References copy the look of an image you upload.
My own PromptBase dashboard, which I screenshotted for the first version of this post, showed US$17.95 in gross sales and 189 views over 12 months.
Selling AI prompts still pays best in four places:
- Prompts tied to a paid job, like product photos, t-shirt designs, or colouring books.
- Agent skills and build prompts, the newest categories on PromptBase.
- Your own audience, through a PromptBase referral link or a Gumroad or Payhip page, where the fees are low.
- The finished work. Etsy, print-on-demand, and stock sites pay for the images, not the prompt that made them.
Which AI prompt marketplaces have closed or changed?
Several AI prompt marketplaces from the first version of this list have closed, changed, or never sold prompts at all:
- Content Creator Templates, my number two pick back then, now runs a free prompt gallery attached to a pay-as-you-go AI generator, with credit packs from US$10 (Content Creator Templates). The prompts are free to copy, and you pay for the generations.
- PromptSea, which sold prompts as NFTs, is gone. Its domain now points to a parked page.
- Lexica is still a free, searchable gallery of AI images and their prompts, with its own image generator, but it was never a marketplace.
- ChatX still runs a small free prompt library, not a paid marketplace.
- PromptDen is a free prompt-sharing community, and its marketplace page still says "coming soon".
