What prompts can I sell?
A short summary of which prompts PromptBase approves and the most common reasons prompts are declined.
Updated November 14, 2026
What kind of prompts get approved?
We look for three things:
- Prompt templates. Your prompt should have parts in [square brackets] that a buyer can change to make it their own, instead of producing one specific image, video or piece of text. Prompts that produce a consistent style with a different subject on every run are fine without variables.
- A clear use case. The more useful your prompt is to someone else, the more it sells. Think logo designs, images for a blog, product videos or album artwork.
- Unique styles. Prompts that achieve a look or effect that is hard to get any other way are the top selling category on PromptBase.
Why are prompts declined?
The most common reasons are:
- No clear use case
- Too specific to be useful to other people
- An inconsistent style or low quality output
- Example outputs that are too similar to each other
- A prompt that is too simple or guessable
- It matches an existing prompt or is plagiarised
- It is unsafe, NSFW or breaks the rules of the AI model
A new prompt also has to be clearly different from the ones you already sell. Changing the title or description isn't enough: the prompt itself has to do something different.
A declined prompt usually only needs a small change to be approved. If you think we got it wrong, you can dispute the decision.
Where are the full rules?
The prompt submission guidelines explain every decline reason, with examples and how to fix each one.