Portfolio Home Plans helps designers expand their reach through a growing network of reseller websites while maintaining greater control over pricing, plan updates, customer communication, and modification opportunities.

No. It is free to join as a designer. There are no upfront publishing costs, and you can unpublish your plans at any time.

Designers who want their plans published throughout our reseller network are required to submit two complete sets of working drawings for review. This helps us verify drawing quality, completeness, and consistency before approving plans for expanded exposure. Our minimum plan requirements can be reviewed here: Minimum Working Drawing Standards.

Yes. Designers may use the platform as a branded plan library for their own website without applying for expanded exposure across our reseller network. This is a great option for designers who want a professional plan store without paying someone to develop and maintain a custom website library.

No approval is required if you are only using the platform to display and sell plans from your own website. Approval is only required when you want your plans considered for exposure throughout our family of resellers.

If you are new to selling plans or do not have a large plan collection yet, you can still use the platform. You may display your own plans while also offering other approved designer plans, so your website does not appear empty while your own library grows.

No. We do not require exclusivity. You can continue publishing with other platforms while also listing your plans through Portfolio Home Plans.

You do. Publishing with Portfolio Home Plans does not transfer ownership of your designs. You retain ownership and control of your intellectual property while granting permission for your plans to be marketed through the platform.

You can upload your plans through the designer dashboard. Once approved and published, your plans can appear across our reseller network, including builder, designer, and real estate partner websites.

Yes. Your dashboard allows you to manage plan information, pricing, images, descriptions, plan options, and updates from one central location. When changes are made, they can update across the published network.

No. The system is web-based, so you can access your dashboard from any standard internet browser.

Yes. Designer plans are published across the reseller network without favoring one designer over another. On your own website, your plans will always have priority over other designer plans if you choose to display them.

Your plans can be displayed through multiple reseller websites, giving your designs exposure to builders, real estate companies, designers, land buyers, and homeowners who may not have found you directly.

Many resellers are builders, designers, and real estate professionals who may need plans regularly. If they find your designs valuable, they can become a source of repeat sales, referrals, and modification opportunities.

Transaction processing is handled through the platform, helping keep payments simple and reducing the need for you to manage payment collection directly.

No. Our system is designed to give designers better control over their pricing and plan information, helping avoid unexpected discounts or pricing changes without your knowledge.

Portfolio Home Plans is designed to reduce many common frustrations designers experience with traditional publishing models, including limited communication, unexpected pricing changes, and missed modification opportunities.

The platform helps keep customer communication organized so questions, plan requests, and modification discussions are easier to track from one place.

Yes. Customer communication can be managed through the system, helping reduce missed messages and keeping plan-related discussions connected to the proper project or request.

Yes. Designers may use the platform to market conceptual designs or plans that are still in development, giving potential buyers a way to express interest before a full plan package is completed.

Yes. You can list available options or design features such as garage changes, foundation options, porch enclosures, alternate elevations, or other common upgrades customers may want to consider.

No. The system is designed so modification requests for your plans remain connected to you, helping protect your relationship with the customer and your opportunity to quote the work.

Customers can submit modification requests through the platform, allowing the request, notes, and communication to stay organized for review and quoting.

Yes. The modification system allows customers to visually mark up areas they want changed, helping reduce confusion and making requests easier to understand before quoting.

Yes. Modification requests for your plans are routed in a way that helps preserve your design intent, protect plan quality, and keep you involved in changes to your own work.

Yes. Your dashboard can provide insight into activity such as views, saves, shares, and sales so you can better understand which plans are attracting attention.

Yes. You maintain control over your plan listings and can unpublish or update plans as needed through your designer dashboard.

Yes. You can communicate with our team through the platform for help with setup, publishing, plan management, or general support questions.