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Should you buy a TemplateMonster theme now, or hold off for Black Friday? TemplateMonster hasn’t announced a 2026 sale yet. But the TemplateMonster Black Friday sale has run in each of the last 3 years, and its best prices were on the MonsterONE subscription.
The discount on single themes matters less. Last year’s sale took up to 30% off marketplace items, and TemplateMonster’s own sale page takes about 30% off selected items all year.
My advice is to wait if you want MonsterONE on a yearly or lifetime plan. For 1 theme you need this week, I wouldn’t hold the project. Black Friday 2026 falls on November 27 and Cyber Monday on November 30.
TemplateMonster Black Friday Prices at a Glance
This table puts today’s prices next to last year’s Black Friday prices:
| What you buy | Price today | Black Friday 2025 | Price I’d wait for |
|---|---|---|---|
| MonsterONE Yearly | $169 a year | $139 | $139 or less |
| MonsterONE Lifetime | $499 once | $399 | $399 |
| MonsterONE Monthly | $49 a month | No discount | $49, so I wouldn’t wait |
| A single marketplace item | Set per item, such as $59 for the Monstroid2 theme | Up to 30% off | 30% off or more |
TemplateMonster hasn’t published a 2026 sale price for any plan. The last column is the price I’d hold out for, going by its last 3 sales.
When the TemplateMonster Black Friday Sale Starts
TemplateMonster hasn’t given a date. Its last 3 sales started between November 18 and November 24:
| Year | Sale dates | Marketplace items | MonsterONE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | November 24 to early December | Up to 50% off | Lifetime at $439. The yearly plan stayed at full price |
| 2024 | November 18 to December 4 | Up to 50% off | Yearly at $149, later $129. Lifetime at $449 |
| 2025 | November 24 to December 2 | Up to 30% off | Yearly at $139. Lifetime at $399 |
| 2026 | Not announced | Not announced | Not announced |
Going by those dates, I expect the 2026 sale to open in the week before Black Friday. That’s my estimate, and TemplateMonster may pick a different week.
The sale has worked the same way each year:
- No coupon code: TemplateMonster printed the sale prices on its own pages in all 3 years.
- Cyber Monday: the same sale covers it. Last year’s ran through Cyber Monday, and the 2024 sale lasted until December 4.
- Monthly plan: it stayed at $49 in both 2024 and 2025.
- After the sale: the yearly plan went back to $169 and lifetime to $499 by December 4 last year.
The marketplace discount has also shrunk, from up to 50% in 2023 and 2024 to 30% last year. I expect about 30% again this year, so I wouldn’t count on a deep cut on single themes.
MonsterONE Prices Today
MonsterONE is TemplateMonster’s subscription. It gives you unlimited downloads from a library of more than 540,000 themes, templates and graphics, for as many projects as you like.
| Plan | Price | List price shown | Free product support |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $49 a month | $69 | 1 month |
| Yearly | $169 a year | $229 | 1 year |
| Lifetime | $499 once | $799 | The first year |
MonsterONE shows a higher list price crossed out next to every plan. I’d compare any Black Friday price with the price it charges, which is the Price column here.
12 months on the monthly plan come to $588. So I’d skip the monthly plan unless you need the library for only a month or 2.
If you’re comparing with older MonsterONE deals, 2 things have changed:
- Plans: MonsterONE sells only Monthly, Yearly and Lifetime now. The cheaper Creative plan and the All-in-ONE name went away in 2025.
- Library: MonsterONE now says it includes every item sold on TemplateMonster, exclusives included.
Its prices stayed the same through 2026.
Single Item or MonsterONE
TemplateMonster is a marketplace for website themes and design assets, much like Envato. You can pay once for a single item or get the whole catalog through MonsterONE. The marketplace sells:
- WordPress and WooCommerce themes
- Shopify, PrestaShop, OpenCart and Joomla themes
- HTML5 website templates
- Graphics, presentations, audio, video and 3D assets
This is how the 2 ways of buying compare on a WordPress theme:
| Route | Price | Where you can use it | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| A single theme with a Personal License | $59 for a theme such as Monstroid2 | 1 site | 6 months from the theme’s author |
| The same theme with a Commercial License | $86 | Up to 5 sites, yours or your clients’ | 6 months from the theme’s author |
| MonsterONE Yearly | $169 a year | Unlimited projects while you subscribe | 1 year |
$169 is about the price of 3 personal licenses or 2 commercial ones. So my advice is MonsterONE if you’ll use 3 or more items in a year, and a single license if you need 1 theme.
The license decides what you can do with a download:
- Personal License: 1 finished site on 1 domain. You can’t resell it.
- Commercial License: up to 5 sites, for you or for clients. You can hand a finished site over to a client.
- MonsterONE: any number of sites while your subscription is active. Sites you finish in that time stay licensed after it ends.
MonsterONE doesn’t allow you to redistribute the files or use them in a SaaS product.
The Fine Print
TemplateMonster’s refund rules are strict, so these are the terms I’d read before paying:
- Marketplace refunds: none once the item is delivered. The exceptions are non-delivery, a major defect the author doesn’t fix within 3 business days and an item that doesn’t match its description.
- Time limit: 14 days to report non-delivery or an item that doesn’t match its description.
- Handling fee: $1, and TemplateMonster never refunds it.
- MonsterONE refunds: only within 14 days of your first purchase, and only if you haven’t downloaded anything.
- Renewal: the monthly and yearly plans renew automatically until you cancel.
- Sale renewals: MonsterONE’s terms don’t say whether a yearly plan bought on sale renews at the sale price or at $169.
- Free trial: MonsterONE’s pricing page doesn’t offer one.
Your first download ends the right to a MonsterONE refund. So I’d browse the library and open the demos of the themes you want before you subscribe.
Ways to Pay Less Without the Sale
Some savings at TemplateMonster don’t depend on Black Friday:
- Sale page: TemplateMonster discounts selected marketplace items by about 30% all year. That’s as deep as last year’s Black Friday discount.
- Yearly over monthly: $169 for the year, where 12 monthly payments come to $588.
- Lifetime: $499 equals about 3 years of the yearly plan. At last year’s $399, it paid for itself in the 3rd year.
If you’re comparing marketplaces, my Envato Black Friday page covers ThemeForest and the Envato subscription. I also track Black Friday deals on WordPress themes from individual theme makers.
FAQs on TemplateMonster Black Friday
Is the TemplateMonster Black Friday sale live?
No. TemplateMonster hasn’t announced a Black Friday sale for 2026. Its last 3 sales started between November 18 and November 24.
When does the TemplateMonster Black Friday sale start?
TemplateMonster hasn’t given a date. The 2023 sale started on November 24, the 2024 sale on November 18 and the 2025 sale on November 24. I expect this year’s in the week before Black Friday.
How much was MonsterONE on Black Friday last year?
The yearly plan cost $139, down from $169, and the lifetime plan cost $399, down from $499. The monthly plan stayed at $49.
Do I need a coupon code for the TemplateMonster Black Friday sale?
No code was needed in 2023, 2024 or 2025. TemplateMonster showed the sale prices on its own pages.
Does TemplateMonster have a Cyber Monday sale?
It runs 1 sale across both days. Last year’s ran through Cyber Monday, December 1, and the 2024 sale lasted until December 4.
Can I get a refund on MonsterONE?
Only within 14 days of your first purchase, and only if you haven’t downloaded anything. Single marketplace items aren’t refunded once delivered, apart from a few exceptions such as an unfixed major defect.
Is MonsterONE Lifetime cheaper than the yearly plan?
Only if you stay for about 3 years. At $499, lifetime costs about the same as 3 years of the yearly plan at $169. At last year’s sale price of $399, it was cheaper within the 3rd year.
What I’d Do
If you want MonsterONE, I’d wait for the sale and aim for $139 on the yearly plan or $399 on lifetime. I’d pick lifetime only if you expect to use the library for 3 years or more.
If you need 1 theme now, I’d look at TemplateMonster’s sale page and buy it there. Last year’s Black Friday discount on single items was no deeper than that page’s.
For the rest of your site, my Black Friday deals for bloggers page lists the other tools I’d look at.
