Get the FLORA Expert badge.

No guessing. This is what the program actually is.

What it is

FLORA's Expert Program, run through Contra's Expert Network. FLORA picks the experts, not Contra.

Where you apply

contra.com/opportunity/RMWL7RBq-become-a-flora-expert

The form

One text box, max 1,500 characters, plus an optional "Link Example Projects" field. That's the whole thing. Contra tells you applications with at least 1 linked project are 50% more likely to be read.

Review

FLORA reviews and selects "on a regular basis (typically bi-weekly)." You get an email if you're in. No email = no news.

Judged on

"Demonstrated expertise in the tool/product" and "quality and originality of work."

You get

A verified FLORA badge on your profile, a slot on contra.com/flora, and priority placement in Contra's discover feed. Contra's help doc adds one more: "You'll gain a boost to your Discovery score." Badge count is a direct input to that score, so this compounds with the five you already have.

You don't get

Money. FLORA states plainly: "This is not a paid opportunity." The payoff is discovery and inbound.

Competition

31 experts. Framer's network is 1.9K+, Kittl's is 57. FLORA is an early, thin network attached to a fast-growing tool. That window closes.

Paid plan

Not required. Jitter, Kittl, Glorify, Webflow and Replo all gate their badge behind a paid tool subscription. FLORA doesn't. You still want one for practical reasons - see step 02.

Killer clause

"Incomplete applications or applications that do not meet the outlined requirements will be dismissed." Fewer than 5 workflow links = binned. Don't test it.

Pulled live from contra.com/hardikdewra on 31 July 2026.

Get in, pick the right plan, and learn the canvas by running other people's work before building your own.

1. Create your FLORA account

   Go to flora.ai → Get started for free. Sign in with Google (use thehardikdewra@gmail.com so the email on your Contra account matches - FLORA emails you if you're selected).

2. Buy Starter. The free plan cannot finish this job.

   FLORA does not require a paid plan to apply - unlike Jitter, Kittl, Glorify or Webflow, whose badges are gated behind a subscription. This is a practical call, not a rule.

   Free gives you 3 active projects and $2.50 of usage - which FLORA advertises as about 17 images at Nano Banana 2 rates. You need five separate workflows, each with a dozen-plus generations. Do the math: free dies on day one.

   The bigger problem is App Mode, the surface a shared workflow link opens in. It's off on Free, "Self" on Starter, "Team" on Pro. Your entire application is five share links, so a plan that can't share properly isn't a plan.

   Free$01 seat · 3 projects · $2.50 usage · no video models · no App ModeDead end

   Starter$18/seat/moUnlimited projects · all models incl. video · App Mode (self) · API & MCPBuy this. One month.

   Pro$50/seat/mo+ shared assets, shared elements, usage analyticsOnly if $18 of usage runs out

   Annual billing drops these to $14.40 and $40. FLORA's launch bonus - extra included usage per seat - ends 31 Aug 2026, so buying this month gets you more headroom than buying in September. Usage is metered at published model rates on top of the seat price, out of a shared dollar pool. Budget $18–$40 all-in for the whole badge run.

   One cheaper route: flora.ai/edu gives students 3 months of Pro free. If you have any live .edu address or current course enrolment, that's the whole build funded at zero.

3. Run three existing Techniques before you build anything

   Techniques are FLORA's reusable workflows. Running them teaches you the node grammar in 20 minutes - which is faster than reading docs. Open flora.ai/techniques and run these three, in this order:

   • Prompt Extractor - reverse-engineers an image into a structured prompt. This is the node you'll reuse everywhere.
   • Logo to Brand Identity - shows you how a single upload fans out into a whole board. That fan-out shape is what "scalable workflow" means to FLORA.
   • Product to Ad Visuals - closest thing to your day job. 1 product shot → 4 ad visuals.

   FLORA Academy is free with no signup gate. Watch these four, in order - about 45 minutes total:

   • Introduction to FLORA (3 min) then FLORA 101 (35 min)
   • How to build a technique (1 min) - the single most relevant minute on the site
   • How to use actions (6 min) - action nodes are how a canvas becomes repeatable
   • FLORA for In-House Creative Teams (45 min) - watch this one later; it's the vocabulary FLORA's own team uses about client work, which is exactly the register your application should be written in

   Model list worth knowing. Image: Nano Banana 2, Seedream, Flux Dev, GPT-Image, Topaz & Magnific for upscaling. Video: Veo 3.1, Kling, Seedance 2.0, Runway Gen-4.

4. Add one FLORA service

   Contra's published definition of a complete profile is 3+ projects, 2+ services, payment info, and social links. Checked on 31 July: you have 5 services live from $800 to $5,000, and three social links (LinkedIn, X, Medium). All clear.

   So this is an upgrade, not a fix. Add a sixth service - something like "AI Creative Workflow Build (FLORA)", priced in your $2,500 band next to the Figma-to-Framer ones. Cover image, clear deliverables, tag FLORA as a tool.

   It's the difference between "tried the tool" and "sells work built on the tool," and it's the first thing a reviewer sees if they click through from your application. Add your FLORA profile as a fourth social link once you have one.

5. Add FLORA to your Contra profile as a tool

   Contra's own help doc says to list the tool as a skill before applying. Go to your About tab → edit Skills and tools → add FLORA. While you're in there, add AI Artist, Creative Designer and Brand Designer - those are the exact three tags FLORA put on the opportunity listing.

6. Widen your bio by one sentence

   Right now it reads "Design High-Converting Landing Pages in Figma & Develop them in Framer!" - which tells FLORA nothing about AI creative. Add a second line. Copy this:

   Design High-Converting Landing Pages in Figma & Develop them in Framer!
   
   I build reusable AI creative workflows in FLORA - brand DNA in, campaign-ready hero art, ad sets and PDP visuals out - so brand teams ship a full page system in a day instead of a month.

   Copy

This is the part that gets you approved or binned. FLORA judges on "quality and originality of work" and "proven ability to create high-quality, impactful, and scalable workflows."

Below are eight briefs, sitting squarely in your lane - landing pages, DTC, CRO, brand. Build five. Build eight if you want to be undeniable. They're ordered by how strongly they signal "this person works with brand teams for a living," which is exactly what FLORA said they're screening for.

1. Hero Section Kit flagship

   Brand assets in → a complete, on-brand hero image system for desktop, tablet and mobile out.

   Inputs: logo, one product photo, a positioning line.
   Chain: logo → identity/palette analysis → art-direction prompt → generate hero art at 16:9, 4:5 and 9:16 → upscale with Topaz → export set.
   Why it lands: it's the exact deliverable a brand team pays an agency for, and it's yours - nobody in the Techniques library has built a landing-page-specific one.

2. Ad Angle Matrix flagship

   One product shot → nine paid-social creatives across three marketing angles and three formats.

   Inputs: product shot, three angle lines (problem / proof / aspiration).
   Chain: Prompt Extractor on a reference ad → three angle prompts → batch generation → resize node into 1:1, 4:5, 9:16.
   Why it lands: this is CRO thinking rendered as a node graph. Angles are a media-buyer concept, not a designer one - showing it proves you sit on the revenue side of creative.

3. Offer Stack Visualizer

   Product shots + bundle names → 1×, 3× and 6× bundle renders plus a "what's included" flat lay.

   Chain: background removal → white background → studio relight → arrange bundles → consistent shadow pass.
   Why it lands: pricing-section imagery is the single highest-leverage image on a DTC page and almost nobody automates it.

4. Wireframe → Section Mockup

   Drop a low-fi Figma wireframe screenshot in, get a polished, on-brand section render back.

   Chain: wireframe upload → layout read → brand style reference → render at desktop and mobile widths.
   Why it lands: it bridges FLORA to Figma to Framer - your actual pipeline. Show the bridge and you stop being "a guy who tried FLORA."

5. Testimonial Card Factory

   Headshot + quote + palette → branded social-proof cards in three aspect ratios.

   Chain: portrait relight → brand colour background → typography overlay → resize set.
   Why it lands: typography is on FLORA's own list of use cases, and it's the one most AI people avoid because text rendering is hard. Nail it and you look like a pro.

6. Feature / Ingredient Icon Set

   A list of eight features → eight icons that actually look like one family.

   Chain: locked style reference → icon generation loop → recolour to brand palette → export set.
   Why it lands: consistency across a set is the hardest thing in AI image work. Pulling it off is a flex FLORA's team will immediately read.

7. Hero Motion Loop

   Final hero still → a seamless 3–5 second background loop you can drop straight into Framer.

   Chain: hero still → motion pass (Veo 3.1 / Kling / Seedance 2.0) → seamless transition back to frame one → export.
   Why it lands: animation is on FLORA's use-case list, video models are Starter-plan-only, and you already ship Lottie and Rive motion in Framer. Natural extension, zero fakery.

8. Client Brand Board in 10 Minutes

   Kickoff-call notes → a mood board, palette, type direction and three hero routes the client can react to live.

   Chain: brief text → direction split → mood board per direction → palette pull → three hero comps.
   Why it lands: FLORA literally asked for people with "client-facing experience with brand & marketing agencies." This workflow is that experience, in node form.

1. Grab the five share links

   In each workflow: Share → Copy Link. That's FLORA's own instruction, quoted in the brief.

   Then open every single link in a private window while logged out. If one 404s or asks for a login, the reviewer sees the same thing and your application is dead. Sharing is view-only on Free and editable on Starter and up - either is fine, it just has to open.

2. Publish two FLORA case studies on Contra

   Not optional in spirit - the brief says the program is "open to anyone who has a projects showcasing their work using Flora," and the form tells you linked projects are 50% more likely to be read. Use Create → Project on Contra.

   • Case study 1: the Hero Section Kit. Cover image = a 3-up of the desktop, tablet and mobile hero. Body = the problem, the node graph screenshot, the output set, the time saved.
   • Case study 2: the Ad Angle Matrix. Cover = the 9-creative grid. That grid is the single most screenshot-able thing you'll make - lead with it.
   • Tag both with FLORA. Add the same skills you added in step 02.
   • Write the caption for a human, not an algorithm. One line on the client problem, one on the system, one on the result.

   Contra publishes what its own curation team looks for, and it's worth hitting exactly:

   • Cover image is the must-have - "centered, high-resolution, and visually captivating." Build at 1600 × 1200.
   • Multiple images or video inside, not one hero and done.
   • A description covering the work completed, the client, and your role.
   • A live link. Contra says case studies with one "have a better chance of being featured."
   • Consistent structure: client and goal → process → result → testimonial if you have one.

3. Publish one workflow as a public Technique the unfair advantage

   FLORA's Technique Builder is live, and the Techniques library on their marketing site is credited by name - DJ Kim, Sasha Zabegalin, Base Design, people at Netflix and Google. Those are FLORA's favourite users, publicly listed.

   Turn the Ad Angle Matrix into a published Technique. Best case, FLORA features it and your name lands on flora.ai next to Netflix. Worst case, you wrote one extra description. There is no downside here.

   Do this early in the week, not on day 7. Publishing at Community visibility is not instant - the Technique goes into a queue for human review by the FLORA team before it's publicly listed. If you want it live before you apply, it needs a head start.

   Also submit through Request a Technique if a gap in the library is obvious to you - it puts your name in front of their team a second time.

4. Get visible in the two rooms FLORA's team actually sits in

   Contra community. Same move that worked for you with MagicPath and Lottie. Post the 9-creative grid, tag #flora, say what you built and why.

   FLORA's Discord - discord.gg/METuPywABf, around 2,100 members. Small enough that a genuinely good workflow gets noticed by staff. Share one, answer two other people's questions, don't pitch.

   Being a recognised name before the application lands is worth more than another paragraph inside it.

One box. 1,500 characters. It has to answer all three of FLORA's questions - workflows, use cases, industries - and prove you talk to brand teams for a living. Here's a draft built from your real credentials. Edit the bracketed bits, watch the counter, copy, paste.

1. Submit

   Open the application → Apply to be an expert → paste the message → click the link icon on Link Example Projects and attach both FLORA case studies → Submit application.

   Read it once more before you hit submit. There's no edit button after.

1. Wait two weeks, properly

   Reviews run bi-weekly. Don't poke anyone before day 14. If you're in, an email arrives at the address on your Contra account and the badge appears on your profile.

   Expect silence if you're not selected. Most Contra tool partners don't reply to unsuccessful applicants at all - Kittl says outright "we're not able to respond to each application." No news is genuinely no news, not a slow yes.

2. Keep building while you wait

   Workflows six, seven and eight. Every new public Technique and Contra post is another data point in front of the same reviewers. If the first application is borderline, the work you ship during the waiting period is what tips it.

3. Nothing after four weeks? Nudge, then reapply

   FLORA is on X, Instagram, LinkedIn and Discord. One short, polite message with your best workflow link. Not a follow-up essay.

   Then reapply with three new workflows. Nothing in the brief bans a second application, and "reviewed bi-weekly" implies a rolling queue.

4. Badge lands - cash it in

   Update your Contra tagline to include FLORA Expert, post the announcement (that post did numbers for you last time), and set your services to include AI creative workflow builds. The badge routes discovery traffic; the services page converts it.