Can I use these on print-on-demand sites like Printful?
Yes. Uploading a design to Printful, Printify or a similar service to print on products you sell is use in your own business. The product is the physical item; the file never becomes something you sell. For client stores, the 500-units-per-design-per-client threshold applies.
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Why POD is fine
The customer receives a printed mug or shirt, not a file. Nothing in that chain redistributes the design; the POD service is your printer.
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What you upload matters
Upload the file you bought, at its native resolution. POD sites flag low-resolution uploads because the print will be soft — see the DPI answer. Apex wall art is one 4:5 300 DPI file, which is print resolution; it is not sized for a shirt front, so check the POD template's pixel dimensions before you rely on it.
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The one POD product that is not fine
'Digital download' listings that some POD-adjacent platforms allow. Selling the file, even alongside physical products, is redistribution.
Does Printful count as a third party I'm sharing the file with?+
No. A printer you hire to produce your product is your production, not distribution.
Can my POD store run ads with the design?+
Yes — the license permits paid ads using the artwork.
Is there a unit cap for my own store?+
The 500-unit figure is written for client work. Your own store's sales of your own products are use in your business.
- —It does not include shirt-sized or product-sized versions of the artwork — wall art ships as one 4:5 file.
- —It does not permit a digital-download listing of the file on any platform.
- —It does not guarantee how a given POD printer reproduces color — see the CMYK answer.
Sticker art that survives the print.
Transparent 300 DPI PNGs — the format DTF and sticker printers want. Same license on every design.