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——/answers · Licensing

What does a commercial license actually allow?

Short answer

Ours allows use in your own business and in client deliverables — print it, post it, embed it, run ads with it, edit it — with one number attached: 500 units per design per client. It does not allow reselling or redistributing the file, training AI on it, sharing a membership login, or claiming the unmodified design as your own.

——The details
  1. 01

    Allowed

    Use in your own business and projects. Edit anything. Use on client work up to 500 units per design per client. Print as many copies as those uses need, at home or at a lab. Use the artwork in paid ads.

  2. 02

    Not allowed

    Resell, sublicense or redistribute the files as-is — no uploading to Etsy, Creative Market, Gumroad or a competing template marketplace. No AI training or generative datasets. No sharing purchased files: one purchase is one buyer, one buyer or one small business. No claiming authorship of the unmodified design. No bulk-exporting the catalog under a membership.

  3. 03

    Why 'commercial' is not the same everywhere

    Marketplaces use the word for licenses that differ wildly: some cap units at 100, some forbid physical products, some require attribution. Ours is written in plain English at /legal/license so you can compare it clause for clause instead of trusting the word.

——Common questions
Does it cover physical products I sell?+

Yes. Prints, shirts, mugs, signage — products you make and sell are use in your own business. The file may not be the product.

Does it cover a client's business?+

Yes, up to 500 units per design per client. Past that, ask about a higher-volume license.

Is there an attribution requirement?+

No.

——What this does not cover
  • —It is not an exclusive license — other buyers can use the same design.
  • —It does not transfer copyright; you license the design, you do not own it.
  • —It does not cover team-wide redistribution — each buyer or business needs its own purchase.
↳Where this applies

The whole license is one page.

No legalese, no surprises in clause 14. Read it, then buy with the terms in front of you.

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