Licensing

Every listing has a License menu. The files are the same for each option. The license is what changes, so pick the one that matches what you're making.

Personal

  • Personal projects of every kind. Your own invitations, journals, gifts, and crafts.
  • Nothing made with it is sold, and nothing is made for a client.

Commercial

Everything in Personal, plus:

  • Client work, unlimited projects, as long as the art lives inside a finished design. Invitations, signage, menus, branding, and the rest.
  • Physical products for sale, up to 500 total copies per design.
  • Finished digital pieces that are flattened and non-extractable, like an invitation PDF or a social graphic.
  • Templates, planners, and printables for sale, as long as the art is part of an overall design, flattened, and locked. In Canva, that means using the PNG and locking the element, so your buyers can't move, download, or extract it.

Extended Commercial

Everything in Commercial, plus:

  • Unlimited physical copies. No counting.
  • Print on demand marketplaces and fulfillment.
  • Templates, planners, and printables for sale where the art is a main feature, or where your buyers can recolor it themselves. The art can be unlocked for recoloring, but your buyers still can't download, extract, or use it on its own.
  • Small wholesale runs of finished goods.

Fonts

Fonts are licensed by where they'll live.

  • Desktop installs the font on one computer for print, packaging, social graphics, and client work.
  • Webfont puts it on a website, priced by monthly pageviews.
  • E-pub covers one ebook title.
  • App puts it inside an app, priced by monthly users.

At any license, never

  • Reselling, sharing, or redistributing the files themselves, or repackaging them into other clipart, SVG, or font listings, or selling them as standalone elements inside templates.
  • Trademarking anything made with the art. You can use it in a logo, but the logo can't be registered, because other people can buy the same drawings.
  • Passing the files to someone who hasn't bought them. A client can receive the finished design. The files stay with you.
  • Using the art to train AI or machine-learning tools.
  • Claiming the drawings as your own. They're licensed to you generously and they stay mine.

Not sure which one you need?

Ask yourself if you're making something for you, a thing for a client or a small run, or a whole product line. That's Personal, Commercial, and Extended Commercial, in that order.

Still not sure? Tell me what you're making and I'll tell you which one fits.