Terms of Service

This page explains the terms by which you may participate as a Partner of the Service. By creating an account or accessing or using the Service, you (1) agree that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service for Partners ("Partner Terms"), together with the Site Terms of Service, Shop Terms (if applicable), and the applicable General Licenses and Font Licenses (each, a "License"), which together constitute a binding agreement ("Agreement") between the person or legal entity named in the sign up process (referred to as "Partner", "you", or "your") and Creative Market Labs, Inc. (referred to as "we", "us", "our", or "Creative Market"), and (2) also acknowledge that the collection and use of your information will be as set forth in our Privacy Policy (the "Privacy Policy"), whether or not you are a registered user of the Service. If you become a Partner on behalf of an organization or other entity, then (i) "you" includes you and that entity, and (ii) you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the entity with the authority to bind the entity to the Agreement including these Partner Terms, and that you agree to the Agreement including these Partner Terms on the entity's behalf. In the event of a conflict between these Partner Terms and the Site Terms of Service, Shop Terms and/or a License, the conflicting provision of these Partner Terms shall apply solely with respect to the subject matter of these Partner Terms to the extent of such conflict.

WHEREAS Creative Market provides an online marketplace service which enables its customers to buy and sell licenses to pre-made design content from independent creators around the world (subject to the applicable License), as well as a design asset subscription site that offers varying levels of access to content downloads, and Partner operates the websites set forth in its online application to participate in the Creative Market partner program (the "Partner Program"). The parties agree that these Partner Terms to set forth the terms and conditions under which Partner will promote Creative Market's products and services on Partner's Site(s). The products and services are those hosted in creativemarket.com (and new and/or successor sites as may be added by Creative Market). Creative Market may terminate the Partner Program at any time. Additionally, Creative Market may impose additional requirements and conditions, modify the payment amounts, or otherwise modify these Partner Terms by posting an update on the Creative Market's Site.

The Parties agree to the following:

Definitions. For purposes of these Partner Terms, the following terms will have the indicated definitions:
1. "Partner Link" means the referral link to Creative Market's Sites provided by Creative Market to Partner.
2. "Partner's Site(s)" means one or more websites or web services owned or controlled by the Partner, or upon which Partner has an account or membership, on which the Partner places a Partner Link. Partner represents and warrants to Creative Market that it has sufficient right, title, interest, authority or permission, as applicable, to place Partner Link(s), including an authorized referral code from Creative Market, on the Partner's Site(s) as described herein.
3. "Content" means all materials comprising a Creative Market's Sites or Partner's Site(s) (as applicable), including, but not limited to, any images, photographs, illustrations, graphics, audio clips, video clips or text, and Marks.
4. "Creative Market's Sites" means the Creative Market website located at creativemarket.com; Creative Market may add successor and/or new sites to the Partner Program by updating these Partner Terms.
5. "Intellectual Property Rights" means all patent rights, copyright rights, mask work rights, moral rights, rights of publicity, trademark, trade dress and service mark rights, goodwill, trade secret rights and other intellectual property rights as may now exist or hereafter come into existence, and all applications therefore and registrations, renewals and extensions thereof, under the laws of any state, province, country, territory or other jurisdiction.
6. "Marks" means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, logos, words or symbols identifying either party or either party's respective products or services. Creative Market's Marks include "Creative Market."
7. "Qualified Customers" means persons who purchase any products or services from Creative Market who are referred to Creative Market's Sites by Partner via Partner Links.
8. "Service" means Creative Market's online services.
Trademark License Grant.
1. Grant to Partner. Subject to the terms and conditions of these Partner Terms, Creative Market grants to Partner a non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable, license to use Creative Market's Marks solely for the purpose of fulfilling Partner's obligations hereunder and subject to compliance with all trademark usage guidelines that Creative Market may make available from time to time. All use of the Creative Market's Marks inures to the benefit and goodwill of Creative Market. See Brand Guidelines.
2. No Other Rights. Except as expressly provided herein, Partner and Creative Market agree to:
  1. Not use the other Party's Marks without their prior written consent.
  2. Only use the other party's Marks in accordance with any trademark quality standards and usage guidelines as may be provided by such other party.
  3. Upon termination of Partner's participation in the Partner Program for any reason, immediately cease all use of the other party's Marks.
3. With respect to any marketing or promotional activity involving "pay per click" ("PPC") or search engine marketing ("SEM"), Partner shall:
  1. Not use Creative Market's Marks in any way or manner whatsoever, including but not limited to the words "Creative Market" and/or the "creativemarket.com" (including with typos, spaces, signs, symbols or in any other way). Such forbidden use of the Creative Market Marks includes the use of such words/trademarks in the Partner's advertisements or in any part therewith, in the displayed URL and/or in the destination URL;
  2. Not bid on Creative Market's Marks, including but not limited to the words "Creative Market" and/or "creativemarket.com" (including with typos, spaces, signs, symbols or in any other way);
  3. Not use Creative Market's top level domains as landing pages and/or use Creative Market's landing URLs and/or use Creative Market's displayed URLs; and
  4. Only use Partner's Site(s) for all PPC and/or SEM campaigns. The Partner's advertisements and/or any part therewith shall not lead or redirect potential clients directly to Creative Market Sites. The Partner is allowed to use the landing page provided by Creative Market on Partner's Site(s), but in no way shall the Partner use any URL containing the words "Creative Market" and/or "creativemarket.com" or other Creative Market Marks (including with typos, spaces, signs, symbols or in any other way).
Products and Services.
1. Control. Creative Market reserves the right at any time without liability or prior notice to:
  1. Determine the contents of its websites, products and services, including specifications, features, and functions, as well as any documentation or related materials;
  2. Discontinue distribution of any or all its products and services in some or all markets or through some or all channels of distribution;
  3. Change or terminate any of its features, or functions of their products and services (including the Partner Program);
  4. Change or terminate the level or type of support or service that it makes available for its products and services at any time and without notice; and/or
  5. Cancel any orders for discontinued products or services.
2. Service Support. Neither party is responsible to the other party for any customer service support for purchases and fulfillment of the other party's products and services including but not limited to, providing qualified personnel to receive customer inquiries.
Compensation.
1. Commission. Creative Market will pay Partner a referral fee, provided that Partner remains active in compliance with the Agreement as of the payment date, equal to 15% of the price actually paid by a Qualified Customer, excluding any refunds and/or taxes, for a single first-time sale or 5% of the price actually paid by a Qualified Customer, excluding any refunds and/or taxes, for a sale from a returning customer that is not an Excluded Sale (as defined below) of any Creative Market products to Qualified Customers that occur within 30 days from the day they clicked the Partner Link.
2. Excluded Sale means a sale to a Qualified Customer or Qualified Subscriber that has:
  1. Followed links to the Creative Market Sites from other non-direct traffic channels after following a Partner Link and before making a purchase on any of the Creative Market Sites;
  2. Used a different browser or computer to register as a Creative Market user than was used to follow a Partner Link; or
  3. Cleared his or her cookies after following a Partner Link.
3. Taxes. Both Partner and Creative Market are responsible for payment of any/all of their respective taxes.
4. Payouts & Earnings. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, Creative Market shall send requested payouts according to published timeframes, and in the method, you select during the payout setup process. Available payout methods are subject to change. Our current payment terms (rates, fees, etc.) are available here—you should check this link regularly as we may change these in our sole discretion at any time and such change will apply to all transactions that occur after the published change. Payout requests may only be made if the total amount due to you totals at least US$20. Creative Market reserves the right to withhold payment or chargeback to your account any amounts otherwise due to us under these Shop Terms, or amounts due to any breach of these Shop Terms by you, pending Creative Market's investigation of such breach. To ensure proper payment, you are solely responsible for providing and maintaining accurate contact and payment information associated with your account, which includes without limitation applicable tax information. If we believe that we are obligated to obtain tax information, and you do not provide this information to us after we have requested it, we may withhold your payments until you provide this information or otherwise satisfy us that you are not a person or entity from whom we are required to obtain tax information. Any third-party fees related to returned or canceled payments due to a contact or payment information error or omission may be deducted from the newly issued payment. You agree to pay all applicable taxes or charges imposed by any government entity in connection with your participation in the Service. If you dispute any payment, you must notify Creative Market in writing within thirty (30) days of such payment. Failure to so notify Creative Market shall result in the waiver by you of any claim relating to such disputed payment. Payment shall be calculated solely based on records maintained by Creative Market. No other measurements or statistics of any kind shall be accepted by Creative Market or have any effect under these Shop Terms. We may withhold any taxes or other amounts from payments due to you as required by law. To protect against the risk of liability, we may request that our payment service provider hold Shop Owner funds based on certain factors, including, but not limited to, selling history, seller performance, the riskiness of the listing category, or the filing of a dispute claim.
Ownership. Each Partyparty retains all right, title and interest, including all Intellectual Property Rights, in and to (a) its Marks, Content and Site, and (b) any new inventions, developments or technology resulting from or in connection with the performance of such Partyparty's obligations hereunder. Except as expressly set forth in Section 2, each Partyparty reserves all rights and grants the other Partyparty no licenses of any kind hereunder.
Term and Termination.
1. Term. The term of these Partner Terms shall commence on the date you apply to participate in the Partner Program (assuming Creative Market approves your participation) and end one (1) year from the Effective Datethereafter (the "Term"). and tThe Term will automatically renew for consecutive one (1) year periods; provided that either Partyparty may terminate these Partner Terms at any time with ten (10) days prior written notice.
2. Termination for Cause. If either Party defaults in the performance of any material provision of these Partner Terms, then the non-defaulting Party may terminate these Partner Terms immediately.
3. Termination for Insolvency and Related Events. These Partner Terms shall terminate, without notice, (i) upon the institution by or against either Party of insolvency, receivership or bankruptcy proceedings or any other proceedings for the settlement of such Partyparty's debts, (ii) upon either Party's making an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iii) upon either Partyparty's dissolution or ceasing to do business.
4. Effect of Termination. Upon termination of Partner's participation in Creative Market's Partner Program, for any reason, Partner will discontinue all further promotion of Creative Market's products and services pursuant to these Partner Terms. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Partner will immediately cease all display, advertising, and use of all of Creative Market's Marks and will not thereafter use, advertise, or display any such Marks unless otherwise agreed by Creative Market in writing.
5. Survival of Certain Terms. The provisions of Section 1 and Sections 5-11 of these Partner Terms shall survive the expiration or termination of Partner's participation in the Partner Program for any reason. All other rights and obligations of the Parties under these Partner Terms shall cease upon termination of these Partner Terms.
Warranty. Partner represents, covenants, and warrants:
1. It has the power to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement;
2. The Partner Site(s) complies with all applicable laws and regulations and Partner shall not do anything or omit to do anything which would or may constitute a breach of any laws or regulations applicable to Partner in any jurisdiction (including all applicable rules and regulations relating to financial and/or markets or exchanges, investment services, marketing and advertising, privacy and data collection, and/or anti-bribery and anti-corruption);
3. Partner shall not collect, scrape, or otherwise process any Personal Data from the Creative Market's Sites or the Partner Links. "Personal Data" means any information that (a) can be used to identify, contact, or locate a specific individual (including, without limitation, name, address, telephone number, email address, payment card number, and government-issued identification number) or (b) can be used in conjunction with other personal or identifying information to identify or locate a specific individual, including, for example, a persistent identifier, such as a customer number held in a "cookie" or processor serial number; and
4. Partner shall not engage in, procure, or encourage any third party to engage in, any activity or behavior which is illegal, is in bad faith or, is not in the spirit of the terms of this Agreement.
Warranty Disclaimer. CREATIVE MARKET'S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." CREATIVE MARKET DISCLAIMS ALL REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES OR ANY PART THEREOF, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THOSE ARISING FROM COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, DEALING, USAGE OR TRADE. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, NEITHER PARTY CREATIVE MARKET DOES NOT WARRANTS THAT ITS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES, OR ERRORS, WILL MEET THE OTHER PARTY PARTNER'S OR ANY CUSTOMERS' REQUIREMENTS OR WILL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
Indemnity. Partner shall indemnify Creative Market and its officers, directors, employees, representatives, agents, successors, and permitted assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), against all liabilities, costs, expenses, damages and losses, penalties and reasonable legal costs (calculated on a full indemnity basis) and all other reasonable professional costs and expenses) suffered or incurred by the other Indemnified Parties arising out of or in connection with any breach of the representations or warranties contained in the Agreement.
Limitation of Liability. EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO BREACH OF SECTION 7 OR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 9, OR THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF PARTNER, IN NO EVENT WILL EITHER PARTY BE LIABLE UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM BREACH OF CONTRACT OR WARRANTY, OR FROM NEGLIGENCE OR STRICT LIABILITY), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE OR FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN ITS PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, EVEN IF A PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OR SHOULD KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT WILL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF CREATIVE MARKET ARISING FROM, RELATING TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PARTNER TERMS EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID TO PARTNER UNDER THESE PARTNER TERMS DURING THE PRECEDING 12 MONTH PERIOD.
General.
1. Independent Contractor. Neither Party shall be deemed to be an agent of the other Partyparty for any purpose, and the relationship between the Partiesparties shall only be that of independent contractors. Neither Partyparty shall have any right or authority to assume or create any obligations or to make any representations or warranties on behalf of any other Party, whether express or implied, or to bind the other Partyparty in any respect whatsoever.
2. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Partner Terms are subject to the governing law, jurisdiction, class action waiver, and other dispute provisions set forth in the Site Terms of Service.
3. Assignment. Partner shall not assign, delegate, or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations under these Partner Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Creative Market. These Partner Terms will inure to the benefit of the Parties and their permitted successors and assigns.
4. Changes to Partner Terms. We may revise and update these Partner Terms from time to time in our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to all access to and use of the Service thereafter. However, any changes to the dispute resolution provisions will not apply to any disputes for which the parties have actual notice on or before the date the change is posted on the Service. Your continued use of the Service following the posting of revised Partner Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this page regularly so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
5. Severability. If any of the provisions of these Partner Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable under any applicable statute or rule of law, it shall be replaced with the valid provision that most closely reflects the intent of the Parties and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.

Last Updated: October 12, 2022