Terms of Service

Shop Terms.

This document explains the terms ("Shop Terms" or “these Terms”) between you and Creative Market Labs, Inc. (“Creative Market”, "we", "us" or "our") under which:

you may open a shop or font foundry on Creative Market’s online services, including creativemarket.com and fontspring.com (collectively, “Service(s)”), for the sale of copies of such fonts and/or other digital works (“Shop”);
you may provide to Creative Market and/or upload fonts and/or other digital works (“Assets”) that are protected by copyright law to the Shop or otherwise to us for sale of copies of the same by Creative Market through the Service or otherwise; and
you authorize us on a non-exclusive basis to make, sell and distribute an unlimited number of copies of such Assets through the Service or otherwise with non-exclusive licenses with terms determined by us in our sole discretion to be appropriate governing use of such Assets by purchasers of the copies of the Assets.

By creating an account or accessing or using our Services, uploading any Assets to the Service or otherwise providing any Assets to us, you agree (1) that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Shop Terms, together with the Terms of Service-General, Terms of Service-Partners (if applicable), and the applicable General Licenses and Font Licenses granted to purchasers of copies of Assets, as the same may be modified from time to time by us (collectively, “Licenses” as further defined herein) which together constitute a binding agreement (the “Agreement”) between the person or legal entity named in the sign-up process (referred to as “Shop Owner,” “you” or “your”) and us, and (2) that you have read and acknowledge the collection and use of your information as set forth in our privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”), whether or not you are a registered user of our Services. If you open a Shop on any of our Services on behalf of an organization, company or other entity or upload or otherwise provide any Asset for upload to the Services, (i) “you" includes you and that entity, and (ii) you represent and warrant at the time the Shop is opened and at all times thereafter that (A) the name and details regarding such entity provided to the Service or otherwise to us are accurate, complete and not misleading, (B) you are an authorized representative of the entity with the authority to bind the entity to the Agreement, and (C) you agree to the Agreement on the entity’s behalf.

The Parties agree to the following:

Shop Owner Affirmations and Warranties. You agree that any Assets you make available on our Services or otherwise to us will not violate third-party rights of any kind including, any Intellectual Property Rights or rights of privacy or publicity. For the purposes of these Shop Terms, “Intellectual Property Rights” means any and 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. You retain all ownership of the Intellectual Property Rights to your Assets (subject to the licenses granted herein and in Licenses). Creative Market reserves the right to ban or remove access to any of our Services, your Shop or your Assets if we receive one or more copyright complaints against any of your Assets. You understand that publishing your Assets on our Services is not a substitute for registering it with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, U.S. Copyright Office, the Writer's Guild of America, or any other rights organization. Without limitation of the foregoing and in addition thereto, you affirm, represent and warrant the following:
1. You have the full right, power and authority to open, post Assets and other content to and operate your Shop, upload your Assets to the Services, enter into the Agreement, grant the rights granted in the Agreement , authorize us to market, sell and act on your behalf to grant all Licenses and provide licenses to any and all Assets and to fully perform all of your obligations.
2. Your use of our Service is permitted by applicable law and all applicable rights holders.
3. You assume and retain full responsibility for the Assets offered and everything contained or depicted therein
4. Your Assets and all parts thereof are owned and controlled by, or licensed to you. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, if your Assets include third party design elements, fonts, clipart, sprites, vectors, brush tools or the like whatever end user license agreement, terms of service, or the equivalent license relating thereto held by you allows you to incorporate such elements in the Assets created by you, and to license such Assets to Creative Market and Users (as defined in the Terms of Service-General) on the terms herein.
5. If your Assets contain music, lyrics, other copyrighted work and/or sound recordings, you own or have acquired all rights to use such music, lyrics, other copyrighted work and/or sound recordings from the owner of the copyright of such music, lyrics, other copyrighted work and/or sound recordings, and such rights include any use of the Asset containing any of the foregoing permitted by the Agreement and/or any of the Licenses.
6. Your Assets and Creative Market’s and purchasers and others’ use of copies of them as contemplated by these Shop Terms and any Licenses will not violate any law or infringe any rights of any third party, including any Intellectual Property Rights and privacy or publicity rights.
7. To the extent that any of your Assets contains or depicts any identifiable third party or a trademark, service mark, trade name, trade dress, property or product (“Third Party IP”) of a third party, you represent that you have obtained and will maintain, preserve and provide to us on request a valid and effective executed written consent or model or property release(s) of such third-party, to use such third party’s name or likeness or Third Party IP, as the case may be, and grant Creative Market all of the license rights set forth in the Agreement and the applicable License(s) without any obligation to the third party. You also represent and warrant that each such third party has released you and your direct and indirect distributees and licensees from any liability that may arise in relation to such use.
8. Creative Market and Users may exercise the rights to your Assets granted under these Shop Terms and Licenses without liability for payment of any guild fees, residuals, payments, fees, or royalties payable under any collective bargaining agreement or otherwise.
9. You will not provide inaccurate, misleading or false information to Creative Market or to any other User. If information provided to Creative Market or another User is discovered to be or subsequently becomes inaccurate, misleading or false, you will promptly notify Creative Market of such change.
10. You will not use our Services to direct Users to other services or sites to purchase any Assets, other works or other content.
11. By using our Services for the sale of one or more Assets, you agree that we may retain all amounts collected by us related to or arising from any such transaction or your Assets, minus the amounts payable to you in accordance with the express terms of Sections 6, 7 or 8 below.
12. You agree that:
  1. Creative Market has the right to remove or suspend any or all of your Assets, your Shop or your promotions from any or all of the Services at any time without any liability to you or anyone else.
  2. We will have discretion to increase or decrease the price of any Asset as we deem likely to maximize your overall performance;
  3. We will have discretion to offer discounts as part of special promotions, online sales, or campaigns, or to customers who we believe will make volume purchases or commitments or to help secure additional revenue on your behalf;
  4. We will have discretion to temporarily or in select markets charge higher or lower prices to test pricing levels in an effort to maximize sales or revenue on your behalf;
  5. You shall not set the price for an Asset to be higher than the lowest price for which the same (or substantially the same) Asset is offered by or on any other asset marketplace, agency or other redistribution arrangement (each an “Other Marketplace”). If an Asset is offered at a lower price by or on any Other Marketplace, without limitation to our other rights, we may lower the price on our Services to match or beat that price.
13. You agree to abide by any seller guidelines or policies set forth by Creative Market, including the Shop Owner Guidelines and Site Content Guidelines.
14. Creative Market reserves the right to terminate an account, close any shop or remove any Asset or products for any reason, including without limitation for a violation of these Shop Terms or the Terms of Service-General. Any rights granted to Users prior to such termination shall survive in perpetuity in accordance with the applicable License (as defined below).
License Grant.
1. To Creative Market. By posting any Assets on our Services or otherwise providing any of your Assets to us, you expressly grant, and you represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant, to Creative Market a royalty-free, non-transferable but freely sub-licensable, perpetual, irrevocable, world-wide, (i) non-exclusive right to make, sell and distribute an unlimited number of copies any or all such Assets and (ii) non-exclusive, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, list information regarding, edit, translate, sell, distribute, syndicate, publicly perform, publicly display, and make derivative works of all such Assets and your name, voice, and/or likeness as contained or depicted in your Asset, in whole or in part, and in any form, media or technology, whether now known or hereafter developed, for use in connection with our Services and Creative Market’s business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of our Services (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. You acknowledge that you have ascertained that the primary benefit of this license grant to Creative Market is the right to make, sell and distribute an unlimited number of copies of any or all such Assets. You additionally agree to take any steps that may be requested by Creative Market to verify and/or perfect the licenses granted herein to Creative Market and/or any license granted by Creative Market to a purchaser of a copy of your Asset(s). You affirm that copies of your Assets are and will continue to be fully cleared to be sold by Creative Market under each of the applicable licenses listed below (each a “License,” and, collectively, “Licenses”):
  1. Creative Market License
  2. Creative Market Font License (where applicable)
  3. GPL (where applicable, for Wordpress content)
  4. Your Shop-supplied License (where applicable and allowed by Creative Market)
2. To Other Users. You grant and/or authorize Creative Market the right to (i) modify any of the Licenses as it determines to be appropriate, and (ii) to grant and/or provide on its own or your behalf each User of our Services who purchases a copy of your Assets with all the rights, and subject to all the restrictions, described in the applicable License. You should review the Licenses carefully before uploading any Assets.
Asset Delivery. All Assets must be delivered to their purchasers immediately after purchase, with no barriers to immediate download. Whenever required, all Asset files should be hosted with Creative Market’s Services. You must not require the purchaser to provide personal information in order to access purchased copies of the Assets.
Resolution Process for Transactions. All parties share the responsibility for making sure that purchases facilitated by our Services are satisfactory and hassle-free. Our Services host the resolution process for transactions when customers claim that the licensed Asset was not received, or the Asset they received was different from what was described in the product listing. We may take a more active role in ensuring transaction problems are resolved; however, you understand that we are not obligated to do so. You agree to permit us to make a final decision, in our sole discretion, on any disputes. We reserve the right to fix any processing errors we discover by debiting or crediting Shop Owners account and/or invoice Shop Owner for amounts owed.
Refunds. You understand and agree that Creative Market has no obligation to provide refunds on any licensed Assets, whether or not Creative Market finds that the Asset has been downloaded by the User. You agree that any and all refunds are provided at the sole discretion of Creative Market. You understand and agree to Creative Market’s full Refund & Exchange policy, which we may change from time to time.
Fees Payable to You. Creative Market will pay you fifty percent (50%) of the net revenue received by us from purchasers of copies of your Assets sold with standard Licenses. No other royalty, consideration or other compensation will be payable by us, purchasers of copies of your Assets or anyone else to you. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we may also exclude or deduct any of the following from the calculation of the net revenue and the net amount payable to you: (i) taxes or other withholdings paid by the customer or that we determine are required by applicable law; (ii) refunds, chargebacks and uncollectible sums; and (iii) fees, charges and/or costs payable to or deducted by financial institutions for currency conversion for payments received by us or paid to you in a currency other than U.S. Dollars.
Payouts & Earnings. Unless otherwise agreed by the parties in writing, Creative Market will use its reasonable efforts to 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.
1. 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.
2. Payout requests may only be made if the total amount due to you totals at least US$20.
3. Creative Market reserves the right to withhold payment or chargeback to your account any amounts otherwise due to us under these Shop Terms, and/or amounts that we reasonably believe could be affected by or due to a breach of these Shop Terms by you, pending Creative Market's investigation of such breach. Creative Market also reserves the right to hold payment for a period of time in its reasonable discretion to mitigate certain risk factors, including selling history, seller performance, the riskiness of the listing category, or the filing of a dispute claim.
4. 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.
5. Any third-party fees related to returned or canceled payments due to a contact or payment information error or omission may be deducted from any payments to you.
6. You agree to pay all applicable taxes or charges imposed by any government entity in connection with your participation in our Services. We may withhold any taxes or other amounts from payments due to you as required by law, which will reduce the amount of the payout.
7. 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.
8. 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.
Enterprise Sales Program (“ESP”). Creative Market shall have the right to negotiate and enter into custom licensing and/or pricing agreements (“Custom End User License Agreements”) with third-party customers (“Enterprise Customers”) for sales of copies of the Assets that are the subject of these Shop Terms and the accompanying terms below.
1. ESP Program Terms. The ESP provides Shop Owners with the opportunity to reach customers that may not be serviced via our self-service, online marketplaces. Creative Market makes no representation or warranty as to the amount of revenue (if any) that Shop Owner may earn in the ESP. We may revise the ESP terms from time to time at our sole discretion. All changes are effective immediately when we post them, and apply to any licenses granted by Creative Market to Enterprise Customers after such change. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of revised ESP terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this document regularly so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
2. ESP Grant of License for Conforming Licenses. Without limiting the generality of the license grant set forth in the Shop Terms, you hereby expressly grant to Creative Market the right to negotiate and enter into Custom End User License Agreements that are Conforming Licenses (defined below) with Enterprise Customers without seeking further consent from the Shop Owner regarding the terms of those Custom End User License Agreements. A “Conforming License” is a Customer End User License Agreement where the scope of the license granted to an Enterprise Customer is consistent, in material respects, with the scope of the Licenses listed in Section 2(a), as any of the same may be modified in accordance with these Terms. You represent, warrant, and affirm that any Assets you make available for online sales on our Services are cleared to be licensed by Creative Market to Enterprise Customers pursuant to a Custom End User License Agreement by Creative Market.
3. ESP Grant of License for Non-Conforming Licenses. If an Enterprise Customer desires to license one or more of your Assets from Creative Market materially outside of the scope of the rights you grant in the Licenses (“Non-Conforming License”), Creative Market will seek your written consent-such consent limited to license terms that are materially outside of the scope of the rights granted in the Licenses-before entering into such agreement involving your Assets (the “Proposed Terms”). You will have the option to participate in any individual Custom End User License Agreement involving Non-Conforming Licenses of your Assets by consenting in writing (within your Shop account, or by email, either being acceptable) to allow Creative Market to sell copies of your Assets on the Proposed Terms (“Sublicense Consent”). You acknowledge and agree that if you provide Sublicense Consent, (a) you hereby grant all such rights and licenses, make all such representations and warranties, and undertake all such obligations as those contained in the Proposed Terms in addition to those already agreed to by you in these Shop Terms and Licenses and (b) grant Creative Market all rights necessary to sublicense such rights and licenses and make all such representations and warranties contained in the Proposed Terms to the Enterprise Customer. You acknowledge that even if you provide Sublicense Consent, the Enterprise Customer or Creative Market may decide to not enter into an Enterprise License, or may decide to not include your Assets for which you provided Sublicense Consent.
4. ESP License Grant to Creative Market. Without limitation of to the rights granted to us in Section 2 and in addition thereto, Shop Owner hereby grants to Creative Market a non-exclusive, worldwide sub-licensable, non-transferable license to create, duplicate, distribute and sell an unlimited number of copies of the Assets as necessary in order to supply appropriate deliverables to Creative Market Enterprise Customers under the Custom End User License Agreements.
5. ESP Representations, Warranties, Indemnification. You ratify and agree that all representations, warranties, and indemnification obligations contained in Terms of Service-General, the Shop Terms, and the applicable Licenses apply to the ESP, and Creative Market shall be entitled to rely on all such representations, warranties, and obligations in entering into any Custom End User License Agreements.
6. ESP Pricing.
  1. Creative Market will use the Shop Owner’s available pricing if indicated in their Shop Owner account as a guideline to negotiate pricing in Custom End User License Agreements based on the Enterprise Customer’s budget and the value of the Assets to the application that is subject of the Custom End User License Agreements. Although Creative Market will endeavor to negotiate a price consistent with industry trends, Creative Market makes no representations or warranties and will not be subject to limitations with respect to the negotiated price.
  2. Creative Market is not bound by the Shop Owner’s available pricing. Creative Market may make suggestions and offer scenarios for licensing the Assets to Enterprise Customers in negotiating Custom End User License Agreements. Creative Market is under no obligation to obtain permission from the Shop Owner for the scenarios proposed to Enterprise Customers and/or the pricing in Custom End User License Agreements.
7. ESP Payments to You. Creative Market will pay you thirty percent (30%) of net revenue received by us from any sales of copies of your Assets under the ESP that are directly associated with such Assets included under the Custom End User License Agreements, notwithstanding any other rate applicable to your Assets outside of the ESP. If the Custom End User License Agreement is for a first-time Creative Market customer and attributed to a referral from a Shop or Shop Owner, Creative Market will instead pay you fifty percent (50%) of net revenue received that is directly associated with the Shop Owner’s Assets included under the Custom End User License Agreements. Such attribution shall be determined by Creative Market in its sole discretion. If a Custom End User License Agreement includes your Assets together with assets from other licensors (including other Shop Owners), Creative Market will allocate the revenue based on the pricing in the Custom End User License Agreement or if such pricing is bundled, Creative Market will allocate the revenue between licensors, including you, in a manner it deems commercially reasonable in its sole discretion. No other royalty, consideration or other compensation will be payable to you. “Net revenue” means the amount charged to the User to purchase the copy of the Asset, reduced by (i) taxes or other withholdings deducted from the purchase price of the copy of the Asset by the purchaser or that we determine are required by applicable law; (ii) refunds, chargebacks and uncollectible sums; and (iii) fees, charges and/or costs payable to or deducted by financial institutions for currency conversion for payments received by us or paid to you in a currency other than U.S. Dollars.
8. ESP Confidentiality. You acknowledge and agree to keep in strict confidence any Confidential Information that Creative Market provides you in connection with your participation in the ESP. “Confidential Information” means non-public information disclosed orally or in writing by Creative Market to you, including information about Creative Market, Enterprise Customers, the terms of any actual or proposed Custom End User License Agreement (including any Proposed Terms), Creative Market or Enterprise Customers’ business, finances, customers, partners, operations, products, technology, systems or plans, that is designated as confidential or proprietary, or that reasonably should be considered confidential given the nature of the information and the circumstances of its disclosure. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this section imposes no obligation regarding information that: (a) was known to you before disclosure hereunder; (b) is or becomes publicly known through no breach of this section; (c) is rightfully received by your after disclosure hereunder from a third party that is not required to keep the information confidential; or (d) is independently developed by you without use of the Confidential Information.
Indemnification. Without limiting your other indemnification obligations in the Agreement (including in the Terms of Service-General) and with respect only to Assets submitted for distribution on our Services, you hereby indemnify and hold Creative Market harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, actions, proceedings, costs, expenses and liabilities (including all reasonable attorneys’ fees) of any kind whatsoever by any User or any other third party, arising from, based on or relating to any of the representations or warranties made by you under this Agreement, any allegation that if proven would constitute a breach of any of such representations or warranties and any misconduct or misrepresentation.
Warranty Disclaimer. CREATIVE MARKET’S PRODUCTS AND SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND “AS AVAILABLE.” CREATIVE MARKET DISCLAIMS ANY 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, CREATIVE MARKET DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ITS WEBSITE, PLATFORM, PRODUCTS OR SERVICES WILL BE FREE OF DEFECTS, INACCURACIES, OR ERRORS, WILL MEET THE SHOP OWNER’S OR ANY CUSTOMERS’ REQUIREMENTS OR WILL COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE LAWS.
Limitation of Liability. EXCLUDING YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, 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 SHOP TERMS EXCEED THE AMOUNTS PAID TO SHOP OWNER UNDER THESE SHOP TERMS.
General.
1. Relationship. No employment or fiduciary relationship is created between you and us or any other User related to any Services or the provision or use thereof or the marketing of your Shop or Assets or the sale or license of any Assets. You are not our agent, and we are not your agent, and neither shall so represent or imply. Each party will be responsible for covering their respective costs and expenses in performing their duties under or otherwise carrying out these Terms, unless expressly provided otherwise herein. You are solely responsible for any and all union fees, mandatory contributions, withholdings, taxes and surcharges, including income tax, VAT, use, excise or similar taxes, applicable to any License.
2. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. These Shop Terms are subject to the governing law, jurisdiction, class action waiver, and other dispute provisions set forth in the Terms of Service-General.
3. Assignment. Shop Owner shall not assign, delegate, or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations under these Shop Terms, by operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Creative Market and any such assignment shall be void. Creative Market may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations without consent, except that except for an assignment of agreements with Shops (including these Terms) upon a merger, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or a corporate reorganization or as otherwise expressly provided in these Terms, it may not assign or otherwise transfer the rights received from the Shop Owner pursuant to Sections 2 and 8(d). These Shop Terms will apply to all successors and assignees.
4. Changes to Shops Terms. We may revise and update these Shop 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 our Services 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 our Services. Your continued use of our Services following the posting of revised Shop Terms means that you accept and agree to the changes. You are expected to check this document regularly so you are aware of any changes, as they are binding on you.
5. Severability. If any of the provisions of these Shop Terms are 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.
6. Conflicts. In the event of a conflict between these Shop Terms and the Terms of Service-General, Terms of Service-Partners Agreement and/or a License, the conflicting provision of these Shop Terms shall apply solely with respect to the subject matter of these Shop Terms to the extent of such conflict.
7. Interpretation. Terms defined in the Terms of Service-General and used but not differently defined in these Terms have the meanings herein set forth in the Terms of Service-General. Unless the context requires otherwise, in any part of these terms: (i) “including” (and any of its derivative forms, e.g., “includes”), “e.g.” and “for example” means “including but not limited to”; (ii) use of the singular imports the plural and vice versa; (iii) references to a gender (including “they”, “their” or “them”) or no gender include any other or no gender; and (iv) the headings in this Agreement are for ease of reference only and shall not affect its interpretation. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, the term of any license regarding an Asset granted in this Agreement and all of our obligations under this Agreement related to such Asset will end just prior to the final expiration of all copyrights in the Asset after any renewal or extension.

Last Updated: July 1, 2025