Payhip's default licence gives your buyer personal, non-commercial use only
If you sell commercial-use SVG, embroidery or POD design files on Payhip, its standard buyer licence may contradict what you think you are selling. Checked 9 August 2026.
This one is quiet, old, and affects a lot of sellers who have never read it.
What it says
Payhip's End User Licence — the default terms your buyer gets when they buy from you — describes the licence as:
provided solely for their own personal (i.e. non-commercial) use.
Read the end-user terms (payhip.com↗)
That page is dated 30 December 2014. It has been sitting there the whole time.
Why it matters
Think about what most digital sellers in our world actually sell:
| What you sell | What the buyer does with it |
|---|
| Embroidery files (DST, PES) | Stitches items and sells them |
| SVG and cut files | Makes products to sell |
| POD design files | Puts them on shirts that get sold |
| Mockups | Advertises a commercial shop |
Every one of those is a commercial
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