Can You Sell Crafts Made With Digital Paper?

Yes, you can sell crafts made with digital paper, as long as your license covers what you make and how many. The answer depends on whether you sell a physical item, a print on demand product, a digital product, or the paper itself. Here is how to work out which one you are doing and stay inside the license.

Step 1: what are you selling?

Handmade physical items

Cards, junk journals, gift boxes, tags, decoupaged trays, party favors and scrapbook albums you print and assemble yourself. This is the most common case, and the most generous. With our Personal license you can sell up to 500 physical items per design. With Commercial there is no limit.

Print on demand products

Mugs, shirts, notebooks, phone cases, fabric, pillows and wall art made by a print on demand service when a customer orders. Even though the product is physical, you are uploading the design to a third party, so it needs a Commercial license.

Digital products that use the paper

Printable planners, invitations, greeting card templates, journal pages and social media templates where the paper sits behind your own content. These need a Commercial license, and the paper must not be the main item. Flatten the design so the paper cannot be extracted as a standalone file.

The paper itself

Digital paper packs, single patterns, sticker sheets made only of the paper, or editable templates that hand over the paper files. That is reselling the paper, and it needs a Resell (PLR) license. See what is PLR digital paper.

Step 2: check the license that came with the pack

Licenses differ between shops. Look for answers to four questions:

1. Is there a limit on the number of items you can sell?
2. Are print on demand and digital products covered?
3. Does the shop require credit in your listing?
4. Can you edit the designs?

Ours are written in plain English in the license file in your download and on our licenses page. We do not require credit.

Step 3: keep records

Keep your order confirmation emails and license files in one folder. If a marketplace ever asks whether you have the right to use a design, you can show the receipt and license in a minute.

Good practice for sellers

• Photograph your own product. Use photos of the item you made, not the paper shop’s preview images.
• Do not list the paper as the product unless you have resell rights. “Handmade journal with vintage floral pages” is fine; “vintage floral digital paper” is not.
• Track your count if you are on a Personal license. A simple tally per design is enough. When a design gets close to 500 items, upgrade that pack.
• Do not use the files for AI training, and do not share them with collaborators who have not bought their own license.

Craft ideas that sell well with printable paper

• Junk journals and journal kits
• Handmade cards and card sets
• Gift wrap bundles, tags and favor bags
• Decoupaged boxes, trays and jars
• Seasonal kits for Christmas and Valentine’s Day

Not sure which license you need? Email [email protected] with a short description of your product and we will tell you.