Suppliers grant Gumroad a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to their digital products for the duration of the agreement, as described in Section 6.5. The full scope of permitted uses under this license is not fully reproduced in the provided document excerpt.
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This provision establishes that Suppliers grant Gumroad a worldwide, royalty-free license to their products as part of the reseller relationship. The full scope of the license, including permitted uses, sublicensing rights, and post-termination obligations, is not determinable from the truncated excerpt provided.
Interpretive note: The full text of Section 6.5 is truncated in the provided document excerpt; the complete scope of permitted uses, sublicensing rights, and post-termination provisions cannot be fully assessed from the available text.
The updated terms establish a forfeiture mechanism for unpaid earnings held in third-party payment accounts when creators change payout countries or payout methods. Under the revised language, amounts that cannot be transferred to a new connected account in a different country or a different payout method will be forfeited when the change takes effect. The agreement requires Gumroad to notify creators of the amount before processing the change and to obtain confirmation before proceeding; amounts held in Gumroad's own accounts are not subject to forfeiture. You can avoid forfeiture by ensuring you withdraw or transfer unpaid amounts before changing your payout country or method.
View change record →The updated terms establish a more permissive multi-account structure: users may now hold multiple accounts for genuinely separate brands or businesses, provided registration data is true and accurate for each account. However, the revised policy strengthens enforcement against account evasion by explicitly prohibiting multiple accounts created to evade suspension, termination, or enforcement action, or to misrepresent identity or conceal that controlled accounts are related. Users with existing multiple accounts are required to identify them to Gumroad on reasonable request; Gumroad also requires that any additional accounts created through Gumroad's account-creation feature be used to maintain account association in its records.
View change record →The updated terms authorize Gumroad to place holds on supplier earnings indefinitely based on suspected violations, elevated chargeback risk, misleading marketing, incomplete identity verification, or payment partner requirements—without specifying a maximum hold period or guaranteed release timeline. Held funds remain in account balances but do not accrue interest and are not applied to Gumroad's benefit. The company will notify suppliers where practicable, but may withhold notice if it would compromise investigations or risk controls. Suppliers retain the ability to continue selling even while funds are held, but cannot access those earnings until Gumroad determines the basis for the hold has been resolved to its reasonable satisfaction.
View change record →Under this clause, Suppliers grant Gumroad a worldwide royalty-free license to their digital products for purposes of the reseller relationship, subject to the full terms of Section 6.5 which are not fully reproduced in the available document text.
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"You hereby grant Gumroad a non-exclusive, nontransferable (except in connection with a permitted assignment of this Agreement), worldwide, royaltyfree (without limiting Gumroad's obligation to pay the applicable Supplier Fee to you) right and license during the term of this AgreemenExcerpt from Gumroad's Terms of Service
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This provision establishes that Suppliers grant Gumroad a worldwide, royalty-free license to their products as part of the reseller relationship. The full scope of the license, including permitted uses, sublicensing rights, and post-termination obligations, is not determinable from the truncated excerpt provided.
Under this clause, Suppliers grant Gumroad a worldwide royalty-free license to their digital products for purposes of the reseller relationship, subject to the full terms of Section 6.5 which are not fully reproduced in the available document text.
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