When starting a creative business, copyright is areally bigdeal!You need to ensure that you have permission to sell the designs youare using on the products youare making.
Thankfully, at Cricut, we have your back! Our Angel Policy states that you can sellsome ofthe things you make using designs from Cricut Design Space.But there are a few things to be aware of!Let us explaina little more.
What is an Angel Policy?
An Angel Policy is a way of explainingthe permissible ways andhow many things youare able tosell using another business’ images and designs. Most creative companies will have an Angel Policy as you’ll be making money from content orsuppliesthey have provided you with. The content might be decorative papers, toppers, embellishments, or, as in our case, digital images or cut files.
What is the Cricut Angel Policy?
We believe we have one of the most generous Angel Policies in our industry.
TheCricut Angel Policy allows youto sell things you have made using your Cricut machines, tools,accessoriesand software. But we do not allow mass production of craft items made with our products.
That means you are able to sell up to 10,000 finished projects (i.e.cards, T shirts with iron on designs, finished cakes, etc.) per year using cuts made with Cricut products designs and images.
Your finished projects cannot be made by more than one person, whether that be inan assembly linefashion,in a factory or made by a group of people(including family members).
The exceptionto being able to sell your Cricut projectsis where there is a third-party copyright. For example a licenced design oran image that has been made available to Cricut under licence. Our fullAngel Policyhas more information.
What does the Cricut Angel Policy cover?
Mostimages within the Cricut Design Space image libraryare covered by the Angel Policy.Here is the informationyou willwant tonote.
The content within Design Space has been markedso you canquicklysee what isavailable for use on finished projects for sale.If you look at the images below,you’llnotice one image with a green “a’ in the upper left corner,and one without.
Both images are available for personal use. But, if you choose to sell your creations, only the image on the right (with the green “a”) may be used.
TheAngel Policy states that any trademarks, copyrights, and patents owned by third parties other than Cricut, made available to Cricut under licensecannot be used and sold.
Fonts within Cricut Design Space are also covered by the Angel Policy.
Where you can sell your products
Currently,there are no restrictions in theCricut Angel Policy on where you can sell your finished products.You can sell on athird-partyweb site e.g. Folksy or Etsy or you can sell on your own website or via social media channels. You can even sell your items in a bricks-and-mortar store.
Find out more
You will find the full Cricut Angel Policy by clicking on any of the Angel Policy links in this post.
