Yes, if your license covers sales. The file format itself does not grant that permission. An SVG can cut a card or decal, but the designer's license sets the terms for selling the finished item. This guide explains CraftFile Studio's three tiers in plain terms. Other shops can set different rules, so read the license attached to every file you buy.
Start with the thing you plan to sell
A finished physical item is different from the digital source. A card you cut and assemble, a vinyl decal you weed and apply, or an ornament you sew is a physical product. An SVG download, a PDF template, or a PNG file sent to someone else is still a digital file even if you changed its color or added a name. Our licenses permit some physical sales; they do not permit distributing the design file.
Before you list a product, write down the design used, the product you will make, the number of finished units you expect to sell, and whether a third-party printer will produce and ship them. That short record makes the right tier easier to choose. It also helps you track a Commercial license as orders accumulate.
The three CraftFile Studio tiers
| Tier | Finished items you may sell | Units per design | Print on demand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | None | 0 | No |
| Commercial | Physical products you make | Up to 500 | No |
| Extended | Physical and permitted POD products | Unlimited | Yes |
Personal is included with every file. It covers projects for yourself, family, friends, and classrooms when nothing is sold. A gift does not become a sale because it has a polished finish. The moment you offer finished products for money, move to a selling tier.
Commercial lets you make and sell up to 500 finished units per design. It is an add-on at checkout. The cap follows the design, so selling the same artwork on different items does not give each item a fresh allowance. A run of 300 decals and 200 cards from one design reaches 500 units. Commercial does not cover print-on-demand production.
Extended removes the unit cap and permits print on demand. It is the tier for a design you plan to use at scale or send to a POD partner that prints and ships the finished product. It still does not let you sell the digital source or let customers download it.
Count units in a way you can audit
One finished item sold is one unit. A single greeting card is one; a set of six coasters is six. If you make one ornament and place it in a gift box, count the ornament as one finished item. Keep a simple tally by design across sales channels, including craft fairs and your own store. The total matters more than where you sold it.
- Name the design in a spreadsheet or order log.
- Record each finished item sold using that design.
- Add units from every marketplace and event.
- Check the running total before making another batch.
- If you expect to exceed 500, choose Extended before taking more orders under that design.
Our license page says a bundle uses one chosen tier for every file inside it. If you only need Commercial for part of a bundle, buy those files separately. A bundle does not give permission to share its source files with a collaborator or customer.
Where print on demand changes the answer
Print on demand means a service receives a design, then prints and ships an item when a customer orders it. Under our terms, that requires Extended, even if you expect only a few sales. The production method matters here, not just the count. A shirt you press yourself and sell at a market can fit Commercial if you stay within 500 units per design. A shirt printed and shipped by a POD partner needs Extended.
When you use a partner, upload only what that service needs for manufacturing and keep your product listing focused on the physical item. Do not publish a download link or include the source file with the order. If a platform's workflow would expose the file for customers to reuse, it does not fit the license.
Edits do not turn the file into a new license
Changing a color, adding a name, removing a leaf, or combining two SVGs does not grant the right to resell the resulting digital file. The same rule applies if you convert SVG to DXF or PNG. The underlying design remains part of the new file. Our license also disallows claiming the design as your own or registering it as a trademark.
Personalizing a physical item can be fine under the correct selling tier. For example, cut a licensed name plaque from the SVG and add a customer's name before shipping the finished plaque. Keep the editable file private. If a customer asks for the SVG as an extra, decline that part of the request; the license does not transfer source rights through a physical sale.
Check a few common examples
A small craft fair run
You cut 40 birthday cards from one design and sell them at a weekend market. Commercial covers this quantity if you make the physical cards yourself. Count each card sold. If you later sell more of that same design online, add those sales to the same tally.
A sewing pattern used for ornaments
You sew 300 felt ornaments from one PDF pattern and sell them. Commercial covers the physical ornaments within its limit. The PDF pattern remains private; a buyer receives the ornament, not the template. The format is PDF rather than SVG, but the tier logic is the same.
A shirt fulfilled by a POD service
You upload artwork to a service that prints and mails shirts for your orders. Use Extended. The Commercial tier's 500-unit allowance does not include POD. If you later switch to pressing shirts yourself, Extended still covers that work.
Keep the license with your records
Save the order confirmation and the license tier with the file. If you bought a license upgrade later, keep that record too. Our license page says you can ask to upgrade by writing with your order number and paying the difference. The full Terms and Conditions govern if the short summary and full terms differ, so read both before a large production run.
Related files
- SVG cut files for cards, decals, and layered cuts.
- PNG designs for printed products.
- Printable patterns for sewn and paper items.