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Your Digital Products Need Their Own Rules

Are you selling (or giving away) an online course, digital download, and/or a membership?

This easy-to-customize, lawyer drafted template has the sales, refund, access, and license terms you should have in place before you make one more sale. Yes, even for freebies!

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If you sell (or give away) any of these products, you need this template

Online Courses

Protect your video lessons, slide decks, PDFs, and bonus content with clear access rules, license terms, and refund policies. Make it easy to enforce student. boundaries.

memberships

Define what’s included, when access ends, and how to handle non-payment, cancellations, or rule violations. Set the tone for your community with conduct guidelines.

Digital products

Selling PDFs, eBooks or any other digital download? This template covers how your content can (and can’t) be used, and helps prevent unauthorized sharing.

lead magnets

Are you giving away access to a digital download or course in exchange for an email address? Even if your product is free, you still need crystal clear license terms.

You’ve got your product

Maybe a downloadable guide, a pre-recorded course, or a brand new membership.

You’ve got your checkout page set up

And it links to your boilerplate Terms & Conditions page that you downloaded from a random site.

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But here’s the problem:

Most general terms & conditions (especially random free ones you found online) don’t actually cover what you’re selling.

Do Your Terms & Conditions clearly explain:

  • What happens when a buyer demands a refund on a digital product
  • Whether your customers can legally reuse or share your course materials
  • If you’re obligated to provide updates or lifetime access
  • How access works when a member cancels, or stops paying
  • What rules apply inside your community or live sessions

If these details aren’t spelled out clearly, your terms & Conditions have legal gaps.

And legal gaps lead to misunderstandings, disputes, and chargebacks… even when you’ve done everything right.

But you don’t need a lawyer on retainer or a custom contract. You just need a simple, powerful Licensing and Refund Policy that plugs directly into your existing Terms & Conditions page.

This template does exactly that, and it’s written by a lawyer who actually understands how digital products are sold (cause I sell them too!).

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Key Legal Protections

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Covers downloads like ebooks, templates, printables, and stock files.
Explains exactly what buyers can and can’t do with your content, including license restrictions, non-transferability, and prohibited uses.

Outlines how your courses are delivered (including third-party platforms), what happens if someone violates your rules, and whether access is limited or revocable.
Includes optional clauses for live vs. pre-recorded content and bonus materials.

Covers subscription-based access to paid content or communities.
Details what’s included, how content is delivered, cancellation terms, and what happens when payment lapses or terms are violated.

Outlines the exact scope of the license granted to the buyer, whether that’s non-exclusive, non-transferable, and limited to personal use, so there’s zero ambiguity about ownership and rights.

Legally binding restrictions that prohibit unauthorized actions like resale, redistribution, sublicensing, commercial use, content scraping, and AI training. These clauses are written for real-world enforcement.

Reaffirms your full copyright ownership and bars buyers from claiming, modifying, or republishing your work as their own, protecting your IP under U.S. and international law.

Includes language that reserves your right to revoke access, seek injunctive relief, and pursue legal remedies if someone violates the terms, making the contract more than just a polite suggestion.

Designed to plug directly into your site’s existing Terms & Conditions, ensuring this license is part of your full legal framework.

Spell out whether you allow refunds or all sales are final, so there’s no confusion later. Includes refund language required by California, EU, UK, and Australian consumer protection laws.

Set expectations for how long customers will have access to their digital products, courses, or memberships and make it clear that you’re not responsible for tech issues on their end.

Protect yourself from legal claims by stating that your digital products, online courses, and/or memberships don’t guarantee specific results and that you’re not responsible for their misuse.

Whether you sell templates, eBooks, digital downloads, or graphics, this template adapts to your business model.

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License Terms & Refund Policy Template

For Digital Products, Online Courses and/or Memberships

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$2,000+ value for just $79

Get the must-have licensing and refund terms for selling digital products, courses, or memberships. This easy-to-customize, attorney-drafted template covers content usage rights and gives you a customizable refund policy you control.

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Please Note: This is not a standalone general Terms & Conditions Page for your website. It’s a dedicated, detailed plug-in section for your website’s existing Terms & Conditions page addressing the terms governing the products you sell. See the FAQs at the bottom of the page for additional detail. If you are looking for a general, lawyer-drafted Terms and Conditions page for your website, click here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

If you sell or give away digital products, online courses, or have a membership, and your existing T&C doesn’t have a specific section addressing product licensing terms and a detailed refund policy, then yes, you need this before you make another sale.

This template prevents unauthorized reselling, clarifies refund policies, and protects your intellectual property. Without clear terms, buyers could misuse your content and abuse vague refund terms, and you’d have little recourse.

This template is designed for digital products, online courses, and/or memberships. It covers things like:

Downloadable products: eBooks, templates, PDFs, workbooks, checklists, digital planners, design files, audio files, video tutorials, etc.

Online courses: Pre-recorded classes, live webinars, workshops, video series, and programs delivered through platforms like Teachable, Thrivecart Learn, Kajabi, or your own site.

Memberships: Monthly or annual access to gated content, private communities, live calls, templates, or libraries of exclusive materials.

Whether your product is delivered as a single download, a drip-fed course, or an ongoing membership, this template gives you clear legal language to set access terms, usage rights, and refund policies.

Note: This template is not for physical products, client services, or coaching agreements. It’s specifically tailored for digital content and subscription-based access models.

Absolutely. Just because you’re giving something away for free doesn’t mean people can do whatever they want with it.

License terms make it clear that someone can download and use your freebie, but they can’t copy it, resell it, repost it, share it with their audience, or pass it off as their own.

And if someone steals your content, they can’t turn around and claim they didn’t know the rules. You’ve already made it clear what they were allowed to do and what crossed the line.

A general Terms & Conditions page covers your entire website, while this template is specifically for digital products, courses and memberships. It supplements your website’s existing Terms & Conditions by covering how your products can be used, what’s allowed, and what’s not.

If you don’t have a general Terms & Conditions page or your website yet, you’ll need that too. Check out my Terms and Conditions template here.

Yes! Once purchased, you can use the template on all blogs or any other websites you own, no need to buy multiple copies. Please note, however, that sharing with clients or friends is not permitted; they’ll need to purchase their own copy to have a valid license.

Immediately! You’ll get instant access to download the Template in an easy-to-edit Word Document. Step-by-step instructions will guide you through customization, and most users complete it in 10-15 minutes.

This template includes refund policy language drafted with key international consumer protection laws in mind, including the European Union’s Consumer Rights Directive, the United Kingdom’s Consumer Rights Act, and Australia’s Australian Consumer Law.

It incorporates commonly required concepts such as cancellation rights, refund limitations, and mandatory disclosures that may apply when selling digital products to customers in these jurisdictions.

The template is grounded in U.S. legal principles but structured to support creators who sell internationally. Because consumer protection laws vary by country and can change over time, you should consult a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction if you have questions about specific legal requirements that apply to your business.

Nope! This Digital Product License Template is user-friendly, with instructions that make it easy to customize for your blog’s needs.

Yes! You’ll receive free updates whenever I update this template, at no extra cost.

There is a 7-day money back guarantee with this template. I’m confident in the quality and value of my legal templates, but I want you to feel completely confident investing in legal protection for your business. If you purchase a legal template and realize within 7 days that it’s not the right fit, you can request a full refund by following the instructions in my Refund Policy. No hassle, no hard feelings.

Customizing the template should take you about 10-15 minutes using the easy-to-follow instructions.

If you’re stuck or have questions about the template instructions, email us at support@TheContractEdit.com. While I can’t provide individualized legal advice, I’m happy to clarify the instructions to help you customize the template confidently.

Yes! This template is included in my Business Launch Edit. If you need more than one essential legal page for your website, purchasing a bundle is a huge savings over purchasing individual templates.

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