Terms of Service & Creator Agreement

A. Badge system & representation

When publishing a file drop, Creators must accurately assign one of the following verification badges:

• Print-Tested — the model has been successfully physically 3D printed by the Creator or an authorised test printer.
• Digital Sculpt — the model is hand-crafted digitally, watertight (manifold) and scaled for slicers, but has not yet been physically test-printed.
• AI-Assisted — 3D AI generation tools were used at any point in the model's creation, whether or not the mesh was subsequently refined by hand.

Falsifying a file's badge status, or misrepresenting unprinted files as "Print-Tested", constitutes a violation of these Terms and may result in content removal or account suspension.

B. Use of AI generation tools

Printreon discourages reliance on AI generation tools, but does not prohibit them. Many AI-assisted models print perfectly well, and Creators are free to use AI as part of their workflow provided the result meets our file-integrity standards and is disclosed with the AI-Assisted badge.

Where AI has been used, one of the following must be true before a file is published:

• Manually refined. The mesh has undergone manual repair, retopology, manifold verification and scale optimisation; or
• Proven in the real world. The model has been physically 3D printed by the Creator and a photograph of the finished print is attached, earning the Print-Tested badge.

Publishing direct, unedited output from text-to-3D or image-to-3D software that has neither been refined nor test-printed ("Untested AI Output") is not permitted. Such files may be removed, and repeated breaches may result in account suspension.

C. Digital sculptors without physical printers

Creators who do not own physical 3D printers may publish under the Digital Sculpt badge, provided all geometry is watertight (manifold), free of non-manifold edges or inverted normals, and properly scaled for standard 3D slicer software.

A. Ownership

Creators retain all intellectual property rights, copyrights and ownership over the original 3D models, images and files they upload to Printreon.

B. Licence to Printreon

By uploading content, Creators grant Printreon a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, display, resize, thumbnail and distribute the content solely for the purpose of operating, marketing and promoting the Platform and Creator profiles.

C. Licensing to Supporters (personal vs commercial)

• Personal use tier. Unless explicitly stated otherwise by the Creator, subscriptions grant Supporters a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal-use licence to download and 3D print the models for private use. Supporters may not resell, redistribute, share or sub-licence the digital files or physical prints.
• Commercial / merchant tiers. Creators offering commercial tiers grant active commercial subscribers a limited, non-exclusive licence to sell physical 3D prints of specified models for as long as their commercial subscription remains active.
• Automated licence verification. Printreon provides automated licence verification keys and badges. Upon cancellation or expiry of a commercial subscription, the Supporter's commercial licence to produce and sell physical prints terminates immediately.

A. Stripe Connect

All financial transactions on Printreon are processed via Stripe Connect.

• Creators must complete Stripe's onboarding process to receive payouts.
• By using Printreon, Creators agree to Stripe's Connected Account Agreement and terms of service.

B. Platform fees

Printreon deducts a platform fee (as specified in the Creator Dashboard at the time of creation or tier setup) directly from each transaction prior to payout. Third-party payment processing fees (e.g. Stripe processing fees) are deducted from transaction proceeds as outlined in the Creator fee schedule.

C. Subscriptions & billing

Supporter subscriptions are billed on a recurring basis (monthly or annually) until cancelled. Supporters may cancel their subscription at any time via their account settings.

D. Refund policy

Due to the immediate digital delivery of downloadable 3D files (STLs, 3MFs), subscription payments are generally non-refundable once file access has been granted. Exceptions may be made at Printreon's sole discretion in cases of fraudulent transactions, major platform outages or proven non-delivery of service. Creator-specific refund requests must be handled between the Supporter and the Creator.