License for e-commerce

[Diego Johnson]

I'd like to know if I need a commercial license to use GSAP to animate the landing page of my new e-commerce side.

[GreenSock]

Hi @Diego Johnson. Thanks for asking!

 

If you answer "yes" to any of the following, you'd need the special commercial license that comes with "Business" Club GSAP memberships: 

• Do you have multiple developers that need access to the bonus plugins like SplitText, ScrollSmoother, MorphSVG, etc.?
• Does your GSAP-enhanced website/game/product require the user to pay a fee to use? (like Netflix.com)
• Are you selling a GSAP-enhanced product to multiple end users? (like a website template, theme or game)
• Are you using GSAP in a game/app with optional paid features/upgrades?

If your website sells products that aren't GSAP-enhanced like clothing, widgets, food, etc., that does not require the commercial license. It only matters if the thing for which a fee is collected uses GSAP in some way. The standard "no charge" license even covers usage in projects where only a one-time development fee is charged, like an agency that's paid to build a fancy web site that's free for everyone to use.

 

We like to think that a Club GSAP membership pays for itself very quickly when you consider all the time it’ll save, the added capabilities that the bonus plugins deliver...and of course that sense of having animation superpowers is priceless ?

 

Let me know if we can help with anything else. Enjoy the tools! ?