Terms of Service
Our Terms of Service
Read our Terms below to learn more about your rights and responsibilities as a Dribbble user.
Updated March 17, 2025
The following Dribbble Holdings Ltd. (together with its affiliated companies and subsidiaries, collectively, “Dribbble,” “our,” “we,” or “us”) terms of service, the newmine Pricing and Payment Terms (the “Pricing and Payment Terms”), and newmine Community Guidelines, and our additional standards, conditions, policies, guidelines and in-product disclosures (collectively, these “Terms”), govern your access to and use of any and all the newmine internet site and any and all versions and subdomains thereof and Dribbble applications (collectively, the "Website"), as well as any and all content, functionality and services offered on or through the Website or otherwise provided by Dribbble (each a “Service” and collectively, the “Services”).
Read these Terms to learn more about your rights and responsibilities as a person that accesses or uses the Website and/or any Services (“you”, “User” or “user”), provided that if you open an account on the Services on behalf of an organization or other entity, then (i) "you and “User” includes you and that entity, and (ii) you represent and warrant that you are an authorized representative of the entity with the authority to bind the entity to these Terms, and that you agree to these Terms on the entity’s behalf. By accessing or using the Website or any Services, or creating an account on the Website (an “Account”) and checking the "I agree" (or similar) box, you (1) agree that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of these Terms (including the Pricing and Payment Terms, and Dribbble Community Guidelines, as updated by us from time to time, all of which are incorporated by this reference into these Terms), (2) represent and warrant that the information you provide is accurate and not misleading, and (3) agree that you have read and acknowledge the collection and use of your information as set forth in our privacy policy (the "Privacy Policy"), whether or not you are a registered user of the Services. If you do not want to agree to these Terms or the Privacy Policy, you must not access or use the Website or any Services. For more detailed policies surrounding the activity and usage on the Site, please access the designated help articles herein.
Similarly, if you share or post any content or interact with any other users in our community (e.g., by commenting on anyone or anything or discussing or arranging for the provision or receipt of services ) in or through the Website or our Services, your conduct will be subject to applicable Guidelines. We may offer promotions or contests through the Website or any Services from time to time, and your participation in these may also be subject to additional terms. To the extent additional terms affect your access to or use the Website or any Services, those terms (including, but not limited to, the Privacy Policy noted above) are hereby incorporated by reference into these Terms.
PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY AND BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND IT FULLY, BECAUSE IT EXPLAINS AND CONTROLS YOUR LEGAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US AND YOUR RIGHTS RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
PLEASE NOTE: SECTIONS 26 THROUGH 29 CONTAIN BINDING ARBITRATION CLAUSES AND A CLASS ACTION WAIVER. IT AFFECTS YOUR RIGHTS ABOUT HOW TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE WITH US. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us using our Support Form.
1. Eligibility. You may access or use the Website and the Services only if you can form a binding contract with us, and only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable local, state, provincial, national, and international laws, rules and regulations. Any use or access to any of the Website or the Services by anyone under 13 is strictly prohibited and in violation of these Terms. The Website and the Services are not available to any Users previously removed from the Website or any Services by Dribbble.
2. Services License. Subject to the terms and conditions of these Terms, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, limited, non-transferable, freely revocable right to use the Website and the Services for your use only as permitted by the features of the Website and the Services and by these Terms. Dribbble reserves all rights not expressly granted herein in the Website and the Services. Dribbble may revoke this right at any time for any reason or no reason. You shall not access or use the Website or any Services other than as expressly permitted by these Terms without our specific express written consent.
3. Your Account. Your account gives you access to the services and features of the Website and Services that we may establish, maintain, and modify, from time to time and in our sole discretion. We may maintain different types of accounts for different types of Users (e.g., Dribbble Pro and Hiring Suite), which may provide access to additional or different Services or features of those Services. By connecting to the Website with a third-party service (e.g., via Google account), you give us permission to access and use your information from that service as permitted by that service, and to store your login credentials for that service. You are responsible for tracking all activity on your own account, and you agree to the following:
- To store all passwords and usernames securely.
- To notify us of any unauthorized use or security breach. We will not be liable for any liability, damage, cost, loss or expense caused by or in connection with any unauthorized use of your account.
- To never share login details or account access with anyone, including clients or team members, unless explicitly permitted by additional terms applicable to your account type.
- To accept responsibility for activity that occurs under your account(s).
- To never transfer, rent, sell, or otherwise make your account available to another person.
4. Value Provided by the Website to Designers and Clients. Each designer User (each a “Designer”) acknowledges that the Website provides a valuable marketing platform for the Designer to display their profiles, examples of their design work, design templates, design assets (e.g., icons, vectors) and design services offerings (“Designer Profiles, Assets and Offerings”) to a large number of Users who may be interested in hiring a designer or requesting or receiving design services (each, a “Client”). Likewise, each Client acknowledges that the Website displays and provides the Client with access to the Designer Profiles, Assets and Offerings of a large number of Designers which are available to be searched and discovered through the Website by the Client for their specific projects (each a “Project”).
5. Design Service Offerings and Project Requests. In addition, among other things, the Website and Services include functionalities where any Client who is interested in requesting or receiving design services for their Project can (i) request design services from a Designer chosen by the Client (a “Request for Services”) for the Project based on the design service offering posted by the Designer on the Website (a “Service Offering”), or (ii) solicit a proposal for the Project (each a “Project Request”) from a Designer chosen by the Client (each a “Project Proposal”). If the Client accepts Designer Service Offering (e.g., by clicking the Website “Hire Now” button adjacent to the Service Offering) (an “Accepted Service Offering”) or accepts a Project Proposal as originally requested or as modified by the Designer based on Client feedback (an “Accepted Proposal”), the following terms apply:
- Each Accepted Proposal and Accepted Service Offering will be deemed to be a legally binding contract between Client and Designer on the terms and conditions set forth in the Accepted Proposal or Accepted Service Offering, as the case may be, and these Terms. Dribbble will provide the intermediary services expressly specified in this Section of these Terms for the Platform Fees described below, but Dribbble will not be a party to any Project Request, Request for Services, Project Proposal, Service Offering, Accepted Proposal or Accepted Service Offering, and will have absolutely no responsibility for or liability related to any services rendered or to be rendered or fees or costs paid or reimbursed or to be paid or reimbursed as part of or related to any Project or any other act or omission of any User. The relationships arranged or formed under or in carrying out this Section will be those of independent contractors. Dribbble will be acting solely as an independent contractor intermediary; in no event will (i) Dribbble be considered to be an employer, principal or agent of Client or Designer or any other User, or (ii) either Client or Designer be considered to be an employee, principal or agent of Dribbble.
- Only Designers who have an accepted Dribbble account are eligible to publicly display Designer Profiles, Assets and Offerings on the Website and only Clients who have an accepted Dribbble account are eligible to take a part in the functionalities or activities described in this Section 5, but acceptance by Dribbble of an account or any other activity by Dribbble or a Dribbble representative shall not mean or imply any obligation on Dribbble to review, vet, approve any User or any actions or statements thereby or any review or approval by Dribbble of any of the foregoing.
- The fee payable by the Client for the Project design services (the “Project Cost”) together with Dribbble’s Client Platform Fee (the “Client Platform Fee”) and the fee of the payment processor (the “Payment Processing Fee”), in each case, as described in the Pricing and Payment Terms, are due and payable to Dribbble through the Website pursuant to the Pricing and Payment Terms immediately upon the Client’s acceptance of the Designer’s Project Proposal or Service Offering, as the case may be, provided that no Client Platform Fee is payable if the Designer is currently designated by Dribbble on the Website as a “Designer Advertiser” (i.e., the Designer is currently signed up and paying for any of the Dribbble advertising products listed on the Designer Advertising Products).
- All communications between the Client and the Designer shall be made through the Website messaging or videoconferencing functions until the Project Cost, Client Platform Fee and Payment Processing is paid as required herein, as the case may be, provided that this prohibition does not apply if the Designer is currently designated by Dribbble on the Website as a “Designer Advertiser” (see paragraph 5.c. above).
- As intermediary, Dribbble will hold the Project Cost until such time as (i) the Client indicates through the Website their acceptance of a version of the Project deliverables delivered by the Designer (the “Final Project Deliverables”) or consent to the release of the Project Cost, or (ii) a Dribbble determination, in its sole discretion, that Designer has fulfilled their obligations with respect to the Project (any of those three alternatives, “Project Completion”) or (iii) the provision below regarding Project Fee Refund applies.
- If Project Completion does not occur within the Project timeline agreed to under the Accepted Proposal, at Client’s request through the Website, Dribbble will refund the Project Cost to the Client Website Account (“Project Fees Refund”); provided, however, that (i) Client and Designer may agree through the Website to a partial refund of the Project Cost to Client and a partial payment of the Project Cost to the Designer, and (ii) Dribbble may, in its sole discretion, determine that Designer has fully or partially fulfilled their obligations with respect to the Project, and release some or all of the Project Cost to Designer, with any remainder of the Project Cost refunded to the Client.
- In the event of a dispute between Designer and Client related to a Accepted Proposal or Accepted Service Offering, at the request of Designer or Client through the Website, a member of the Dribbble support team will engage with them to work to resolve the dispute and endeavor to get both of them to consent to the resolution through the Website, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else set forth in these Terms, the determination of the Dribbble support team as to whether and the extent Project Completion has been achieved, and the amount of the Project Cost to be refunded to Client and/or released to Designer will be final and will prevail and Dribbble will in no case have any liability with respect thereto.
- Either Client or Designer may cancel any Accepted Proposal or Accepted Service Offering prior to commencement of design services by the Designer as Dribbble may, in its sole discretion, determine is appropriate.
- Upon Project Completion and Dribbble’s receipt of all amounts payable to it, unless the Accepted Proposal states otherwise, the Final Project Deliverables and the copyright and trademark rights thereof and therein are automatically assigned to Client, provided that it is understood that all pre-existing tools, processes, software code, programs and other works that are used by Designer to provide the Deliverables or, unless the Accepted Proposal states otherwise, that are included in any Designer deliverables will remain the intellectual property of Designer or their respective owners (collectively, “Pre-existing IP”), provided, however that, unless the Accepted Proposal states otherwise, upon the Designer’s receipt of the Project Cost and Dribbble’s receipt all amounts payable to it, to the extent that any Pre-existing IP is included in or within or embodied or disclosed by the Final Project Deliverables, to the full extent of Designer’s current or future rights in or to such Pre-existing IP, Client shall automatically have a irrevocable, fully paid, royalty-free, perpetual, world-wide, non-exclusive, fully transferable and sublicensable right and license granted by Designer to use, copy, publicly perform and display, distribute, modify, and prepare derivative works based upon the Pre-existing IP if within or disclosed by the Final Project Deliverable. Furthermore, Dribbble may without payment or other consideration use or display any Final Project Deliverable for purposes relevant to marketing any Services or the Website or the operation and function of any of the Website or Services.
- Notwithstanding the foregoing, without limitation of any other remedies available to Dribbble or Designer, Client will have no ownership or rights in or to any Project Deliverable or any rights therein or thereto if Client’s payment of any fees to Designer or Dribbble applicable to the Accepted Proposal is cancelled, reversed or charged back without Dribbble’s written (could be by email) consent or agreement.
- Upon Project Completion, after a reasonable processing period, Dribbble will release the Project Cost to Designer, minus Dribbble’s Designer Platform Fee (the “Designer Platform Fee”), all in accordance with the Pricing and Payment Terms.
- Upon Project Completion, unless the Accepted Proposal states otherwise, Designer represents and warrants with respect to the Final Project Deliverables that:
i. the Final Project Deliverables are original works created by Designer;
ii. Designer has the legal right to enter into and perform the Accepted Proposal and create and deliver the Final Project Deliverables and rights therein and thereto under these Term;
iii. the Final Project Deliverables do not, and the treatment thereof as permitted by these Terms will not, in
