Terms & Conditions

These Terms & Conditions ("Terms") form a legally binding agreement between you and StudioWunder Technologies ("StudioWunder", "we", "us"), a business based in India. They govern your use of the StudioWunder website and all related services (the "Platform").

By creating an account, placing an order or uploading content, you confirm that you have read and accept these Terms, our Privacy Policy and our Refund & Cancellation Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Platform.

This document is an electronic record under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the rules made under it. It does not need a physical or digital signature.

• You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding contract under the Indian Contract Act, 1872. If you act for a business, you confirm you are authorised to bind that business.
• You may register as a Buyer (to license photos) or a Photographer (to sell photos). You must give accurate, current information and keep it up to date.
• You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activity on your account. Tell our support team straight away if you suspect unauthorised access.
• Each person may hold only one account per role. Accounts may not be sold or transferred.

Pricing

Photographers set prices, which are shown in Indian Rupees (INR) and include applicable taxes unless stated otherwise. The price that applies is the one shown when you place the order. We may fix obvious pricing errors and will offer you a refund or cancellation if an error affects your order.

Payment methods

Payments can be made by bank transfer (NEFT/RTGS/IMPS/UPI) to the business account shown on your order page, or through an RBI-authorised payment aggregator or gateway where we offer one. Card, UPI and net-banking details entered on a gateway are processed by that gateway under PCI-DSS standards. StudioWunder never sees or stores your full card number, CVV, UPI PIN or banking passwords.

Payment verification

• For bank transfers, you must transfer the exact order amount and upload a clear, genuine receipt.
• We verify every payment against our bank records before granting access, usually within 2 business days. We may reject a receipt or ask for a new one if the amount, reference or sender details do not match.
• Uploading a forged, altered or reused receipt is fraud. It will lead to immediate account termination and may be reported to the authorities.

Taxes and invoices

Applicable GST is charged as required by law. A tax invoice or payment confirmation is available for every verified order.

When your payment is verified, the photographer, through StudioWunder, grants you a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the purchased photo, subject to the restrictions below. Copyright stays with the photographer. You are buying a right to use the photo, not ownership of it.

You may

• Use the photo for personal and commercial purposes, including websites, social media, advertising, marketing, presentations, editorial content, packaging and printed materials.
• Use the photo an unlimited number of times, in unlimited projects, with no impression or print-run cap.
• Crop, resize, edit, and combine the photo with other content.
• Let contractors (such as designers or printers) use it only to produce work for you.

You may not

• Resell, sub-license, share or give away the photo as a standalone file, or as part of a stock, template or wallpaper collection.
• Use the photo in products where it is the main value being sold (such as posters, prints, t-shirts, mugs or NFTs for resale) without a separate extended licence from the photographer.
• Use the photo as part of a trademark, logo or brand identity.
• Show identifiable people in a way that is defamatory, pornographic, or suggests they endorse a product or have a sensitive trait (such as health, sexuality or political views), unless you say the person is a model.
• Use the photo for illegal, hateful, deceptive or misleading purposes, including deepfakes.
• Use the photo to train, fine-tune or benchmark AI or machine-learning models, unless expressly allowed.
• Claim authorship of the photo, or remove copyright metadata from it.

The licence ends automatically if you break these restrictions or if your order is refunded or charged back. You must then stop using the photo and delete all copies.

Your content

• You keep the copyright in everything you upload. You grant StudioWunder a non-exclusive, worldwide licence to host, display, watermark, resize, promote and sell licences to your photos on the Platform.
• You confirm that you own all rights to each photo and that it does not infringe anyone else's copyright, trademark, privacy or publicity rights. You confirm you hold valid model releases for identifiable people and property releases where required.
• Every upload is reviewed by our team before it goes live. We may reject, hide or remove any content at our discretion, including content that is low quality, a duplicate, AI-generated without disclosure, or in breach of these Terms.
• You may remove a photo from sale at any time. Licences already sold to buyers stay valid.

Earnings and payouts

• You earn 80% of the net sale price of each verified sale. The remaining 20% is the StudioWunder platform fee, which covers hosting, payment verification, marketing and support.
• Earnings become payable after the buyer's payment is verified and the refund window has passed. Payouts are made to the bank account or UPI ID in your Payout Details. You are responsible for keeping those details correct.
• We may deduct tax at source (TDS) as required by the Income-tax Act, 1961. You may need to give a valid PAN. Without one, higher withholding rates may apply. You are responsible for your own income tax and GST obligations.
• If a sale is refunded, reversed or charged back, the related earnings are reversed. If already paid, they may be deducted from future payouts.
• We may hold payouts while we investigate suspected fraud, infringement claims or breaches of these Terms.

You agree not to:

• Download, scrape or try to access original files without paying, or remove or get around watermarks or other technical protections.
• Use bots, scrapers or automated tools to access the Platform, except public search engine crawlers.
• Probe, scan or test the Platform's security, or interfere with its servers, networks or other users.
• Upload malware, or content that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, hateful, or harmful to minors.
• Impersonate anyone, or misrepresent your connection with any person or organisation.
• Arrange transactions outside the Platform to avoid platform fees.
• Use the Platform for money laundering, fraud, or any activity banned under Indian law.

The StudioWunder name, logo, website design and software belong to StudioWunder Technologies and are protected by law. Photos belong to their photographers.

If you believe content on the Platform infringes your copyright or other rights, send a notice to our Grievance Officer through our support team. Include the URL of the content, proof of your ownership, and your contact details. We act on valid notices as required by the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

You may close your account at any time by contacting support. We may suspend or terminate your account, cancel pending orders, or remove content if you break these Terms, if required by law, or to protect users or the Platform from fraud or harm. Licences for photos already purchased and fully paid survive termination, unless termination resulted from fraud or a licence breach. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (licence restrictions, liability, indemnity, governing law) will do so.

We work hard to keep the Platform secure and available, but it is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We do not promise uninterrupted or error-free service. StudioWunder is a marketplace. Photographers are responsible for their content and the releases behind it.

To the fullest extent allowed by law, StudioWunder's total liability for any claim arising from a purchase is limited to the amount you paid for that order. Our liability to photographers is limited to unpaid earnings due to them. We are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential losses, such as lost profits, data or goodwill. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless StudioWunder Technologies, its directors, employees and partners against claims, losses and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) that arise from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of a licensed photo, or, for photographers, any content you upload.

These Terms are governed by the laws of India. We encourage you to contact our Grievance Officer first so we can try to settle any dispute amicably. Subject to that, and to your rights as a consumer to approach a Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, the courts at Mumbai, India have exclusive jurisdiction.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top shows the latest version. We will tell registered users about material changes by email or an in-app notice at least 7 days before they take effect. If you keep using the Platform after that, you accept the updated Terms. Orders already placed are governed by the Terms in force when they were placed.

For questions about these Terms, contact the StudioWunder Technologies support team. If your concern is not resolved, support will escalate it to our designated Grievance Officer.

We acknowledge complaints within 48 hours and resolve them within one month.