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License & updates

What you can do with the code, how updates work, store limits.

modblo gives you the source code. You own it. Here’s exactly what you can do with it, how updates work, and where the limits are.

What you can do with the code

  • Use any section or block on as many of your own brand stores as your tier allows (Free: 1 store, Creator: 3 stores, Agency: unlimited including client stores).
  • Modify the code however you want. Change CSS, swap markup, add Liquid blocks, rip out features. It’s your code now.
  • Combine modblo sections with your own custom Liquid and other purchased themes / sections — there’s no exclusivity requirement.
  • Keep using any section forever, even if you cancel your membership. Once you’ve installed the code, it’s in your theme — modblo doesn’t check in or phone home.

What you can’t do

  • Resell or redistribute the code as your own product. You can’t package modblo sections into a theme you sell on ThemeForest, you can’t put them in a public GitHub repo, you can’t list them on a Shopify section marketplace.
  • Use them on stores you don’t operate unless you’re on the Agency plan. Agency tier covers client work; Creator covers brand stores you own.
  • Sublicense to other developers. The license is per-organization, not transferable.

Forking is encouraged

Once you’ve forked a section under your own name (different class prefix, custom edits), it’s genuinely yours. You can use that forked version on whatever stores you want — the only restriction is you can’t pass off modblo’s original code as your own product.

How updates work

  • When we release a new version of a section, the section’s detail page on modblo shows the latest code. Your existing install is unchanged until you choose to update.
  • Updates are always free for the lifetime of your purchase. We don’t paywall future versions of sections you already own.
  • Releases are versioned (1.0.0, 1.1.0, 2.0.0). The changelog on each section page lists what changed, when, and any breaking changes to watch for.
  • We commit to not removing sections from the catalog for at least 24 months after launch. If a section has to be sunset before then, you’ll get the source bundled and instructions to self-host updates.

Store limits per tier

  • Free — 1 store, free sections only, personal use.
  • Creator ($19/mo) — 3 brand stores you own, full premium library, lifetime updates.
  • Agency ($59/mo) — unlimited client and brand stores, full premium library, lifetime updates, commercial license, white-label install docs.

One-time section purchases work on 1 store of your choice each. Buy a section twice if you need it on two stores, or upgrade to Creator for a better deal once you cross 3 sections.

Refunds

modblo products are digital, downloadable storefront assets delivered instantly. Refunds are evaluated on a case-by-case basis and we lean toward saying yes when there’s a real product issue — broken functionality, defective code, major compatibility problems, duplicate or accidental purchases. Email billing@modblo.com and we’ll work it out.

Full criteria, including what generally doesn’t qualify and how memberships are handled, lives on the Refund Policy page.

Memberships

Creator and Agency memberships can be canceled anytime from your account page. Cancellation stops future billing immediately; you keep access through the end of the current billing period. Sections you installed during your membership stay in your theme and continue working after cancellation — you just lose access to new releases and ongoing updates.

What happens if Shopify changes Liquid?

Realistic concern. Shopify periodically deprecates Liquid filters and ships new APIs (recent example: image_url replacing the legacy img_url). When that happens:

  • We update the affected modblo sections within 30 days of the deprecation window opening.
  • The update is free (lifetime updates).
  • For breaking Shopify changes (rare, but happen — e.g. checkout extensibility migration), we ship side-by-side versions so your old install keeps working while you transition.

Worst case: even if modblo went away tomorrow, you’d still own the Liquid code. Shopify hasn’t broken backwards compatibility on Online Store 2.0 sections since the platform launched.

Questions?

See the FAQ for common pre-purchase questions, or email hello@modblo.com.