Selling my own plugin, but what about GDPR and T&C?

  • I’ve just finished writing a WordPress plugin and now I want to sell it. However I don’t have the money to spend on a lawyer to write my GDPR or my Terms and Conditions. And I live in Germany so I know that if I get any legal text wrong then it’s very financially expensive for me.

    What does everyone else do when they don’t want to be writing legal text?

    So there a part of the German Government that helps people write and maintain their legal text?

    When do I not need to have my own legal text, I mean are there platforms that will sell my Plugin for me themselves so that the legal text will be the problem for the platform and technically it’s not me doing the sale?

    Any tips would be helpful.

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  • Hi @matthewbaynham

    There are some few options you can consider if you don’t want to spend money or much money writing up the GDPR. You can use Legal Text Generators tool online like https://termly.io/ – They can handle minimal compliance for zero cost but you might need to pay a small fee for something comprehensive, many plugin developers use generated templates which are GDPR compliant.

    One platform that can sale your plugin and handle sales, licensing, compliance etc which you can try is Freemius.

    I hope this helps.

    Best,

    Hello @matthewbaynham I hope you are well,

    As per my suggestion,

    To sell your WordPress plugin while avoiding legal complexities, many developers in Germany use services like eRecht24 or Trusted Shops, which provide legally compliant templates for GDPR and Terms & Conditions. These services help ensure compliance with German law. If you don’t want to handle the sales directly, platforms like CodeCanyon or Envato handle the legal aspects, as they act as the seller. By selling through these platforms, you can focus on the plugin, while the platform handles the legal text and transactions.

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