BeadApp Creator Design Call Rules

Effective September 9, 2026 · launch-gated draft

No Design Call is open until BeadApp publishes a campaign notice that completes every required field below. Do not request or accept designs before then.

1. Required campaign notice

Every Design Call must publish one linked notice before entries open. It must state, without placeholders:

• campaign name, sponsor, entry method, start time, deadline, time zone, and official timekeeper;
• eligible age, residence, exclusions, and whether teams are permitted;
• number of winners, exact prize, approximate retail value where applicable, winner-notification date, and any verification required;
• judging panel or role, published weighted criteria totaling 100%, tie-breaker, and winner-selection date;
• entry requirements, originality/right-to-submit warranty, maximum entries, and disqualification grounds; and
• the current version of these Rules and the contact for questions.

If a prize, deadline, eligibility rule, or judging criterion changes after entries open, BeadApp must cancel the call or obtain counsel-approved, legally valid participant notice and consent before applying the change.

2. Eligibility baseline

Unless a campaign notice is more restrictive, entrants must be at least 18 and legally able to agree to these Rules. BeadApp employees, contractors working on the call, judges, and their immediate household members may not enter or win. Entries are void where prohibited. A campaign notice must state its permitted jurisdictions; no campaign is open in a jurisdiction omitted from its notice.

No purchase, subscription, or payment may be required to enter or to improve a chance of winning.

3. Judging and prizes

This is a skill-based design call, not a random drawing, unless the campaign notice expressly says otherwise. BeadApp will judge eligible entries using only the published criteria and weights. Scores, tie-breakers, and prize fulfillment records must be retained.

Prize details cannot be described as "TBD." If no exact prize and winner count are published, the call is not open. Winners are responsible for any taxes not required to be withheld by the sponsor.

4. Creator ownership and BeadApp marketing license

The creator keeps copyright and all other ownership rights in an entry. Entering does not make BeadApp the pattern owner and does not restrict the creator from selling, licensing, publishing, or giving away the pattern through BeadApp or elsewhere.

By entering, the creator gives BeadApp a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to reproduce, crop, resize, format, display, and use that entry in BeadApp's own advertising, social media, editorial, and promotional materials. BeadApp may use any eligible entry for those marketing purposes; it may not sell, sublicense, manufacture, or distribute the entry as a standalone pattern under this license.

Each public marketing image using an entry must include the creator's supplied name or approved handle visibly in the image. BeadApp must not rely on caption-only credit.

5. Marketplace and checkout incentives

Design Call entries and marketplace listings may be offered by BeadApp as a free or discounted checkout incentive or upsell only when the creator has accepted these Rules or the applicable marketplace publication terms.

• A free incentive copy carries no creator fee and no creator charge.
• A paid discounted copy uses the same disclosed creator-fee rate as a full-price sale.
• BeadApp must enforce a published price floor so a paid sale does not create a negative creator balance or a loss on the sale as defined in the applicable marketplace terms.
• A free incentive copy creates no sale proceeds for either BeadApp or the creator.

The creator's fee rate must not increase because BeadApp discounts the listing or uses it as an incentive.

6. Facebook and group-posting rules

For every Facebook promotion, the campaign notice and each entry surface must include: “This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook. By entering, you release Facebook from responsibility for this promotion.”

Do not post, comment, or invite entries in a Facebook group until the group’s current rules permit it and any required admin approval has been documented. A group’s lack of a visible rule is not permission. Do not use engagement actions such as liking, sharing, tagging, or commenting as a condition of entry unless counsel confirms the exact mechanic is permitted by Meta and applicable law.

7. Recordkeeping and launch gate

Before launch, retain the final campaign notice, timestamped Rules, entry records, eligibility checks, judging scores, prize notice/receipt, rights acceptance, and group-rule/admin-approval evidence. Counsel must review the final campaign notice, prize, jurisdictions, and entry mechanic before public launch.