Question on the use of bought assets for Marketplace content

[Hiraeth (Hiraeth Digital)]

Hello,

Based on your description and the markets you mentioned, this is not allowed.

@Knobbynobbes

“You cannot resell the model you bought in the digital or printed form, but can use it in your commercial projects multiple times after paying for it just once.”

This means you can use the model in a video game, a film or a visualization for example. Including the model with your commercial product constitutes reselling it.

@Knobbynobbes

“You can use it as long as it is incorporated into the product and the 3rd party cannot retrieve it individually in either the digital or physical form.”

Including the actual model with your product does allow 3rd parties (your customers) to retrieve it digitally.

The term “Product” refers to the final form of your work, so a video game, a film, a render and etc, not an item to be sold on a different marketplace with the model included as is.

@Knobbynobbes

"If you have purchased an Extended Commercial licence then you may exercise your rights under that licence:

• with respect to any number of commercial Works, with no limit on sales or views."

Purchasing an Extended Commercial License does not transfer ownership rights to you; that requires an Exclusive License.
With an Extended Commercial License, the creator of the model remains the owner and only they can resell it (unless they directly offer non-exclusive licenses to others). Purchasing an Extended Commercial License usually provides more flexibility (for example, when using the same model in multiple video games).

A possible solution would be using cc0 models, which are allowed to be included with your UE Marketplace products. From the Marketplace Guidelines:

2.2.d Use of unmodified public domain content is limited to assisting with presentation, while not being the majority of the submission, and the content must have been modified so as to bring new value to the assets. Sellers must cite the source and include a link to the source content in the product’s Technical Information that includes clear public domain usage information. Epic will verify via that link that the content is in the public domain and fully redistributable.

Of course it is always better to confirm with the UE Marketplace support.