Have you ever received a response? I have been waiting for a week now.

Hi @RasitAyaz Since it's the holiday break, our responses are going to be delayed until we're back in the office starting Jan. 2.

Thanks for your patience.

Thank you for informing Travis, I will be waiting. Happy holidays.

I'm also curious. At the moment, I'm offering everything for free in my app, as it's mostly a hobby project and I'm still building it, but if I decide to somehow monetise it with other features or ads, do I need a new license? And how much would it cost, given that I'll most likely have $0 income from it at the start and maybe ever :) Thanks!

@felphos said:
I'm also curious.
At the moment, I'm offering everything for free in my app, as it's mostly a hobby project and I'm still building it,
but if I decide to somehow monetise it with other features or ads, do I need a new license?
And how much would it cost, given that I'll most likely have $0 income from it at the start and maybe ever :)
Thanks!

When I created my API Key I chose between these options:

Developer

• You are an individual
• Your project is still in development
• Your project is non profit
• Your project is ad supported

Professional

• You represent a company
• Your project is for profit (not ad supported)
• You are an OEM or hardware vendor

See what the 4th Developer option allows ad supported.
So I believe it is not necessary to change from Developer to Professional.

@ticao2 said: See what the 4th Developer option allows ad supported.
So I believe it is not necessary to change from Developer to Professional.

Thanks for the quick reply. And if for example I decide to offer a pro plan where users can have access to extra features? I am mainly worried if I keep on developing with TMDB API and then later decide to add this kind of functionality, they will block my API key or the commercial license be too expensive for a project that doesn't make enough money even to cover their fees.

@felphos said:

@ticao2 said:
See what the 4th Developer option allows ad supported.
So I believe it is not necessary to change from Developer to Professional.

Thanks for the quick reply.
And if for example I decide to offer a pro plan where users can have access to extra features?
I am mainly worried if I keep on developing with TMDB API and then later decide to add this kind of functionality, they will block my API key or the commercial license be too expensive for a project that doesn't make enough money even to cover their fees.

This new possibility of yours, a Pro Plan, I don’t know how to answer.
Let's wait for admin Travis Bell to stop by.
Only he can answer.

@felphos said:

And if for example I decide to offer a pro plan where users can have access to extra features?

@travisbell can you provide any information on this? I'm also interested in this kind of usage, but my attempts to reach out to the sales team have failed for the past 2-3 months.

I've been looking for that answer as well. I've sent a few emails but it looks like that mailbox doesn't get a lot of attention. My app certainly won't make enough to retire on but I'd like to offer the option of an ad free version for users. Not opposed to a reasonably priced commercial license but I'd like to understand what that looks like before I get too far.

Our process has changed since the beginning of the year. Make sure to email sales [at] themoviedb.org and either Joe or Steve will get in touch.

Thanks.

Hey Travis

Following up on this. I emailed the address above but haven’t heard back. Is there a public post that I could reference that has clarifying detail?

Exactly 7 months from the beginning of this question, did anyone get an official answer on this topic?

Unfortunately not yet.