Sell and Display Data from GeoIP Web Services

This guide only applies to customers who are governed by the Online End User License Agreement. You can learn more about who is covered by the Online End User License Agreement. If you purchased a database or web service credit with a custom contract or other offline agreement with MaxMind, the terms and conditions of your use may not be governed by our Online End User License Agreement. In that case, you should consult your contract or agreement for the specific terms and conditions of your agreement with MaxMind to determine how you’re permitted to use GeoIP or minFraud data.

Whether you can sell data under the Online End User License Agreement depends on the product or service you are using. This article gives some guidance about how data from the GeoIP Web Services can be used under the Online End User License Agreement. You can also learn about how you can use data from GeoIP Databases and minFraud Services under the Online End User License Agreement.

You can use data from GeoIP Web Services for what we call “Internal Restricted Business Purposes.” Learn more about Internal Restricted Business Purposes.

In addition to Internal Restricted Business Purposes, you can sell or display the result of GeoIP Web Service queries to your customers. You can, for example:

  • allow visitors to your website to geolocate IP addresses
  • show your customers or users the results of IP geolocation look ups for the purposes of analyzing traffic

While you can sell or display data from a GeoIP Web Service query to your customers or visitors, you cannot use the GeoIP Web Service to attempt to create a database or repository of data.

If you aren’t sure whether your use case falls within the restrictions of the Online End User License Agreement, you should read it in full on our main website. You can also email us at sales@maxmind.com with a detailed description of your use case if you want additional guidance about whether your use case is permitted under the Online End User License Agreement or if you need special licensing terms.

If you need to use data from a GeoIP Web Service for purposes that are not allowed under the Online End User License Agreement, you can reach out to our business team.

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