How to … Subscribe to Thortspace Premium Service
An updated version of this article was published in February 2021: click here
Previous version of this article:
Thortspace Premium Service is a cloud-based subscription service which Thortspace users can subscribe to when you want to:
(1) Sync your private spheres between devices
(2) Publish ad-free spheres and journeys to the web
(3) Collaborate in real-time on private spheres — for example amongst members of your business team
(4) Share private spheres to work on asynchronously with your team members.
For more information about Thortspace Premium Services, have a look at the second half of this article:
Only sphere owners need to subscribe to Thortspace Premium Service. If you want to collaborate with others on spheres that they own, you do not need to subscribe, you only have to register a free Thortspace Free account.
When you register a Thortspace Free account, you get given a free 30-day trial of Thortspace Premium Service.
If you decide you would like to keep using Thortspace Premium after the 30-day trial completes, here is the procedure to follow:
- Go to the “Purchase” page thortspace.com …
2. Click the “Subscribe” or “14-day Free Trial” button.
This will take you to the subscription purchase page:
Here you can choose to subscribe to Thortspace Premium Service by monthly, 6-monthly or annual billing. Annual billing is the best value.
3. In the step above, if you are not logged in to the Thortspace.com website, you will be prompted to log in. Use the same email and password that you use inside the Thortspace editor App. (This is important. When you buy your subscription, the subscription will be associated with the email account you use to log in with.)
4. Before you buy a subscription, now that you have logged in, lets just have a look at your account page on thortspace.com . It should look something like this:
5. Now go back to the Buy Now page, and enter your payment information (and discount coupon code if you have one). Then click the “Subscribe” button.
Note: When you subscribe to Thortspace Premium, you get an extra 14-days of free trial of the Thortspace Premium subscription service which starts on the day you subscribe. If you cancel your subscription during these 14 days you will not be charged. (This is sometimes called a “cooling off” period.)
6. Now that you have subscribed to Thortspace Premium, lets have another look at your account page on thortspace.com :
14-days after you sign up for your subscription you will be charged for your first subscription amount, and you will be notified by email.
I’ve changed my mind. How do I cancel my subscription?
If you change your mind and decide you want to cancel your subscription that’s no trouble. If you cancel before your first billed payment period, which begins 14 days after your subscription start date, you will not be charged.
The following Medium article shows you how you can cancel your Thortspace subscription in two clicks (once you have logged in to your MyAccount page on Thortspace.com).
Ok, so now you’ve subscribed to Thortspace Premium … and what now?
