With out upgrading to Premium?
You can actually remain at "starter" for as long as you want. But if you decide to go Premium you have 7 days (I think) to take advantage of the discounted price. You might want to check Kyle's welcome post to see how much longer you have.
It is possible to stay forever as a Starter Member, and probably thousands do by either working at it until they can afford to upgrade, or they lose interest and never do anything. But, the real money lies in upgrading and it opens a whole new world of possibilities! Premium gives you 25 sites to design and more earning potential. The Starter Membership is good to get your foot in the door and be able to experience all the brilliance within the community. When someone, like me for instance, upgrades to Premium, there is an incentive to give it my best shot and work to the best of my ability. I think this is true with the majority, too. Wishing you all the best!
Erin
How long can a person stay at the starter level ?
With out upgrading to Premium?
I'm not sure but I think one can stay at the starter level as long as one wants. But I have noticed one thing (I'm a Premium member): one's "progress" remains stagnant until and unless one completes the tasks given in the lessons at different levels and even if one jumps to the next lesson and complete the tasks there. In the dashboard, in the certification tab, on the left side, the progress is shown stagnant at the stage where one skipped a task. I can tell this because my progress is stagnant for quite sometime now at Course 3, Lesson 8 where I skipped tasks on adding Adsense to my website. I skipped (as advised by other WA members) them because Google initially rejected my application because of my relatively new site and "insufficient content" there and I'm still waiting for approval. I have continued with the subsequent lessons as there was no point completely stopping my lessons. I have completed tasks in the subsequent lessons but my progress indicator is stagnant. I don't know if my reply is out of context but I just wanted to share an experience I had.
You can actually remain at "starter" for as long as you want. But if you decide to go Premium you have 7 days (I think) to take advantage of the discounted price. You might want to check Kyle's welcome post to see how much longer you have.
It is possible to stay forever as a Starter Member, and probably thousands do by either working at it until they can afford to upgrade, or they lose interest and never do anything. But, the real money lies in upgrading and it opens a whole new world of possibilities! Premium gives you 25 sites to design and more earning potential. The Starter Membership is good to get your foot in the door and be able to experience all the brilliance within the community. When someone, like me for instance, upgrades to Premium, there is an incentive to give it my best shot and work to the best of my ability. I think this is true with the majority, too. Wishing you all the best!
Erin
I'm not sure but I think one can stay at the starter level as long as one wants. But I have noticed one thing (I'm a Premium member): one's "progress" remains stagnant until and unless one completes the tasks given in the lessons at different levels and even if one jumps to the next lesson and complete the tasks there. In the dashboard, in the certification tab, on the left side, the progress is shown stagnant at the stage where one skipped a task. I can tell this because my progress is stagnant for quite sometime now at Course 3, Lesson 8 where I skipped tasks on adding Adsense to my website. I skipped (as advised by other WA members) them because Google initially rejected my application because of my relatively new site and "insufficient content" there and I'm still waiting for approval. I have continued with the subsequent lessons as there was no point completely stopping my lessons. I have completed tasks in the subsequent lessons but my progress indicator is stagnant. I don't know if my reply is out of context but I just wanted to share an experience I had.