# When is annual renewal taken from

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-is-annual-renewal-taken-from/46983>\
**Category:** Elements\
**Created:** [March 28, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-is-annual-renewal-taken-from/46983 "2025-03-28T23:30:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![reflex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@reflex](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/reflex)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-is-annual-renewal-taken-from/46983/1 "2025-03-28T23:30:04Z")

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With the non-subscription version of Elements, a purchase will entitle the purchaser to 1 year of upgrades.

What’s the story with the early-access version? Does the 1-year entitlement begin from the time it’s purchased, or from v1.0 of the software?

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/when-is-annual-renewal-taken-from/46983/2 "2025-03-29T20:34:01Z")

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> [@reflex](#):
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> What’s the story with the early-access version? Does the 1-year entitlement begin from the time it’s purchased, or from v1.0 of the software?

It begins from the time of purchase.