What happens to Self-committed accounts once they expire?
Paid account expiration has different effects on different users, depending on the status of their accounts before they became Self-committed.
If you paid to create a new journal, or if you purchased paid time for a pre-existing free account, your account status will convert back to "Free Patient" after your paid time expires.
If your account status was "Early Inmate" before you paid for your account, it will convert back to the Early Inmate status once your paid time expires. You will still have the status provisions that you had before, as outlined in http://www.insanejournal.com/support/fa
If you have created a style for your journal, you will still be able to use that style for your journal layout. You will also be able to switch back and forth between your custom style and the system styles. However, you won't be able to modify your custom style in any way. In order to further customize your journal, you would need to either purchase additional paid time for the account or use overrides, as detailed in the FAQs. See http://www.insanejournal.com/support/fa
If you have created a custom mood theme (http://www.insanejournal.com/support/f
If you have uploaded 10 user pictures (http://www.insanejournal.com/support/f
If you have subscribed to any syndicated accounts (http://www.insanejournal.com/support/f
After your paid time has expired, you can still use any unused invitation codes you generated while you had paid status. For more information on invitation codes, see http://www.insanejournal.com/support/fa
To see when your paid account time expires, log in (http://www.insanejournal.com/login.bml
If you paid to create a new journal, or if you purchased paid time for a pre-existing free account, your account status will convert back to "Free Patient" after your paid time expires.
If your account status was "Early Inmate" before you paid for your account, it will convert back to the Early Inmate status once your paid time expires. You will still have the status provisions that you had before, as outlined in http://www.insanejournal.com/support/fa
If you have created a style for your journal, you will still be able to use that style for your journal layout. You will also be able to switch back and forth between your custom style and the system styles. However, you won't be able to modify your custom style in any way. In order to further customize your journal, you would need to either purchase additional paid time for the account or use overrides, as detailed in the FAQs. See http://www.insanejournal.com/support/fa
If you have created a custom mood theme (http://www.insanejournal.com/support/f
If you have uploaded 10 user pictures (http://www.insanejournal.com/support/f
If you have subscribed to any syndicated accounts (http://www.insanejournal.com/support/f
After your paid time has expired, you can still use any unused invitation codes you generated while you had paid status. For more information on invitation codes, see http://www.insanejournal.com/support/fa
To see when your paid account time expires, log in (http://www.insanejournal.com/login.bml
Last Updated:
August 16th, 2003 (ex_v722)
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