Builder brands: Difference between Basic and Upgraded accounts

When you think about a basic account, the idea is to give you the necessary tools to quickly and easily build a website yourself. After all, the website builder was created to be an easy-to-learn, do-it-yourself option. Even the most novice users can enter the website builder and get started using only necessary computer skills like copying, pasting, dragging, and dropping items.

All accounts have the same look and feel and receive the same level of care when you contact support. However, the most significant difference is that you can do more with an upgraded account by using features like an unlimited builder, Ad credits, and site statistics for measuring traffic. Since there's no coding, drafting, or development knowledge needed in either case, it's just you, your builder, and your imagination, free to explore the tool's limits. Keep reading to find out more about how upgraded accounts differ.

What's the difference between Basic and Upgraded accounts?

• Using a Basic account is excellent for testing and getting familiar with the different account features. You can build and host a custom website using hundreds of our premium themes.
• Basic accounts (even higher plan accounts downgraded to basic) can only link their domains (whether third-party or local) to their site if they upgrade.
• Basic accounts will have banner ads placed inconspicuously on their pages.
• Effective September 2018, all Basic accounts cannot upload files (excluding images) directly into the designer without upgrading.
• Beginning in October 2018, customers already using Basic accounts will need to upgrade before this date to continue linking domains to their account; otherwise, this link will break.

Benefits of an Upgraded account

Upgrading your account gives you access to advanced features like unlimited pages, website statistics, and e-commerce capabilities. All upgraded accounts gain access to these various features and more, allowing you to achieve tremendous success online.

Upgrading your account gives you access to advanced features like:

• Unlimited pages
• Linked domains
• Website statistics
• Favicon implementation
• SSL/CDN
• E-commerce capabilities
• Forms notifications
• Custom HTML blocks
• Document uploads