Rule #1 – Don’t buy from Microsoft. It’s the easy option, it’s also the most expensive. Three simple rules for saving money on Office 365 Home or Office 365 Personal Don’t buy from Microsoft Saving on Office 365 renews and extensions. Online, direct delivery options will either display the Product Key to you or direct your web browser to Microsoft to link the purchase to your Office 365 account. If you buy in a store or have it delivered, you’ll receive a card. That unique product key is entered into your Office 365 account to extend your subscription. When you purchase an Office 365 one year subscription, you get a ‘Product Key’. It also has to be purchased in the same country as the current subscription (no foreign currency arbitrage is permitted). Of course, you have to buy the SAME Office 365 plan as you already have. That’s usually the most expensive option.Īny legitimate purchase of Office 365 from a reputable retailer (online or physical) can be used to extend an existing subscription. You do NOT have to renew Office 365 subscriptions directly with Microsoft. Many customers can, and do, buy more Office 365 annual subscriptions and apply them before the auto-renewal gets a chance to work. Microsoft aggressively pushes the auto-renewal choice because it’s the most profitable option for the company. What about Auto-Renewal?Īuto-renewal only applies when and if the ‘subscription’ gets near the expiry date. Maybe paying half a decade ahead is too much but, faced with a price increase, it makes sense to extend at the lower price. You can pay, in advance, for up to FIVE years of Office 365 Home or Personal.Ĭustomers can pay for additional years of Office 365 (on the same plan) and apply them to an account at any time. Office 2016 the real startup guide has a lot of detail about the cheapest ways to buy Microsoft Office and Office 365 subscriptions.
There’s an opportunity to save some money by buying in advance of any price rise. Money saving tips for all Office 365 customers when a price increase is about to happen.
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