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Two ways in: register with an email address and a password, or click Continue with Facebook. Register with email — that account holds several Facebook and Instagram profiles, while Facebook sign-in ties the account to one Facebook identity. Registration emails you a six-digit code; entering it verifies the address, signs you in, and starts a trial subscription on the default plan. You finish on the dashboard.
What do you need to sign up?
Section titled “What do you need to sign up?”- An email address you can read mail at within ten minutes, because the code expires.
- A password.
- A Facebook login, only if you take the Continue with Facebook route.
How do I sign up with an email address?
Section titled “How do I sign up with an email address?”- Open the registration form and enter your full name, email address, and a password.
- Submit the form. AFP emails a six-digit code to that address and asks you to enter it. You are not signed in yet, and no subscription exists yet.
- Enter the code within ten minutes. A code that does not match is refused with the number of attempts you have left; after five wrong attempts the code stops being accepted and you need a new one.
- On a matching code, AFP verifies the address, signs you in, and creates your trial subscription on the default plan.
What if the code does not arrive or stops working?
Section titled “What if the code does not arrive or stops working?”Ask for a new code on the same screen. AFP allows one code per minute, so a second request inside sixty seconds is refused with a message asking you to wait. The new code replaces the old one, restarts the ten-minute window, and clears the attempts you have used.
A resend request for an address with no unverified account reports success without sending anything. A “code sent” message is therefore not proof that the address is registered — if nothing arrives twice, register the address again.
Should I use email or Facebook sign-in?
Section titled “Should I use email or Facebook sign-in?”| Email and password | Facebook sign-in | |
|---|---|---|
| How you sign in | Email address and password | Continue with Facebook |
| Identities it holds | Several Facebook and Instagram profiles | The one Facebook identity you signed in with |
| Verification step | Six-digit code emailed to you | The Facebook consent screen |
| Pages at signup | None yet — you attach a profile, then choose its pages | Pages that identity administers are linked for you, up to the number of pages the plan allows |
| Subscription | Created when you enter the code | Created during sign-in |
| Route out | Add more Facebook profiles later | Add an email and password to gain the several-profiles capability |
Email and password is the account type to choose. One account holds several Facebook and Instagram profiles, so pages that live under different Facebook identities end up in one place instead of behind separate logins — see Profiles and master accounts.
Facebook sign-in is faster to start, because consenting on Facebook both creates the account and links the pages that identity administers. Declining consent on Facebook’s screen ends the attempt and creates nothing.
How do I add email and password to a Facebook-only account?
Section titled “How do I add email and password to a Facebook-only account?”Sign in with Continue with Facebook first, then submit an email address with a password and its confirmation. AFP emails the same kind of six-digit code; entering it links the two and moves your pages, subscription, payment records, referral programme, and keyword lists onto the email account. From then on either route signs you into that one account.
Three things are refused: passwords that do not match each other, an address already verified on another account, and an account that already signs in with an email address.
What if I forget my password?
Section titled “What if I forget my password?”Ask for a reset with your email address. AFP emails a six-digit code that expires after five minutes, you enter that code, and then you set the new password — which signs you in straight away, with no separate login step.
Reset codes follow the same limits as signup codes: five wrong attempts exhausts a code, and there is a sixty-second wait between requests. A reset request for an address with no verified account reports success without sending anything, so check for typos before assuming the mail was lost.
When is onboarding finished?
Section titled “When is onboarding finished?”Onboarding completes once, and the finished state is stored on your account rather than in your browser, so it does not reappear on your next sign-in or on another device.
If your account has a Facebook profile attached, the finished state is recorded for the account and for that profile together, so a later sign-in through either route reads the same status.
How do I know it worked?
Section titled “How do I know it worked?”You are on the dashboard, signed in, with a trial subscription on the default plan. To confirm the verification stuck, sign out and sign in again with the same email address and password: a verified account signs in with no second code.
If that sign-in is refused, the address is not verified yet. An unverified account and a wrong password are refused the same way, so finish the code step before treating it as a password problem. When no code arrives at all, resend it after sixty seconds.