# Create your account

Sign up, name your workspace and know what happens before your website is live.

For: Everyone starting with CubeSites

## Sign up with an email address

Creating a CubeSites account takes a name, an email address and a password of at least 10 characters. There is no Google or Microsoft sign-in: your email address is your sign-in. Use an address you will keep, because it is also where website messages and invoices are sent.

Signing up starts a 14-day trial in a new workspace, with one trial licence for one website, working as Pro unless you choose Standard. A workspace holds your websites, your licences, your media and the people you work with. Most people give the workspace their company name and never change it again.

Walkthrough: Creating an account and naming the workspace (Creating an account, then The workspace menu)

1. **Your name**: Colleagues see this beside anything you do, so use your own name rather than a job title.
2. **The email that matters**: This address signs you in, receives website messages and appears on invoices. Choose one you will keep.
3. **At least 10 characters**: A passphrase beats a puzzle: something only you could type and nobody could guess.
4. **Name the workspace**: Usually your company or team. It can be changed later in Settings, so do not stall here.
5. **And you land in it**: The new workspace opens with the trial card at the bottom of the menu and nothing to undo.

1. Open the sign-up page and enter your name and email address.
2. Choose a password of at least 10 characters.
3. Give the workspace a name, usually your company or team name.
4. Press Create account.

Note: The workspace name can be changed later in Settings, under Workspace.

## Confirm your email address

CubeSites sends a short message to the address you entered. Open it and follow the link before you sign in. If it has not arrived, look in your junk folder and search for CubeSites.

Verification confirms that you control that mailbox. It is separate from any invitation you might also receive: if you have both, verify the account first, then accept the invitation with the same address.

Walkthrough: Confirming the address before signing in (Creating an account)

1. **Create the account**: The form checks the details, then sends the confirmation message to the address you entered.
2. **Follow the link**: Open the message and follow its link before signing in. If it has not arrived, check the junk folder and search for CubeSites.

Warning: Never forward a verification link to anyone. If the link fails, return to the sign-in page and ask CubeSites to send a new one.

## What you get straight away

A new workspace starts empty. Websites, Licences, Templates, Media and Settings are the places you will use most, and the AI drafts card shows how many drafts the month allows.

A trial builds and previews one website, on Standard or Pro, but nothing can be published until a licence is bought for it. That gate keeps a half-finished site off the internet by accident, not to surprise you at the end.

If a colleague signs up later, invite them into the same workspace rather than letting them create a second one. Two workspaces do not share websites or media.

Walkthrough: The first look around a new workspace (The workspace menu)

1. **The places you will use**: Home, Websites, Licences, Templates, Media and Settings. Everything you do daily lives in one of them.
2. **AI with a counter**: The card shows drafts used this month. The AI writes, you decide, and the count keeps it honest.
3. **The trial clock**: Fourteen days and one website to build, on Standard or Pro. Nothing publishes until it has a licence.

1. Take a look at the Websites page, which stays empty until you start a site.
2. Open Settings once to check your name and time zone.
3. Invite anyone who will work on the site early, so they can watch it grow.

## Your first real task

Most people do one of two things next: start a website from a template, or describe their business and let AI draft the pages. Both routes lead to the same editor, and everything the AI writes is a draft you can change or throw away.

1. Start your first website.
2. Or read how the editor works first.

Note: Nothing you do in a trial needs a card. You can build the whole site and buy a licence for it when you are ready to publish.

## Can I change the email address on my account?

Not from inside the app. Ask support to change it, from the address that is currently on the account.

## Do I need a card to start?

No. The trial starts without a card. A card is only needed when you buy a licence, so a website can be published.

## Related guides

- [Start your first website](/help/getting-started/start-your-first-website)
- [Your profile and sign-in security](/help/workspace-and-people/your-profile-and-sign-in-security)
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