Create account
Sign up for AreaCacao with Google or with your name, email, and password, verify your email and choose a plan to get started.
Sign-up lives at https://app.areacacao.com/register. To get into the app, you choose a paid plan and pay. There's no free trial and no free account when you sign up.
Step by step
- Open
https://app.areacacao.com/register(or follow the sign-up link on the sign-in screen). - Choose how to sign up:
- Continue with Google: the account is created from your Google account, with no password and no email verification, and you go straight to choosing your plan.
- or with your email: fill in Name, Email address, and Password (at least 8 characters; the field has a button to show or hide what you type).
- Click Create account. While it works, the button shows "Creating account...". Before that you may briefly see "Checking it's you…": it's a security check against automated sign-ups.
- If you signed up with your email, the screen changes to Check your email (see below).
Below the button, a note tells you that by continuing you accept the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy (both links open in a new tab).
There's no free option when you sign up. The Choose how to get started screen (/choose-plan) asks you to pick a paid plan (Starter or Pro, monthly or one of the 3-, 6-, or 12-month offers) and pay to get in. See Plans and pricing.
Email verification
With email sign-up, verification is mandatory. After creating the account you'll see the Check your email panel: "We've sent a verification link to" your address, with these instructions:
- Open the message and click the button to activate your account. Until you verify, sign-in won't let you through.
- It can take a couple of minutes; if you don't see it, check your spam or promotions folder.
- The link expires in one hour. If it expires, request another with Send the email again (from that same panel or from the sign-in screen).
When you open the link you'll see Account verified: sign in with your email and password. The first time, the app takes you to Choose how to get started to pick and pay for your plan, and then to the onboarding, which asks what you want to solve first (see Create and access your account).
Choosing your plan
After you sign up (and verify your email, if you signed up with it), the Choose how to get started screen (/choose-plan) asks you to pick a paid plan: Starter or Pro, billed monthly or through one of the 3-, 6-, or 12-month offers. This screen has no free option: you're in as soon as you complete the payment. See Plans and pricing.
Your account language
The account is created in the language you see the sign-up screen in (Spanish, English, French, Brazilian Portuguese, or European Portuguese), and that's the language your emails arrive in. You can change it whenever you like in Region and language.
Common errors
| Message | What it means |
|---|---|
| "Password must be at least 8 characters." | The password is too short. |
| "An account with this email already exists. Sign in instead." | That email is already registered; go to Sign in. |
| "An account can't be created with that email. Use a different address." | Disposable or temporary email addresses aren't accepted. |
| "Too many attempts from your connection. Try again in an hour." | Too many sign-ups in a row from your network. |
| "Couldn't create your account. Please try again." | Temporary failure; try again. |
| "Something went wrong." | Something failed behind the scenes; if it keeps happening, write to support@areacacao.com. |
If you already have an account
Already registered? At the bottom of the sign-up screen, "Already have an account?" with the Sign in link takes you to sign-in.
Some subscriptions start from the payment flow (Stripe-led signup): in that case the account is created during checkout and you receive an email to set your password before signing in for the first time.