Small businesses will appreciate reliability and easy interface, but there are also powerful options for large businesses. Microsoft is doing perfectly well in terms of regular useful improvements even though new tools are being used, although basic changes and some are step backwards. Microsoft’s FAQ says that it’s possible to subscribe up to 5 years ahead.Office 365 is an easy and inexpensive way to get a whole range of Cloud Office services as well as access to new features that are common in the Office 2016 Office. However you renew (direct with Microsoft or buying elsewhere) the new term will be added to the end of your existing subscription. It’s quite possible to renew a few months before expiry to give you 13, 14, 15 months or more of Office 365. You can renew your Office 365 subscription well before it expires without losing any of your existing time. Purchased via Amazon US: $59.99 (Key Card posted to you) Max $23.89 / 28% saving. It’s a similar story for Office 365 Personal. Purchased via Amazon US: $73.99 (Key Card posted to you) Max: $45.89 / 38% saving.
The prices offered on Amazon will vary but the street prices quoted below seem common.
Here’s a summary comparison as at 19 September 2015. With either option, you get a ‘Product Key’ the 25 character key which entitles you to a year of Office 365. The difference seems to be that the downloadable key is available immediately from Amazon while the card is supplied by another company (but fulfilled by Amazon).
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The PC/Mac download costs $99 but the card posted out to you costs $73.99 – go figure. We found Office 365 Home available for just $73.99 – $26 cheaper than MS’s annual price and almost $50 less than Microsoft’s default monthly pricing. Beware ‘too good to be true’ offers because they probably are. Make sure it’s the same subscription type as you currently have (Home or Personal).
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How to do itįind the cheapest price you can for Office 365 Home or Personal.
In fact, one reader had originally bought Office 365 direct from Microsoft but renewed buying cheaper via Amazon and it worked fine. It seems you can buy the renewal from any retailer in that country. The wording says that you renew through the same retailer that you originally bought Office 365 from. Source: Microsoft’s Office 365 FAQ with our highlighting. However, Microsoft’s own rules say that renewal is possible buying an Office 365 subscription from a store. All Office 365 packs (actually just cards with a product key) in stores and offered online appear to be for new subscriptions. The trick to a cheaper renewal is buying another ‘new’ Office 365 package of the same type from another retailer. There’s cheaper options available if you shop around As we’ll see, there’s even cheaper options available if you shop around. It amounts to $119.88 compared to Microsoft’s own annual price of $99.99 – almost $20 difference. $9.99 a month is the most expensive way to get Office 365 Home. Other renewal offers may have an annual option, but not any that we’ve seen. The readers name and account expiry date have been removed for their privacyĪs you can see, the standard path for renewing is to let Microsoft charge your credit card each month. Here’s an actual renewal email from Microsoft for an Office 365 subscription in the USA. They hope you’ll just automatically renew and not realize there are cheaper options available. Just one example next time your insurance is up for renewal, compare the renewal price with advertised prices from the same company … chances are you can ring up and get a lower renewal cost. Renewing direct with Microsoft is often the most expensive way to keep your Office 365 subscription alive.Many companies take advantage of customer’s lack of attention to renew them on more expensive options than would otherwise be available.
I remember you saying that offers direct from Microsoft are overpriced … does that apply to renewals?” Arnold W. “I’ve got a renewal notice for my Office 365 subscription saying that I’ll pay $9.99 a month automatically off my credit card.