Renewing your student discount

The student discount runs for 12 months from the date you verified. About 30 days before it expires, you can re-verify your student status and lock in another 12 months. This guide covers how to renew, the 5-verification cap, and what happens if you let the discount lapse.

Table of contents

• When you can renew
• How to renew
• The 5-verification cap
• What happens when the discount expires
• Picking up later if you let it lapse

When you can renew

You can re-verify up to 30 days before your current discount's expiry date. Before that, the eligibility card on Settings > Subscription shows the verified state with the expiry date and a note saying when re-verification opens up. Inside the 30-day window, the card switches to "Re-verify your student status" with a button.

You can also re-verify anytime after expiry, as long as you haven't hit the 5-verification cap.

How to renew

The renewal flow is identical to the first verification:

1. Go to Settings > Subscription in the panel.
2. Scroll to the Student discount card at the bottom.
3. Click Re-verify your student status.
4. Enter your school email (the same one or a new one — both work, as long as it's a recognised academic domain).
5. Confirm your academic info on the next screen.
6. Click the link in the verification email you receive.

That's it. Your discount runs for another 12 months from the re-verification date.

Full step-by-step walkthrough of each screen: How to apply for the student discount.

The 5-verification cap

The student discount is intended for current students, so the program has a 5-verification limit. That means you can run the discount for up to 5 years total — your initial verification plus 4 renewals.

The panel keeps track for you. The verified-state card shows whether you've reached the cap, and warns you on the renewal before your last one.

After your fifth verification expires, the discount ends permanently for that account. You'll move to the regular Basic or Pro pricing automatically.

What happens when the discount expires

If your discount expires and you haven't re-verified:

• Your next invoice goes back to the standard Basic or Pro plan price.
• The eligibility card on the subscription page shows the discount expired and offers re-verification (if you're under the 5-verification cap).
• Your account is otherwise unchanged — no features are removed, no data is lost. You're just back on the regular plan price.

You'll get an email warning before the discount lapses, giving you time to re-verify if you want to keep it going.

Picking up later if you let it lapse

The 30-day re-verification window is when the button appears in the panel. The 5-verification cap is what actually limits how many times the discount can run on your account.

If you let the discount lapse for a while, you can still come back and re-verify later — the only cost is whatever months passed at the regular plan price. As long as you're still under 5 total verifications and still an enrolled student with a working academic email, the discount kicks back in for another 12 months.

Worth knowing: the system also blocks re-verification if your first verification was more than 5 years ago, even if you haven't hit the 5-verification count yet. The 5-year clock starts ticking from the day you first verified.

Related articles

• The student discount: 40% off Pro for verified students
• How to apply for the student discount
• Once you are verified: where the student discount shows up
• Troubleshooting the student discount
• Student discount vs the School plan

Updated on: 24/05/2026