# Quick Start & Billing

### Quick Start

### After [**installing**](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/getting-started/install) **Nightowl**, head to the app home tab by clicking the button in the success message you just received, or by searching for `@Nightowl` as you would a user.

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To get familiar with the features of **Nightowl** without delivering messages to actual conversations, you can create a test channel to use as the sole recipient.
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#### First, send a [BCC message](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/bcc-messages).

{% content-ref url="../reference/bcc-messages" %}
[bcc-messages](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/bcc-messages)
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**Next, create a** [**scheduled message**](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/scheduled-messages).

{% content-ref url="../reference/scheduled-messages" %}
[scheduled-messages](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/scheduled-messages)
{% endcontent-ref %}

#### &#x20;Save your scheduled message as a [draft message](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/draft-messages).

{% content-ref url="../reference/draft-messages" %}
[draft-messages](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/draft-messages)
{% endcontent-ref %}

#### &#x20;Make a [recipient group](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/recipient-groups) from your draft message.

{% content-ref url="../reference/recipient-groups" %}
[recipient-groups](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/recipient-groups)
{% endcontent-ref %}

#### Configure a [recurring message](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/recurring-messages) to your recipient group.

{% content-ref url="../reference/recurring-messages" %}
[recurring-messages](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/reference/recurring-messages)
{% endcontent-ref %}

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All Nightowl messages are sent from your user.&#x20;

Recipients will **not** be able to tell that you did not send the message.
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### Billing

#### To use Nightowl with more than one user or to send messages to more than 25 concurrent recipients, you will need to start a subscription. This won't cost you anything at first, you'll automatically be enrolled in a 30-day free trial.

To use the app more extensively, your monthly<sup>1</sup> subscription cost will change in accordance with the [pricing page](https://happybara.io/apps/nightowl/pricing/). These costs will not take effect until the end of the trial.

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To configure your subscription, begin your free trial, and get access to the full capabilities of Nightowl, follow the steps below.
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### To configure your billing settings and start or modify a subscription:

* Head to the **Nightowl** app home – make sure you are on the `Home` tab.
* Click the `About Nightowl` button.
* In the About modal, note the values for each component of billing shown in this modal, then click the `💸 Manage Billing` button.
* In the Billing modal, the options you'll see depend on whether you have an existing subscription.

  > If a subscription exists, you will be able to click
  >
  > * `💳 Manage payment` to update your credit card info
  > * `🧾 Manage receipt delivery` to change the email address where payment receipts are delivered
  >
  > If you don't have a subscription yet, you will be able to click
  >
  > * `🛒 Upgrade` to configure your subscription and begin your free trial
  > * `🆘 Get help from another user` to request assistance in setting up your subscription

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You need a subscription to Nightowl to be configured before you can [increase the maximum number of recipients](https://happybara.gitbook.io/nightowl/getting-started/increase-maximum-recipients).
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If you are receiving messages about failed payment, please update your credit card as described above.
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* Once you have configured your subscription, **usage-based billing**<sup>2</sup> will apply as described on the [pricing page](https://happybara.io/apps/nightowl/pricing/).

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If you signed an Order Form with Happybara to purchase access to Nightowl, please see below regarding the superscript notations above.

1. If you agreed to a term other than monthly, you still need to set up the subscription as described above, and you will automatically be moved to a price reflecting the appropriate term following initial configuration.
2. If the Order Form included a fixed rate, usage-based billing will not apply. You will be billed in accordance with the agreed upon terms of your order.
   {% endhint %}