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That's a good question. Turns out that you can do quite a bit with the free account, but the Premium account does provide more options -- after all members who pay should get something extra to justify their subscription costs!

By signing up as a free member, you are limited by some options:

• You can only upload a thousand photos.
• You can only backup to your computer, one album per day.
• You can download 5 photos per day.
• You can download a limited amount of Pro Shots photos.

For anything that's put up in italics in the list above, be assured that they will be explained in a later post.

So what do you do if you don't want to live with the limitations? Simple -- you either sign up as a Premium member, or upgrade your free account to the Premium level. Having said that, many newcomers to Webshots can continue their free accounts, and upgrade later whenever they start making more use of the site.

For the next few posts, we'll only explore the free accounts although everything explained in these posts will certainly work for Premium members as well.

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Becoming a member on Webshots is easy -- you just provide some simple details like your name, location, and email address -- then after a quick verification process achieved through email, you become a member. Once you are a member, you can use any of the free options, or opt to become a Premium member by paying a subscription charge. Throughgout this series of tutorials, we will explore both the Free and Premium accounts of Webshots -- but for now, let me show you how you can become a free member to start with:

1. Visit the Webshots site, and click on the link that tells you to sign up (on the top right corner of the site) as shown in Figure 1 below.
   
   
   Figure 1: The Webshots site
   
   
2. This brings up a login form, as you can see Figure 2 below.
   
   
   Figure 2: The member form
   
   
3. Fill all the fields, make sure you enter a valid email address, and then click the Join Now button within the Free section , as shown in Figure 3 below.
   
   
   
   Figure 3: Joining Webshots (the free account)
   
   Note: You can also click the Join Now button within the Premium section -- but that's something we will explore in a later post.
   
   
4. If the details you filled in the form are valid, you'll see a modified version of the Webshots site as shown in Figure 4 below. As you can see, Webshots allows you to upload your pictures now -- and that is something that I will explain in more detail in a later post.
   
   
   Figure 4: The Webshots home page, after you join
   
   
5. Do check your mail for a confirmation link -- follow the instructions within the email. Also remember to save your user name and password in a safe place.
   

In the next blog post, I'll explain what the free account allows you to do, and we'll also briefly look at the Premium account.

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Webshots is a photo sharing and storing site from CNET that allows you to do more with your visual content than what would have been possible by just storing them on your computer. In many ways, it is like other photo sharing sites like Flickr, MSN Photos, Kodak Gallery -- yet it does have some features that set it apart from these other sites.

At the most basic level, Webshots is a simple area on the Internet where you can store and share pictures. Webshots also provides a desktop application that you can download from their site -- this application lets you change your desktop wallpaper at regular intervals.

In future blog posts, I will show you how you can use all the Webshots features to your advantage.


Figure 1: The Webshots site

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