{"id":9368,"date":"2024-02-05T09:35:13","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T08:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=9368"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T07:07:09","password":"","slug":"17-how-to-book-change-a-license","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/license\/17-how-to-book-change-a-license\/","title":{"rendered":"How to book\/change my license"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this step-by-step guide you will learn how to easily book a new ChurchTools license or change an existing one. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#3e70ce;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#f3f5f7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Note<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Prices shown on this page aren&#8217;t binding offers and may vary at the time you&#8217;re looking to purchase a license.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Open system settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First click on the <strong>tool icon<\/strong> on the left of your profile picture and select <strong>System Settings<\/strong> (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"606\" height=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14620\" style=\"width:294px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-6.png 606w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-6-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-6-340x512.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Select license<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to <strong>License<\/strong> (2) &gt; <strong>License selection<\/strong> (3) and choose the license that suits your church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-9.png 940w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-9-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-9-768x400.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-9-360x187.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If the <em>Next<\/em> button of a plan is grayed out and you see red exclamation marks in the plan overview, you have already entered more data in your ChurchTools than is included in the plan. In this case select the next bigger plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"94\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14622\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14624\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-8.png 560w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-8-255x300.png 255w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-8-360x423.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group ct-box ct-box-blue has-background is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-002f1c27 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:8px;border-left-color:#22c55e;border-left-width:0.5rem;background-color:#dcfce7;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0.5rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0rem;margin-left:0.5rem\"><strong>Tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0rem;margin-right:0.5rem;margin-bottom:0.5rem;margin-left:0.5rem\">Above the plan overview you can always see how much data you have entered in your ChurchTools:<br><br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1768\" height=\"274\" class=\"wp-image-14617\" style=\"width: 600px\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x.png 1768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x-300x46.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x-1024x159.png 1024w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x-768x119.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x-1536x238.png 1536w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/CleanShot-2023-09-21-at-15.54.19@2x-360x56.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1768px) 100vw, 1768px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>By clicking <strong>Select<\/strong> (4) in the respective license plan you will be automatically forwarded to the next step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-10.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-10.png 940w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-10-300x287.png 300w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-10-768x735.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-10-360x345.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If your church has already booked a ChurchTools license and you want to change the existing license, a pop-up window will open where you can select additional <strong>modules<\/strong> (5). Your last step is to <strong>confirm<\/strong> (6) the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Enter invoice recipient and payment method<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If your church has not yet purchased a ChurchTools license, you&#8217;ll need to enter an invoice recipient and payment method. Simply fill in the required information and click <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"940\" height=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11.png 940w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-278x300.png 278w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-768x828.png 768w, https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image-11-360x388.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Summary and order<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this last step you will see a summary of your order and the associated costs. After you have accepted our terms and conditions, you can complete your order. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this step-by-step guide you will learn how to easily book a new ChurchTools license or change an existing one. &nbsp; 1. Open system settings First click on the tool icon on the left of your profile picture and select System Settings (1). 2. Select license Navigate to License (2) &gt; License selection (3) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[476],"doc_tag":[],"knowledge_base":[425],"class_list":["post-9368","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-license","knowledge_base-system-settings"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"year_month":"2026-04","word_count":221,"total_views":"2211","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Jasper Stehmeier","author_nicename":"jstehmeier","author_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/author\/jstehmeier\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"License","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/license\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[{"term_name":"System Settings","term_url":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/help\/system-settings\/","term_slug":"system-settings"}],"knowledge_base_slug":["system-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9368"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39856,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9368\/revisions\/39856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=9368"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=9368"},{"taxonomy":"knowledge_base","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/churchtools.academy\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge_base?post=9368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}