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# Accept an Azure Marketplace private offer

A private offer is a custom Azure Marketplace plan that MediaKind prepares for a specific customer, typically in exchange for a committed spend. Use this guide to redeem a private offer for MK.IO through Azure Marketplace and activate the resulting subscription.

## Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have:

* A private offer for MK.IO that MediaKind has issued to your organization in Azure Marketplace.

* Permission to create resources in the Azure subscription and resource group where the Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription will live.

* An MK.IO account that belongs to the organization the offer was issued to. This applies even if you are a partner or contractor completing the redemption on the organization’s behalf. If you are not yet a member, ask an administrator of that organization to invite you.

  Expect delays between steps

  Azure can take up to an hour to move from one step to the next. If a status does not update immediately, wait before retrying.

## Redeem the offer

### Review and accept the offer

Open the offer on the private offer management page in Azure Marketplace. Once you accept the offer, its status changes to **Accepted**, and the associated product shows a status of **Ready for purchase**.

### Purchase the offer

Select **Purchase** next to the product to start the subscription wizard.

On the **Basics** tab:

* Choose your Azure subscription and resource group, or select Create new to create a resource group.

* Enter a name for your MK.IO subscription under SaaS details.

The **Plan** field shows the plan MediaKind prepared for your organization.

Continue to the **Tags** tab, then select **Review + subscribe**. Review the terms of use, confirm your contact details (name, email, and phone number), and select **Subscribe**.

Azure creates the SaaS subscription. This can take several minutes.

### Configure your MK.IO account

Once the subscription is created, Azure shows a confirmation page stating that the purchase is not yet complete, and emails you instructions for setting up your SaaS account. Select **Configure account now** to continue.

Complete this step within 30 days

Billing does not start until you configure your account. If you take no action within 30 days, Azure automatically deletes the SaaS subscription.

**Configure account now** redirects you to MK.IO. Sign in with the MK.IO account associated with your organization, then accept the MK.IO terms and conditions to activate the subscription.

MK.IO creates a payment method for the offer. You can now create a new project and assign it to the payment method. To use the offer for existing projects, [move the projects to the new payment method](/mkio/how-to/managing-your-organization/billing#move-a-project-between-payment-methods).

## Next steps

* Create your first project

* How payment methods work