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Choose the term and method

Open STAR, choose Monthly, click Ignite your star. On the How to pay step choose RU card or Worldwide card and turn on Auto-renew. Under the switch: Charged automatically every N days.
2

Enter the card

Card number, Expires, CVV. No name on the card needed. Click Link & pay.
3

Confirm in the bank

A separate bank window opens (Finish in the bank window). Confirm with 3-D Secure. The app shows the steps Sending, Bank confirm, Checking, Linking.
4

Done

You will see Card linked (for a dollar card: USD card linked). STAR turns on by itself.
Auto-renew is for Monthly only. Quarterly and Yearly can be paid with a linked card or SBP (RU) without auto-renew: one charge, the method stays linked. Unlink: STAR -> Manage. Monthly works without auto-renew too: Pay without auto-renew.
STAR -> Manage, rows Link SBP (RU), Link card, Link Worldwide card. A linked method shows Used for auto-renew or Linked, not used for auto-renew.
Charges go through Boosty: the subscription is paid as a donation to the author’s Boosty blog. Card data goes from the app straight to the payment processor. Our servers never see the card number or CVV.

Free trial

The 3-day trial also needs a linked method and starts auto-renew: after 3 days one month is charged, then every month. Cancel before the charge: STAR -> Manage -> Cancel trial, STAR ends right away and nothing is charged. Details

The bank asks to confirm

If the bank asks to confirm a charge (3-D Secure), the app opens the bank page itself. Closed it too early: on the STAR page click Open bank window and confirm. A renewal waiting for the bank shows The bank asks to confirm the renewal with a Confirm button in Manage and on the Star Subscription card in the left menu.

Turn off auto-renew

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Open manage

STAR -> Manage. It shows the links, the Auto-renew switch and the next charge.
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Switch it off

Turn off Auto-renew. You will see Auto-renew turned off, and STAR works until the end of the paid term.
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Remove the link

Click Remove and confirm: Remove card or Unlink SBP (RU).
With SBP, unlinking in the app is not enough: Also cancel the subscription in your bank app: unlinking here doesn’t stop it there.
The app says: The payment didn’t go through: not enough money, or the subscription was cancelled in the bank. Top up the card or link again. A failed charge is retried up to 3 times, 6 hours apart. If it still fails, auto-renew turns off and STAR ends at the end of the paid term.
To link a different card: Link another card.
  • The bank says it can’t link: scan the QR with the phone camera, not the bank app. The SBP page opens in the browser, pick your bank there.
  • The bank says the account is already linked to Boosty: confirm anyway, the link goes through.
  • The QR expired.: click Show QR again.
  • This account is already linked. If the subscription was cancelled in the bank earlier, link it again.: click Link again.
  • Too many tries. Try again later.: wait.
  • SBP linking isn’t available right now.: try later.
Email support@getsoundcloud.app within 7 days of the charge: we refund it in full. Once every 6 months. Refund policySend your SoundCloud account, the charge date and the receipt, plus:
SBP (through Platega), Crypto, CryptoBot, Telegram Stars. RU card, Worldwide card and SBP (RU) with a link can also pay without auto-renew: Pay without auto-renew. How to get STAR