The benefits of PurplePort VIP (and how free accounts are restricted)

PurplePort has two types of membership available to all accounts:

• PurplePort VIP (paid)
• Free

We give new members a free trial of PurplePort VIP when they create an account so everyone can experience instant access to every feature on our platform without limits.

We've included a brief comparison below outlining the fabulous benefits of PurplePort VIP with free accounts to help you decide whether a PurplePort VIP subscription is the right option for you.

PurplePort VIP

A PurplePort VIP subscription gives you instant access to every feature on our platform without limits, so can share even more of your work with unlimited uploads and the ability to organise your images into public, members-only, or private albums.

With the ability to send unlimited messages and unlimited access to casting calls, you can contact more people and find the perfect partner or partners for your next planned shoot, freeing you to focus on what matters: arranging shoots and making magical images. If you're looking for paid work, PurplePort VIP gives you unrestricted access to paid casting calls, so you get more paid shoots and fill your diary with bookings.

PurplePort VIP also helps you to stay more organised by allowing you to search and organise your messages in folders, view messages between you and others, get follow-up reminders, message multiple members at once, and even book shoots right from your inbox. Plus, you will also get valuable statistics and insights into your PurplePort account activity, including who's looked at your portfolio, image view graphs, and history.

A summary of PurplePort VIP benefits:

• Unlimited images in your portfolio
• Unlimited messages to other members
• Unlimited casting calls
• Unlimited image albums
• Links to your credited images (images that other people have uploaded and tagged you in)
• Detag yourself from images others have uploaded
• Send messages to multiple recipients
• Hide your reply rate from your profile
• Easily view previous message interactions with others
• Search your previous messages
• See the list of people that want to work with you
• Create casting calls for paid work
• Apply for paid casting calls
• See other members' locations and get driving directions to them
• Statistics on your account, images and more
• Bulk edit your images

PurplePort VIP members enjoy access to many valuable and time-saving features, and purchasing a subscription also supports us and helps ensure that our community continues to expand. 

Click here to learn more about upgrading to PurplePort VIP 

Free

A summary of restrictions for free accounts:

• Maximum of 15 images in your portfolio (the rest of your images are hidden and locked)
• No one else will see your image albums (they will be hidden)
• You cannot send more than 4 new messages per day
• You won’t be able to search your inbox or view previous messages with others
• You cannot create casting calls looking for paid work
• You cannot apply to casting calls offering paid work
• You cannot create more than 1 new casting call every 7 days
• You cannot access your credited images page (images that other people have uploaded and tagged you in)
• You cannot detag yourself from images others tag you in
• You cannot hide your reply rate
• You can not access location options (map or directions) on other accounts
• You cannot access portfolio stats
• You cannot edit or manage your images in bulk (you can only edit or manage your images individually) 
• Links to websites will be removed from your portfolio notes

Click here to learn more about upgrading to PurplePort VIP 

How to upgrade to PurplePort VIP 

Purchase a subscription

To purchase a subscription and enjoy full access to PurplePort VIP benefits:

• Go to your VIP Subscription page 
• Choose your subscription preferences
• Click the Upgrade button
• You will then be directed to the PayPal website to complete your subscription purchase (all payments are processed using PayPal, but you don't need to have a PayPal account to upgrade)

PurplePort VIP can be purchased as a 1 month or 12 month subscription by making a one-off payment or setting up automatic payments. Membership costs can be found on your Subscription page. All payments are processed through PayPal, but you don't need a PayPal account. Payments can be made using a credit/debit card or your PayPal account. 

Give a gift subscription 

You can purchase a PurplePort VIP subscription for another member. It's a fabulous way to express your gratitude, give them recognition, or lend one of your fellow creatives a helping hand:

• View the portfolio page of the person you want to give a gift PurplePort VIP subscription to
• Go to the grey cog (top right) and click Give a gift subscription
• Complete the subscription details as normal (see instructions above for Purchase a subscription for more information). 

Get a subscription for free

We have created many opportunities for our wonderful creative community to get PurplePort VIP for free, whether you love to participate in our daily competitions or want to get published on The Purple Blog (by either submitting your own content or being interviewed by Penelope). 

If you want to grow your audience, gain more exposure and be rewarded for recommending PurplePort to other creatives, we think using our referral scheme is the most beneficial way to get PurplePort VIP for free. Simply share your referral links (or just links to your portfolio page), and anyone who clicks your links and creates an account will be added to your referrals. You will receive free PurplePort VIP or $5 for each person you refer.

We're giving away $20,000 to the first person to refer 1000 USA customers, so wherever you are in the world, keep hold of your USA referrals!