How to Upgrade Your Flickr Account To A Pro Account

The Flickr Pro Account is good for Flickr users who take a lot of photos, have large files or love to organize their work with lots of different album sets. Flickr's Pro Account offers unlimited storage, upload and bandwidth, and users can also browse ad-free Flickr pages.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• Credit card
• Computer with Internet access
• Digital camera

Sign Into Your Flickr Account Using Your Yahoo! ID

1. Visit the Flickr home page and click on the "Sign In"' link (see Resources below).
2. Enter you Yahoo! ID and Password in the fields.
3. Click on the "Sign In" button to access your account.

Get a Yahoo! ID

4. Enter the Flickr home page and click on the "Sign Up!" link (see Resources below).
5. Get a Yahoo! ID by first clicking the "Sign Up" link near the question "Don't Have a Yahoo! ID?"
6. Type in your details in the fields provided by Yahoo! and read the Terms of Service.
7. Click on the "I Agree" button to create your Yahoo account.

Updgrade Your Account to Pro

8. Click on the "You" link and select "Your Account" in the drop-down box.
9. Click on the link that says "Upgrade" to begin upgrading your account to Pro.
10. Click the "Buy Now" button to confirm your purchase.
11. Select the length of your account from the radio button selections. Choose from a 1-year-long account or a 2-year-long account.
12. Click on the "OK! I'm Ready to Pay" button.
13. Choose your method of payment and continue through the payment process to purchase your Pro Account.

Buy an Upgrade to the Pro Account as a Present

14. Click on the "You" link and select the "Your Account" option from the drop-down menu.
15. Click on the "Upgrade" link to read the Pro Account Web page
16. Click on the link that says "Buy Now!"
17. Select the length of the membership you would like to purchase from either 1- or 2-year Pro membership choices.
18. Read the Terms and Conditions for Flickr memberships and click the box that confirms you've read them.
19. Click on the "OK! I'm Ready to Pay" button.
20. Select your payment choice and continue through the payment process to buy a Pro Account upgrade gift card.

Tips & Warnings

• The Pro Account is a great gift for new Flickr fans.
• Flickr has been known to be a victim of 'phishing' to collect sensitive data. Never download files that you aren't familiar with.