Getting Started
Your License: Free Trial, Purchase, and Activation
Start the free trial, buy, activate, and recover a locked app.
The first screen you see asks how you want to start: activate a license key you already have, or begin a free trial.
Starting the Free 7-Day Trial
Click Start Free 7-Day Trial on the welcome screen. No card details, no sign-up form. The trial begins immediately and you get the full product for seven days.
A few things worth knowing:
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An internet connection is required to start a trial. The seven days are counted by our servers, not by your PC’s clock, so the countdown is honest and cannot be knocked off course by a clock change.
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The trial belongs to the PC, not to an account. Reinstalling EVRST, wiping the database, or restoring an old backup all resume the same trial with the same end date. They do not restart the clock.
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A banner at the top shows the days remaining and turns amber for the final two days.
What the Trial Includes and What It Holds Back
Everything that matters for evaluating the product is open: invoicing, quotations, purchases, POS, inventory, service tickets, reports, printing, and local backups.
Four things are reserved for the full version:
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Google Drive cloud backup
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Restoring a backup into the app
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Additional user accounts (the trial runs on the owner account)
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Submitting support tickets
Where one of these appears, you will see a short note explaining it is part of the full version, with a Buy License button beside it. The trial also allows two terminals (the main PC plus one till) rather than the full allowance.
| Creating and downloading local backups works normally during the trial. You are never locked away from your own data, and anything you enter during the trial is still there after you buy. |
Buying and Activating
Click Buy License from the welcome screen, the trial banner, or any locked feature. That opens our website in your browser. Once you have completed the purchase, your license key arrives by email.
To activate:
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Go to Settings > License
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Click Activate Purchased License
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Paste your license key and the email you purchased with
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Click activate
The app confirms and reloads. That is all.
| You can buy and activate at any point during the trial without losing anything. Your invoices, customers, items, and settings carry straight over. You do not need to finish the trial first, and you do not need to reinstall. |
Your Two Email Addresses
Most shops end up with two addresses on file, and that is normal rather than a mistake:
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The purchase email - the address the licence was bought with. Support, renewals and the licence lookup are all keyed on this one.
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The sign-in email - the address you log in with every morning.
They are the same address if you bought the licence before creating your account. If you started on the free trial and bought afterwards, which is the usual order, they are often different, because a trial has no purchase email to tie the account to.
EVRST tells you when the two differ rather than changing either one. You see a one-time notice just after activation, and a permanent pair of labels in Settings > License: Licensed to is the purchase email, Owner sign-in is your login. Your password and the way you log in do not change when you buy.
| Replies to a support ticket go to the purchase email, because that is the address the licence is registered to. The ticket form on your screen says which inbox to watch. If a staff member raised the ticket, the answer still lands with the owner. |
| If activation fails (a typo in the key, or no internet at that moment), your trial keeps running exactly as before. Nothing is surrendered until the new key is confirmed. |
If You Lose Your License Key
On the activation screen, click Forgot your license key? Look it up by email and enter the email address you purchased with.
When the App Is Locked
If EVRST cannot confirm a valid license, it shows a full-screen notice instead of the normal app. The notice tells you why, which determines what to do next:
| What it says | What it means |
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Your Free Trial Has Ended |
The seven days are up. Buy a license to continue with your data intact. |
Your License Has Expired |
A time-limited license reached its end date. Renew, or enter a different key. |
This License Was Revoked |
The license is no longer valid for this PC. If that is unexpected, contact support. |
This License Is Suspended |
Usually a billing problem that can be sorted out. Contact support before buying again. |
No License Found |
No license is recorded on this installation. Enter a valid key to continue. |
Whatever the reason, the same three options are always on that screen: enter a license key, buy one, or download a backup of your data. Your data is never held hostage and is never deleted.
| EVRST checks in with our licensing servers periodically. If your internet is down, the app keeps working normally. A short offline period changes nothing. |
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