Did they remove the WHMCS Starter license?

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• Spouik Member

  May 2025

  Hi !

  WHMCS officially discontinued the Starter license as of January 1st, 2025.
  All existing Starter license holders were automatically migrated to the Plus plan.
• cu_olly Member

  May 2025

  Starter still exists. It's the same as Plus, but with a hard-coded branding link. However, it's intended to be bundled and resold by resellers rather than sold direct, but you can purchase it through CPLicense.net or similar.

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• Terranode Member, Host Rep

  May 2025

  @cu_olly said:
  Starter still exists. It's the same as Plus, but with a hard-coded branding link. However, it's intended to be bundled and resold by resellers rather than sold direct, but you can purchase it through CPLicense.net or similar.

  yes, that's why my doubt was born, because I have a starter license and other friends have told me that today they have migrated them to plus, and I checked the web and starter no longer appeared.
• AspireHosting Member, Patron Provider

  May 2025

  @cu_olly said:
  Starter still exists. It's the same as Plus, but with a hard-coded branding link. However, it's intended to be bundled and resold by resellers rather than sold direct, but you can purchase it through CPLicense.net or similar.

  what about licenses sold through resellers?
• cu_olly Member

  May 2025 edited May 2025

  @Terranode said: yes, that's why my doubt was born, because I have a starter license and other friends have told me that today they have migrated them to plus, and I checked the web and starter no longer appeared.

  I'm not sure who "they" are, but WHMCS has not directly sold the Starter license since 2021, when WebPros mandated the upgrade of all direct Starter licenses to Plus.

  WHMCS license resellers can still bundle and resell WHMCS Starter, at least for now, and I'm not aware of any current or impending changes to this policy. Further, WebPros forcing their WHMCS license resellers - who are often bundling Starter with shared hosting reseller plans - to upgrade to Plus would mark another notch in the death post for WHMCS' brand and reputation, so I doubt they'd consider doing that.
• embertmorton200 Member

  June 2025

  I was also surprised to see WHMCS Starter vanish from their main site. Seems like they’re pushing everyone to Plus unless you go through resellers like CPLicense. Honestly, bundling through resellers feels like the last lifeline for Starter users. With all the recent license shifts, it makes me wonder how long until WHMCS phases it out completely for everyone.
• PraHost Member

  July 2025

  @cu_olly said:
  Starter still exists. It's the same as Plus, but with a hard-coded branding link. However, it's intended to be bundled and resold by resellers rather than sold direct, but you can purchase it through CPLicense.net or similar.

  Site error or what? I can see all prices to 0
  
• Swiftnode Member, Patron Provider, LIR

  July 2025

  @PraHost said:
  Site error or what? I can see all prices to 0
  

  It's because of the way they have their cart setup, if you hit "order now" you then have to check an addon service for the actual product.
• plumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

  July 2025

  @PraHost said:

  @cu_olly said:
  Starter still exists. It's the same as Plus, but with a hard-coded branding link. However, it's intended to be bundled and resold by resellers rather than sold direct, but you can purchase it through CPLicense.net or similar.

  Site error or what? I can see all prices to 0
  

  Super shitty 😒