# Using Advance Pay
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**Note**  
*Advance Pay is in public preview for AWS Billing and Cost Management and is subject to change. This feature is available for a select group of customers. Your use of advance pay is subject to the Betas and Previews terms of the [AWS Service Terms](https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/) (Section 2).*  
When you use billing transfer, Advance Pay funds from your bill source account don't apply to bill transfer account payments. Contact Support for help with Advance Pay while billing transfer is active.

Use *Advance Pay* to pay for your AWS usage in advance. AWS uses the funds to pay for your invoices automatically when they're due. Your default payment method is used when you don't have Advance Pay balance available.

You can register for Advance Pay in the AWS Billing and Cost Management console. You can add funds to Advance Pay by using electronic fund transfer. AWS Inc. customers can add funds using any personal or business bank account with a US branch location. To use Advance Pay in Europe, your account requires an AWS Europe invoice.

**Notes**  
You can use Advance Pay if your seller of record (SOR) is AWS Inc. (USD only) or AWS Europe (USD, EUR, or GBP). If you don’t see the **Advance Pay** tab, this can be for the following reasons:  
You have a different SOR for your AWS account. To find your SOR, go to the **Payment preferences** page and under your default payment method, see the name under **Service provider**. You can also find this information in the **Tax settings** page, under the **Seller** column.
If you’re a member account that is part of an organization, only the management account (also called the payer account) can use Advance Pay.
Advance Pay isn’t available in AWS GovCloud (US).
For a full list of service restrictions for Advance Pay, see [Advance Pay](billing-limits.md#limits-ap).

**Topics**
+ [Registering your Advance Pay](#manage-advancepay-register)
+ [Adding funds to your Advance Pay](#manage-advancepay-add)

## Registering your Advance Pay
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You can use the AWS Billing and Cost Management console to register for Advance Pay.

**To register for Advance Pay**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Payments**.

1. Choose the **Advance Pay** tab.

1. Accept the **Advance Pay terms and conditions**.

1. Choose **Register**.

## Adding funds to your Advance Pay
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You can add funds to Advance Pay using electronic funds transfer, or a personal or business bank account.

**To add funds to your Advance Pay using electronic funds transfer**

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Payments**.

1. Choose the **Advance Pay** tab.

1. Choose **Add funds**.

1. Under **Amount**, enter the fund amount that you want to add.

   The amount must be entered in US dollars.

1. Under **Payment method**, choose **Choose payment method**.

1. Choose **Wire transfer**.

1. Choose **Use this payment method**.

1. Review the payment details, and choose **Verify**.

1. Complete your electronic funds transfer by using the instructions in the **Payment summary** section.

You can download the funding summary document from the **Advance Pay summary** page.

**To add funds to your Advance Pay using a bank account**

To add funds to Advance Pay with a bank account, you must meet eligibility requirements to add a US bank account as an ACH direct debit payment method. For more information, see [Manage ACH direct debit payment methods](manage-cc.md#manage-debit).

1. Open the AWS Billing and Cost Management console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/costmanagement/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Payments**.

1. Choose the **Advance Pay** tab.

1. Choose **Add funds**.

1. Under **Amount**, enter the fund amount that you want to add.

   The amount must be entered in US dollars.

1. Under **Payment method**, choose **Choose payment method**.

1. Choose **Bank account**.

1. Choose **Use this payment method**.

1. Review the payment details, and choose **Add funds**.

Your bank account is charged with the amount that you enter.

You can download the funding summary document from the **Advance Pay summary** page.