# Offerings in MediaConnect
Offerings

*Offerings* are discounts that MediaConnect offers in exchange for a commitment to use a certain amount of outbound bandwidth each month. The components of a MediaConnect offering are:
+ Duration
+ Outbound bandwidth
+ Price (billed hourly)

When you purchase an offering, you specify the start date and time. The resulting resource is called a *reservation* because you are "reserving" a certain amount of outbound bandwidth for a period of time.

*Outbound bandwidth* refers to data that is transferred from a MediaConnect flow to a location or endpoint outside of the AWS Cloud. It does not include data transferred *in* to your MediaConnect flow, nor does it include data transferred from a MediaConnect flow to any location within the AWS Cloud.

# Viewing MediaConnect offerings
Viewing offerings

On the console, you can view the offerings that are available in the current AWS Region.

**To view a list of offerings (console)**

1. Open the MediaConnect console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/).

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

   A list appears, showing all offerings that are available in the current Region. 

# Purchasing a MediaConnect offering
Purchasing an offering

If your account doesn't already have an active reservation, you can purchase an offering to create a new reservation.

**To purchase an offering (console)**

1. Open the MediaConnect console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/).

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

   A list appears, showing all offerings that are available in the current Region. 
**Note**  
If you have an active reservation, you can't purchase another offering. 

1. Choose the reservation that you want to purchase, and choose **Purchase**.

   The** Enter reservation details** page appears.

1. In the **Name** field, enter a name for the reservation. Reservation names must be unique within your account, including expired reservations.

1. For **Start date**, click the calendar icon and choose the date that you want the reservation to begin. You can choose a date as early as the first day of the current month and as recent as today.

1. In the **Start time** field, enter the time of day that you want the reservation to begin. If your start date occurs in the past, you can choose any time of day. If your start date occurs today, you can choose any time up to and including the current time. 

1. Choose **Next**. 

   The **Review and purchase** page appears.

1. Review the details of the reservation. If you need to make changes to the reservation name or start, choose **Previous** and make the changes. If you need to choose a different offering, choose **Cancel** and start over.

1. Choose **Purchase**.