# Signup gate
Source: https://docs.aden.space/docs/help/get-started/signup-invite-gate

Anyone can create an Aden account. A typed invite code or the `?betaadenspace` unlock skips the waitlist; otherwise staff accept the request from the existing beta queue. Waitlisted accounts still open collabs, camps, and sessions they belong to.
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## What it is [#what-it-is]

Anyone can create an Aden account. After you register, Aden staff accept you
into the beta. If you have an invite code, type it on the register page and you
skip the wait. Arriving through a beta link (`aden.space/?betaadenspace`) does
the same thing without a code: the account you create from that browser is in
the beta.

Until you are in the beta you can still open collaborations, songwriter camps,
and sessions you belong to. Team creation and the rest of the product stay
closed.

## Using it [#using-it]

1. Open **Register**. Fill in name, phone, email, and the rest. An invite
   code is optional.
2. With a valid invite code, or after opening a `?betaadenspace` link, you land
   in the beta as soon as the account exists.
3. Without a code your account is created and staff see your request. Open the
   work you were invited to from the welcome page while you wait.
4. Signing in with Google, Discord, or Spotify on an address that has no
   account yet keeps you signed in and opens the details step of Register,
   so the same details still get filled in. Sign in with Apple creates the
   account from Login or Register without those extra fields.