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    Welcome to NativShark! shark_wave

    These articles will guide you through your first week of NativShark.

    In order to begin your study journey, the first thing you’ll want to do is create an account.

    You don’t need any payment information to create an account. It comes with a 1-week free trial for you to experience NativShark with, and you can add payment information when you decide to continue your studies with NativShark.


    Before we get started, you might also be interested in the video version of this guide: 


    First, you’ll want to click on "Create my account" or "Get started - it's free" which can be found here:

    That will take you to this page, where you can enter your name, email, and password, or simply sign in with Google:

    If you were coming from a referral, you may see this already filled out but if not, you can enter their code by clicking on “Someone send you our way?” to expand it and fill it in.

    Give the Terms of Service a read, click on the checkbox to agree, hit sign up and you’re ready to go.

    Say hi to the construction shark while your account is created!

    Once your account is created, you’ll be welcomed by our lovely assistant, Overlay-chan.

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