# Can I buy more than one Starter Pack at once while they're on Steam Sale and activate them one by one whenever I get ready to? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 28, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-buy-more-than-one-starter-pack-at-once-while-theyre-on-steam-sale-and-activate-them-one-by-one-whenever-i-get-ready-to/454224 "2024-06-28T05:36:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Kezrai\_Charzai](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kezrai_charzai/32/394578_2.png) [@Kezrai\_Charzai](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kezrai_Charzai)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-buy-more-than-one-starter-pack-at-once-while-theyre-on-steam-sale-and-activate-them-one-by-one-whenever-i-get-ready-to/454224/3 "2024-06-28T13:28:27Z")
To the best of my knowledge, when you buy a starter pack, the Omega time is automatically added to your account at the time of purchase. You don’t choose to ‘activate’ the Omega time later. Some specific items in a Starter pack (like a booster), you do choose when and which character to activate them on, but not the Omega time. At least that’s my understanding, and various posts indicate it as well: > [@Does Omega Time Included in a Pack Activate Automatically Upon Purchase?](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/does-omega-time-included-in-a-pack-activate-automatically-upon-purchase/392541): > > I only have access to my phone for the next 2+ weeks. I want to buy the Starter Pack (which includes 7 days of Omega time) and use the Eve Anywhere to accept a couple of contracts (I won two different skins watching streams) and also benefit from the Lunar New Year log-in event. When I buy the pack in the shop, will my account automatically become Omega? If the Omega time is something I need to redeem, then I can’t use Eve Anywhere to log in to activate it. My account is currently Alpha. I’… If anyone has more recent or more specific information(eg. Steam-related, since I buy direct from EVE Online store), please update the thread. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/can-i-buy-more-than-one-starter-pack-at-once-while-theyre-on-steam-sale-and-activate-them-one-by-one-whenever-i-get-ready-to/454224)._