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Additional Purchase of Points and Storage

Last Updated: Month X, 2026

Important Notes Before Applying

Before submitting your application, please be sure to review the following important information.

About Points

  • Points are valid until the end of the fiscal year in which they are purchased.
    Any unused points will expire after the fiscal year ends.
  • Carryover to the next fiscal year and refunds are not permitted, regardless of whether the points are used or unused.

Application Deadlines

  • The application deadline is the 23rd of each month
    (the 15th in April, December, and February).
  • ⚠ Important restrictions regarding March applications
    Due to accounting procedures, the following applications cannot be accepted:
    • Any applications submitted in March (excluding applications for the next fiscal year)
    • Applications for projects with a usage period limited to March only
    • Purchase applications in which points are granted starting in March
  • Even if you wish to start using points or storage in March, you must submit the application by February.
  • If the application deadline has passed, applications can be submitted for usage starting from the following month onward.

Changes to Application Details

  • Once an application has been approved, changes to its details (fees, budget category, responsible person, etc.) are not permitted.

Logging in to the User Application Portal

  1. Access the User Application Portal using a web browser.
  2. Log in using your portal account and password.
    The portal account starts with “ap”.
  3. Enter your one-time password.

Procedure for Additional Purchase of Points and Storage

You can add points, increase storage capacity, or extend the usage period for an existing project.

1. Select a Project

First, select the project to which you want to apply the changes.
Click the area displaying the project ID at the top left of the screen and choose the appropriate project.

Confirm that the displayed Project Information corresponds to the project you wish to modify.

2. Application Details

Storage Usage Period

If you are adding storage capacity, specify the start month and end month for the storage usage period.

Additional Storage Capacity (Large)

Select the amount of storage to be added to the Large-Capacity Storage.
You can select up to 100 TB in increments of 10 TB.

Additional Storage Capacity (High-Speed)

Select the amount of storage to be added to the High-Speed Storage.

Points Amount

Enter the number of points to be added to the project.
You can select up to 1,000,000 points in increments of 1,000 points.

Point Availability Start Month

Select the month from which the additionally purchased points will become available.

You can select a month after the purchase month.

Notes

  • Point validity period: Until the end of the fiscal year in which the points are purchased
  • Due to accounting procedures, applications for purchase in March and applications with a usage period limited to March only are not permitted.

Person Responsible for Payment

Enter the information of the person responsible for payment (the person responsible for the payment of usage fees).

Please choose one of the following options.

① Using registered information

Select the appropriate person responsible for payment from the dropdown list.

② Registering new information

  1. Check “Enter a new person responsible for payment”.

  2. Enter the required information in the Person Responsible for Payment Information section at the bottom of the page.

Accounting Officer

Enter the information of the accounting officer who will handle the payment of usage fees.

Please choose one of the following options.

① Using registered information

Select the appropriate accounting officer from the dropdown list.

② Registering new information

  1. Check “Enter a new accounting officer”.

  2. Enter the accounting officer’s information.

3. Person Responsible for Payment Information

  1. If you select registered information, the details will be automatically filled in. (They cannot be modified.)
  2. If you check “Enter a new person responsible for payment”, enter the required information.

4. Accounting Officer Information

  1. If you select registered information, the details will be automatically filled in. (They cannot be modified.)
  2. If you check “Enter a new accounting officer”, enter the required information.

Important

Once approved, the application details (fees, budget category, person responsible for payment, etc.) cannot be changed.