Interest in Steemit has made it difficult to open an account here. Previously it was very easy to open an account. İt was becoming increasingly difficult. There are two ways to open a Steemit account.
1) Free signup (during open 1-2 weeks)
2) Paid signup (instant activate)
The first method is free. No payment is required. This is the most beautiful and most profitable method. But sometimes accounts are not activated. A person can open a single account at a time. An account is allowed at a ip address on a computer or phone. These are important issues to open a free account.
1) another computer or phon
2) another e-mail
3) another phone number
There is no rule for paid account. Click Paid signup section and you can use paid services.
1) Anonsteem, 2) Blocktrades 3) SteemConnect
These are best in Steemconnect. Cheap from others. Need to pay 3 steem for account. Previously paid money was added to the Steem Power section. Situations changed after HF20. Then you can were withdrawal with power down method. Now the fees paid are burned. Not added to any account. Adding RC instead.