When you first signup for Auctiva, you automatically get a free trial which gives you full use of the site including listing thru Auctiva and the use of the templates for 30 days. Once the 30 day period has elapsed, you must be on one of our paid plan's to continue listings and using the templates. The Free membership does not include those things.
The entry price for a paid Auctiva subscription is still very, very low...$2.95/month for a basic membership. With the basic membership you can do up to 15 listings a month thru Auctiva and 500 megabytes of image hosting. If you are going to be listing more than that, the $9.95 unlimited membership lets you list as many listings as you need, and gives you one gigabyte of image hosting. It's a really good deal.