There is not a beta website. The beta testers have access to the same website that everybody will be able to access but it is not yet complete. For example, the beta testers can only read the first book and things are still being changed as per the ratings given by the beta testers.
Late August 2011 for Beta testers and April 2012 for non-Beta testers. Pottermore was supposed to open in October 2011. However they decided to extend the beta period to make improvements to the website and the site opened on the 14th of April 2012.
Pottermore officially opened to everybody in April 2012.
1 million people became Beta Testers and gained early entry. Pottermore publicly opened in April 2012.
You cannot get sorted on that website. However, you can be sorted on Pottermore.
Pottermore does not have a search engine.
There was no separate website for Pottermore beta testing. To access it you had to successfully complete the Magic Quill Challenge. The site is now open to all.
You can't make a Pottermore until it is out of beta and open to the public. So, I would say to check the website weekly! (:
Some of the beta testers who found The Magical Quill were able to access Pottermore from August 2011. Pottermore officially opened to everybody in April 2012.
As with any website, being in beta means it is only open to a select few people who are testing the site. The site is still very much in development and beta testers are usually the people who discover the bugs which can then be fixed before anybody else enters the site. Pottermore officially ended the beta testing phase and opened to the public in April 2012.
Late August 2011 for Beta testers and April 2012 for non-Beta testers. Pottermore was supposed to open in October 2011. However they decided to extend the beta period to make improvements to the website and the site opened on the 14th of April 2012.
You couldn't, you had to wait until it was out of beta.
Beta testers have the same access as regular users. The only difference was that they gained entrance to the website first.
Pottermore was opened to beta testers from August 2011 and officially opened to the public on the 14th April 2012.The website relaunched and opened on the 22nd September 2015.
Only for beta testers. Pottermore opened on 14th April 2012.
Pottermore opened to beta testers in 2011. The site was officially opened in April 2012.
Pottermore officially opened to everybody in April 2012.
The sharing or transfer of ownership of Pottermore accounts is against the Terms and Conditions and the account will be deleted.