I’ve Paid the fee, got the app, now what?

Does your Cloud subscription properly show on your account page?
https://account.adobe.com/ for your subscriptions on your Adobe page
If you have more than one email, are you sure you are using the correct Adobe ID?
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If yes
Log out of your Cloud account... Restart your computer... Log in to your paid Cloud account
-Sign in help http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/account-password-sign-faq.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/sign-in-out-creative-cloud-desktop-app.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/policy-pricing/activation-network-issues.html
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/trial--1-launch.html
-ID help https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?step=ZNA_id-signing_stillNeedHelp
-http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/license-this-software.html
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If no
This is a public forum, not Adobe support... you need Adobe staff to help
Adobe contact information - https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html

-click the chat icon at the bottom right of the page to open a chat session
-the chat icon looks like '3 dots inside a circle' at the lower right
-type AGENT into the chat window to connect directly to a person rather than the AI
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Also - beware of answering anyone who sends you a private message
https://community.adobe.com/t5/community-help/avoid-phishing-3-easy-ways-to-identify-adobe-staff/td-p/10791730