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Spotify and Hulu $10 bundle offer has ended, new deal offers 3-month trial for 99 cents. The former deal, which included access to ad-free music streaming and ad-supported TV, is now available.
Already a sensation in Europe, Spotify’s free music streaming service just landed in the U.S. today, and sure enough, it’s all over the news.
So, what’s so special about Spotify? Aren’t there already music sites like Pandora and Slacker (more on them in a moment) that stream tunes to your PC for free? Well yes, but Spotify boasts a key twist that sets it apart.
What exactly is Spotify?
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Launched back in 2008, Spotify is an online music streaming company that serves up more than 15 million songs from all the big music labels, which you play through a peppy, easy-to-use desktop application (similar to iTunes).
Spotify has been up and running in seven countries—including the UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, The Netherlands, and Spain for some time now, but it’s only making its (long-awaited) U.S. debut today.
How much does Spotify cost?
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Spotify offers three membership levels: a free service that lets you play up to 20 hours of music a month (as noted by the New York Times) with occassional advertising, a $4.99-a-month Unlimited plan that lets you stream unlimited music, without the ads, and a $9.99 Premium service that offers downloadable or streaming music for your smartphone.
OK, so what’s so special about that? Aren’t there already websites that stream music for free?
Yes indeed. There’s Pandora, a popular music site that lets you create instant (and free) radio “stations” based on, say, your favorite artist or a particular song. Two other sites—Slacker, and Last.fm—do much the same thing. Meanwhile, we’ve also got Napster and Rhapsody, which offer for-pay streaming music starting at $5 and $10 a month, respectively.
Spotify’s peppy, easy-to-use desktop software for the Mac.
But here’s the thing: With Pandora, Slacker, and Last.fm, you can’t search for and play the exact song you want to hear (or at least you can’t with their free accounts). Instead, selecting, say, “Born in the U.S.A.” by Bruce Springsteen will queue up an instant “station” with similar songs—great if you’re simply in a Bruce kind of mood, not so great if you must hear “Born in the U.S.A.” in particular.
With Spotify, you can choose and play an exact song with a free account—a key advantage over its free online music competitors.
The catch? As I mentioned above, you’ll hear occasional advertisements between tracks, and you’re restricted to 20 hours of music streaming a month in the first six months of your membership. After six months, you can only listen to 10 hours a month.
And one more thing: you aren’t allowed to listen to any particular song more than five times a month.
But if you pay for a Spotify account, those limitations are lifted, right?
Yep—starting with the $5/month Unlimited plan, you can listen to all the music you want, all the time.
Is all this legal?
Yes. Spotify signed deals with all the big music lables, so don’t worry—you won’t get hit with any lawsuits or get in trouble for using Spotify on your work PC.
Okie doke, you convinced me. Where can I sign up?
Right here, but there’s another catch: For now, access to the free Spotify plan is by invitation only. You can sign up here to request an invite. That said, you can sign up for an Unlimited or Premium account immediately—and if you do, you’ll be granted two invites to share with your friends.
Any other interesting features we should know about?
Well, Spotify’s desktop software is actually pretty nice—clean, easy to use, and very fast (and streaming tracks on Spotify start playing instantly, by the way). You can also share any songs you’re listening to on Facebook or Twitter, and you can share (or not) your iTunes playlists with your Facebook friends.
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Is Spotify free?
Spotify is sort of free. It is what is commonly referred to as a “freemium” service. This means that you don’t have to pay any money to sign up for the service or use it. However, the service has several features that are locked unless you purchase and maintain a paid subscription, known as Spotify Premium.
For instance, if you only have the free version of Spotify:
- You will see advertisements in the Spotify application, and hear them between songs.
- You can only skip songs a certain number of times over a certain length of time.
- You cannot download songs to be able to listen to them when not connected to the Internet.
- You will not be able to customize the order in which certain songs play (on a mobile device).
- Your audio quality will be somewhat limited.
How much does Spotify Premium cost?
Spotify Premium costs $9.99 per month (plus tax) in both the United States and Canada, charged at the beginning of each month. If you cancel your subscription in the middle of the month, you will not get a refund for your fee for that month, but you will avoid paying more fees until you renew your subscription.
Are there ways to get discounts for Spotify?
Absolutely! Though Spotify no longer offers 30-day (or 60-day) free trials, it does offer users a 3-month trial of Spotify Premium for a 99₵ flat fee. It only works if you’ve never used Spotify Premium before, though, either through a free trial or some other promotion. We’ll show you how to get it at the end of this tutorial.
(NOTE: after the time period for this trial has expired, if you haven’t cancelled your subscription, you will continue at the usual monthly rate of $9.99 plus tax.)
How Much Does Spotify Cost After The Free Trial 90 Days
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How Much Does Spotify Cost After The Free Trial Subscription
There are also other discounts that you can get. For instance, with the Spotify Family promotion, you can have up to 5 family members (yourself plus four others) use the same paid subscription. Instructions for how to set it up can be found at this link.
You can also get 50% off your subscription if you are a student at an American college. We’ll tell you more in our Spotify Student Discount article.
How to get a Spotify (almost) free trial
- Go to www.spotify.com in your web browser. In the top-right corner, click Upgrade.
- On the next screen, click Get 3 Months for 99₵.
- You’ll be prompted to log into Spotify. If you don’t have an account yet, visit our How to Sign Up for Spotify tutorial to learn how to make one. Otherwise, just enter your user name and password for Spotify, and click Log In.
- On the next screen, click in the highlighted boxes and type in or select your credit card number, the month and year that your credit card expires, your credit card’s security code (move your mouse cursor over the “?” to learn where to find this number), and your mailing code. Then click the box labelled “I’m Not a Robot” and complete the activity that appears.You can also click PayPal to pay for your subscription with a PayPal account, if you have one.
- When you’ve filled in all of your information, scroll down and click Start Premium.
You will receive a confirmation email of your order. Enjoy Spotify Premium! Also, if you ever want to cancel your subscription to Spotify Premium, our How to Delete Your Spotify Account tutorial will show you how to do so.