Spotify is a very popular music-streaming service for music fans globally. Spotify internationally has surmounted over 180 million users of both the free and premium platforms.
With Spotify USA, you can discover new music, readymade playlists, podcasts, and more.
You might be thinking that you only have the option to pay for a Spotify Premium plan with a monthly subscription; technically, yes, but there’s a way that you can pay for the service annually, and we’re here to show you how.
Contents
1. What can you do with Spotify free?
2. What do you get as a Premium user?
3. Which plan should you go for?
4. Spotify Individual
5. Spotify Duo
6. Spotify Family
7. Spotify Student
8. How to pay annually with a gift card
9. How to save on your Spotify subscription
10. Split the cost of your subscriptions using Together Price
11. Becoming an Admin or a Joiner
12. How to become an Admin
13. How to become a Joiner
14. Summing up
1. What can you do with Spotify free?
You don’t have to pay to use Spotify, and without a subscription, its free version is still a great music service to use, even though its accessible features are limited.
You can listen to any song or album, get access to great playlists still, and can do all of this using a computer, your phone or a tablet.
You can also share your music with friends via messenger, SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram etc. However, you can only listen to songs while in shuffle mode; you can’t play your music directly and might have to listen to other songs first before you get to your chosen one.
To get all the greatest features, however, we recommend hopping onto a premium plan.
2. What do I get as a Premium user?
A Spotify Premium account levels up your listening experience entirely from Spotify-free.
You can play any song you like instantly without having to shuffle awkwardly through songs that you don’t really want to listen to, and you get higher streaming quality, so you can find the right music for the perfect moment!
Another hugely attractive feature of Spotify Premium is the offline listening aspect. You can download music while you’re connected to Wi-Fi and take your tunes on the road, so you’re not tied down to one place.
Other top-tier features include unlimited skips and access to the week’s latest singles. You can also enjoy Spotify radio; Spotify will recommend songs based on the ‘vibe’ of a song of your choosing; just click on the three-dot icon (on the right side of a song) and press ‘go to radio’.
Or, alternatively, find readymade playlists for the mood that you want to set; you could try searching ‘chill vibe’, or ‘summer day’ in the search bar and discover what music you are recommended.
You can watch music videos in the app itself, although this is only available with select songs.
A Spotify premium account removes restrictions and lets you listen to your playlists and albums wherever and whenever you want.
But which plan is right for you?
3. Which plan should you go for?
There are four tiers of Spotify premium: Individual, Duo, Family, and Student.
They offer different Spotify deals so you can save with discounted or group subscriptions.
They’re priced differently but offer all the same perks, plus some additional features depending on the plan.
Plus, if you need to switch plans at any point, it’s easy to do so through Spotify’s site.
4. Spotify Individual
If you want to use Spotify Premium for yourself and you are not a student, the Individual plan is the one for you. You pay $10.99/month using a credit card, debit card or PayPal and access an individual account which lets you download music, check out brand new releases from your favorite artists, you get unlimited skips and ad-free listening - just like other Spotify memberships.
With your Individual plan, Spotify gives you your own personal playlist every week of songs you can’t get enough of, and a playlist of new tracks for you to enjoy.
Signing up with PayPal lets you access a 3-month trial period, after which you pay the usual fee of $10.99/month.
5. Spotify Duo
This is a great option for a pair who want to share Spotify Premium; 2 people share one plan. You get an additional feature of a specialised playlist based on both of your listening profiles, so you can enjoy both of your tastes in a unique duo mix.
It’s priced at $14.99/month.
6. Spotify Family
Share Spotify Family Premium with up to six people. Like the Duo plan, you get a perfect collection of all your tastes in one playlist to keep each family member happy; this is updated frequently as your listening experiences grow.
With Spotify Family Premium, you don’t have to worry about young ones; you have the option to block explicit music. You also get a specific ‘Spotify kids’ app which caters to the under-12s.
This plan costs $16.99/month.
7. Spotify Student
If you’re currently a college student, you have exclusive access to discounted music with Spotify Premium. This plan costs only $5.99/month and will give you all the perks of the other Premium accounts.
It helps you save your money (if you’re strapped for little cash), so you can still afford to feed yourself and not have to sacrifice your favorite music.
8. How to pay annually with a gift card
Technically, there’s no way to pay for a Spotify Premium year subscription. However, what you can do is buy a year subscription Spotify gift card.
You can buy this gift card for $99 on Amazon or BJs. To then redeem this, follow the steps below:
Sign in to your Spotify account on the website;
Click on the profile icon; it’s found at the top right corner;
Go to your account;
Scroll down to ‘redeem’;
Enter your premium code from the gift card and your postal code;
Click ‘redeem code’ to confirm this.
This will make the perfect Christmas gift for a family member!
So that’s how to pay for a year’s subscription to your Premium Spotify account.
However, we have something extra for you to help save you money on the music you enjoy. If you would like to learn about this, keep reading!
9. How to save on your Spotify subscription
Together Price is a nifty new service to save you money on whatever subscriptions you go for (for example, Apple Music, Netflix, Disney +, etc.) by splitting the cost fairly and safely.
Together Price is the first worldwide platform that lets you share your online subscription costs legally, safely and securely.
10. Split the cost of your subscriptions using Together Price
Together Price is an innovative platform where you can have fun sharing your digital services. It gives you the following benefits and advantages:
A Trusted Network based on high levels of control and reliability that can measure the credibility of every user. Our reliability rating for each user reassured you that you’re sharing with a trustworthy person.
The Tpassword System for the safety and security of your credentials and access to shared services.
One Digital Wallet to keep all your payments under control. We use Stripe as the payment system so that all of your payment details remain hidden from other users. Stripe also has a strict anti-fraud data protection system.
All transactions take place in a safe environment with an SSL security certificate, so you don’t risk any details being leaked.
An exclusively dedicated chat line where you can communicate with other users.
Not to mention our 25-day cooling-off period, so that if on the off chance you do face issues from another user, you can always get your money back.
The only things you need to decide when signing up to Together Price are which subscriptions you want to take out, whether you will be a group Admin for that subscription, or if you will become a Joiner.
11. Becoming an Admin or a Joiner
If you sign up to be an Admin, you will be sharing your subscription. If you need, Together Price will help you find a partner to share with. Alternatively, you can use us to coordinate regular contribution payments from someone you already know.
12. How to become an Admin
Fill in your details.
Create a group.
Decide if you want your group to be public (everyone on Together Price can ask to join) or private (you send invitations to whomever you decide).
Send an invitation link or wait for others to join.
Get paid monthly. The money goes into your digital wallet, and you can download it to your bank account after 25 days.
You might wish to sign up as a Joiner instead. As the name suggests, you’ll be joining a subscription team, getting full use of the subscription’s perks for a portion of the total monthly fee.
13. How to become a Joiner
Sign up on Together Price. It’s free.
Fill in your details.
Search for groups you are interested in joining.
Join a group and pay monthly to the Admin! You will have to pay a small commission fee to Together Price for their service (less than $1).
With Together Price, you share and save while we sort out the rest!
Whether you are an Admin or a Joiner on Together Price, you will be able to enjoy the best digital streaming services like Netflix, Disney Plus, Nintendo Switch, and many, many more.
14. Summing up
That’s all - we’ve shown you how to decide the best Spotify plan for you, as well as how to pay for the account annually using a gift card if that’s something you’re interested in doing.
We’ve also shown you how to save extra money on your listening experience, so you can keep on banging out your favorite tunes with no more worries!
Sign up for Together Price, and you will be able to share your music on Apple Music, YouTube Music (ex-Google Play Music), Pandora, etc.
