Spotify launches – 10 more invites to give away
Ok, apparently this is Spotify week, counting all my posts, but I just found out that the service has launched for the public, at least in terms of paying accounts! Also, as a launch bonus, I have 10 more invites for the fast commenters. 
Record company deals
Spotify has signed groundbreaking deals with companies such as Universal Music Group, Sony, BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group, Merlin, The Orchard and Bonnier Amigo. The result of this lets the service excel into a fantastic while also legal alternative to illegal downloading and file-sharing.
The different account types are such lucrative deals, I predict a lot of people will start paying for quality instead of downloading something sub-par through a probably untrusted source with their nearest BitTorrent service.
Spotify account options
Basically, there are three types of accounts you can have with Spotify:
- Free account
- This is sponsored by ads, and is for the moment only available through invites, and for the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Norway.
- Day pass, 24 h
- Costs respectively 1€ / £1 / 9SEK. It gives you free access without advertisements for 24 hours, and a great first step if you’re curious about the service.
- Premium, monthly/yearly
- The Premium account is what you want if you get hooked to Spotify (and you will ). It costs 9€ / £9 / 99SEK for a month, or 99€ / £99 / 999SEK for a year. Currently available in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
So, to sum it up: due to rights and contracts at the moment, currently free invite-accounts are only available to certain European countries, while the Day-pass and Premium services are available in a few more. However, from what I hear, it will most likely be available to most parts of the world within the near future, so stay tuned!
10 more invites
As a special launch bonus, I can offer the first 10 commenters asking for it an invite to the free Spotify service (invite will be sent to the e-mail address you write in the comment).
Now, I’d recommend virtually anyone without an invite to try the Spotify Day pass. Within 24 hours, you’ll swear by it, mark my words.
42 Comments/Reactions
October 7th, 2008 at 13:18
yes, please. An invite would be nice indeed.
October 7th, 2008 at 13:19
I would love to have the invite…
October 7th, 2008 at 13:19
Yes please
// Jocke
October 7th, 2008 at 13:21
Yes Please
October 7th, 2008 at 13:23
I’d love one too!
/blunden
October 7th, 2008 at 13:33
Well… ok then!
October 7th, 2008 at 13:33
Please, i’d love one!
Cheers!
October 7th, 2008 at 13:36
And yes! I’d also like an invite.
October 7th, 2008 at 13:41
I’d be thrilled for an invite! Thanks!
October 7th, 2008 at 13:42
An invite please. Thanks
October 7th, 2008 at 13:44
yes please!
October 7th, 2008 at 13:44
Ok, invites gone!
Rob,
Really sorry, but you missed it with two minutes!
October 7th, 2008 at 14:14
Thanks Robert!
October 7th, 2008 at 14:26
Thanks!
Works great.
October 7th, 2008 at 15:07
No more invites!! wah?!?!?
October 7th, 2008 at 15:39
Joakim, blunden,
You’re welcome!
Rey,
Sorry, man. However, it wouldn’t work in your part of your world (as far as I know), so it’s probably not a big loss, for the moment.
October 7th, 2008 at 18:16
Hi Robert.
I’ve stumblet upon your site, wich I think looks great
And with the kind of bonus you offer I cant possibly say how great your
site really is
Some bonus for the Norwegian, eh?
Thanks
PS, Do scratches help?
October 7th, 2008 at 18:37
I would really love an invite! manspeterson(at)telia.com
Mvh
MÃ¥ns P
October 7th, 2008 at 19:25
If you ever get one or two more… I would love one =) thanks.
extron2000(at)hotmail.com. Lives in Sweden by the way.
October 7th, 2008 at 20:01
Lars, Mans, Coconut,
Really sorry, all invites I could offer are gone. And I can’t have some sort of queue system, since it would be very long.
All I can say is that if I ever get invites to give away again, it will be announced in this web site.
October 8th, 2008 at 7:44
Nice Robert… looking forward to Spotify going worldwide. Us yanks are missin out on all the fun!
October 8th, 2008 at 8:36
Scott,
Yeah, I think your record companies have to get on the train now, if they want any share at all…
October 8th, 2008 at 11:19
I have tried to purchase the 24 hr pass, offered at 99p for UK, but it just takes me to a screen to login – seems that the day passes are only available if you already have an account.
Strangely, to get an account, you have to take out a premium subscription for 9.99 per month.
I’m not interested in subscribing to a site, if I have no idea what I’m going to get, so it would seem the 24 hour pass is the ideal starter, but no go??
Very poor usability and site architecture on this site if you ask me. the about page is full of waffle and no specifics, and no link to FAQs, which I always go for on a new service. I stumbled across the FAQs somewhere, but the navigation doesn’t seem to link to it.
October 8th, 2008 at 11:21
Doh, I just found the help nav link! It’ll be that one up the top in the nav bar.
October 8th, 2008 at 14:19
Kim,
Interesting about the Day pass; I can’t see why you would need an account/invite for that, to be honest.
October 9th, 2008 at 2:53
Bad usability? Err? I see a very clear and logically organised site. Zippy loading, consistent user interface, clear layout,… What more does one want?
All one has to do to get more info is scan the page for like two seconds (if you read slow), which seems too much trouble for some. Help is pontifically in your face from every page on the site. And yes, it ain’t called FAQ, but that isn’t a real word anyway. Remind you, not every human on earth knows the web acronyms.
For instance, my mum is far better helped with ‘help’ than with ‘FAQ’, since the second one is utterly meaningless to her.
Nah, this site is how websites should all be. Point final. Credits to the author
October 19th, 2008 at 0:50
@Robert – I’m afraid Kim is right. Apparently, you can only have a 24 pass if you already have an account. What it might not be clear is that is a free account because, of course, there’s no sense in buying a pass if you already have a premium one.
I’ve been using Spotify for a few days now, and I’m just as amazed as you are. I certainly would recommend the 24h pass for a trial (It would be money well spent, and very little of it) but, it doesn’t seem to be possible
If they make this option available, I’d be one more to blog encouraging this practice. For the ones in doubt, I do recommend to spend for the first month as a trial. I believe most people would be more than satisfied with the service, you’ll have a huge amount of hight quality music and you’d spent about the price of a CD.
October 20th, 2008 at 20:00
Guilherme,
Yes, I’ve realized that as well. I think it’s a shame, since I’m personally convinced almost everyone would be hooked after 24 hours.
Oh well, it might be an option in the future, I hope.
October 27th, 2008 at 19:11
can u please send an invite !! ?????
October 27th, 2008 at 19:33
manooos,
See above. No more invites available.
November 7th, 2008 at 22:30
would love an invite to spotify.. ià m working with music and it would really help me out in my research-work…
November 9th, 2008 at 14:39
Hello im 10 years old and i really want a invit my messenger is bmx_flatland@live.com
November 11th, 2008 at 14:11
Hi
Would also love an invite, nospam82@hotmail.com
Cheers
November 19th, 2008 at 18:11
can i please have one invite to spotify please»
Afterhours1900@gmail.com
November 22nd, 2008 at 12:46
Hi,
I have invites for the Spotify service. Pop over to my review if you want one.
JK
November 24th, 2008 at 21:06
James,
Thanks!
December 2nd, 2008 at 16:12
can trade TorrentLeech or What.CD for a Spotify please
Thanks-
Franco
December 27th, 2008 at 17:12
Hi there,
I’m interested in a spotify invite! Do you have any left?
thanks a lot!!
msjstw
December 30th, 2008 at 22:39
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January 5th, 2009 at 23:22
January 19th, 2009 at 8:24
I don’t know what it is but i’m curious, Im in the us. Let me know when it comes this way.
January 19th, 2009 at 22:16
I would like an invite
Oscar.conrad@bluezone.no
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