Business Accounts?

[GenuineJack]

Does anyone know if you can create a business account?

I think it might be really neat to potentially create an account for my company... make and share playlists with our community!

Any help would be great 🙂

Cheers,

JD

[Sam]

Hey JD!

At present, a Spotify account can only be set up for personal use only. There is a little more detail why in this thread: http://community.spotify.com/t5/Accounts-Subscriptions-and-Music/Can-I-set-up-a-family-group-subscri...

If you'd like to post the Idea of a 'Business account', why don't you head over to the 'Ideas and Feedback' board and post it there. You'll be able to see how many others would like it too.

[laxor]

I don't think that this is what he meant.

I have the same problem: I already have a private account, but I would also like to have a business account to share playlists under the name of my business. I don't want to use my private account for that and I can't create a new one because of your Facebook integration.

There are some business account (sonymusicuk for example) out there, so it seems to be possible. Could you tell me how?

[Sam]

Hey,

Accounts such as these will still be personal accounts, just with a specific username. As I mentioned before, we can only offer personal accounts at this moment in time.

If you'd like to contact our partners department and enquire about a potential partnership, see what they can do, please do so. You can contact them from here: http://www.spotify.com/work-with-us/partners/contact/

[laxor]

Thx for the reply.
Is there still a way to create a Spotify account with a specific username?
Since you've added Facebook integration all accounts get random numbers as username.

[Sam]

Right now, when you create an account, your Facebook details will be your username and password, coupled with the numbers you occasionally see. These numbers really are for our benefit only, so don't look too much into them.

I'd really suggest contacting our partners department though. They'd help you out as soon as they can.

[Pushin4ft]

I too am very interested in creating Business/Brand Account.  I know it must be possible here in the U.S. because brands/companies such as Mad Dogg Athletics and EQSession (aka Equinox Athletic Clubs) have Spotify Accounts.  There must be a work around to this.

[Sam]

Pushin4ft - Welcome to the Community! As I mentioned before, all Spotify accounts are personal accounts. Some just have a specific username.

Like before, I'd suggest contacting out partners team from here: http://www.spotify.com/work-with-us/partners/contact/

[meganmouren]

hi i understand you can not create a buisness account but how is anthropologie and other companys do this:

http://open.spotify.com/user/1234072509/playlist/32AlPDO4OKqUbmVjbkUU7b

thank you!

[snip-email-mod]

[Sam]

Hi Megan,

That's not a 'business account'. It's still a personal account, it's still tied to an individual user.

If you'd like to talk to us about a branded account, just contact the partners team here.

[beaconaudio]

Seems REALLY short sighted that you can only customize your account by connecting it to Facebook. What if you don't want it connected to Facebook? What if you don't HAVE a facebook? 

I have been using Spotify for a week now, and I honestly can't believe they are even in business. It really is second rate when compared to RDIO. 

The fact that you can't setup an actual business account isn't that surprising considering all of the other things that are wrong with the platform... 

[IWaitHere]

Can somebody explain to me how I can get this 'specific username' for my business?

I have set up a second account, but after trying to connect to Facebook it takes over my personal name and picture. There is no way to remove the name and picture, not even after completely throwing out the facebook app.

My idea was to delete the account, but I also can't seem to find out how to do that?!

Please help me out.

[Peter__]

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@IWaitHere wrote:

Can somebody explain to me how I can get this 'specific username' for my business?

I have set up a second account, but after trying to connect to Facebook it takes over my personal name and picture. There is no way to remove the name and picture, not even after completely throwing out the facebook app.

My idea was to delete the account, but I also can't seem to find out how to do that?!

Please help me out.

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Hey! Welcome to the community 🙂

I would suggest you get in touch with the customer services team directly using the online contact form and they will be able to assist you to get everything set up and give you more information about partner accounts.

If you get an automated email reply back directing you to the community or help pages, you need to reply directly to that email (even if its from no-reply) and one of the customer services agents will get back to you as soon as possible.

Peter

[IWaitHere]

Hi Peter,

Thanks. Unfortunately the options at the online contact form are very limited. I can't specify my problem. If i choose: change personal settings, i am only able to choose from: i moved/have a different country/location or i have a new email-adress.

I find it strange, being able to control your name and picture should be very basic tools right?

What can I do?

Thanks, Xandra

[Peter__]

Just select "the closest" option, it will go to an advisor anyway who can decide what to do next so the original category is not of maximum importance 😉 

Peter

[firecoachk]

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@meganmouren wrote:

hi i understand you can not create a buisness account but how is anthropologie and other companys do this:

http://open.spotify.com/user/1234072509/playlist/32AlPDO4OKqUbmVjbkUU7b

thank you!

[snip-email-mod]

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This is EXACTLY what I was wondering. On its blog, Anthropologie does playlists like these all the time:

http://blog.anthropologie.com/post/68470397434

http://blog.anthropologie.com/post/66725866931

http://blog.anthropologie.com/post/62445428334

http://blog.anthropologie.com/post/62337129132

Is Anthropologie paying some sort of royalty or subscription fee that enables them to do this? Is it a Brand Playlist? If so, why do Anthropologie's playlists generally contain 14-15 songs? Spotify's legal terms say "the Brand Playlists must consist of at least 20 songs."

My company would like to use Spotify on our blog -- we just don't want to get hit with a bill for thousands in royalties a few months or years down the road. I've submitted multiple requests via the "contact the partner team" and "contact Spotify support" pages, expressing our desire to do this the right way -- and our willingness to pay whatever we need to pay -- and have gotten zero response other than a form email that said to check for answers in the community.

Even on Spotify's Branded Playlists page, it tells you what a branded playlist is and what you need to provide to Spotify ... but it doesn't tell you how to get the ball rolling on that. Who do you contact? How much does it cost?

https://www.spotify.com/us/about-us/advertisers/ad-specs/branded-playlists/

Google "how brands should use Spotify" and you get 15 million results from marketing gurus about why Spotify is so great ... but virtually nothing about how brands can use Spotify legally, in such a way that we won't get sued or slapped with a royalty bill down the road. It's all very frustrating. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd sincerely appreciate it.

[apdowson]

Great idea! 

To use it for multiple sites in retail! Also in open plan offices so that you can have a business account that will play via one sound system that everyone can tap into and play music from. 

[Merik]

Hey everyone! 

Spotify for business is here! 😄

Soundtrack Your Brand is a Spotify joint venture and the exclusive provider of Spotify Business and Spotify Enterprise. Currently they only offer Spotify business accounts in Sweden, but they have plans for future expansion. 🙂

[AM77]

Hi there,

Did you manage to find this out? I'm currently having the same issue and would love to know how to (if possible) resolve this?

Thanks

[Peter__]

See Merik's post above about Spotify Business. 😉