topic Re: No free trial without a credit card? in Subscriptions

No free trial without a credit card?

aifos — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:26:46 GMT

Hi!

In 2012 there was no way of getting the three free months without a credit card or PayPal. Is this still so?

No my first Premium-month is paid by giftcard (in Finland), but I still think I too would be worth those three months.

Thank you!

Re: No free trial without a credit card?

Billy-J — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 21:03:00 GMT

Hey @aifos, thanks for reaching out to the Community!

For free trials, you still need to enter a valid payment method to sign up. This is so Spotify can confirm your country or region and process payments if you want to keep Premium after the trial ends. There's more information on the available plans here.

Hope this helps! I'll be here if you need anything else.

Re: No free trial without a credit card?

aifos — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 12:59:47 GMT

Thank you for your quick answer! I guess there is nothing to do then.

There are people that cannot get credit cards or Paypal (because they have a legal guardian or something like that), that unfortunately always miss out of things like this. It is sad.

Re: No free trial without a credit card?

Billy-J — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 16:14:33 GMT

Hey @aifos,

You’re welcome! I understand your concern about this. You can create a new Idea about this here, and I thank you for sharing your feedback about this.

I'll be here if you need anything else!

Re: No free trial without a credit card?

4567789 — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:01:21 GMT

Come on man whe should be able to just enter our adress whithout entering any payment methods until the trial is over

3 months free for friends

WellDressed_Rat — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 17:41:35 GMT

I sent the 3 months of spotify premium for friends link to a friend and when she clocked it it started asking her for credit card information. Why is this happening? Why do they not say that they are going to ask for this information? I would not have sent it to her if it was just going to ask her for her credit card information. The whole point is to gift spotify premium for free for 3 months, why is it not doing that?

Plan

Premium

Country

USA

Device

iPhone 13 mini

Re: 3 months free for friends

BlueyHeeler — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:48:02 GMT

I believe it's so that alt accounts can't be abused. Virtual credit cards are declined and only real credit cards are allowed, making it impossible to have multiple accounts with premium trials. Because if a card that is entered is being used on another account, it can prevent the trial from being accepted.

Re: No free trial without a credit card?

Purplekiller42 — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 04:25:53 GMT

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