Adverts in Premium, again

[nemof]

So i've never seen merchandise advertising before, so I don't know if this is a recent thing, but i was wondering how people felt about it?

Do people any any more examples of stuff being sold like this? I can see that perhaps bands being able to sell merchandise is not a bad idea, but I also pay for premium so I don't have to be advertised at.

[MattSuda]

This is a section of the artist page that allows the artist to sell merchandise to the fans.

This does not count as advertising, and you will see this even if you are a premium user. 

[lahusky2014]

Einfach nur Lächerlich und ergerlich  man hat bezahld und troz erfolgreicher zahlung bekommt man kein premium accound. das heis für mich beinah schon b..... naja also ich werde nicht so schnell diesen service weiter empfehlen a devenetiv zu langsam b  jedes aml wird ergend was angezeigt und amn wird voll gesparmd sta den dienst zu akteviren den man bezahld hat.

[nemof]

well. uhm. advertising your merchandise, is er, kind of advertising.

[MattSuda]

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[MattSuda]

Yes, but when Spotify added this section to the artist page, they didn't count it as advertising.

It's meant to help fans buy merchandise. 

[nemof]

i honestly dont care whether spotify counts it as advertising, I count it as advertising. At the least I'd rather see it on a new tab next to Related Artists / Biography, rather than making the music list area even more noisy. 

One of the primary functions of Premium on Spotify, and indeed any service which offers paid-for no advertising tiers, is that it remains ad free. When a company starts moving the goalposts, you can be sure they'll keep on pushing to see how far they can go.

[MattSuda]

Merchandise on artist pages has been around for over a year now.

If you don't want to see merchandise on artist pages, I suggest you create an idea for it in the ideas section:

https://community.spotify.com/t5/Spotify-Ideas/idb-p/ideaexchange

If enough people kudo your idea, Spotify will consider it.