Free Spotify premium

Welcome to the FreeFlamingo guide on how to get a free Spotify premium code sent straight to your email address, with no costs involved. For many of you, this may have been the hundredth article you've read on how to get a free spotify premium code, but I can assure you it will be your last. If you're not interested in freebies, then move on. If you want to find out more, then you've come to the right place.
Just read through the guide and choose which method you would like to choose to get your free premium code.

For those who aren't well informed, Spotify is the largest free streaming service available online. It's standard service (Spotify standard) is totally free to use, however you can only stream up to 4 hours a month of music. The next service is not free - Spotify unlimited. This is a small cost, and allows you to listen to as much music as you like with the desktop client. The final service is not free, called Spotify Premium. This is £5.99 a month, and allows unlimited free streaming without a premium code, and the mobile app as well.

Spotify is available on the following platforms:

- Windows - OSX - iOS - Blackberry - Android

Remember that the app is free to download on mobile devices, but if you wish to use the streaming service on mobile, you will need a Spotify premium code or account (at a cost.)

A new collaboration between Spotify and Facebook means the two social platforms can connect as one. When users of either the spotify premium or the free service listen to a song on spotify, it will show on their Facebook news feed and profile, for everyone to see. This is an attempt by spotify to spread the word on the music streaming service, and increase awareness for both free and premium service. The Guardian reports all here.

Spotify is, after all, a business. Any business exists to make money, and there is no exception for Spotify. They have tried and tested various revenue models, including pay per stream, ad based, cost subscription based, and half subscription based. Ad revenue was reported to not be great, and mixed with the few Spotify premium subscribers, Spotify were not making money.

In 2011 Spotify launched their premium service, which although not free, was only £4.99 per month. This was considered both good value for money, and by some a bit of a rip off. The main issue revolved around the idea that the cost of 2 years Spotify Premium - whilst not free - cost around £200. And at the end of that period the user would have nothing to show for it. However, do consumers need to accept that the Spotify premium code streaming model for audio and visual content is the way forward? Netflix, Lovefilm and Grooveshark might agree with this.

We've seen some huge changes in the music and film industry, particularly swayed by the direction in which the download/internet presence is having on unit sales. Different content distribution methods have been tried: box office, retail units, promotional DVDs, DVD rentals, pay per view, and pay per period for streaming. Let's take a look at some of the failures:

Blockbuster - Once the pinnacle of retail evening entertainment, the rental DVD model soon died out, casuing the chain to go bust.
Lovefilm - Although taken over by Amazon, the rental DVD via post model is slowing down, and users are seeking different alternatives for movies. Netflix - One of the most popular online services, breaking out into the UK market with great popularity. Pay monthly with unlimited home streaming.
You can see the direction movie viewing is going, and the results are similar in the audio world:

HMV - Once of the biggest successes of the high street, ailing sales have caused HMV to close stores across the country, and rely on other sources than CDs for their primary income stream.
Napster - Again, a success of it's time, but the buggy software and lack of catalogue caused this free and paid streaming service to fall into disrepair.
Grooveshark - Currently the largest music streaming service one earth - definitely the number one choice. Trends are clearly leaning towards a subscription based streaming model, which is exactly what Spotify Premium provides you with. But - premium code or free? The choice is up to you.

One of the best ways to decide whether or not spotify premium code is worth the money, is to compare it to the next best streaming service: Grooveshark. Both offer high quality streaming for both free and paid subscriptions, and both are available on mobile. But looking at the pros and cons of each, which one comes out trumps?
Grooveshark boasts the following:
- Unlimited size library (users can upload their own songs or media content for free, meaning the library is growing by the minute). - Advanced mobile app with next and last song queuing, offline songs, favourites, playlists and radio stations. - Great online users interfact without the need to download software. - Free song streaming on the desktop version.
But where is Grooveshark let down?
- The desktop app is flash/adobe air based, and very buggy/slow. - Some poor quality tracks are uploaded, as users can upload any song they wish. - The app is only available on iPhoen via Cydia, on jailbroken devices.
So, where does Spotify premium shine over Grooveshark?
- All tracks are in the highest streaming bitrate possible. - The company is stable, and likely to be around for years to come, unlike Grooveshark who are in legal disputes. - The app is available for free via iOS. - Free spotify premium codes can be redeemed for free access to the mobile app.
In conclusion, it's clear to see both services have their down points. But overall, unless you get Spotify for free with a premium code, it's worth paying the subscription to Grooveshark. Definitely recommended!

Now you've got a good idea about what Spotify is, you can look at getting your spotify premium subscription free of charge. You'll be pleased to know there are several ways to get this, that don't take up to much of your time.

One of the best ways to get a free spotify premium account with a premium code, is to sign up for supporting services that offer a subscription as part of their plan. One of the best examples is Virgin media broadband who offer a year's free subscription to spotify premium. At £4.99 per month, this will save you nearly £50 worth of subscriptions, so think of it almost as "cash back".
When you sign up for Virgin media, you will get an access code to your Spotify Premium account which you can activate straight away.

Another easy way to get Spotify premium for free temporarily is to sign up for the free Spotify premium trial. Although this is only for 7 days, it will give you unlimited access to streaming music on your mobile, PC, TV and other available platforms, just as you would be able to if you had bought the subscription.
You can sign up to a free trial here, by entering your credit card details and other information. Remember though, if you don't cancel before the end of the trial, your card will be charged the standard Spotify monthly charge.

There are also websites which will give you a free spotify premium code in exchange for you completing offers, surverys and signups. These can often take a long time, and come across as rather boring, but once you've completed the requirements, it's well worth the outcome. However, surely there can't be such a thing as a totally free spotify premium subscription? Well yes, there is...
The way it works is you complete a free offer (eg, a survey), and give some of your personal information. This is bought by external marketing companies, which the website you completed the offer for will receive. Once you have completed enough of these, the website will have enough money to afford to give you the subscription for free. This will be in the form of a premium code which you can redeem on the Spotify website.
So, which websites will allow you to do this? The biggest and best website offering free spotify subscriptions is Freeflamingo spotify subscriptions. Simply sign up, complete some offers, refer your friend to do the same, and place your order for a free premium code. Easy!

Spotify comes in many different subscription offers, which are changing as time goes on. With licensing fees always changing, the cost of subscription changes accordingly. Here are the 3 pricing plans currently available:
Spotify premium - £9.99 per month. This gives you full, unlimited access to the music catalogue, as well as use of the desktop and mobile apps. This includes offline songs, and playlist streaming.
Spotify Unlimited - £4.99 per month. Similar to the premium service, this only allows unlimited use of the app on desktop, but doesn't give access to the mobile app. This is not great if you listen to a lot of music on the go.
Spotify free - As the name suggests, this is totally free. But at the moment the service only offers up to 4 hours per month of music streaming.
So, choose your subscription wisely, as £10 a month can soon add up to a high yearly cost. Can you justify £120 per year on streaming? Let us know on Facebook.