Join and Access Spotify.com in Unavailable Locations
November 28, 08 by sharky 7,787 views
If you don’t already know about Spotify - it’s a sleek new music & radio streaming service on the ‘Net. With an iTunes-like interface and music that pumps out at a cool 160 bitrate, you’ll never again go back to Limewire to find untrustworthy music tracks. Spotify allows everyone to create their own playlists; search, browse & listen effortlessly - all without blowing your ratio at What.cd. It’s streaming; and it’s free!
Unfortunately, if you live in the U.S., Canada or Mexico, you’re on the blacklist for Spotify; as it’s not currently available in all locations - even if you opt for a premium account. But don’t let that stop you. First, you need to find an invite. Second, you need to sign up through a web proxy from a supported country.
EDIT: Dec 08/08 - It appears that UK proxies are now being blocked. I just tried a Polish Proxy, and it worked: http://secretproxy.pl, or try one from THIS LIST. Additionally, we’ve updated the accessibility in a future article here.
Finding An Invite To Spotify:
Spotify recently released invites to existing members, so it shouldn’t be all that difficult to find a way in. If you’re a torrenter, What.cd offers PU users an opportunity (here); and Torrent Forums everywhere now have invites being offered. Getting invited is easy; being able to sign up and access Spotify in an "unsupported" location takes a little more effort. Here’s how to do it:
Use Gmail:
Above all else, use a GMAIL account; it is non-ISP specific and won’t block the invite or mark it as spam like other free email services.
Joining Spotify in Banned Locations
It’s assumed you have now received your invitation to Spotify via your Gmail account. If you live in North America, or any other country that can’t access the Spotify service, you’ll need to open your invite link in a web proxy from a supported country.
Thus, do not click on the link highlighted above. Instead, "copy" the link (in Firefox - right-click, select ‘Copy Link Location’ as shown below).
Now, visit a European web proxy, and "Paste" your invitation link into the Web Address field. A good one for this is http://defilter.co.uk. It should appear similar to this:
Click "Go" or hit enter; you should now be redirected to the signup page for Spotify (in the web proxy). Set up your account with a username / password, and your valid Gmail email address. It’s also important to note that you’ll need a valid UK postal code (postcode), since this proxy is hosted in the UK. A list of valid UK postcodes can be found here.
After the account has been successfully set up, you’ll be directed to a "Download Spotify" link. Now, this won’t work through this web proxy (due to file size limitations & proxies), so you’ll need to download the Spotify Installer application from a non-proxied browser tab at one of these locations (or just click below to open):
For Windows users — http://www.spotify.com/en/download/windows/
For Mac users — http://www.spotify.com/en/download/mac/
After installing, you’ll be presented with a welcome screen and have total access to the Spotify program and its services.
Important NOTES:
You’ll need to login to your Spotify account at least once every two weeks in the web proxy (defilter.co.uk). To do this, simply launch http://defilter.co.uk again, and enter this link to sign in: https://www.spotify.com/en/account/overview/
Your Login screen should appear similar to this:
If there’s anything I’ve missed, don’t hesitate to add a comment below. As a side note to Spotify, check out www.spotifyfriends.com, where users can browse, search for, and download other members’ submitted playlists.
01 • TheBadAss Says: 28.11.08 at 11:42 am
It works for me. Thanks!
02 • Chris Hanlon Says: 28.11.08 at 12:19 pm
Yay, finally a tut for the us! /me high fives sharky
Good Job!
03 • RICK JAMES BITCH Says: 28.11.08 at 12:39 pm
Nice way to ruin it for all of us asshole. I’m sure they will block overseas within hours now.
04 • nobody Says: 28.11.08 at 2:35 pm
They will clean this mess… and nobody will sign up this way anymore
…
05 • help Says: 28.11.08 at 7:41 pm
have some invites if interested.
06 • john Says: 28.11.08 at 7:48 pm
:facepalm:
07 • Chris Hanlon Says: 28.11.08 at 11:30 pm
You should do a review for coexist
08 • Carlos Says: 29.11.08 at 1:36 am
Hey there, I didnt know about this site till today, it sounds good… If anyone is so kind to share an invite with me let me know
Thanks
pancho.3005{at}gmail….
09 • a/s/l Says: 29.11.08 at 11:34 am
@carlos: invite sent
@rick james bitch: why would spotify close this loophole? it isn’t doing them any damage. it’s technically the proxy breaking the copyright laws by transmitting the files from one country to another.
010 • a/s/l Says: 29.11.08 at 11:36 am
@chris hanlon: wouldn’t it be abit difficult to review CE at the moment as it’s so new? all you can judge on atm is potential
011 • Username Says: 29.11.08 at 11:47 am
Can I get an invite, if someone happens to have a spare?
strongusername@gmail.com
Thanks!
012 • Riki Says: 29.11.08 at 11:48 am
WOW, awesome!!!!.If anyone has an invite to spare pls send it to antinazis@hush.ai
013 • Bill Says: 29.11.08 at 1:24 pm
Thanks alot worked for me goodjobFSF!!
this spotify shit is amazing
014 • Carlos Says: 29.11.08 at 3:27 pm
@a/s/l: Thanks for the invite.
It’s awesome!
015 • Jesse Says: 29.11.08 at 4:47 pm
i saw invites for this, just was never interested. now i regret it
if anyone wants to be nice and send me an invite my email
is fake.people02@gmail.com
016 • SHARKY Says: 29.11.08 at 5:22 pm
@ a/s/l - agreed in your comment to RICK JAMES BITCH, I don’t believe that Spotify wants to close this loophole, or else it would have never existed in the first place. If they restrict visitors by home IP address, it simply keeps them out of hot water with the U.S. and their draconian DMCA laws. This “tutorial” is the free method of achieving access to Spotify, however an even easier (but not free) way is to sign up for a foreign VPN service (although you’ll still need to be invited to Spotify), and with the VPN, it’ll appear that ALL your traffic is from overseas, and thus you won’t even need to login to the service every two weeks to “renew” it. Spotify will not close this loophole due to this article; it’s a loophole that they’ve purposely allowed; and let’s not kid ourselves, they’re very much aware of it.
017 • davey Says: 29.11.08 at 6:05 pm
anybody know any free swedish proxies as the database of songs seems to depend very much on which country you register from…
018 • bogusforumname Says: 29.11.08 at 9:27 pm
i got an invite but couldn’t use the invite through a proxy… so i used a VPN based in UK and everything worked perfectly! AWESOME! thanks!
019 • Tonx Says: 30.11.08 at 5:08 am
Wow, this site looks nice. Can anyone send me an invite? Thanks in advance!
Tonxtnx@gmail.com
020 • a/s/l Says: 30.11.08 at 5:45 am
invites sent.
i hope all you people start sending out some invites too. you should get 5 within a day of registering, and they get refreshed every day.
021 • davey Says: 30.11.08 at 9:35 am
I signed up under a norwegian proxy and i have hundreds of thousands of more songs than my friend who signed up using a uk proxy. much bigger database ie all of the oasis back catalogue for instance is not on the uk one but on the other, at least when i checked yesterday.
022 • James J Says: 30.11.08 at 12:00 pm
Wow! Would really appreciate an account - will re-send invites around once I get one
Email to: whyuaskin@gmail.com
Thanks,
James
023 • Username Says: 30.11.08 at 1:12 pm
Thank you so much, A/S/L!
024 • davey Says: 30.11.08 at 3:56 pm
invitation sent to James J…enjoy!
025 • chad Says: 01.12.08 at 3:32 am
Would any of you kind fellas connect me with an invite? If I get one, I’ll check back here and give out mine in turn. Thanks.
charles.barkley.leahy@ the Gee Mail
026 • mduraja Says: 01.12.08 at 9:02 am
Can some kind soul send me an invite
rajarajanm@gmail.com
027 • Lordtema Says: 01.12.08 at 12:21 pm
I would be very pleased if sombody that has a couple of invites could send me a invite at raymonberg@gmail.com (I can give demonoid invites in return : ) )
028 • Unknown Says: 01.12.08 at 12:44 pm
Any spare invites please?
I’ll give some out if I get one.
mason.austin1@googlemail.com
029 • davey Says: 01.12.08 at 2:33 pm
A premium account at spotify can be won pretty easily by answering the question at fiestamusic.se
030 • SHARKY Says: 01.12.08 at 4:50 pm
UPDATED - I’ve sent out invitations to:
mason.austion1
raymonberg (changed to raymondberg) - invite sent
rajarajanm
charles.barkley.leahy
illuminati350@hotmail
Thanks go out to everyone else who fulfilled Spotify Invite requests in this thread! Cheers!
(BTW, I’m now out of invites! - I’ll try again tomorrow, or so)
031 • Magnus Says: 01.12.08 at 5:22 pm
I’d love an invite if you still got any left
magnusroed (alpha) gmail com
032 • Lordtema Says: 01.12.08 at 5:36 pm
i gave wrong email, its raymondberg@gmaildotcom written with a D , so its Raymond : )
033 • Lordtema Says: 01.12.08 at 5:37 pm
so sorry man , thanks anyways, would appreciate if you could send to my other mail, i forgot to post that i wrote wrong , i had typed everything in but forgot to post it , i will give you a demonoid invite in return
034 • Lordtema Says: 01.12.08 at 6:16 pm
DAMNED, i was trying to get a invite from a norwegian site called din side , no fucking chance , i had registered and all, but sombody must have been a second faster so there was my chance : ( soo bad luck today :(:(
035 • Clark Says: 01.12.08 at 6:17 pm
I would really appriciate an invite!
Lots of thanks! Clark.
illuminati350@hotmail.com
036 • Magnus Says: 01.12.08 at 7:03 pm
hehe, I tried “Din Side” also, imposible to get it from them, tried several times!!
But thank you very much who-ever sent me an invite in here!!
037 • Username Says: 01.12.08 at 10:17 pm
Clark, you need a gmail.
038 • Diji1 Says: 02.12.08 at 9:25 am
Hi - nice artice! Can someone please send me an invite to this service, it sounds really cool!
Thanks! I’ll return the favour to others here should I get one.
1iddy.dan [at] gmail.com
(first char is a one)
039 • Karl Says: 02.12.08 at 2:02 pm
Fabulous,
If anyone have any invites left over I would love to try it and will share mine as well.
karldrummer@gmail.com
040 • tonis Says: 03.12.08 at 10:54 am
can i hv an invitation please???
041 • tonis Says: 03.12.08 at 10:54 am
tonis21387@gmail.com
can i hv an invitation please???
042 • tonis Says: 03.12.08 at 11:06 am
Tonis21387@gmail.com
can i hv an invitation please???thanks… i will be pleased..
043 • jagalives Says: 04.12.08 at 1:38 am
jagalives@gmail.com humbly requests a Spotify invite.
Is it really so much better than Pandora or Last.fm?
I hope to find out.
044 • iuabdsf Says: 04.12.08 at 12:02 pm
it’s open signup now GET IT
045 • tomas Says: 04.12.08 at 8:01 pm
Do someone have an invitation?
send to tomasmoen92@gmail.com
046 • Diego Says: 05.12.08 at 11:04 pm
I was wondering if someone could give me an invite
dioms0@gmail.com thank you in advance
047 • lucas Says: 06.12.08 at 2:49 pm
hi if anyone could invite me would be really thankful.
lucas007@gmail.com
048 • The Pharaoh Says: 07.12.08 at 3:53 pm
can some one plz share an invite with me ??? i would be soooo grateful , thanks so much in advance , as i have a slow connection and struggle to maintain good ratios on torrent sites (although i have no account out there with ratio lessa than 3:1 , on some private trackes up to inf. =P)
its :
solidsnakeofegypt@gmail.com
049 • Username Says: 07.12.08 at 9:42 pm
Shit! The link ->https://www.spotify.com/en/account/overview/<- won’t load in defilter
050 • Record Says: 08.12.08 at 3:06 am
yeah true mtae..defilter doesn’t work
any other options people
051 • Sharky Says: 08.12.08 at 10:33 pm
Right, it appears that UK proxies (not just Defilter) are now being blocked. I tried a Polish proxy and it worked just fine -http://secretproxy.pl/
052 • Listener Says: 09.12.08 at 4:18 am
Hmm…. http://secretproxy.pl/ won’t work any more
053 • fredthe.net Says: 09.12.08 at 6:24 am
It begs the question - did you ruin it for us?
054 • Apathy Says: 10.12.08 at 12:45 am
Does anyone have another invite to spotify?
This tutorial would work well if we all had invites to what.cd as well.
Can anyone help?
spriggan13862@gmail.com
055 • Jesper Says: 13.12.08 at 10:52 am
CHECK THIS OUT!
It works with http://lazyfoo.co.uk
Good luck…
056 • Yatti Says: 13.12.08 at 11:24 pm
If only it was available in Canada… Sighhh…
…
057 • Audwin Says: 14.12.08 at 11:49 am
Invite me please, thanks.
Audwin.sim.2005@sis.smu.edu.sg
058 • buya Says: 15.12.08 at 5:48 pm
this messeage appers when open spotify :
Your curent location does not match that set in your profile.You may travel with Spotify, but only for 14 days
pls help, anybody?
059 • Shadowon Says: 17.12.08 at 2:53 pm
Please, I would be very happy for an invitation
shadowonx@gmail.com
060 • Formula1 Says: 18.12.08 at 8:37 am
Does anyone have another spare invite to spotify?
Many thanks!
ziv.formula1@gmail.com
061 • Bitu Says: 23.12.08 at 7:03 am
If anyone has a spare invite an invitation would be much appreciated : ]
062 • ANON Says: 26.12.08 at 1:20 pm
I would love an invitation. If anyone still has a spare invite I would really appreciate it.
model.horror@gmail.com
Thanks.
063 • Travis Says: 02.01.09 at 11:43 pm
I know it’s dumb to ask for invites in the comment section, but I would be eternally grateful for one. I’m… desperate.
travis.wertz(at)gmail.com
Thank you
064 • Pwnadog Says: 03.01.09 at 11:59 am
Anyone who grants me an invite will have an orgasm of EPIC PROPORTIONS.
mail@pwnadog.com
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069 • VITAL Says: 04.01.09 at 3:24 pm
Can I get an invite, if someone happens to have a spare?
vitalik.spam [a] gmail.com
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073 • DaKo Says: 05.01.09 at 4:19 pm
Please, I would be very happy for an invitation nowydako (at) gmail (dot) com
074 • Einar Says: 06.01.09 at 7:09 am
I would love an invite, if anyone have one extra….. :p
075 • Einar Says: 06.01.09 at 7:10 am
Oops, i forgot my mailadress: einar.hagen (at) gmail.com
076 • Peter Says: 07.01.09 at 6:33 am
Seems like the ways provided above don’t work anymore, what a pity, can anybody help?