Google is introducing a new referral program that will give you free YouTube Premium if you refer a friend. The program is available to anyone in the United States and will last for six months. YouTube Premium offers ad-free viewing, access to exclusive content, and the ability to download videos for offline viewing. It costs $11 per month, but the six-month trial offer means that it’s only $8 per month. If your friend signs up for YouTube Premium after you’ve referred them, then you’ll both be eligible for the six-month free trial. Google says that it will credit your account with the full amount of premium service that your friend would have paid if they had signed up directly. This is a great way to get your friends onto YouTube Premium without having to pay anything themselves. If they cancel their subscription before the end of the six months, then you won’t be charged either. ..
YouTube Premium now has a referral program, as reported by 9to5Google, which generates a referral link you can send to others. If someone else signs up for three months of YouTube Premium with your link, they can get the first three months for $0.99, then the standard pricing of $11.99 per month kicks in. At the same time, you get one free month of Premium for each referral.
YouTube often gives away three free months of Premium as a promotional offer, so this isn’t the best deal in the world for new subscribers. The discounted price also won’t be available for someone who has signed up for YouTube Premium before and then cancelled it later, so you can’t use someone else’s referral link to perpetually get three months for free. Finally, a referral link can only give the link’s creator a maximum of 12 free months.
You also can’t create a referral link from the website or iPhone/iPad app for now. It’s rolling out now in the YouTube app for Android, accessible by tapping your profile picture in the top-right corner, then selecting ‘Your Premium benefits.’ Some people with the Android app don’t even have it yet, so if you don’t see it, try again in a week or two.
The new referral program could be a terrific way to score free months of Premium for you and a friend, once it’s fully rolled out. YouTube TV launched a similar program earlier this year.
Source: 9to5Google
