Sharing a paid account on Netflix: how can you cut costs?

On February 8, streaming giant Netflix announced the launch of a new feature enabling its users to share their account by subscribing to an additional paid option. The new feature is part of the company's drive to recoup revenue from the 100 million households that access the catalog without paying.

Already available in South America, it is now being rolled out in Europe, with Spain and Portugal the only two countries affected by the new rules for the time being. Users in these countries can add a member to their account for an additional fee. Ranging from 3.99 euros to 5.99 euros per month, depending on the country or subscription type, these additional costs impact the monthly budget allocated to these services by users. For a standard subscription in Spain, this extra cost adds up to 48% per month on top of the initial price.

The price of the Standard subscription in Spain therefore rises from €12.99 to €24.79 per month with this new feature, an increase of around 48% on the initial price. In France, such an increase is feared by users, all the more so at a time of high inflation.

In this context, solutions exist to enable you to continue using streaming platforms without paying the full price! Such is the case with Spliiit, which lets you share the cost of subscriptions between several users. A solution that can save you up to 70% on your bill!

The platform already enables subscription fees to be shared, by allowing account users to offer the remaining spaces on their subscriptions to split the monthly fee. The subscription owner and co-subscribers thus share the same account to benefit from a lower-cost service.

With this new feature, the price of a Netflix subscription on Spliiit in Spain rises from €5.08 to €10.84. This price is evolving, but remains 40% lower than on the SVOD platform.

"Since 2019, our aim has been to democratize and simplify subscription sharing, and we've been campaigning to get publishers to offer invitation link sharing. So Netflix is now one of the 80% of services on Spliiit offering this sharing. It's worth noting that although the price will change, it will still be 40% cheaper on our platform. This means our users can continue to enjoy their subscriptions at a lower cost, while making real savings," explains Jonathan Lalinec, co-founder of Spliiit.

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