This is the true story of how I got 12 months of Strava Premium, absolutely free.
Having noticed that you could invite your friends to join Strava from their website, I did so, noticing that if any of them actually signed up for the Premium service, I would get three months free. That sounded nice, but as I run a blog, I wondered if they had an affiliate link scheme too. This would mean publishing a link which Strava would be able to trace back to my site. From there, they could work out how many sign ups I had sent them and give me my free months in return.
There are hundreds of affiliate schemes out there which operate in this way, or which provide a financial cut of whatever transaction transpires, so it didn’t seem too off the wall to ask.
I emailed Strava with the enquiry.
The response was swift and very pleasing.
They said they had a better idea – and gave me a promo coupon code for 12 months free!
Happy bunny.
Strava are obviously smart marketers. They recognise the value of peer to peer advertising and recognised me as someone who would generate content to promote their brand, and spread it through my network. Indeed this has happened and there are at least half a dozen people that I know of who I’ve inspired to join. Their action helped to turn me from a Strava fan to a Strava evangelist, a “stravangelist”, to coin a phrase.
hi,
very good To know. Would you invite me for the 3 month free ?
regards
I’d love to be invited to join as well! :) win-win!
I want it
So how do I get that code. Can I get 3 months or 12 months for free through your referral?
what email did you use to contact strava??
Goodmorning,
Would you invite me for the 3 month free ?
Greetings,
Patrick (Belgium)
Hey, I’m a cycling enthusiast. Do you think I could get a 3 month free trial of Strava?
Thank you very much!!
Hi,
Good to know that!
Would you invite me for the 3 month free ?
Thank you,
Rad (Japan)
Hi,
Great news! Does it still work?
Would you invite me for the 3 month free ?
Thank you,
Sergey (Russia)
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I don’t think this works any more. It was something they did way back a few years ago before Strava got so big, to encourage its growth in the early days. I guess they don’t actually need to do that anymore.
I would love to be invited as well thank you
Hi, what email did you use to contact Strava? I was only able to find a form for ‘pro athletes’
Thank you :)
I honestly don’t remember, it was several years ago when Strava was a lot smaller, so they probably had more direct access email addresses right in the footer. These days, they’ll be directing everything to FAQ’s and knowledgebases, and it’ll be hard to get a human response, I guess.