What is Student Discount?
Definition
A reduced subscription price offered to enrolled students, typically requiring verification of active student status.
Understanding Student Discount
Student discounts are a customer acquisition strategy — services offer 50% or more off to build brand loyalty during formative years. Major discounts include Spotify Student ($5.99 vs $10.99), Apple Music Student ($5.99), GitHub Student Developer Pack (free), and Amazon Prime Student ($7.49 vs $14.99). Verification is usually done through services like SheerID or UNiDAYS.
Student plans typically convert to regular pricing after graduation or verification expiry. Maximizing student discounts while enrolled can save hundreds per year on subscriptions.
Related Terms
Subscription Savings
The money saved by optimizing subscriptions through cancelling unused services, downgrading plans, switching to annual billing, or using bundles.
Tiered Pricing
A pricing strategy where a service offers multiple plan levels with different feature sets and price points to serve different customer segments.
Subscription
A recurring payment arrangement where a customer pays at regular intervals to access a product or service.