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Snap announces Snapchat+ subscription plan that costs $3.99 a month

The plan includes pre-release, experimental and exclusive features such as pinning your close friend as a BFF (best friend forever) and customizing the app’s icon.
Signage for Snap Inc. at the New York Stock Exchange
Signage for Snap Inc., parent company of Snapchat, adorns the front of the New York Stock Exchange on Mar. 2, 2017 in New York.Drew Angerer / Getty Images file
/ Source: CNBC.com

Snap announced Wednesday it’s rolling out a $3.99/month subscription plan for Snapchat that unlocks exclusive and pre-release features. It’s called Snapchat+.

The announcement comes after Snapchat gave a disappointing sales outlook for the current quarter when it reported first-quarter results in April. Snap CFO Derek Andersen said at the time that macroeconomic conditions like supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and inflation are impacting advertising, Snap’s main source of revenue.

Snapchat+ could help the company diversify its revenue sources, though Snapchat’s senior vice president of products Jacob Andreou told The Verge that the company doesn’t expect the plan to become a “material new revenue source.”

Shares of Snapchat were up about 1% on Wednesday morning.

The Plus plan includes pre-release, experimental and exclusive features such as pinning your close friend as a BFF (best friend forever) and customizing the app’s icon. It is intended for the “most passionate members” of Snapchat users, the company said.

Other social media platforms have also rolled out subscription services recently. Twitter in 2021 announced the Blue subscription that offers ad-free access to other websites for $2.99 a month. Chat app Telegram introduced Telegram Premium in June.

Snapchat+ launches Wednesday in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.