A system for managing credential information across multiple subscription services, the system comprising: means for receiving, at a content provider server that is associated with a first subscription service, a first authentication key from a content aggregator server that is associated with a second subscription service, wherein the first authentication key is received prior to a user subscribing to the first subscription service; means for comparing the first authentication key to a first plurality of acceptable authentication keys to determine whether or not to generate a first user account for the first subscription service based on the first authentication key; means for generating, at the content provider server, the first user account in response to determining that the first authentication key matches one of the first plurality of acceptable authentication keys; means for storing, at the content provider server, the first user account in a database entry that indicates that the first user account corresponds to the first authentication key; means for receiving, at the content provider server, subsequent to storing the first user account, a request from the content aggregator server to subscribe the user to the first subscription service, wherein the request includes a second authentication key; means for comparing the first authentication key to the second authentication key; means for validating the first user account in response to determining that the first authentication key matches the second authentication key; and means for granting access to the first subscription service through the first user account in response to validating the first user account. means for receiving, at a content provider server that is associated with a first subscription service, a first authentication key from a content aggregator server that is associated with a second subscription service, wherein the first authentication key is received prior to a user subscribing to the first subscription service; means for comparing the first authentication key to a first plurality of acceptable authentication keys to determine whether or not to generate a first user account for the first subscription service based on the first authentication key; means for generating, at the content provider server, the first user account in response to determining that the first authentication key matches one of the first plurality of acceptable authentication keys; means for storing, at the content provider server, the first user account in a database entry that indicates that the first user account corresponds to the first authentication key; means for receiving, at the content provider server, subsequent to storing the first user account, a request from the content aggregator server to subscribe the user to the first subscription service, wherein the request includes a second authentication key; means for comparing the first authentication key to the second authentication key; means for validating the first user account in response to determining that the first authentication key matches the second authentication key; and means for granting access to the first subscription service through the first user account in response to validating the first user account. <EOS>