Last Updated: September 25, 2025 | Estimated Read Time: 8 minutes

Welcome to this step-by-step guide! O’Reilly’s Learning Platform offers 60,000+ books, videos, and labs on tech, business, and more—but at $49/month, it’s pricey. Luckily, their 10-day free trial can be cycled indefinitely by exploiting Gmail account.

What You’ll Need

• A web browser.
• Access to single Gmail account.

Step 1: Understand O’Reilly’s Trial Basics

O’Reilly allows a 10-day free trial with unlimited access to content. After 10 days, it prompts for payment. By creating new trials with same email but differently, you can reuse seamlessly. No phone verification and credit card required.

Step 2: Prepare Your Gmail Account

Start with your main Gmail or better create new Gmail with very lengthy name like “Max_allowed_chars_by_Gmail@gmail.com”—You will reuse it many times but with a trick called alias). Remember, we are not creating multiple Gmail accounts. Just a single Gmail account is enough!

Gmail’s “.” alias feature lets you use one base email for multiples without creating new ones.

Step 3: Sign Up for Your First Trial

1. Go to oreilly.com/start-trial
2. Enter Gmail account (e.g., MaxallowedcharsbyGmail@gmail.com).
3. Set a password and agree to terms—no CC needed yet.
4. Check your Gmail for the activation code and use it.
5. Boom! You’re in—explore books like “C++”, “Python Crash Course” or videos on AWS.

Step 4: Cycle to the Next Trial (Repeat Indefinitely)

1. On day 10 (or before prompt), log out.
2. Repeat Step 3 with a new alias (e.g., M.axallowedcharsbyGmail@gmail.com, Ma.xallowedcharsbyGmail@gmail.com, M.a.xallowedcharsbyGmail@gmail.com, etc. (All alias Emails will route to your main Gmail account inbox. Remember, we are not creating multiple Gmail accounts but use same Gmail but with “.” at different places in the Gmail) – Observe the “.” notation in the Gmail. That’s the trick which gives us access to the O’reilly site at a rate of permutation and combinations of how many times you use “.” in the same email…you do the math 😉
3. Access old content? Trials don’t carry over, but re-search resources again in new account.

FAQs

Does this work in 2025?

Yes, as of September 2025.

Need multiple Gmail accounts?

No, we can just use existing single Gmail account or create a lengthy Gmail account. The longer the Gmail address, the more trials we can generate from a single account.

Need a credit card?

No, but it may ask post-trial.

How many cycles?

Unlimited.

Ready to dive in? Start your first trial today and level up your skills for free!

Disclosure: This guide is ONLY for your personal use; DO NOT share this trick to others unless they really really need it.

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