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YouTube Premium: Individual TRY ₺29.99 (~A$2.57), Family TRY ₺59.99 (~A$5.14) @ YouTube Turkey (VPN Required to Sign Up)

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YouTube Premium: Individual TRY ₺29.99 (~A$2.57), Family TRY ₺59.99 (~A$5.14) @ YouTube Turkey (VPN Required to Sign Up)
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I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 18:40 youtube.com (7928 clicks)
Last edited 22/10/2022 - 12:51 by 1 other user

If you tried to sign up to a Youtube Premium Family via India, you probably hit a dead end, with most cards ending up declining due to this reason and this reason. Well if that is the case, hopefully Youtube Premium via Turkey will be a breeze (albeit a slightly higher cost monthly), especially for those who have Google One via Turkey already (confirmed working for me, you will not need to enter a new address - took me like 10 seconds).

Google is increasing the prices for Youtube Premium in several countries worldwide, including USA, UK, Canada, Argentina, Turkey, Japan etc. This means Argentina is no longer the cheapest and most OzBargainers will be migrating from Argentina other countries.

For price references, Youtube Premium via Australia is $14.99/mth for individual plans & $22.99/mth for family plans

Annual subscription via YouTube India long running post
Youtube Premium via India

Available Plans

Plan Monthly Cost Yearly Cost
Individual TRY ₺29.99 (~A$2.57) TRY ₺299 (~A$25.86)
Family TRY ₺59.99 (~A$5.14) N/A
Student TRY ₺19.49 (~A$1.69) N/A

Instructions (No Current Subscription)

Note: If you're signing up for a family plan, best to add your Australia family members / accounts into a family group before signing up. To add family members: https://families.google.com/families

  1. Connect a VPN to the server in Turkey

  2. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium and if it shows currency in TRY (Turkish Lira), continue choosing your membership.

  3. Enter your Turkey address (get a fake one here) and proceed to pay by credit card.

  • If payment fails, try creating a Turkish payment profile. You can create a new payment profile by following these steps by alcheron: go to https://pay.google.com/gp/w/u/0/home/settings and clicking the pen icon next to "Country/Region" and a link to create a new profile should pop up. You can then add details for the Turkish profile.

Instructions (Transferring from a different country)

Note: If you're signing up for a family plan, best to add your Australia family members / accounts into a family group before signing up. To add family members: https://families.google.com/families

  1. Go to https://m.youtube.com/paid_memberships and click on your current subscription. Click “manage” then continue to cancel

  2. Once cancelled, the current subscription will continue until the end of the billing period. But you now have an option to resubscribe back to Youtube Premium

  3. Connect a VPN to the server in Turkey

  4. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium and if it shows currency in TRY (Turkish Lira), continue choosing your membership.

  5. Enter your Turkey address (get a fake one here) and proceed to pay by credit card.

  • If payment fails, try creating a Turkish payment profile. You can create a new payment profile by following these steps by alcheron: go to https://pay.google.com/gp/w/u/0/home/settings and clicking the pen icon next to "Country/Region" and a link to create a new profile should pop up. You can then add details for the Turkish profile.

Notes

  • Most VPN services will connect to Turkey, unlike India. Those include NordVPN, Private Internet Access (PIA), free Windscribe Chrome extension (recommended), ExpressVPN, etc. If one doesn't work, use another VPN

    • If you're using Windscribe and it shows different currencies: keep turning the windscribe on and off. Each time you don't get TRY, turn it off and on, then refresh the Youtube sign up page. You'll eventually land on TRY. Go to https://whatismyipaddress.com/ each time you turn it off/on and see if you land on Istanbul

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  • bird380 on 21/10/2022 - 18:44
    +72

    I always misread your username…

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 18:53
      +18

      I'm glad people realise who I am and I'm not some irrelevant Ozbargainer ;)

      • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 19:20
        +5

        I would like to stress that this is an inclusive community, and all OzBargainers are relevant. Yes — even the irrelevant ones

        • iDroid on 21/10/2022 - 19:32
          +2

          even the irrelevant ones

          Thanks for including me.

        • Techie4066 on 21/10/2022 - 19:45
          +3

          Even the ones that pettily steal plastic bags from the self-checkout? oof

          • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 20:53
            +1

            @Techie4066: Maybe. I personally prefer the label irreverent to irrelevant

      • Harsh Deep on 17/03/2023 - 18:51

        its keep saying , we couldnt verify your country, i am using turbo vpn and turkey as location. i tried so many ways, i even tried few other vpn's , but the currency in youtube shows Canadian dollar. this is the only one showing turkey utube , but in premium membership, keep saying couldnt verify location

    • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 19:13
      +3

      Weird! I also see I Small Pennies. Must be the font…

      • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 22:50
        +2

        If you can see it then it ain't small ;)

    • sqheaven on 21/10/2022 - 19:31
      +4

      I small penis

      • iDroid on 21/10/2022 - 19:33

        Close.

      • bird380 on 22/10/2022 - 14:04

        I smell pen _ _

      • dmbminaret on 04/03/2023 - 09:14

        I smell penises

    • capslock janitor on 22/10/2022 - 18:33

      whatdoes it smell like?

  • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 18:44
    +5

    @I Smell Pennies, step 5 still says ‘Indian’…

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 18:45
      +1

      Thanks so much for letting me know, just fixed it :P

      • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 18:46
        +2

        Thank you for supporting us!

  • PeeDee on 21/10/2022 - 18:51
    +1

    Which VPN to use? :I

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 18:52

      I used ExpressVPN, but previously I've used NordVPN, Private Internet Access (PIA), Windscribe and they all worked

    • kiwiinsyd on 21/10/2022 - 19:09

      SurfShark works fine too :)

    • ESEMCE on 21/10/2022 - 19:54
      +1

      Getflix if you have a lifetime subscription

  • asif00013 on 21/10/2022 - 18:53
    +2

    Think its cheaper if I move my family to India instead?

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 18:54
      +1

      If your card is accepted, it's a better deal. See here

      Otherwise, most of our cards have declined so this will be our only choice

    • AustriaBargain on 21/10/2022 - 19:05
      +4

      Cheaper to use Adblock. I know some here worry about ma and pa Google not getting their ad money, but I think they will be okay.

      • TheKLocker on 22/10/2022 - 06:46

        I always watch in Brave browser so I'm debating if it's worth the money just to use the YouTube app instead and also request songs on my Google speakers.

        • G-rig on 22/10/2022 - 06:55

          prob need screen on? One of the other main benefits of YT premio

          • TheKLocker on 22/10/2022 - 06:57

            @G-rig: Nope, no ads and screen can be off using Brave so the benefits are minor but possibly just worth it.

            • G-rig on 22/10/2022 - 06:58

              @TheKLocker: Sounds alright, was easier just paying $1.25 a month for premium though (now $4)..

            • IamCheapaf on 08/03/2023 - 11:05

              @TheKLocker: Wait, how are you playing with the screen off on brave? Is that on PC ?

      • SithVicious on 07/03/2023 - 10:05

        But also get benefit of apple music and no ads on television, ipad & mobile and dont need the YT screen to be active.
        Very small price to pay.

        • AustriaBargain on 07/03/2023 - 13:44

          I pay for Apple Music already, but if you don't then it might be better value.

  • Meenas on 21/10/2022 - 18:53

    I need some more guidance on how to do this. Any one able to help?

    • TheKLocker on 22/10/2022 - 06:39

      Where are you getting stuck?

      • chickendog on 22/10/2022 - 11:42
        +3

        In the washing machine.

      • Meenas on 22/10/2022 - 12:53

        Don’t know what to do at all. Getting a vpn trial and then?

        • TheKLocker on 22/10/2022 - 20:00
          +1

          A VPN (in this context) allows you to connect to a computer (called a server) in another place that can make it look like your device is in that place; If you connect to a VPN in Turkey and then open YouTube it'll look to YouTube like you're in Turkey and if all goes well, they'll charge you the cheap Turkey rates.

          Once you're signed up to your VPN service and have the app installed you'll need to work out how to use it to connect to Turkey, remember that not all VPN providers have servers in Turkey so choose one that does. I pay to use ProtonVPN but I'm not sure if their free service offers Turkey servers.

          Once connected to a VPN server in Turkey you can follow the excellent directions by the OP under 'Instructions (No Current Subscription)'

      • ohwell214 on 22/10/2022 - 13:57

        does not work for me either, using vpn, tried with multiple accounts, including a newly created one, but the payment profile keeps getting suspended, even tried paying using a digital wise card.

  • Pelicannn on 21/10/2022 - 18:53

    Thanks. Will update from Argentina.

    On a side note, it’s (profanity) (profanity) the price they charge some countries like Australia for an identical service…

    • dogsryummy on 21/10/2022 - 18:59
      +5

      It's all about price discrimination and maximising revenue and producer surplus

      Adult vs kids movie/theme park/plane tickets are another great example

    • nikoris on 21/10/2022 - 19:53
      +9

      The salary they get in Turkey is actually (profanity) (profanity)

      you're privileged to live in a a very rich country. Be grateful for what you have

    • Bubbleshark on 21/10/2022 - 21:03
      +1

      Did you also get the price hike from google argentina?

      • Pelicannn on 21/10/2022 - 23:41
        +1

        Yeah. It’s crazy they’re increasing it to 3 x original price.

    • ausremi on 23/10/2022 - 07:19
      +1

      Google Argentina inflation history and have a read. It's a wild ride over so many years. Current annual inflation rate of 83% and that's just scraping the surface of the story. During the observation period from 1980 to 2019, the average inflation rate was 215.4% per year.

  • neosin on 21/10/2022 - 18:57

    Looking to join someones family

    :)

    • Mr Frodo on 21/10/2022 - 19:01
      +9

      You can join mine if your family can take my kids!

  • qwerty40777 on 21/10/2022 - 18:58
    +4

    Great timing, the Argentina family account just increased from ARS 179.00/month to ARS 699.00/month (about ~$2 AUD to $7 AUD)

    • Mr Frodo on 21/10/2022 - 19:03
      +15

      Haha. Why do you think these deals have suddenly become more popular and on front page on OzB?

  • david6509 on 21/10/2022 - 19:04

    tried 3 different cards, ING, BOQ and Westpac all decline :(

    • david6509 on 21/10/2022 - 19:08

      Your transaction can't be completed. To continue this transaction, secure your account. Learn more about securing accounts [OR-REH-04]

    • kiwiinsyd on 21/10/2022 - 19:11
      +3

      I used Revolut - worked first time. You need to get Revolut or Wise, always need an alternative to an old school bank

      • Brakus on 21/10/2022 - 20:32

        Does Revolut have a yearly fee? How easy is it to get one?

        • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 20:49

          No yearly fee, prepaid debit card.

          • Brakus on 21/10/2022 - 21:18

            @[Deactivated]: Can you keep loading or is it a one time use? How much do they charge?

            • frowny on 21/10/2022 - 23:30
              +2

              @Brakus: Keep loading, zero charge. It's a fantastic service.

            • [Deactivated] on 22/10/2022 - 11:24

              @Brakus: Also has a disposable cc number for one time use. Comes out of the one account.

      • ohwell214 on 22/10/2022 - 13:57

        I tried using wise, did not work for me, same issue [OR-REH-04]

      • SahDude on 08/11/2022 - 15:21

        Just tried to use it, and the money has been taken out of my Revolut balance but Youtube doesn't recognise that I have paid for premium. Did you expect much wait time for it to go through?

        • Whatisthatvelvet on 09/11/2022 - 10:37

          I used Revolut card to pay for mine last weekend.
          Got YouTube email confirmation pretty much straight away after payment went through.

          • SahDude on 10/11/2022 - 08:31

            @Whatisthatvelvet: My payments ended up getting reverted. I got it working in the end, i had to enable 'Desktop version' of the website in order for it to work properly, and when i did, it went through giving me Premium almost immediately. Im assuming it got hung on the confirmation page and wasn't going through properly.

    • epkh on 21/10/2022 - 21:59

      I just used a Westpac Altitude credit card and it worked on the first try.

  • GoIdDigger on 21/10/2022 - 19:06
    +2

    Which vpn to use ?? It's not in the first line so I'm extremely confused

    • mmcs on 21/10/2022 - 19:10

      you can use shurfshark

      • GoIdDigger on 21/10/2022 - 19:12
        +1

        I was just speaking for our late friend, DisabledUser388768, from the similar previous post

      • macmine on 21/10/2022 - 19:58

        Why am I getting a UK IP when I connect to India or Turkey? Keep getting Pounds…..

        • mmcs on 21/10/2022 - 20:33

          Turkey should work. I just used it. Only India have issue because it only showed virtual location.

        • Chippy47 on 21/10/2022 - 20:40

          Use Windscribe VPN and an incognito browser tab.

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 19:18

      I’m sorry I scared off the other user, so I put it on the last line this time

  • Jackyboy66 on 21/10/2022 - 19:10

    Show as 23.99 pln or about 7aud

  • NiceBanter on 21/10/2022 - 19:14

    Thoughts on using this on my main youtube account? I heard that people were getting recommended Indian vids when using Premium via India

    • Pelicannn on 21/10/2022 - 19:32
      +1

      Never had any recommendations out of the ordinary when I started using Argentina Premium

      • ESEMCE on 21/10/2022 - 19:56

        Music originally started recommending Turkish artists to me, bit over time it's normal

        • EnforcerOfJustice on 22/10/2022 - 00:02
          +1

          If you enter settings in the YouTube Music app and choose "Improve your recommendations", you can pick some of your favourite artists from a menu. This should instead give you western music recommendations and fix it up right away

  • nfenech on 21/10/2022 - 19:15
    +1

    Are people signing up with their main account and paying annually, or creating a family account and linking their main account?

    Is there any risk using my main account?

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 19:17
      +3

      I use my main acc, no problems here. Been doing so for years

      • Chippy47 on 21/10/2022 - 19:18

        Same

      • nikoris on 21/10/2022 - 20:04

        I just got a yearly Turkish subscription, all paid.
        can i now change my country in youtube to australia again?

      • adpaholic on 02/11/2022 - 10:40

        I heard you need to VPN back that countries every 6 months to renew ? Is it true ?

    • Jhonka on 21/10/2022 - 19:45

      I was using my main account. One thing you need to take note of is that your play store apps will be limited to whatever region you change your billing to. You can just create another google account for "Australian" apps though.

      • viper8548 on 21/10/2022 - 21:41

        what does youtube subscription have to do with the play store?

        • Jhonka on 25/10/2022 - 09:34

          They use the same billing backend. If you change your country to something else this will also change the play store one.

          • superforever on 25/10/2022 - 09:42

            @Jhonka: Most apps won't be a problem even they may not show up in the search, may have to find the app link to install it. Some app have region restriction will have problem installing it, like stocard.

          • adpaholic on 02/11/2022 - 10:40

            @Jhonka: Delete and create Australia profile can fix this ?

            • superforever on 03/11/2022 - 12:36

              @adpaholic: No didn't work

              • Dentom on 11/12/2022 - 20:52

                @superforever: what if you just switch back to Australian youtube premium for a month and then cancel? That should reverse your location but you lose out on the premium. Alternatively just use iPhone haha

    • skittlebrau on 31/01/2023 - 11:09

      For family plan, I used a different account and same for the family sub-accounts. Not really for any particular reason other than 'just in case'. I don't use any other Google services and neither do my family members, so this method works fine for us.

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