YouTube Premium (family - up to 5 members) £1.97pm using VPN (India) @ YouTube

I did this ages ago on Argentina's YT but had to change due to some cc law? Ran into multiple errors with trying India (even set up my own OpenVPN AS server in Azure and still got errors with payment ), but here's how I managed it in Turkey with a Mastercard (I'm using Curve).

Note: If you're using a throwaway Google account, you must add yourself to the account's family BEFORE you purchase YTP.

1. Not sure if there's some difference between YTP Family Argentina and the Turkish version, but I HAD to let my premium run out first, otherwise i'd get a "This offer is not available" error.

2. If you're on IOS, download UrbanVPN from the App Store. If you're on Android, download UrbanVPN from the Play Store. There is also Windows and Mac versions as well. UrbanVPN is a free VPN that shouldn't be used for privacy since it's not very secure and tracks everything, but since we just want to spoof our location it's good enough. Boot it up and connect to "Türkiye". (if it asks for you to pay for anything, ignore it. You do not need to pay to use UrbanVPN, nor do you need the 7 Day trial).

3. If you're using an IOS or Android device, turn off your Location Settings, and check the permissions of the browser you use to make sure it does not have Location permissions. If it does, revoke them. (Just a precaution!)

4. Launch your browser of choice in Incognito/Private mode and go to payments.google.com. Log in to your account (validating 2FA if needed).

5. We need to make a payment profile for Turkey. Click the "Settings" tab at the top of the page. Then scroll down until you see "Payments Profile". Click the edit button for the "Country/Region" value. Then, click "Create New Profile".

6. Scroll down until you see "Türkiye". Select this value and then continue. Your new Payment Profile will be created.

7. Once on the new profile, go to the "Payment Methods" tab. Here, you're going to want to add your card. However, when asked for the address you're going to want to input a Turkish address. This can be a Hotel, an Embassy, but I just used A Fake Address Generator for Istanbul. Save the card once done.

8. Now, before we buy YTP, whilst our IP address is Turkish. We need to make sure Google thinks you're in Turkey. This is why we're using incognito, and we disabled Location and revoked permissions (if using Android/IOS). Google uses multiple sources to verify your location. So we're going to verify our location:

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8a. Go to google.com and do a search for "google" (let's break the internet). Once loaded, scroll to the bottom of the page. You'll notice a section that says some kind of location. It looks like the following:
If this says Turkey, Istanbul, or a city in Turkey; you can skip to step 9. If not, keep following.

8b. Do a few searches for things in Istanbul. "What to do in Istanbul", "Cafes in Istanbul", "Museums in Istanbul" etc. After each search check the location at the bottom again. Once it says Istanbul you can continue to 9, if after 10 searches it still has not switched, then go to 8c.

8c. Something is wrong with the VPN. Navigate to dnsleaktest.com and verify that your IP is being seen as from Turkey. You should see something similar to the picture below. If you do not, disconnect from your VPN, wait a few moments, then try to reconnect (ensuring that you ARE connecting to Turkey/Türkiye). Refresh the dnsleaktest.com page and see if your IP is Turkish. Reperform step 8a and see if your location has changed (I've sometimes had Turkish IPs picked up as USA, but google still shows my location as Istanbul).



8d. If your IP is being seen as Turkish, but google still isn't fooled then it could be a DNS leak. Go back to dnsleaktest.com and run the "Extended Test". Wait until the results are displayed. The results I recieved whilst connected to the UrbanVPN Turkish server were all Swiss DNS servers owned by Google. If you see ANY UK entries, then your DNS is leaking and Google may be using the specific IP your DNS provides for 'google.com' to identify what country you're really in. Try using a different device to see if the DNS leak is still present.

8e. If after all of the above, you STILL are not able to get a Turkish IP/Trick Google, try looking for another free VPN (Windscribe has free Turkish Servers but they didn't work for me); or consider subscribing to one? (I know Nord and Express both have Turkish Servers, ProtonVPN also has Turkish servers, KeepSolid has Turkish servers but they didn't work for me). 😥

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9. Now that Google thinks you're in Turkey, go to youtube.com

10. (If you have multiple YT profiles, select your main one when prompted.) Once on YT, click your Profile Picture in the top right corner. Select "Get Youtube Premium" in the menu. If you do not see this, then your Premium is still active.


11. You should see the pricing on the Premium page in TRY - Turkish Lira. (If it is in any other currency something has gone wrong, go back to step 8 )

12. Attempt the purchase, using the payment method you entered into your Google Payment Profile earlier. You may need to perform cardholder verification, so be prepared for that.

13. You should see the transaction go through, and recieve an E-mail confirming your You Tube Premium (edited)

Just wondering. Do you need VPN to have the benefits? Meaning once I've subscribed, do I always need to be using VPN?

The adverts have got too much now so I often watch YT on my Fire Stick using SmartTubeNext. It even strips out the sponsor sections of videos.

Ok, so finally got this to work. if you are having problems getting your card to work, you need to make sure that the location you are signing into your google account, matches the location you are trying to buy from.

1) Fire up your VPN and check using whats my ip address search that it shows up as Turkey.
2) Open a new private window and sign into your google account
3) Go to security and your devices in your google account
4) Make sure it has picked up a fresh session, and you are not reusing your current session
5) Add your card and Turkish billing address (I used a hotel)
6) Go to youtube and buy your premium sub (make sure it quotes the Turkish price).
7) Go back into the subscription and Top up again if you want two years etc.

Used a virtual revoult card, then a fresh one for the top up. (edited)

Have been on Argentina for a while, bit recently received an email saying I need Argentina bank account. Maybe its worth changing to this

Rather than to use Youtube premium, you can use Brave Browser. When i am using Youtube in Brave, i have never watch any adv.

Been using this for a while, although I can't make it work for another family member as is says different zone or something like that

I bought 12 months Instead of 1st month free. It well all ok & got charged £13 for whole year. Don’t go for 1 month free otherwise your card will be declined. Strange but doesn’t get declined when you pay for whole year. I hope it helps

On Android I downloaded Urban VPN (7 day trial) and set to Turkey. Created Google account, logged into YouTube and signed up to premium. Accepted my UK Halifax Mastercard. All done in incognito mode. 12 months for £13.

Been paying in rupees for last two years!

This really should be £2 in the UK. I only use it to remove YouTube ads when viewed on a TV. The quality of YouTube music is the worst of all the streamers at it's max it's only 256kbps AAC

To make this clear I do not use the rubbish YouTube music service (edited)

Turkey is £1.31

hi
managed to set up a turkish family sub but made the mistake of not adding the family users to the group first. now when i try add them even with a vpn doesnt work. it says theyre in a different region.

if i cancel the premium, add the fmaily and resubscribe would that work or do i need to start the process again creatinga new email account?

Just tried creating a Turkish Google account, but when trying to buy an annual YT sun it says:
Transaction declined. This purchase requires a payment method from your billing country.

Tried 4 different cards Mastercard and Visa

easier way to do is this. (worked for me)
cancel your current plan.
Now enable India VPN ( I used Sonics)
click to renew button on the same page.
takes you to renew subscription page and shows India price i.e INR 189.
Purchasing was a bit difficult as it did not accept monzo, revolut or chase. Used an Indian card from a friend.

Just get a firestick and download Smarttube.

Try YouTube Premium viaPhillipp

Try YouTube Premium via Philippines. Only 15p per month, done this in December.
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Just so everyone knows i recently got an email from YouTube that stated if cards are not registered to the country it will be cancelled from end of Feb. I've been using Revolut and signed up via vpn Argentina over a year ago but seems now the doing something about this

Modi's new India doesn't allow VPNs to operate their.

So please excuse me for being a noob. If I do this I'd presumably be the 1st member of my family and then I can add my 4 UK accounts, (mine, wife's and my two kids) to the family? Is that how it works. So my Indian one pays for it but the 4 of us get access to the premium via that account?

Here is my 2p worth...
We had issues using india, due to some change in banking. Stored bank cards in Google wallet gave away out true location and We got errors at checkout / payment.We then had issues with payments via debit card and credit card as they were in the Google wallet.. Then we had issues adding family members. We got an error staying family members were in a different county.

To fix it this is what we done
1) installed chrome detention for Hide My UP and set to Turkey
2) Created a the family group first before purchase
3) used virtual Debit card for payment

Problem solved

For Android TV boxes use Smart Tube to remove ads. For Android phones use Vanced.

For iPhones buy a better phone.

Great. Surfshark was no longer working to renew.

I currently on the Argentinian one. How easy/difficult is it to switch over to this to save £1 or £2 a month?

Not working for me when I use Chase or Halifax Clarity cards as they seem to be checking the billing address when I put my card details in.

Been using Argentina last 3 years. But I had an email saying card needs to be registered in Argentina to use soon. So may get blocked.

My card keeps getting declined. Starling. Any help please

This or spotify premium? Bare in mind it's for someone who never leaves the house and has an ad blocker of sorts on their pc.

How much was the yearly Indian family subscription

I'm guess this mean if I create a new acc using new email then i'll have to resubscribe to my YouTubers and lose all my songs in YT Music app?

Can someone please confirm that only a select few bank cards/accounts can be used to do this? Revulot has been mentioned - so I have open account with them first? Not sure I want open a bank account for this, feels like s a security risk. Is this safe? Please advise.

Don’t buy this after a while YouTube Catches on

Can i use Starling bank without any fee charges ?

I have used this method for a couple of other similar services for 2+ years with no bother... My worry is, if Google ban my account, it's linked to my photos, email, etc...

Is it safer to set up a new Gmail account for this? Or are Google not banning people who do this 😬

Just a bit nervous to take the leap!!