Tidal HiFi Plus Family subscription to replace the now defunct Tidal Argentina deal. Cost at the moment £5.76 pcm for the multiuser family HiFi Plus account (cost varies with exchange rate).
*** Update, Tidal Support confirmed billing is in Nigerian Naira, only dollar symbol used on Web site for Family HiFi Plus.
See full message text in comments. ***
**** Update 2: Support now confirmed the dollar price is USD, completely contradicting the earlier support person. So sorry it's not going to be £0.77 as originally posted but £5.76 by the time it becomes GBP, but this is for the most expensive multi-user Family HiFi Plus account, obviously it will be less per month for a single account or HiFi account.
Apologies to all for initially getting this pricing wrong.
Step by step method I used on Android phone.
1. Install Tunnelbear VPN (free account)
2. Using world map interface within Tunnelbear select Nigeria. A VPN to Nigeria will be started.
3. Open a browser (Chrome/Firefox etc.)
4. Type tidal.com into browser
5. You are now looking at the Nigerian Tidal home page
6. Select the account type you want (I opened a HiFi Plus Family subscription).
7. Choose new account name (this cannot be the same as any Tidal subscription you may have had previously)
8. Choose password.
9. When screen changes to add payment method (debit or credit card, I used Revolut virtual Mastercard) disable Tunnelbear.
10. After (not before) Tunnelbear is disabled, enter card details and verify card payment.
11. An email address verification will be sent to your chosen email address.
12. Re-enable Tunnelbear to Nigeria
13. Go to your email client, locate the Tidal account verification email and press the link. You will be directed back to your browser and your Tidal account will now be open with a valid subscription.
14. Log back in to Tidal check all is good.
15. Close Tunnelbear
16. Open Tidal app, log out and log back using your fresh username and password
17. Start using Tidal without the VPN.
Optional parts:
1. When handing out family invites make sure you and your family member use a VPN when making invite and accepting invite or Tidal will fail to allow the family member due to being in the wrong country. Once invite sent and accepted, VPN can be closed down.
2. If you want your existing playlists, artists, albums and tracks moved from your exiting (old) account, go to Support Chat on Tidal website (VPN not required) and send in a request for them to copy these from old username to new username. You can even tell then it was an Argentinian account. Within 24 house they will moved everything for one.
Job done, enjoy cheap Tidal again.
This took me a goodly while to figure out the process. I Hope this helps someone.
P.S. If I've got anything wrong please let me know, these step are my recollection of how I did it yesterday.
*** Update, Tidal Support confirmed billing is in Nigerian Naira, only dollar symbol used on Web site for Family HiFi Plus.
See full message text in comments. ***
**** Update 2: Support now confirmed the dollar price is USD, completely contradicting the earlier support person. So sorry it's not going to be £0.77 as originally posted but £5.76 by the time it becomes GBP, but this is for the most expensive multi-user Family HiFi Plus account, obviously it will be less per month for a single account or HiFi account.
Apologies to all for initially getting this pricing wrong.
Step by step method I used on Android phone.
1. Install Tunnelbear VPN (free account)
2. Using world map interface within Tunnelbear select Nigeria. A VPN to Nigeria will be started.
3. Open a browser (Chrome/Firefox etc.)
4. Type tidal.com into browser
5. You are now looking at the Nigerian Tidal home page
6. Select the account type you want (I opened a HiFi Plus Family subscription).
7. Choose new account name (this cannot be the same as any Tidal subscription you may have had previously)
8. Choose password.
9. When screen changes to add payment method (debit or credit card, I used Revolut virtual Mastercard) disable Tunnelbear.
10. After (not before) Tunnelbear is disabled, enter card details and verify card payment.
11. An email address verification will be sent to your chosen email address.
12. Re-enable Tunnelbear to Nigeria
13. Go to your email client, locate the Tidal account verification email and press the link. You will be directed back to your browser and your Tidal account will now be open with a valid subscription.
14. Log back in to Tidal check all is good.
15. Close Tunnelbear
16. Open Tidal app, log out and log back using your fresh username and password
17. Start using Tidal without the VPN.
Optional parts:
1. When handing out family invites make sure you and your family member use a VPN when making invite and accepting invite or Tidal will fail to allow the family member due to being in the wrong country. Once invite sent and accepted, VPN can be closed down.
2. If you want your existing playlists, artists, albums and tracks moved from your exiting (old) account, go to Support Chat on Tidal website (VPN not required) and send in a request for them to copy these from old username to new username. You can even tell then it was an Argentinian account. Within 24 house they will moved everything for one.
Job done, enjoy cheap Tidal again.
This took me a goodly while to figure out the process. I Hope this helps someone.
P.S. If I've got anything wrong please let me know, these step are my recollection of how I did it yesterday.
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sorted byThe customer service obviously did not know what he/she was talking about, which is expected. Let's be honest, Tidal has been a mess since being acquired by Square/Block.
We just need to use our common sense and be prepared to pay 4 or 7 USD when the first bill hits.
Seems to be some doubt surrounding the cost. $7 for full family seems very cheap if USD for official pricing so it's worth a punt.
Also note that, if you're using Gmail (may work with others), you can add a full stop in your address and it'll still come to your inbox - eg. abc@gmail.com > ab.c@gmail.com
If you read this thread: thenativemag.com/tid…ia/
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The exchange rate fits quite well with what the article was talking about.
The reason why it is priced in US dollar is probably due to the volatility associated with the local currency.
In short, the HIFI Plus will cost $4.67 per month, and the HIFI Plus Family will cost $7 per month, going down the route described here, which is still quite good.
P**** **** (TIDAL)
Sep 25, 2023, 8:00 AM EDT
"Hi ****,
Thank you for contacting TIDAL Support!
The currency, country and subscription amount associated with an account are determined by the IP address from where the account was registered. This information was permanently set during account creation. After checking your account, we can see that it is registered from Nigeria so that will be the country and currency we will be using for billing."
Beware I never offered the free 30 days so payment has gone through straight away at $7 US dollers £5.72 (Monzo Card) HI-FI Plus Family
Here's as snapshot (sorry for bad formatting)
Argentina$99.00$145.00$145.00$225.00ARS£0.23£0.34£0.34£0.53£0.11
Nigeria$2.33$4.67$3.50$7.00USD£1.91£3.83£2.87£5.74£1.15
Colombia$11,499$22,998$17,250$34,499COP£2.35£4.70£3.53£7.06£1.41
BrazilR$16.90R$33.80R$25.35R$50.70BRL£2.79£5.58£4.19£8.37£1.67
South AfricaR59.99R119.99R89.99R179.99ZAR£2.61£5.22£3.92£7.84£1.57
MalaysiaRM14.90RM29.80RM22.35RM44.70MYR£2.61£5.21£3.91£7.82£1.56
Still the cheapest as we've lost Argentina..
No, just using the dollar symbol, not US Dollar (edited)
Unless the $7 in the screenshot is in Nigerian Naira?? (edited)
Despite the OPs confirmation from Tidal CS, overwhelming evidence being shared in this thread make it abundantly clear that the price is actually 7 USD.
Not 7 Nigerian Naira (0.74 PENCE), and certainly not 77p (for which the Tidal Sub price would have to be listed as either 733 Nigerian Naira or 0.94 USD).
7 USD still a good deal - and people should be allowed to vote on it. But listing it as 77p on the 'hottest deals of the day' is a trap.... (edited)
Happy days didn't notice my argie account had gone tits up
Thanx op
7 naira is 75p (edited)
EDIT: For anyone wondering.... no you can't. The family members account has to be created in the same location as the subscription. If you are creating a new account make sure you do it whilst connected to Nigerian VPN. (edited)
I am getting:
hifi $2.56
hifi family $3.85
hifi+ $4.67
family $7
crap, I have now been blocked as there is a robot using the same IP as me....Will try desktop (WHICH worked). I signed up for the Hifi Family, had verified email (which IP issue arose) so all good.
Thanks OP, have signed up for the family hifi plan to stream my own music and see what they pay me (edited)
$7 is still ok (ish) though.. (edited)
In Nigeria, the premium tier goes for $2.33 (currently #902.88) per month, while the family plan which accommodates up to 5 people goes for $4 (#1,550) per month. The HiFi tier goes for $4.67 (#1,809.62) per month, while the family plan goes for $7 (#2,712.50)."
https://thenativemag.com/tidal-nigeria/#:~:text=In%20Nigeria%2C%20the%20premium%20tier,goes%20for%20%247%20(%232%2C712.50).
best £10,000 I ever spent. Tidal on me everyone
PS wish it was 0.77p as I would be first to jump on board and price at $7 better than UK but lots have purchased on assumption its 0.77p and its won't be (edited)
I currently have full Tidal, Spotify, Deezer and Apple accounts on Alexa, but will probably just keep Spotify. Plus I have the free Pandora and iHeart. My preference is to listen to an artist and similar artists. I say "play Sade station" and on Spotify, Apple, Pandora and iHeart I get what I want. If I say "play smooth jazz music" it's the same services that work.
If you want Tidal to work like Spotify Connect you need amazon.com.au/Wii…RKY.
Shout out if you want me to try any Alexa commands with any service.
I had no idea they were changing the cost, never read my Spanish tidal emails so big thanks for highlighting the problem and workaround !
"Thank you for reaching us back.
In this case, all subscribers from Nigeria are being charged in dollars taking into consideration the price for this region. We set and adjust prices for TIDAL subscriptions based on our costs of operation in each territory and other market factors."
PS got to throw this back at you...
Consider yourself corrected. See update in original post
They are making it harder and harder
A big thank you from George Agdgdwongo