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YouTube Premium Monthly: Single INR ₹129 (~A$2.49), Family INR ₹189 (~A$3.64) + More @ YouTube India (VPN Required)

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YouTube Premium Monthly: Single INR ₹129 (~A$2.49), Family INR ₹189 (~A$3.64) + More @ YouTube India (VPN Required)
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Last edited 22/10/2022 - 12:52 by 1 other user

Update - While individual (single) plans should work for most credit/debit cards, family plan sign-ups will fail for 99% of you. If this the case, the only other option may be Youtube Premium Family via Turkey

I just made it work guys - USE EXPRESSVPN and connect to India VIA SINGAPORE

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 to… India - Happy Diwali

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

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Plan Monthly Cost Yearly Cost 3 Month Plan
Individual INR ₹129 / AU$2.49 INR ₹1290 / AU$24.84 INR ₹399 / AU$7.68
Family INR ₹189 / AU$3.64
Student INR ₹79 / AU$1.52

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 India

  2. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium and if it shows currency in Indian Rupees, continue choosing your membership.

  3. Enter your Indian address (get a fake one here and proceed to pay by credit card (it will redirect you to a secure payment vendor gateway (because our bank is in Australia), which will add several cents to your Youtube Premium cost). If the payment declines, just continue to press "buy" and it will eventually redirect you to the secure payment vendor gateway.

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 India

  4. Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium and if it shows currency in Indian Rupees, continue choosing your membership.

  5. Enter your Indian address (get a fake one here and proceed to pay by credit card (it will redirect you to a secure payment vendor gateway (because our bank is in Australia), which will add several cents to your Youtube Premium cost). If the payment declines, just continue to press "buy" and it will eventually redirect you to the secure payment vendor gateway.

Notes

  • Most VPN services have removed Indian servers due to new laws in India

  • Use ExpressVPN and connect to India via Singapore. Sign up and use the 30 Day Money Back Guarantee to get a refund

  • I can sign up for individual (all cards work, payment due sometime next month) but family sub gives me errors on all cards. Trying to find an way to fix this

  • If payment fails, try creating an Indian 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 India profile.

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closed Comments

    • xers on 21/10/2022 - 13:42
      +3

      2.50/month for ad-free YouTube on multiple platforms including those you can't use adblock on plus access to YouTube music? Yes I do pay for YouTube.

      • bigbadboogieman on 21/10/2022 - 17:56

        Guess depends on the use case. Adblock works everywhere if you know how to work it. Pie-hole for example.

        • xers on 21/10/2022 - 19:31

          Too much work to save a measly 2.50/month. And no YouTube music with Pi-hole.

          • bigbadboogieman on 21/10/2022 - 20:25

            @xers: That's $30 a year just for YT. Also helps with other stuff

        • deadpoet on 21/10/2022 - 21:36

          Pi-hole (and DNS blocking in general) has not been able to block YouTube ads for a while now, Google wised up to it.
          https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/pihole-not-blocking-youtube-…

          Because of this. there's no way to block ads on Apple TV, for example.

          • bigbadboogieman on 21/10/2022 - 22:16

            @deadpoet: Yeah I use the Smart tube app because of that on my fire tv and YouTube Vanced (2 apps) on my phone.

  • OnlineShopper123 on 21/10/2022 - 13:38

    Bannable?

    • Fredfloresjr on 21/10/2022 - 13:43
      +1

      Been using ours for years since this method was posted here and Cocomelon remains uninterrupted.

      • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 14:07

        Cocomelon remains uninterrupted

        Put your parent on!

  • Bearkel on 21/10/2022 - 13:39
    +4

    Do you have to 'deactivate' the Argentina sub before flying to India?

    Edit: Answered my own question:

    Manage> Manage membership> Deactivate> Continue to cancel > Cancel premium > then it will allow you to choose plans YouTube Premium plans again.

  • Dr-Bargain on 21/10/2022 - 13:39

    I signed up before for Youtube Turkish. This morning I got an email saying the price is going to increase from November 21st. Can I use my same YT account and migrate to Youtube India?

    • Jimbuscus on 21/10/2022 - 14:05
      +1

      You may need to end recurring, wait for it to lapse and then sign up fresh with the same account.

      My account has been Australian, Indian and currently Argentinian without issue.

      • Dr-Bargain on 21/10/2022 - 14:17
        +1

        Cheers! Will do that

    • mostlygordon on 21/10/2022 - 23:36

      I had problems subscribing in India (YouTube thought I was in London rather than Mumbai), so went to Turkey and got 12 months for 299 TRY (around $25.50 AUD).

  • Muten-Roshi on 21/10/2022 - 13:40
    +1

    Do you need to make a new account or can you just use your existing? Is there a risk of being banned?

  • sunyuanxin on 21/10/2022 - 13:43
    -1

    Got this error ：Your card issuer declined your payment. Declined payments are often due to insufficient funds or card status. Check your card or select a different payment method.

    • lastkey on 21/10/2022 - 13:44

      Which VPN?

      • Slut on 21/10/2022 - 13:49

        Get the same via ExpressVPN

      • sunyuanxin on 21/10/2022 - 13:52
        +1

        Urban VPN

    • Shonggie on 21/10/2022 - 13:50

      im getting the same issue with using windscribe vpn

    • DeepMidWicket on 21/10/2022 - 13:58

      Same :(

  • lastkey on 21/10/2022 - 13:43
    +1

    I noticed when you create a payment profile, for example, in Turkey, Argentina, or India. If you can add your card to that profile, you should be able to subscribe to the premium account using that profile. For testing, I created all three profiles (you can have all three simultaneously but can use one at a time in Account Settings -> Payments -> Settings). I could add cards in Argentina and Turkey. India doesn't let me add the same card. So I could either renew Argentina or subscribe to Turkey. I switched to Turkey.

    You can create your Indian profile and see if you can add the card. That might save you the trouble of finding a VPN and trying all the OP's steps.

    I tried OP's steps using StrongVPN and WindScribe's India server, but I couldn't subscribe as the card was not accepted. So I experimented with the payment profiles. I don't have Express VPN, so it doesn't make sense to spend 99USD (the cheapest option) to subscribe to the VPN to save money on youtube.

  • KingOfHearts on 21/10/2022 - 13:44

    I am a cheap OzBargainer and don't wish to pay for ExpressVPN. If I sign up with CC, switch to YT India and then cancel the VPN subscription, will they refund the money?

    • lastkey on 21/10/2022 - 13:47

      Ideally, you should be, as they have a money-back guarantee. You can say I am not satisfied. But you can wait for people to confirm if they can add cards and renew/subscribe using ExpressVPN India, before taking this plunge.

      • Bearkel on 21/10/2022 - 13:53

        Just used ExpressVPN and no issue
        Commbank steppay card details. upon payment it bought me to a third-party payment page as steppay doesn't support INR.
        Paid AUD $26.82 for annual sub

        • bobzor on 21/10/2022 - 15:32

          Any other OzB favourites to use/sign up for before cancellation?

  • mrhanky71 on 21/10/2022 - 13:44
    +1

    The only issue i had with signing up to India was that YT Music kept suggesting indian songs for me to listen to….

    • Shwayne on 21/10/2022 - 13:48

      The top hits default to the region you are paying in, but it doesn't seem to affect availability or force any translations.

      Most annoyingly the image cards are not in English.

      • 10101010101 on 21/10/2022 - 13:49

        Pretty sure it skews search results too. I get the occasional Hindi spoken video in my results

    • montorola on 21/10/2022 - 13:54

      I tried it, some indian music is actually pretty catchy not to mention eye candy hehe

      • bkksam on 21/10/2022 - 16:40

        A bit of Desi porn

    • Jimbuscus on 21/10/2022 - 14:06

      Mine eventually phased out the Indian music after not listening to them, via the algo.

  • kron on 21/10/2022 - 13:44

    What's the benefit of having YT Premium that adblockers can't provide? Curious to hear from people who actually use it.

    • xers on 21/10/2022 - 13:47
      +3

      For one, you can't use adblock on game consoles, Apple TV, non-android smart TV. There's also YouTube music as well, all for less than half a coffee a month? Why not

      • dontpanic on 21/10/2022 - 14:05

        Also, if you're on a family plan, this extends to all family members on the account - so you don't have to deal with setting up adblockers and being tech support for the whole family. It's just easier, and for something like 50c per user, per month, it's worth every cent. Heck, even at the increased prices it's still worth it.

    • Shwayne on 21/10/2022 - 13:50

      Youtube Music, you can't (trivially) ad-block on Chromecast, Youtube app features (PIP / music/sound in background), exclusive content on Youtube (relevant in certain cases, nothing amazing, but honestly better than most of Netflix these days).

      Ironically you still need SponsorBlock to remove the ads in videos, which of course doesn't work on Chromecast.

  • nfr on 21/10/2022 - 13:45

    I've always wanted to be a student of India.

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 13:49

      They have a 30 day money back guarantee which I assume many here will use

    • mnemonic9 on 21/10/2022 - 14:11
      -1

      Express is not the only VPN service available. Why even pay for a 'trial' and go through the hassle of a chargeback when there are plenty options depending on where you want to connect to. Privado worked a treat for me connecting to India. Couple gigs free is plenty to connect and activate a service. Couple gigs more for a free tweet, why not?

  • michael9865 on 21/10/2022 - 13:47

    we will be increasing your Premium price from ARS 119.00/month to ARS 389.00/month.
    Means it's going from under $2 to $4 not worth it anymore

    • KingOfHearts on 21/10/2022 - 13:50
      +4

      I am on a family plan so increasing from ARS 179 to ARS 699. That's a significant increase. Seriously considering switching to YT India, but I may wait and see if they increase the price for India too before going through the hassle.

      • Jimbuscus on 21/10/2022 - 14:08

        I wouldn't expect an Indian price increase in the next 6 months, they normally do it in batches.

        However, India may be next on the chopping block as it will be the next place for all us geo-travelers.

        Indian pricing is still better than dealing ad-blocking alternatives for TV.

      • Nads2407 on 21/10/2022 - 18:13

        at least with India you can pay for yearly subscription instead of monthly. That stops them rising the price on you. I've paid for about 2 years ahead on my indian account.

  • CuriousPanda on 21/10/2022 - 13:47

    If I join on a family plan and add my son who likes to post videos on his YouTube channel could he get banned being on my family plan?

  • Slut on 21/10/2022 - 13:49
    +1

    Card keeps declining :(

    • Jadeja on 21/10/2022 - 13:51

      same, not sure how to fix it

    • Jklaro on 21/10/2022 - 14:35

      Same 3 cards all declining

  • edfoo on 21/10/2022 - 13:50

    Hmm, I think I'll stick to free YouTube and watch those entertaining ads…

  • wfdTamar on 21/10/2022 - 13:50

    You've described how to sign up if you don't have it already, but how do you change from Argentinian to Indian? Where do you change the address?

    I see Settings - Purchases and Memberships, which has Manage Membership and I can Deactivate that. What's the process?

  • Syd Bargain Girl on 21/10/2022 - 13:52

    My Commonwealth bank MasterCard isn’t working. Which cards are working for this?

    • I Smell Pennies on 21/10/2022 - 13:54
      +1

      I used Commbank Mastercard (Debit Card), did it redirect through the payment gateway? Some blue looking window popup

      • Syd Bargain Girl on 22/10/2022 - 11:34

        Yes, thanks for that, I changed to my Commbank debit card and it worked and yes I had the blue looking window for the payment gateway.

    • Bearkel on 21/10/2022 - 13:54

      Use Commbank StepPay

    • Griffindinho on 21/10/2022 - 13:59

      Hey bargain girl.

      My CommBank debit MasterCard is working. Had to change over my card this year and the processed went smoothly.

    • Jimbuscus on 21/10/2022 - 14:10

      I use Up Bank for international, CommBank is normally the worst for overseas online.

    • Jklaro on 21/10/2022 - 14:42

      Mine isnt working either

    • Syd Bargain Girl on 22/10/2022 - 11:33

      I ended up using Commonwealth debit card and paid $20.37 in AUD for the annual family plan.

      • jayboi on 22/10/2022 - 13:03

        Annual family plan? How did you find that?

  • r3d5n0w on 21/10/2022 - 13:55

    I use Spotify and headspace India too

    • Griffindinho on 21/10/2022 - 13:58

      Why use Spotify when this comes with YouTube music?

      • Chippy47 on 21/10/2022 - 14:23

        How did you get Spotify India?

        • r3d5n0w on 21/10/2022 - 16:57

          This is what I did to get Spotify India:
          1. Use India VPN (I used express VPN)
          2. Changed Spotify country to India
          3. Used the prepaid option to pay annually. For some reason it won't let me do a subscription or a month to month.
          4. The first time I did it 2 years ago, I used INR from my TransferWise debit card but last year and last week it let me use my Macquarie debit card
          5. Looked up some random zip code in Mumbai and entered that is billing zip

          • Chippy47 on 21/10/2022 - 18:07

            @r3d5n0w: Thanks mate I’ll give it a try. Does it show up Indian content or does it change to local content as you use it?

            • r3d5n0w on 21/10/2022 - 19:02

              @Chippy47: You'll have to live with Some Indian content but it's easy to tune out imo. Just shows up with the charts and Top hits but if you scroll down a bit it's the global stuff

          • illumination on 22/10/2022 - 03:14

            @r3d5n0w: Thought Spotify required a local payment method?

      • r3d5n0w on 21/10/2022 - 16:53

        I like the Spotify UI more than YouTube music and Spotify India is cheap as, I paid $23 for the whole year when I renewed last week.

    • Pulseless on 21/10/2022 - 15:20

      how much does headspace come out to be?

  • Dean Randle on 21/10/2022 - 13:55
    +2

    Will definitely revisit this in a week's time to see what's happened in other markets.

  • GenerallyClumsy on 21/10/2022 - 13:55

    So if I've got a Google Workspace account, can I use that email address or do I need to use a non-Workspace address?

    • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2022 - 14:10

      You can use plussing and create a new Google account. Ie [email protected]

      Goog registers it as a fresh YT acc, and all emails go in your [email protected] email

      • GenerallyClumsy on 21/10/2022 - 14:25

        If i use an alias or the main workspace acount will that not work?

        • GenerallyClumsy on 21/10/2022 - 15:18

          Actually, i just used my main workspace address and it wprked perfectly.

    • Techie4066 on 21/10/2022 - 13:58
      +9

      It's working the system of a multinational megacorporation not a country

      • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 14:01
        -6

        Do you really think Google exists in a vacuum? This kind of reductionist thinking makes me question how humanity left the trees

        • Techie4066 on 21/10/2022 - 14:02
          +5

          Explain how people are exploiting Indians?

          • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 14:04
            -6

            @Techie4066: The sad thing is you’re serious

            • Techie4066 on 21/10/2022 - 14:05
              +6

              @tharlow: The sad thing is you've failed to elaborate at every opportunity. I don't think Google cares who they're serving. Bye troll!

        • Griffindinho on 21/10/2022 - 14:50
          +1

          Why are you bootlicking google?

        • neosin on 21/10/2022 - 15:50

          All these big tech companies are cancer to society, they suck you into their ecosystem at the start with low/free costs then once you are hooked they milk the hell out of you making billions!

          If you actually think they benefit society in any meaningful way then I feel sorry for you!

    • rawm on 21/10/2022 - 14:04
      +4

      Calm down, sir.

      "A single YouTube Premium membership costs $14.99/month. This provides access for up to six family members in the same household."

      That's AUD$180 per year versus ~AUD$30 if using the Indian VPN process. Insane.

      While not 'celebrating', we're all here to help people lighten their budgets and this workaround is only exploiting the rich YouTube execs.

      • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 14:07
        -2

        If you want real insanity, wait until you hear about Indian wages

    • BLB1984 on 21/10/2022 - 14:15
      +2

      Isn’t the exploitation of this whole thing that the exact same product costs 6x in one country compared to another for no reason other than profit?

    • mnemonic9 on 21/10/2022 - 14:19
      +2

      If this is how you feel, why are you on a thread that's specifically for the "budget conscious?"

      • kekw on 21/10/2022 - 15:10
        +3

        ooof

      • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 16:17
        -1

        Don’t even have to use a VPN!

        • foxes28 on 21/10/2022 - 17:15
          +2

          wait do you really think stealing bag is OK but OP's post is not ok?

          • tharlow on 21/10/2022 - 17:55
            -2

            @foxes28: I’m not stealing anything. I get the bags at the self-checkout, hit the “using my own bag” button, and check out. Some people choose to bring old bags back and reuse them, but I believe that isn’t sanitary. It’s a health and safety issue

            • foxes28 on 21/10/2022 - 19:31
              +1

              @tharlow: I can understand the sanitary part. But why don’t you scan and pay for the bag?

            • mortyestmorty on 22/10/2022 - 00:59

              @tharlow: The difference here is you're literally stealing bags. They're not free. A VPN for cheap YouTube is still paying fo a service but in a different country.

              • tharlow on 22/10/2022 - 03:56

                @mortyestmorty: Not literally. Literally would be just taking bags and walking out. I’m doing my shopping and following the instructions provided to me at self-checkout. I’m “using my own bags” in the sense that I’m doing the packing myself. Works flawlessly every time. No fraudulent addresses here!

                • G-rig on 22/10/2022 - 04:16
                  +1

                  @tharlow: It's the stores bag until you pay 15c, or bring your own into the store.

                  • tharlow on 22/10/2022 - 04:23
                    -1

                    @G-rig: The self-checkout has the option to claim free bags. Just select the “using my own bag” option. Really simple hack, and works every time. No problems ever encountered with the smiling assistants, so I can only assume this is an acceptable procedure

                    • G-rig on 22/10/2022 - 05:20
                      +1

                      @tharlow: Oh, didn't realise that, or that they were free. Thought they scan at 15c. It was an initiative to cut down on Plastic waste and encourage people to reuse them

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