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
Connect a VPN to the server in Turkey
Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium and if it shows currency in TRY (Turkish Lira), continue choosing your membership.
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
Go to https://m.youtube.com/paid_memberships and click on your current subscription. Click “manage” then continue to cancel
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
Connect a VPN to the server in Turkey
Go to https://www.youtube.com/premium and if it shows currency in TRY (Turkish Lira), continue choosing your membership.
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
Very easy got the family plan didn't need an address set up in mins!