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[iOS] Microsoft 365 Monthly Subscription: Personal TL₺15,99 (A$0.93), Family TL₺23,99 (A$1.40) @ OneDrive via Apple Türkiye

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Welcome to the ultimate guide of Microsoft 365 subscriptions


No VPN needed. Requires Apple Türkiye ID.

I know many of you use Microsoft 365 applications and OneDrive for storage and since Australian prices are pretty ridiculous, I had to find an alternate solution (and I did - TR pricing is 91% off AU pricing). This is probably an error, as it's not meant to be this low - and what's the catch? You only get these prices by subscribing via the Microsoft OneDrive app.

If you don't know what Microsoft 365 is, then it includes Access to the latest updates, Multiple devices and platforms, Ongoing technical support, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Microsoft Editor, Microsoft Defender, Clipchamp, OneDrive Clound Storage, Microsoft Family Safety, Microsoft Teams, Access (PC only), Publisher (for PC only), Microsoft Forms & Skype. Most of these features are unavailable for the Standalone Office Home & Student Bundle

Modern problems require modern solutions. Like Youtube, Netflix, Discord, Google Drive, Disney, relocating to Turkey is sometimes the best option, with some methods saving over $100 AUD a year (Praying for Türkiye right now IYKYK).

As always, credits to Pricebeat for all the Apple ID related knowledge I've gained from his past posts

All prices in this guide are current as of 19 September 2023.


Available Plans:

You can see all the features of the three tiered Microsoft 365 plans here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/buy/compare-al…

Monthly Subscription Plan TR Pricing (TL) AU Conversion (AUD) AU Pricing Official (AUD) Savings (AUD) % Saving Notes
OneDrive Basic ₺0 A$0 A$0 A$0 100% ;) What can I say? It's free lol
Microsoft 365 Basic ₺41,99 A$2.45 A$2.99 N/A N/A AKA OneDrive 100GB. Just avoid it lol
Microsoft 365 Personal ₺15,99 A$0.93 A$10.00 A$9.07 90.7%
Microsoft 365 Family ₺23,99 A$1.40 A$13.00 A$11.16 89.2% Best value; no brainer

Note: The Turkey prices above are only obtainable if you subscribe through the Microsoft Onedrive app. All other Microsoft apps will cost you breakeven or more than what Microsoft Australia charges.

Comparing to Turkey prices going through Microsoft's own website:

Monthly Subscription Plan TR Pricing (TL) AU Conversion (AUD) AU Pricing Official (AUD)
Microsoft 365 Personal ₺129,99 A$7.59 A$10.00
Microsoft 365 Family ₺169.99 A$9.93 A$13.00

Instructions

Please read the following instructions carefully. Before proceeding, make sure you DO NOT have an active Microsoft 365 subscription

This guide looks extensive (because I try my best to explain it simply for beginners) however if you've done this before then it shouldn't take you more than a few mins (for iOS at least) as you can skip most of these instructions

Part 1 - Turkey Apple ID

If you already have a Turkey Apple ID, proceed to Part 2

If you DO NOT have a Turkey Apple ID:

  1. Create a Turkish Apple ID by going to https://appleid.apple.com/account

  2. Follow the onscreen steps. In the mobile number section, use your Australian mobile number (Very important to use a valid number or risk losing your ID). Choose the country as Turkey. Then follow through the rest to create your ID.

  3. Login into Apple ID on a browser. Go to this link to enter a Turkish address (you can get a random address here) to your Turkish Apple ID. Select payment method as "none" and save.

Part 2 - Loading your Turkey Apple ID with Turkey Apple Gift Cards

  1. Buy TL (₺) iTunes gift cards (Make sure you only buy Turkish ones, only comes in 25 TRY and 50 TRY denominations) from TurGame > Choose currency as TL/TRY See how and pay with a debit/credit card (use a card that has no international transaction fees to avoid the any extra costs). All transactions will have a certain "Payment Partner Fee" attached - at checkout, choose "Credit or debit card - PAYTR" for the lowest payment partner fee (it's very small)

  2. Go to Settings on your iPhone/iPad > Your Name > Media and Purchases > Log out from your current ID and login with your Turkish Apple ID

  3. Redeem iTunes gift cards by going to App Store > Account (located at right top corner) > Redeem gift cards or code.

Part 3 - Downloading OneDrive

  1. Once signed in with your Turkish Apple ID, download OneDrive from the app store. If you already have OneDrive installed using your Australian Apple ID, proceed to Part 4

Part 4 - Subscribing to Microsoft 365

  1. Boot up the OneDrive app and sign up or sign in. Click on Menu > Upgrade to Premium. You should be able to see Turkish Lira prices for monthly subscriptions.

    Where are the annual subscription options? You will not see any annual subscriptions, nor be able to subscribe to it directly from the app, as Microsoft hasn't loaded any annual options into Apple's In-App Purchases

    Still seeing Australian prices? Restart your device

  2. Subscribe to your desired plan. Apple will deduct from your Apple ID Balance as payment each month

    Note: If you've never signed up to a plan before, Microsoft will offer you a free 1-month trial, followed by monthly Turkey prices thereafter

  3. You’re done! Enjoy your subscription :)


FAQ

Q: Will I need to turn VPN for this deal?
A: No! This deal does not require VPN

Q: Why is OneDrive showing me Australian prices, rather than the Turkish prices I am expecting?
A: Restart your device to fix this issue

Q: I got charged a different rate compared to the prices on this post. What happened?
A: Due to foreign exchange rates constantly fluctuating, prices will differ by several cents each month. Note this only applies to when buying the gift card.

Q: I have an existing Microsoft 365 (AU) subscription, can I use the same email?
A: Definitely! Make sure your subscription expires, then follow the instructions on this deal


Any questions or comments please post them!

Enjoy :)

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Comments

    • A week! That could be burdensome

  • +1

    Great deal. I've been running office 2013 for years because i didn’t want to pay an exorbitant subscription. This deal has convinced me to make the switch (and so easy!).
    Next job… find a way to resolve my Visio 2007. 😁

  • +1

    I would like to express my gratitude once again to the amazing OP. Thanks to his guide, I manage to get cheap Microsoft 365 subscription which now enhanced with Microsoft Co-Pilot powered by GPT4 and DALE-2, my productivity has increased significantly by the AIs. By storing rarely used files on Onedrive, I freed up many gigabytes on my system drive.

    Your contributions are truly remarkable, and I appreciate everything you have done to help the OZbargain community. Thank you for being amazing!

    • Great post.

    • @Herbert I appreciate your comment. Thank you :)

    • I think Copilot for O365 is a separate purchase/subscription, that is when it’s available?

      Awesome deal btw. Would jump onto it if I hadn’t a perpetual license for O 2019 already

  • +1

    just subscribed to family plan today .. still works .. not sure why it marked as expired

    • Thanks, absolutely no idea. And it’s not letting me unmark

  • +1

    an aboslute legend

  • +1

    Thanks OP, just subscribed to family plan now, awesome!!

  • +1

    I got the same spinning wheel issue when firing up the OneDrive app. The fix for me was to log out of OneDrive, then log back in. You should then get the option to upgrade your account to one of the subscription plans.

    • I tried everything, signed out, delete and re-install the app, use other new Microsoft account, used different device, always getting the spinning wheel.
      Any ideas?

      • yuh give me your account details and I’ll do it for u

  • Found

    no credit card working
    has to be gift card?
    which website ?

    • yes has to be gift card. you can get it from many sites. read the OP

  • Once I load $50 turkey apply gift card into my turkey Apple ID, do I still need to stat login with this Apple ID? Can I switch back to my Australian Apple ID and they can still take money from my turkey id ?

    • i dont think so
      but u need login into microsoft account

  • +1

    Just wanted to thank OP for sharing. I did it today and all went well.

  • I'm stuck. My subscription expired a few days ago, confirmed through the Microsoft account management interface. But on the iPhone OneDrive app it's still showing that I have a certain amount of my 1TB storage used. There's no option in my settings menu to subscribe to Premium.

    I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. Not much success in getting to the (re)subscribe stuff.

    • give me your account details like others have been doing and I’ll do it for u :)

      • I saw you say this to others and I presumed you were joking

        • +1

          why would I be joking? I don’t have time to mess around - I either get the job done or I don’t

          • @I Smell Pennies: Hey mate can you help me as well? I dont have an iphone to get this deal.

    • +1

      Well, it took a week after if officially expired but I finally got a notification that my OneDrive account was indeed now over the limit, and I was able to subscribe using this method.

      Thanks OP

  • quick question. Why I am only getting 1tb of the family storage?

    Isn't it got 6TBs? Can't I use 6tbs for myself if I am the only user in the family subscription?

    Thanks.

    • +1

      It's 1TB per family member

  • "status":"failed","reason":"paytr_token gonderilmedi veya gecersiz"

  • Not an iPhone/iPad owner, I went through the steps thinking I could wing it with an Emulator when the time comes to do the OneDrive install but apparently no emulators with App Store exist? Bummer.

    • +1

      A huge thanks to I Smell Pennies for helping me out with that last part using your iPhone on my behalf.

      Microsoft 365 now showing in my subscriptions. Legend!

  • +1

    Worked a treat. Geeze Apple devices are painful.

  • +1

    Just tried this now and it works. Thanks OP!

  • +2

    Thanks OP. Please update the description, Turgame have iTunes gift cards up to 1000 TRY now

  • Check with Desktop browser + VPN its 1,299.99/ year for Personal now?

    • @Jcruzi Don't check on desktop browser then :)

  • +2

    You can buy 1000TRY now which is great, saves from having to do this every other month!

    40 months for 76~AUD for the family plan is pretty good i'd say!

    • +1

      I just topped up using the 500TRY (currently there's 1% discount on everything above 50TRY)

      But the TRY depreciated 24% against AUD a few weeks ago, it cost me $31 ($62 for the 1000TRY)

      End result: it's freakin' cheap to bulk up on these. And people get excited paying $94/yr using the traditional channels (and to get that price you have to wait for the deals to come along a few times a year) We're 80% cheaper than that and can top up anytime we like.

      Current exchange rate:
      25TRY = 1.54 AUD * 12 ($18.50/yr)

  • +1

    Works well! Had to login to OneDrive on a fresh install for it to allow the new subscription to work. Thanks!!

  • +1

    Worked for me :D. You're amazing.

  • +1

    Brilliant, worked like a charm. Thanks!

  • +1

    Hi OP! Thanks for the deal. I have followed the instructions and set up a Microsoft 365 Personal subscription last month using Turkey apple id. Now, I am trying to upgrade to the Family subscription but I don't see any option in the app. Is there any way to upgrade to Family subscription now?

    • Also wondering this: how one can transition from a Personal to a Family subscription once already set up using this method?
      Also - huge thanks OP, excellent post with excellent instructions.

  • Is there a way to get this for Android user? Show us some love here :(

  • I cannot see the microsoft 365 offer inside onedrive app on ipad, when i click go premium, i can only see "Upgrade your OneDrive" 100Gb TRY 41.99/mo , 1TB Try 15.99/mo & 6TB Try 23.99/mo"

    Do i click "Upgrade"? is this the same as the Microsoft365.

    Any help is highly appreciated, thanks

    Btw, after i re install the onedrive app, after i opened it, i saw a microsoft 365 basic plan, am i supposed to click subscribe? How can i choose the family plan?

    Thanks

    • Sounds like the same :)
      The family plan is the 6TB one

      i saw a microsoft 365 basic plan, am i supposed to click subscribe?

      No, that’s the basic one. Close that and go to where you went earlier:

      when i click go premium, i can only see "Upgrade your OneDrive" 100Gb TRY 41.99/mo , 1TB Try 15.99/mo & 6TB Try 23.99/mo"

      Swipe for the 6TB one

      • ok ill try now

      • +1

        Thank you, i'ts all working now.
        I also found out from microsoft that each user can install it on 5 computers each, so total of 30 installs in all.

        • it is 1TB per person. so 6TB in total for the family

  • +1

    love your work 'I Smell Pennies'
    what a top bloke,, Thanks for setting up the AppleID/MS onedrive,,, cheers

  • the only issues is to load the gift cards all the time

  • +3

    Got around the giftcard loading issue by using the virtual mastercard for turkey from Oldubil. Thanks @I Smell Pennies

    • +2

      Haha, you saw that deal :))

      • +2

        You are a legend , the effort you put in the description and to make it easy for everyone else is just insane. Thanks champ

        • +1

          Thanks so much! Love the support. Happy saving :)

    • +1

      Would you mind share tips of using OlduBil to add funds to Apple ID? I have been struggling to add OlduBil virtual card as payment method to Apple ID. Apple always tells me cannot verify the payment details. Tried a few did billing addresses but no luck.

      • Same issue here, any tips appreciated

        • +1

          I was having problems until I used a VPN to add my Turkish OlduBil card. Once in Turkey Apple was happy.

      • I needed to VPN to Turkey before Apple would accept the OlduBIl card.

  • Any issues if I set payment to Oldubil so that when my credit runs out it will use that instead?
    I see dr death got it working with a new sub so I assume should be ok for one already running?

  • So I created a turkey appleid using a different email to my Microsoft 265 account. Then when I'm trying to upgrade to premium via onedrive, it's showing my turkey appleid email instead of my Microsoft 365 email even though I'm logged in to OneDrive using the Microsoft 365 email.

    • @draco76 what??!?! it’s showing turkey apple id because you’re paying using the apple id

      • I know it's a bit confusing. It's just that OneDrive is giving me a one month trial when I'm trying to upgrade to premium even if the old AUS account logged in to OneDrive had an expired subscription. So wasn't sure if I'm "renewing" my old AUS account.

  • hey had a few quick questions. If i go through the Oldubil route, can i bypass adding itunes giftcards completely?

    and if i log in with my turkish itunes can i log out once its set up and back to my normal one?

    and lastly, when signing up to OneDrive and subsequently microsoft 365 do i need to create a new account or use the turkish one, or can i use my preferred existing Microsoft account email?

    Thank you so much for your help

    • +1

      yes to bypass itunes giftcards completely

    • +1

      If i go through the Oldubil route, can i bypass adding itunes giftcards completely?

      I assume yes

      and if i log in with my turkish itunes can i log out once its set up and back to my normal one?

      Yes

      and lastly, when signing up to OneDrive and subsequently microsoft 365 do i need to create a new account or use the turkish one, or can i use my preferred existing Microsoft account email?

      Can use existing MS account :)

      • +1

        thank you so much love your help :)

  • Really appreciate your work on this I Smell Pennies, i used the xbox subscription hack & it worked a treat, so trying this one now.

    My existing Microsoft account has a m365 sub that expired July 6th, but it won’t show any upgrade options, so trying to figure this out.

    This may seem obvious, however, if i sign up for a family plan with a new email(creating a new personal onedrive account), does this allow me to connect my existing microsoft account(personal onedrive account) as another member of my family, thus having access to everything still?

    • @jbl540

      Hmmm, I’m not too sure. It could work. I’m happy to look at your account if you are want (and see if the upgrade option pops up on my end), send me a PM anytime.

      I think a few others had this issue and it the upgrade option appeared a few days after their sub ended

      • I signed up with the newly created microsoft account & have been able to successfully add my existing account. it shows a my personal sub(which has expired) AND my new family sub.

        Now to navigate the Netflix Turkey hack!

        Thanks for all your work mate. Much appreciated.

        • @jbl540 good to hear, cheers mate! thanks for reporting back :)

  • Turgame wants to validate a phone number with only weird country codes?

  • is there a way to combine all family members onedrive storage to a single user?

  • +1

    Thanks for your dedication to help the ozbargain community. The steps are very clear and simple. I am an Android user so I did all the steps on my Ipad and paid with Oldubil. Reflected family membership on my Android phone straight away.

  • Does this stack with the telstra 200GB onedrive free for life ?

  • Any suggestions on how to score a cheap Turkish microsoft 365 business premium membership?

    • Also following this! I have been paying $9 a month for Microsoft 365 Business Basic; mainly because I have been using the Email hosting with 50 GB mailbox & custom domain to run my email through… would be nice to "move the business to Turkey" if you know what I mean…..but scared to somehow break & lose my emails!

    • I'd like to know this as well. Email with custom domain is with Google at the moment but I don't like it much.

  • Don't see the option to select Family. Only the Microsoft 365 Personal subscription :(

    • There should be. Swipe right to see all the tiers. Show me a screenshot?

  • So my partner has an iPhone. Can I just install OneDrive on her device and sign into OneDrive using my turkish AppleID or do I need to mess with her entire phone and change the signed-in apple id? Given that my username usually checks out, I'd rather avoid trashing her phone.

    • Thanks so much for this, I can confirm you can do these steps on someone else's phone.

      I did the Turkish credit card method using oldubil.

      The approximate steps are:
      Vpn to turkey
      Add an Oldubil credit card to your Apple account.
      use a fake Turkish address and phone number
      Do this step from the gift card instructions: Go to Settings on your iPhone/iPad > Your Name > Media and Purchases > Log out from your current ID and log in with your Turkish Apple ID
      Do parts 3 and 4 as per the instructions.

      Log out from "media and purchases" and don't cancel subscriptions when given the option

  • Thank you so much. Easy as to follow!

  • I guess it only works on iOS OneDrive app. I tried on the android OneDrive app while logged in with a Turkish account I get almost the equivalent Australian prices. Microsoft must be expensive in Turkey.

  • I tried to purchase a Turkey based Apple Gift Card from Turgame but I get this message "Sorry, it seems that there are no available payment methods for your state. Please contact us if you require assistance or wish to make alternate arrangements.". It won't let me proceed with the purchase. Does anyone know how to fix this?

    • I can make a gift card Turkish apple, write a message if interested.

    • Use this one and confirmed it is working - https://www.eneba.com/store/apple-gift-cards?drms[]=apple&page=1&regions[]=global&regions[]=turkey

  • I have office 365 family, I can add to my group for a very small fee

  • Now bought 30try gift card on this site https://shop.uquid.com/

  • +1

    Can confirm deal works and I Smell Pennies is an absolute legend of generosity, just went through the final steps for me as I don't have an iOS device. Thank you so much!

  • Anyone received an email who is on this to say prices going up below…will it affect this deal is what i am wondering ..

    As of 01/09/2023, the subscription fee for Microsoft 365 Family will change from TRY 169.99 to TRY 229.99 to reflect changing market conditions.

    If you do not cancel your subscription at least 2 days before your scheduled payment after 01.09.2023, you will be charged this price.

    • +1

      I wondered also but I think that is just related to the regular pricing as 169.99 TRY is listed in the top of this post.

    • It was never TRY 169.99 for the deal suggested in the thread.
      It is still TRY 23.99

  • My subscription has been expired for 3 days now. OneDrive app still thinks I'm on premium. Log in to MS website, says it has expired. Looks like I might need to wait a few days and hopefully the OneDrive app catches up?

    Have tried deleting/reinstalling app, restarting device, signing out/in, etc. Same result each time.

    Test created a new MS account and it gives me the option to upgrade, so not an issue with my region, etc.

    • Took a few days, but the app eventually caught up. All works for me now.

  • Thanks OP. It worked for me on iPhone. I initially tried on iPad but there was no in-app purchase option on the iPad.

  • Deals like this do you have to login to the new Apple ID to use the service?

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