So I was scrolling through the subreddit and stumbled on this post and decided to try it out. After doing some more research and ordering it myself, decided it could be useful for others as well, so if you’ve ever thought of getting a Youtube Premium, here’s a quick guide on how you can use your NordVPN subscription and get it for $1.26/month.
Log in to the Google account you would want to use the subscription on (you can either upgrade your main account or create a new one just for the subscription).
Open the NordVPN app or the browser extension and connect to Argentina servers (119 ARS ~ 1.26 USD). You can also connect to India, as it comes close second in terms of price (129 INR ~ 1.77 USD), but Argentina’s servers seem to work better (and provide the cheapest option).
Now that you’re connected, go to Youtube and navigate to Youtube Premium through the panel on the top-left side or visit youtube.com/premium/. You should see the pricing in currency, according to the country.
If not - check if you’re properly connected by looking up “My IP” on Google or whatismyip.com. If it shows the VPN server’s IP address, try connecting to a different server in your selected country (TIP: you can use the Search tab and enter “Argentina #” to see the full list of servers there) and refresh the page.
Click on the “Try it for Free” button (you’ll get a free trial month before you start to pay) and enter your payment card details - you can use your regular card or the fee-free card to save up on conversion (Starling, Revolut, etc.) - the country of your card doesn’t matter.
When asked for an address - enter any address from the country you’ve selected - you can either Google it or use a random address generator (here’s a link for Argentina). Copy and paste all of the address details.
Click “Buy” and enjoy your premium sub for less.
Something to mention:
Subscription charges will occur as per the selected country’s rates (Argentinian Peso)
You don’t have to connect to the VPN servers to access your Premium subscription - you’ll have access to the service with or without a VPN as long as you’re signed in to your Premium account.
Youtube might terminate the subscription, however, such cases are very rare.
It also works for the Family subscription plan as well (where you can add and share the subscription with 5 additional members), however, you’d have to create a Family account first before all the steps mentioned (if you don’t have one already, here is where you can start: families.google.com/families), invite them via email and once you receive the acceptance (ideally, from all the invitees), you can start the sign-up process as listed above (just click on “Or save money with a family or student plan” option at the bottom of the youtube.com/premium/ page). This is recommended in order to prevent the “Family Members Aren’t In The Same Country” error message, which can occur due to the requirement of all subscription plan members to reside in the same country.
bruh you just saved me the most annoying headache. I have YouTube play when I go to sleep on my Xbox and there’s nothing worse than trying to sleep and hear an ad that jumps tenfold in volume or kills the audio into something so stupid, ridiculously long i.e. a 20+ minute ad, or an ad that just kills the flow of the show. Also, according to my card I used, it only cost .11 cents American.
When using Argentina, or whatever country for that matter, does the creditcard’s info (address, province, city, etc) need to correspond with that country? I’ve tried many generated Argentenian addresses and I keep getting the same error: “Your transaction can’t be completed”.
Mu guess is that it has something to do with the fact that my creditcard + registered account are bound to the Netherlands. Is there a way to bypass this? I’d greatly appreciate some help
FYI, I tried this a few months ago and was successful. However, occasionally on my iPhone I get logged out if premium saying this offer isn’t available in your area (not logged into vpn). Fixed when I log in with my vpn. Only seems to happen for me on iOS, my tv stays logged into premium regardless.
This works for me, but not for my family members who I’m inviting (even though when they connect to the Argentinian VPN). Does anyone know how to solve this?
Hey so I accidentally did this trick with a wrong account, it worked but it was my work email so I don’t want it for that account. I tried it again with the right account but this time it says i’m getting a transaction error.
Is this because i used the same card or is there anything i can do to fix this?
My card just gets declined. I’m assuming because I’m trying to use a different billing address than the one my bank has tied to my card…how are other people’s cards not getting declined when using billing addresses in other countries??
I did this trick about a year ago and it worked perfectly. Now my credit card is just about to expire and when I try to update the payment method it fails. Even though I’m using a VPN and all that. I’ve tried with the new credit card from my bank and with a credit card from my Revolut account, but none of them are working. Is this the end of ad free Youtube for me? I would hate for that to be the case, but right now things are looking grim.
Thanks for the how-to, everything worked as expected. I used an Argentinian billing address, but now when visiting YouTube music, the recommended playlists like Top 100 etc are all for Argentina How can I fix that (so that youtube music sees my original country)?
How can I fix that (so that youtube music sees my original country)?