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Spotify Premium (Monthly): Student ~NZ$0.95, Individual ₺29.99 (~NZ$1.90), Family ₺49.99 (~NZ$3.16) @ Spotify (VPN Required)

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First off, this is a new method of getting Spotify premium (rather lots of other subscriptions) via Turkey I spotted on Ozbargain. All credit to I Smell Pennies. I have copied most of from there. I did get the Turkey master card and can confirm it will work. Currency conversion might be different for others, I have used wise to get the current rate.

I believe few of the old methods mentioned here might still be working.


Updates

01-Nov-2023

Please note that Oldubil now no longer accepts payments (transfer) from overseas bank accounts to it's own facilities. This makes paying for (and obtaining) streaming services in Turkiye much harder than before, and as such this deal is set as expired as the methods outlined are no longer valid

For more information see the discussion on Ozbargain.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/803166


Instructions for getting Turkey-based Virtual Mastercard

Please read the following instructions carefully.

Part 1 - Obtaining a Turkey Virtual Mastercard (extremely easy)

  1. Download the OlduBil app on the App Store (iOS) or Play Store (Android).

  2. Open the app and log in or create an account (if you don't have it already). Use your real details (name, Australian mobile number etc). This should be a very easy process…

  3. On the home page of the app, look at the bottom tabs, tap "Deposit Money", then "Deposit via Bank Transfer / ETF". You'll be presented a page with your 16-digit Virtual Turkey Mastercard Number. Write down this number (by the way, you can find your full Virtual Mastercard details on the "My Wallet" tab on the Home Page of the app). On the same page, at the bottom, select the bank "Aktifbank" in the dropdown and write down it's IBAN number (TR followed by 24 numbers). I strongly suggest choosing the bank "Aktifbank" as I've personally chose this one and the transfer works a charm - and I have all the info right below so just write that down :)

    Aktifbank details:

    • Company Name: TURK ELEKTRONIK PARA A.S.
    • Aktifbank IBAN: TR97 0014 3000 0000 0003 0484 87
    • Aktifbank BIC: CAYTTRIS (you'll only need this if topping up via Revolut)

    Recipient Address for Aktifbank (you'll only need this if topping up via Revolut)

    • Street and number: Hafta Sk. No 9
    • Zip code: 06700
    • Town/City: Ankara
  4. Part 1 is now complete.

Part 2 - Topping up your OlduBil Virtual Turkish Mastercard with Wise (App or Web)

OlduBil fee: 6.25% of transfer

  1. Log in or create an account on Wise. You can use the Wise website, or the Wise app on the App Store (iOS) or Play Store (Android).

  2. Top up New Zealand Dollars (NZD) into your Wise account.

  3. Convert your New Zealand Dollars (NZD) to Turkish Lira (TRY). Total Turkish Lira should be the amount you need to the type of spotify premium plan + ₺24.34 TL (Wise charges, see 4). This conversion should be instant. To do this, click onto "New Zealand", then "Convert", then select NZD → TRY and type in the amount you wish to convert and press "continue" then "convert".

  4. Send your newly converted Turkish Lira to your OlduBil Virtual Turkish Mastercard. To do this, click onto "Turkish Lira", then "Send", then select "Same currency". Enter the amount of Turkish Lira you wish to transfer (Note: Wise charges a ₺24.34 TL flat fee for a single transfer, so this fee will be added onto the amount you enter). Click "continue", then "New contact", then "Someone else". On this page, leave the "their email" box empty, and tick "I know their bank details". For the "Full name of the account holder" field, type in "TURK ELEKTRONIK PARA A.S." and for the "IBAN" field, type in the IBAN you wrote down in Part 1 Step 3 (IBAN: TR97 0014 3000 0000 0003 0484 87). Continue and in the "Review transfer details" section (see screenshot), double check everything is correct and then for the "Reference for TURK" field, you must type in your OlduBil Virtual Turkish Mastercard number (without spaces). Tick the confirmation box and then "Confirm and send". This transfer will only be initiated during normal Turkey business hours and takes around 10 minutes on Wise's end. My transfer took 2 hours to land into my OlduBil account.

    Note: Make sure you only transfer the amount you actually need to pay for your subscription (add a few dollars extra in case due to currency fluctuations) because due to regulations, OlduBil does not allow withdrawals unless you originally signed up with a Turkey phone number.


Available Plans:

You can see all the features of all Spotify Premium plans here: https://support.spotify.com/us/article/premium-plans/

Subscription Plan TR Pricing NZ Conversion NZ Pricing Savings Notes
Individual (Monthly) ₺29,99 TL ~$1.90 NZD $14.99 NZD ~$13.09 NZD
Student (Monthly) ₺14,99 TL ~$0.95 NZD $7.49 NZD ~$6.54 NZD
Duo (Monthly) ₺39,99 TL ~$2.53 NZD $18.99 NZD ~$16.46 NZD
Family (Monthly) ₺49,99 TL ~$3.16 NZD $22.50 NZD ~$19.34 NZD Best value!
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Part 3 Instructions

Please read the following instructions carefully. If you already have a Turkey based Virtual Mastercard, proceed with the following instructions. If you do not have a Turkey-based Virtual Mastercard, STOP HERE and see how to get one here in the instructions section (Part 1 and Part 2): https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/784047.

Turkey based Virtual Mastercard REQUIRED

Notes: The Spotify sign up pages will be in Turkish (which is easily navigatable if you have some common sense). Feel free to translate the page to English otherwise.

  1. Log in to Spotify (VPN off), or make a new account (VPN off).

  2. Connect a VPN to a server in Turkey (see Notes section for suggestions).

. Go to the Spotify Premium plans page.

  1. Scroll down and select the plan you want. Proceed to pay with your Turkey-based Virtual Mastercard.

  2. Fly back home and turn off your VPN. YOU'RE DONE! WOOO! Enjoy your savings :)

    HELP POINT: Because the popup payment windown cannot be translated to English, here are screenshots of the process in the following order: (1), (2), (3)

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  • If anyone wants to try out Spotify in NZ first before jetting to Turkey they have 2 months free on at the moment for the individual plan, rather than just the one month free.
    Expires today (9th July) at midnight.
    https://www.spotify.com/nz/premium/

  • When trying to pay with the Turkish card, I get this response.

    "Payment failed. Please try again with a different card or use another payment method. Go to our support page"

    When trying to change my region, I get this response.

    "For your safety, we are unable to process your request at this time. Please try again later."

    • Are you sure the VPN is working correctly? Are you getting price in TRY?

      • The payment page is Turkish and prices are in TRY.

        It worked on another account I had but I had to change my location to Turkey first before attempting payment.

        I wonder if it's flagged my account and won't let me change my country because I attempted to pay in TRY when my country was set to NZ.

  • It's been 5 days since the TL left my wise card but is yet to show up on my Oldubil, anyone know why or have a fix in mind?
    Thanks

  • +1

    All signed up no problems and now also moved Netflix over.

    We ran in to a small issue with the duo set up, on the primary account adding the payment details reset the account from NZ to Turkey automatically, but on the second account it kept saying we were in different regions. Had to go in to that accounts settings and change the region to Turkey manually to accept the invite. Thought it might be useful to assume as it left me scratching my head for bit until I found the simple solution.

  • Probably not an oldubill exclusive thing but has anyone else also noticed renting movies on Google Play in Turkey is also very worth doing. Just spent 5try on a hd rental, so 30 cents, the same film here is about $6. Paid with the VPN on and it appears in English on our TV to watch. Will see how it goes but might end up doing that more often for new releases on the burner account that's running the family plan.

  • Just saw that Spotify has increased their Premium prices.
    Individual now 39.99
    Duo now 54.99
    Family now 64.99
    Student now 21.99
    https://www.spotify.com/tr-en/premium/#:~:text=Just%2039%2C9….

  • Recent updates on Ozbargain now puts a damper on this method.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/790069
    Transfers into OlduBil now may not be successful so try it at your own risk!
    Though I have recently signed up for Spotify Premium via the Google Pay method so that's still a viable option.

  • anyone tried recently? is it still working?

  • Aktifbank Is gone from the bank selection

    • +1

      I tried doing a transaction using Denizbank. I've posted about on the Ozbargain forum as well with more detail.

      TLDR: As long as you use Wise to transfer Lira, Oldubil will see those transaction as local, but if let say you were to send it through BNZ, then that would fail.

      Also with Denizbank it might take a few hours to process after Wise releases the payment.

      If you have a verified Binance account you can top up your OIdubil account through the Binance P2P market. More information on Page 8 of the ozbargain forum.

  • struggling to add family member on duo plan. keeps saying different country. have selected turkey in both drop menus?

  • FYI:

    Oldubil won't be usable for this anymore: https://www.cheapies.nz/node/43074

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