Criterion Channel Subscription from Europe

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Is there any way to subscribe to Criterion Channel from Europe? I read a lot of different ways in other topics, but none seems to work for me.

The VPN works as fas as the location is concerned, but afterwards my credit card keeps getting declined. And there is no option for paying through PayPal also (though this will probably be declined, since the PayPal account is connected to my greek credit card).

I also downloaded criterion channel apk in my phone, as some suggested, but I don’t have an option to pay through Google Store, which seems to be the suggested way.

Any help with that?

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I live in the Netherlands and have a year subscription to the channel on my Apple TV. I fixed it by using gift cards as payment option on my US iTunes account (you can buy US gift cards for iTunes or Google Play on sites like Dundle). I don’t use any VPN.

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Got any friends in the US or Canada? I’ve given my password to a few of my friends back home in Ireland and it still.works for them

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I’m in France. I use my mom’s american credit card and it works without the vpn ^^

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It worked with my friend’s US credit card!!! Thanks everyone for your comments/help!!!

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Will Google Play take your credit card? Or maybe Roku? I think you can subscribe through those as well. Or at least you used to.

Hope that helps.

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I’ve had issues paying for a recurring fee so I’ve just paid for the entire year on my credit card. You can also pay via your apple id if you have the app on an iphone/ipad, it works through there.

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I’m in Ireland and have been using the same debit card for over two years, the first time I subscribed my bank contacted me to make sure it wasn’t identity theft which I confirmed it wasn’t, since then I’ve had no issues. Might be worth speaking to the institution you’re with as it may be a security feature

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For me it worked by paying with Revolut.

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You will need someone in the US or Canada that is willing to pay with their credit or debit card. That’s how I got it

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You used VPN for subscribing the first time though, no?

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But where is the option to pay with gift cards? At least in the browser (Google Chrome) the only option is to use a debit card…

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I can buy a gift card for Google Play on dundle, but it still has different options for US buyers. Will this not be a problem, if I put my greek phone mumber for example?

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Ha, me too. Funny that there’s a number of Irish in here

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Goddamn, I forgot. One of my best friends is now living in the US, but he moved there like a week ago, so that completely escaped my mind. I will try to do this through him then!!!

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Hello. I just recently got interested in getting a subscription. If I understand correctly you are living in Greece, and have succeeded in watching the channel. I am also living in Greece, and I have a friend in the States. So, the way to get Criterion is by asking the States friend to create an account, pay with their card, and give me credentials to sign in? That would simply do the trick, or am I missing something? Thanks!

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Yes, I’ve read that elsewhere too, but it doesn’t seem like there is such an option. How can you choose that?

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Hey, to answer your questions:

  1. No, I didn’t use VPN to subscribe, or VPN at all for that matter. I’ve set up my American iTunes account before, and I was able to subscribe via this account, through the Criterion Channel app. Just download the app and subscribe from there.

  2. When setting up your US account, don’t select a payment method, I believe (it’s been years since I did this). Just set up your account, skip payment method. and when you’re finished, choose “redeem” to enter your gift card.

  3. I’m in the Apple ecosystem, not Google, so I can’t specifically know what it’s like via Google. Maybe you can do a Google search what to do via Android / Google Play?

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Was thinkin’ the same :wink: I’m another!

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He’ll need a card with a US address to sign up. Do the free trial first and see if it works!