I’m wondering if anyone can help…
It looks like the pricing for NJPW World from Japan is ¥1,298 JPY which is cheaper than it is in my home country than going through the App Store. Has anyone tried subscribing with a VPN set to Japan to get the price of ¥1,298 JPY per month and does this work?
Also, if I did this, as payments would be coming from a web browser (おしらせ - NJPW WORLD) and would take place every 30 days starting with the calendar date of sign up, is the best time to sign up the 1st of a given month?
Many thanks for your help
No it doesn’t and it’s not worth trying tbh, it’s ¥1298 for legacy customers before they changed it to $9.99. the site is glitchy as it is so I wouldn’t bother trying to VPN pay for it.
I have watched the occasional AEW show on it with a JPN VPN but not to pay for anything.
Yes it works. I’m in the UK and it’s significantly cheaper to pay the yen price. I usually watch without a vpn and my cc gets charged in Yen each month. Costs me about half of what it should be through a UK Apple sub.
Unsubscribing is no issue through the app or a browser should I wish to.
Many thanks for your reply.
However, I’m a bit confused as their website says that for payments made through a web browser inside Japan the new pricing is ¥1,298 JPY (Tax incl.) for new Japanese customers.
It says for for payments made through a web browser for customers outside Japan it is $9.99 USD (for new accounts) and ¥1,298 JPY (for existing accounts).
Great! Thank you!
Did you just use a VPN to subscribe, using your UK card and UK address, or did you need to use a fictional Japanese address?
Also, should I subscribe on 1 or 2 of the month? I heard if you subscribe on 1 of the month, there is a chance of being billed twice that day given the time difference.
It used to be ¥999 for everyone but when they changed to their new site / app they changed the price to $9.99 for international subs but if you were an existing international subscriber when they changed their site last year you would pay the Japanese price of ¥1298 but it’s not offered to international subscribers any more.
The site is also quite glitchy and customer service is non existent so if you try the VPN route and it doesn’t work you will not get your money back and may end up with an active sub you can’t easily cancel for an account you can’t access.
Yes, UK card registered to a UK address. NJPW World doesn’t even ask for an address. And they don’t care if your sub in Yen. They only charge more in other currencies to cover the extra cost to them.
I used a credit card which has no fees for foreign currency conversion. I can’t remember when I subbed but I get charged once a month and only once a month.
Ahh I see.
That makes a lot of sense. I’ve just tried a Japanese proxy server and that shows I can indeed subscribe for ¥1298 but I see what you mean that it may cause problems if I can’t unsubscribe in the future!
Thanks a lot for your helpful reply.
That’s great - thanks so much.