Cannot purchase anything. Family sharing is enabled.

In my family, we have set up family sharing between our iPads. My father is the family organizer and i am a family member (adult). My father has set up a credit-card payment method and has enabled purchase sharing.

Now, I wanted to perform some in-app purchase. When I click on 'Purchase' in the app, it shows me the following message:


"Verification Required: Before you can make purchases, you must tap Continue to sign in, then verify your payment information."


When I click on 'Continue', it asks me the following:

"To continue on this device, verify at least one payment method. If you can't verify any payment methods, contact your family organizer."

When I click on verify, it asks me to enter the credit-cards CVV number.


Now obviously, I can't be given my father's card's CVV number. My father also tried sending me a gift card which I added to my Apple ID balance. I tried to use this, but it still gave me the same messages as above and eventually could not select the 'Apple ID' option.


I am also not able to edit my payment methods because the 'Edit' option is grayscaled.


My question is: How can I make the purchase without having to enter my father's card's CVV number and without having to disable family purchase sharing.

iPad, iPadOS 13

Posted on Jul 28, 2020 2:57 AM

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Jul 28, 2020 3:08 AM in response to aashaysathe

You cannot use your own payment method in Family Sharing.

You can only buy and redeem iTunes gift cards to your own Apple ID.

Anytime your purchases is over spent your organiser credit card will be billed.


Did your organiser sent you an invitation to join the family?

If you can't download, either your organiser credit card is not accepted or there's not enough fund or info is outdated.

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