Can I use ENTROPAY to purchase off the iTunes USA store?

Entropay used to work for many people but it doesnt work in iTunes now atleast for the Indian Customers.try opting for a credit card.Entropay might work with the US Store.Since Entropay is free of cost,you can try creating an account and add some funds to your VCC.try adding $2 or $3.

You cannot purchase items from the US Store unless you are in the USA, irrespective of the payment method. Even if you manage to geet a US-based credit card your IP number will identify your location.

Don't be surprised when your iTunes account get blocked for violating the terms of use (using fake info and purchasing from out of location)

That is incorrect. If you have a valid US method of payment and your apple account is set to the US you can buy off the US store. If you were travelling, let's say you are in Paris, you can buy an app, music, movie, ibook with your account even if your IP is set somewhere else.

Entopay however is not accepted. A lot of people get an iTunes or App Store gift card and use that credit to buy in the US store. However your apple ID profile info needs to be set to use the US store.

"That is incorrect. If you have a valid US method of payment and your apple account is set to the US you can buy off the US store. If you were travelling, let's say you are in Paris, you can buy an app, music, movie, ibook with your account even if your IP is set somewhere else."

No, this is inocrrect.

From iTunes store - Terms of Service

"The iTunes Service is available to you only in the United States, its territories, and possessions. You agree not to use or attempt to use the iTunes Service from outside these locations. Apple may use technologies to verify your compliance."

Pretty sure Paris is not a U.S. territory or possession.

One thing is what it is possible to do and another very different is what you have agreed not to do when accepting the Terms of Service from iTunes.

As of today there is'nt an IP check when accessing the iTunes Store.

Bonjour!

There are a few people on these forums that have had their US iTunes account cancelled because of accessing US iTunes store from other countries

Makes sense! It is on the contract and this forums might be one of the "technologies" that Apple is using to verify your compliance.

poioz wrote:

Makes sense! It is on the contract and this forums might be one of the "technologies" that Apple is using to verify your compliance.

True but they came here after the fact to find out what's up.

So I have been trying to use an EntroPay virtual credit card for my Apple iTunes account but would not accept it. I contacted Apple and finally got the following reply stating that I can buy a gift card with it but it won't work directly with the itunes account.

" In reviewing the challenge that is occurring for you with the card you are using I need to advise that the prepaid cards, while they sometimes work, they do not always work as they do not bill properly like a credit card and will not allow pre-authorization charges and other types of charges to be processed and with this, cannot be verified and used on iTunes.

Apple would be happy to accept the card and allow it but the card itself will not allow this as it won't allow the proper billing. The great news is you can log into apple.com/store and purchase a iTunes gift card with a prepaid card and put it on you're account and use the funds that way. Or you can use another type of billing method."

I had a recent experience of this myself with Entropay. But first let's get some facts right.

• iTunes store does not check the IP used for logging in.
• iTunes store (along with several others like Amazon) checks the issuing country for the payment method one is using

For example if you have a US credit card you can very well transact in iTunes from anywhere in the world. For example I have used my US credit card to transact on iTunes US store from India. Once the issuing country of the card is identified iTunes store is automatically switched to that country.

However, when my US credit card expired I registered myself on Entropay and a virtual prepaid Card was issued. While I doing the transaction on iTunes store I came to know that Entropay cards are issued from Malta. Hence cannot be used to buy items from US store. One can very well log in to Maltese store using the card. The billing information should have Malta as a country though.

Hope this explains.

-Even if my account is shut down, I still have access to my backed up content

I don't know. If you have to authorize any equipment in order to transfer or play certain content and the account is blocked it might just be dead data bits.

They aren't using DRM for music anymore but it is still there for video.

One thing is what it is possible to do and another very different is what you have agreed not to do when accepting the Terms of Service from iTunes.

And you also see a lot of people speeding on the road except this would be more like having your car taken away if you were caught. It's up to you.