How to create an Apple ID for another country (secondary ID)
From price to subscribe — four steps
From price to subscribe — four steps
Price first, then a billing address, then the gift card, then the official app. Follow Apple and the app’s terms.
- Pick the product and storefront price — Compare the App Store list. Cheaper is not always easier to check out.
- Fill billing with a format-valid address — Copy street, city, and postal code into Apple’s form. Layout helper — not a real home.
- Buy and redeem a matching gift card — Foreign cards often decline. Redeem the storefront currency onto this Apple ID.
- Switch region and subscribe in the official app — Secondary Apple ID, matching network, then pay inside the app. We do not sell accounts.
Short answer
Create a new Apple ID at appleid.apple.com with Country/Region set to the store you want, keep your daily ID for iCloud, fill a format-valid address via /address/, redeem a matching gift card, then subscribe in the official app. Illustrated walkthrough: /guides/switch-app-store-region/.
AISubDeal does not top up, sell accounts, or take payments. You complete Apple’s checkout yourself.
We do not top up or sell accounts
This is a price-comparison site. We do not recharge anyone’s Apple ID, we do not sell regional accounts, and we do not take money to subscribe for you.
If someone in DMs offers “代充” (proxy top-up) in our name, it is not us. Do not send codes, passwords, or gift-card PINs to strangers.
What we publish: App Store list prices by country, gift-card market pages, and address/phone format tools. Pay and subscribe on Apple’s side.
Use a secondary Apple ID — do not convert your daily account
Changing Country/Region on the Apple ID you already use for iCloud, photos, and paid apps can cancel subscriptions and lock media. Create a new Apple ID for the target storefront instead, and keep your original ID as the device’s primary iCloud account.
One device can sign into iCloud with ID A and into the App Store with ID B (Settings → Media & Purchases). Sign out of Media & Purchases only, not iCloud, when switching storefronts.
Create the Apple ID for the target country
1. On the web, open appleid.apple.com → Create Your Apple ID. Set Country/Region to the storefront you want (example: Philippines, Japan, Canada) before you finish the form.
2. Use a unique email you control. Apple may require phone verification; a number that can receive SMS is enough — it does not have to be issued in that country.
3. Billing address must match the storefront’s format (street, city, postal code). Use /address/ for a format template. That is a layout helper, not a real identity or residency proof.
4. Payment: many storefronts reject foreign cards. The usual official path is an App Store gift card in that country’s currency, redeemed onto the new Apple ID. See /guides/buy-gift-card/ and /gift-cards/.
5. After the ID exists: iPhone Settings → [your name] → Media & Purchases → Sign Out → Sign in with the new ID. Leave iCloud on the original ID.
What this does not guarantee
List price is not checkout price. Gift-card face value, seller markup, FX, and tax can erase the gap vs US.
Apple and the app maker can refuse a purchase, lock the ID, or change regional pricing. A matching IP is sometimes requested at buy time; we do not tell you that you must use a VPN, and we do not promise a cheaper successful charge.
Prices on this site are App Store observations, updated October 2026. Re-check /pricing/ before you buy a card.