How to Get a Cheap Netflix Account

You can still share a Netflix account with a few friends or relatives, and we suggest creating a shared email address with a non-personal password. This way, everyone has equal access without sharing private information.

Starting in 2023, Netflix began enforcing household restrictions, which block TVs outside the account holder’s household.

However, in our experience, there are simple workarounds for household restrictions, such as using an HDMI cable or NordVPN Meshnet.

Another popular solution is to sign up for a Standard or Premium Netflix account and add an extra member to your account.

On Standard, you can add one extra member who doesn’t live with you, whereas Premium gets you two extra members.

You should note, though, that extra member slots are not available with all Netflix subscriptions. If you have Netflix in a TV or Internet bundle, you might find you can’t buy extra member slots.

For example, we found you can’t add extra members if you have a Sky TV and Broadband bundle. In which case, we recommend signing up for cheap Netflix with an Ukraine or Brazil VPN server.

What sets Netflix’s pricing plans apart are a few key factors:

• Whether or not you see adverts
• The streaming quality (or resolution) available
• The number of devices that can stream at the same time
• How many devices can download content for offline viewing

If you don’t have a 4K-ready TV, you probably don’t need the Premium plan – Netflix’s most expensive at $22.99 per month. Here, you can save $7.50 per month by changing your subscription to Standard.

Standard lets you stream in 1080p, allows you to watch on two devices at once, and you can download content on two different devices. Importantly, you can add one extra member who doesn’t live with you.

But if you want the absolute cheapest option, we recommend going with a Basic or Standard with Ads plan. Bear in mind that different countries with feature one or the other.

For example, in the US and Brazil the cheapest plan is Standard with Ads, whereas in Ukraine the cheapest plan in Basic (without ads).

Standard with Ads gets you the same 1080p streaming resolution and device limits as Standard. But you you have to watch ads, and you can’t add an extra member to your account.

Basic gets you ad-free 720p streaming resolution with a one-device streaming and download limit. You also can’t add an extra member slot.

An easy way to save money on Netflix is to change the way you pay for Netflix:

• Pay with a Cashback Credit Card: Amex Blue Cash Preferred offers 6% cashback on US streaming services like Netflix, Disney+, Max, and NHL.TV. Whereas, Chase offers 1% cashback on everyday purchases.
• Mobile & Streaming Bundles: Some wireless carriers offer streaming bundles with their contracts that can include Netflix and Max. However, these bundles usually come with extra terms and conditions (e.g. ads only plan and not being able to add member slots).


Verizon offers a $10 streaming bundle including Netflix and Max with ads.

In our tests, we found the household Netflix ban only affects TVs. We’ve never had any issues accessing a shared Netflix account via computers, laptops, mobiles, and tablets.

So, the easiest way to bypass the Netflix ban is to simply log in to Netflix on a laptop and plug it into your TV via HDMI cable. Yes, it really is that simple.

Now, there are some drawbacks. Depending on the quality of your HDMI cable, you may experience some input lag on your TV. And unfortunately, your picture quality is going to be determined by the resolution limit of the laptop’s HDMI port.

However, it’s quicker than other methods that rely on you changing WiFi settings or setting up private networks.

Using NordVPN’s Meshnet feature, you can connect to the account holder’s home WiFi network and bypass the password-sharing ban. Meshnet is also completely free and doesn’t require a paid NordVPN subscription.

Contrary to claims from other websites, you only need to connect to the primary WiFi network on TVs, like Fire TV and Android TV.

For Smart TVs that don’t support VPN apps, like LG and Samsung TVs, you can use an Amazon Fire TV Stick which does support VPN apps and 4K streaming.

Netflix states that it imposes its crackdown on password-sharing using a combination of IP addresses, device IDs, and account activity. However, in our experience, merely connecting to the home IP address has consistently bypassed the sharing restrictions.

If you’ve spent any time looking for a way to get cheap Netflix, you’ve probably seen websites either selling or promoting Netflix gift cards.

Netflix accepts gift cards as a way to pay for a subscription in some regions – including very cheap ones, like Turkey. However, you can’t buy these gift cards without a local payment method, which has given rise to a number of gift card reseller sites.

Sites like G2A, Turgame, and Eneba all sell Turkish Netflix gift cards. They are sold at a higher cost than their pure value in Turkish Lira, but at a price that still makes redeeming a Netflix membership with them cheaper than in most countries.

We tried out Turgame for ourselves to see what the process was like. We purchased a ₺100.00 gift card for roughly $6.00 – about a 10% markup.

We then connected to a Turkish ExpressVPN server and began the signup process. We entered the code, and it worked without any issues.

Our Netflix account was now subscribed until the balance of the gift card was used up.

Annoyingly, for the month of our gift card subscription we were only able to access Turkish Netflix and other Netflix Originals. This is not an issue when signing up for Ukraine or Brazil Netflix.

Even worse, once the gift card period expires, Netflix requires another valid payment method for Turkey. If you used a gift card and don’t have one, Netflix will suspend your subscription.

We also never felt entirely comfortable throughout the process of purchasing the gift card. Websites like Turgame have very little regulation, and the payment process didn’t fill us with confidence.

Sites like Turgame also bear no real responsibility if your purchase fails. If you don’t receive a code, the code doesn’t work, or you redeem the code incorrectly, you’re left with nothing to show for your money spent. You also have to repeat that purchasing and redemption process every time your subscription expires.

You need to use a VPN either way. We think that changing your VPN region to one which accepts payment methods from your own country is a lot safer and more reliable.

We used to recommend account sharing services like GamsGo, which allows you to share accounts for streaming services with complete strangers, charging you less money for your subscription in exchange.

However, these services were badly hit during the password-sharing crackdown.

Now in 2024, GamsGo has completely removed its cheap Netflix accounts offering, citing an “Inventory Shortage” and making it completely unavailable to new customers.

Their current users are regularly being locked out of their Netflix accounts.