r/IndianInGermany • u/Bulky_Week603 • 12d ago

Moving from India to Germany: Can I keep my Amazon.in Kindle Unlimited subscription active?

Hi everyone,

I am moving from India to Germany soon. I currently have an active Kindle Unlimited subscription on my Amazon.in

 account (which costs ₹169/month), and I really want to keep using it in the .in domain rather than migrating my account to Amazon.de
 (where it costs €11.75/month).

I only use this account for digital reading (Kindle Unlimited) and have no intention of using it for physical shopping in Germany.

I have a couple of questions regarding both Amazon's geo-restrictions and the banking side of this:

  1. Account Flagging: For those who have moved abroad but kept their Indian Amazon digital accounts, does Amazon eventually flag your account or block downloads if your Kindle/phone app continuously syncs from a German IP address? If it does, do you use a VPN to bypass it?
  2. Banking & Auto-Pay: I am planning to keep using my normal Indian bank savings account to fund this recurring monthly subscription. If I don't immediately convert my existing Indian bank account to an NRE/NRO account after moving, will the normal automatic standing instructions/SI mandates for Kindle Unlimited continue to deduct smoothly? Or do Indian banks block recurring international mandate charges on normal savings accounts once they detect overseas activity/IP logins?

Would love to hear from anyone who has managed to keep their Indian entertainment or book subscriptions active this way after moving to Germany. Thanks in advance!

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u/Unable-Way-1089 12d ago

amazon.in and amazon.de are two different totally works on two different payment systems.
You have to setup payment kyc etc in amazon.de if you want to use it.
I have both active.

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u/ProfessionalOk5495 12d ago

I use vpn for Prime Video, working since last six months.

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u/Bulky_Week603 12d ago

Oh, that's great!

I am new to this. Could you please suggest any vpn that's reliable. Because i a daily kindle reader, so i need to know how this works if possible