Can I purchase from two country's iTune stores?

I live in both China and the US. Is it possible to purchase software and APPs from both iTunes stores (US and China) to use on my computer and devices? Do I need two IDs or can I use one?

Yes, but you will need two different Apple IDs so you can have two different iTunes Store accounts, one in each country. You will also need credit cards or other appropriate payment methods issues in each country.
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Purchasing from another country's iTunes store

Hi,
I am based in Australia and use iTunes extensively to buy music. Some of the songs that I am after are not available on the Australia iTunes store, but are on the US site. Is there a (legal) way to purchase these songs?
Rael

Hi, Rael.
Is there a (legal) way to purchase these songs?
Unless you happen to have a residence and credit card billing address in the States, unfortunately there isn't.
The reason why has to do with the business part of the music business so, for a bit of insight into the present situation, let's have a look at to This Business of Music (10th Edition) (by M. William Krasilovsky and Sydney Shemel) :
The difficulty of establishing workable business models for digital files (...) extends to where they are sold and where they are played. This is the issue of territoriality, and it is an illustration of how the Internet makes it necessary to reexamine basic assumptions that have been taken for granted (...).
(....) In the music business the primary problem is that copyrights are national and therefore specific rights are tied to national laws and the interpretations of national courts.
(.... T)hough we can one day hope to see the development of common standards with respect to copyright, the fact that the music business is building upon a history of nation-specific contractual relationships means that the goal of universal international standards is not, for the forseeable future, a practical one.
(...) Adding to the difficulty (...) the copyrights themselves may have been assigned to different companies in different territories. The best hope for a cleaner start and a simpler future is worldwide recognition that digital uses are in fact - and should be in law - totally new.
You might also want to have a look at Scott P.'s User Tip for another angle on the situation.

US users can't buy from other country's itunes

As the first line in the Terms of Service in the Japanese iTunes states.
"Purchases from "this" iTunes store are available to you only in Japan and are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or attempt to use "these" services outside of the available territory...."
I may just be reading the first line so their may be more to this but so far I find it completely asinine that I'm unable to buy Japanese songs from the Japanese iTunes. It's very hard to find current non-anime related Japanese artist on the internet.
If you can help me at all, please do. (Sad Angry Face)
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This comes up all the time. You have to have a valid billing address and credit card from a certain country to buy from that store. It is not up to Apple - it is up to the folks who hold the rights to the Japanese songs.
Here is a post from forum regular Dave Sawyer that pretty much sums it up:
+This has been covered here literally dozens of times, but once again: the content owners do not allow cross-border sales from any of the legal download stores. You must therefore have legal residence in the country of the iTunes Store you wish to use. So in order to buy from another country's iTunes Store, you must (as proof of residence) have either:+
+a) a credit card issued by a bank in that country with a billing address also in that country, or+
+b) a mailing address for your residence in that country and a gift certificate or a prepaid card that was bought in that country.+
+If you cannot fulfill one of these two sets of conditions, you will not be able to purchase from any given country's iTMS.+
+This, again, is due to restrictions placed on Apple by the record companies and other rights holders (who are often completely different from country to country and so all require their own individual negotiations and contracts), not by Apple's choice.+

Cannot purchase from another country's iTunes....

I know we cannot purchase from another country's iTunes, but how about if someone in that country gifted songs to us? For example, my wife here in the U.S. wants stuff from the Japanese iTunes store but can't buy it; can her sister in Japan "gift this song" to her? Thanks.

No, you can only successfully gift to people who are in the same country as yourself - the gifting may appear to go though, but your wife won't be able to redeem it

HT204053 can I purchase from two different stores ie store in New Zealand and Store in Australia and how do I sync updates on applications? Do I have to switch ID's in my settings each time or is there an easier way.

can I purchase from two different stores ie store in New Zealand and Store in Australia and how do I sync updates on applications purchased from either store? Do I have to switch ID's in my settings each time or is there an easier way. The trouble is I set up my appleid in new Zealand and so all icloud and itunes and app stores are under New Zealand Apple ID I have since moved to Australia. Im a real beginner at this stuff so bare with me pse.

I'm in the same boat as you -- except that I manage both a school lab (volunteer job) and macs in the enterprise (pay job). What I think we need is the Education Volume Purchasing Program
http://www.apple.com/education/volume-purchase-program/faq.html
Unfortunately this all seems a little rough around the edges -- for example, I have found updates for AppStore apps on the support.apple.com updates download site, but then when I install them via ARD they don't actually update the software. (The AppStore icons still show as needing the updates, and the version info reports the old version.) The documentation is also vague about which AppleID to use in which circumstance. I think they just haven't finished thinking through the implications of the various procedures and policies upon the various kinds of customers. When we deployed Mountain Lion on the school lab, we made an install usb and went around and installed it on each computer -- and it appears that you are on the honor system as far as paying for all of the licenses that you install. We did! But they appear to have no way to enforce it.
So far, I have only deployed 9 Lion macs in my day job, and our "solution" to the AppStore showing updates problem has been to drag the AppStore icon off of the users' docks so they don't see them!

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Why can't I buy music on the US itunes store? When I try to, I get a message saying I'm only authorized to buy from the French store (I live in France); Thanks for help.

In order to purchase from a particular country's store, you must have a credit card with a valid mailing address within that country. Legal stuff...

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I want to buy a movie from the itunes uk store but i only have an itunes Australia acc is there any way i can purscase a movie from itunes uk

Each iTunes country store can only be used if you have billing credentials with an address in that country, and are physically in that country at the time of purchase.

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Just to clarify, I'm located in Sweden and the swedish iTunes store are not that impressive (no movies, tv-series etc).
Is there no possibility for me to purchase movies or tv-series from ex US iTunes......?
-Bitte

Rich asked"
I'm confused. I live in the US. The US store does not sell what I want. The UK store does. I do not have a UK address. How do I purchase content from the UK store? I tried to set up a new account in the UK store but I have to live in the UK to do this. Why can't I purchase from any store i wish?
This has been covered here literally dozens of times, but once again: the content owners do not allow cross-border sales from any of the legal download stores. You must therefore have legal residence in the country of the iTunes Store you wish to use. So in order to buy from another country's iTunes Store, you must (as proof of residence) have either:
a) a credit card issued by a bank in that country with a billing address also in that country, or
b) a mailing address for your residence in that country and a gift certificate or a prepaid card that was bought in that country.
If you cannot fulfill one of these two sets of conditions, you will not be able to purchase from any given country's iTMS.
This, again, is due to restrictions placed on Apple by the record companies and other rights holders (who are often completely different from country to country and so all require their own individual negotiations and contracts), not by Apple's choice.
Message was edited by: Dave Sawyer

HT5622 I am living in New Caledonia, a French Territory. How can I purchase from iTunes (ex: USA, Australia) using my card, French Issued?

I am living in New Caledonia, a French Territory. How can I purchase from iTunes (ex: USA, Australia) using my card, French Issued?

You can only download content(other than podcast episodes) from a country's iTunes Store if you're in that country. For paid content, you also need to supply a payment method valid in that country.
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Why do I need to create another I-Tunes account with another email address just to order from the Japanese or UK, etc I-Tunes store if I have a US I-Tunes account?

This has been covered here literally dozens of times, but once again: the content owners do not allow cross-border sales from any of the legal download stores. You must therefore have legal residence in the country of the iTunes Store you wish to use. So in order to buy from another country's iTunes Store, you must (as proof of residence) have either:
a) a credit card issued by a bank in that country with a billing address also in that country, or
b) a mailing address for your residence in that country and a gift certificate or a prepaid card that was bought in that country.
If you cannot fulfill one of these two sets of conditions, you will not be able to purchase from any given country's iTMS.
This, again, is due to restrictions placed on Apple by the record companies and other rights holders (who are often completely different from country to country and so all require their own individual negotiations and contracts), not by Apple's choice.

HT1918 I want to change my itunes account from United Kingdom to another Country, when I try to do this I get told that i can only purchase from the UK store please help

I want to change my itunes account from United Kingdom to another Country, when I try to do this I get told that i can only purchase from the UK store please help

We are fellow users here on these user-to-user forums, you're not talking to iTunes Support nor Apple.
The payment methods that are available in your country will show on your account. If debit cards aren't available on that screen then you won't be able to use it as your payment method.

HT1918 Can we use apple I'd to purchase from different country iTunes Store

Hello apple friends

You can only purchase from your own country's store - to be able to buy from another country's store you need a valid billing address in that country and be in that country when buying from it.
If there are items that you'd like to buy which aren't currently in your country's store then you could try requesting that they be added, but ultimately it's the content provider (app developer, record company, film studio etc) that will have to grant Apple a license to sell it there : http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html

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I'm in the US for a holiday. How can I purchase from US iTune store without being switched to the Canada iTunes?
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Sorry, but you can't, unless you have a US-issued credit card, or have a legal residence in the US and so have a valid mailing address and purchase an iTunes Music card. The record companies and other content owners will not allow Apple to sell cross-border, so Apple has to have such restrictions on who can open an account in a given country's store.

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I'm sure this question has been asked before!!! Is there a way I can purchase TV shows from the US iTunes from the UK?

Sorry... But... You cannot use other Countries iTunes Stores.
You must be within the Country with a Valid Billing Address and Credit Card for that Country to use the iTunes Store of that Country..
iTunes Store Terms of Service
http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/us/terms.html#SERVICE

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You need to contact Apple. Click here, phone them, and ask for the Account Security team.
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