# Yearly subscription discount is for US customers only?

**URL:** https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850
**Category:** Bear Feedback
**Created:** [February 3, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850 "2025-02-03T20:58:34Z")
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### Author: ![HvdG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@HvdG](https://community.bear.app/u/HvdG)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850/1 "2025-02-03T20:58:34Z")

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![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/2/2e2f09a7193011209caaf93c33afdca708d368ef.jpeg)

The yearly subscription should be priced at €30,50, not €34,99, if a 15 percent discount is applied like the Bear website promises.

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### Author: ![Synapse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Synapse](https://community.bear.app/u/Synapse)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 8:08am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850/3 "2025-02-04T08:08:07Z")

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Shipping costs, or has the trade war with Europe started already? 😀

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### Author: ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850/4 "2025-02-04T08:35:21Z")

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We set the prices in USD, and the App Store does the currency conversions. Unfortunately, some countries apply different taxes to different price tiers. We changed the prices for specific countries where the average income is low, but we can’t do the same for Western countries.

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### Author: ![HvdG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@HvdG](https://community.bear.app/u/HvdG)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 8:51am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850/5 "2025-02-04T08:51:47Z")

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Respectfully, I think Bear website shouldn’t promise a 15 percent discount for yearly subscriptions, then. And if it’s a matter of currency conversions, shouldn’t the 15 percent difference between monthly and yearly remain in place? In the Netherlands, where I am, the tax rate for both would also be the same.

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### Author: ![trix180](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.bear.app/trix180/32/588_2.png) [@trix180](https://community.bear.app/u/trix180)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 9:18am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850/6 "2025-02-04T09:18:28Z")

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> [@HvdG](#):
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> Bear website shouldn’t promise a 15 percent discount for yearly subscriptions, then

Mind the prices on the website are specified in USD, but I guess we can be more specific about the discount not being available in some countries.

> [@HvdG](#):
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> And if it’s a matter of currency conversions, shouldn’t the 15 percent difference between monthly and yearly remain in place? In the Netherlands, where I am, the tax rate for both would also be the same.

I can’t say this is the case. These are the App Store conversions for the $2.99 and $29.99 price tiers for subs in the Netherlands.

 ![Screenshot 2025-02-04 at 10.14.29](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/b/b72100ad8e9ff31bedd06359f755a645bbd1863d.png)  
 ![Screenshot 2025-02-04 at 10.15.09](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/bear/original/2X/7/7f8dcef412133a381b904cbd652b7b0df86e027a.png)

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### Author: ![HvdG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f9ae1b/32.png) [@HvdG](https://community.bear.app/u/HvdG)
#### Post date: [February 4, 2025, 11:30am UTC](https://community.bear.app/t/yearly-subscription-discount-is-for-us-customers-only/14850/7 "2025-02-04T11:30:24Z")

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I guess it’s just Apple being Apple – it has nothing to do with Dutch taxes. Too bad Bear isn’t sold directly by Bear!