Optus SubHub

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We’re all keeping up with so many subscriptions these days, it can be way too easy to forget which services you’re subscribed to and how much they’re costing you. That’s where Optus Sub Hub comes in to make streaming subscription life easier for you – and to save you some money as well!

Subscription services depend on customers signing up for a free trial and then forgetting to cancel if and when they’re not using it anymore. But every month that charge goes onto your credit card like clockwork, as you keep reminding yourself that you’ve got to get around to pausing or cancelling your subscription. If only there was a way to manage all your subs in one place… Well, now there is!

What is Optus SubHub?

Available to all Optus mobile and broadband account holders (except those on prepaid mobile), Optus SubHub is a single platform allowing customers to add and manage subscriptions – not just to streaming services, but also to apps and other online services. 

Available now with several partners, SubHub lets you sign up for subscriptions quickly and easily from the one page, after which you can manage them from the one place, rather than having to visit multiple web pages to see when your renewal date is or to cancel. It’s designed to let you see all the subscriptions you’re paying for at a glance, something that’s really needed these days.

Initially during its early access stage, the subscriptions available were fairly limited, but Optus SubHub has since executed a full release of the service. See below for which services are available.

At the moment, you can add new subscriptions to your hub and add existing subscriptions as well (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Optus Sport, iwonder, and Microsoft 365 only).

Exactly what subscriptions are available to eligible Optus customers?

At the moment, there are 16 digital content subscriptions you can manage from your SubHub account, with more to follow later. In the beginning, existing Optus postpaid customers could only just add Amazon Prime (the full Prime service, not just streaming), Kindle Unlimited, Calm, inkl news and Chinese streaming service iQiyi. Optus Sport app, with its exclusive English Premier League coverage and new OS Fitness section, were also already available from the get-go.

More streaming services have since been added including BINGE, Paramount+, Britbox, iwonder, Netflix, YouTube, and Hayu. Then there are services for fitness, wellness and personal growth with apps like Calm, MasterClass, and Sweat. Optus customers can also add Microsoft 365 and Kindle Unlimited. Best of all, there are great offers up for grabs when subscribing via SubHub.

Best subscription services available to Optus customers

Here is the pick of content subscriptions that can be accessed via the single platform allowing Optus account customers to watch the best TV around in just a few clicks. These services are only available to postpaid Optus customers and will be added to your monthly Optus bill.

BINGE

BINGE offers TV shows, movies, and other entertainment you’d usually find on Foxtel without the need to subscribe to TV packages. Just like Stan, BINGE offers three plans: Basic with Ads, Standard and Premium. New customers trying BINGE for the first time get a 14-day free trial but if you sign up via Optus SubHub, you’ll get 2 months free BINGE!

Paramount+

Paramount’s streaming service continues to impress TV fans with its brilliant catalogue of series, movies, documentaries, and even sports. New customers can access Paramount+‘s complete library with 7 days free, which is also the same free trial you’ll get when getting it from SubHub.

Amazon Prime

Amazon Prime Video has become the go-to for fans of top TV series and films. Now the service is an Optus streaming option, and you can pay for your Amazon subscription services (including Kindle Unlimited and Amazon Prime Music), through Optus SubHub. Even better, getting Amazon Prime through SubHub also rewards you with 6 months free!

BritBox

If you’re a fan of new and classic UK shows, BritBox is the streaming service for you. Getting the service from SubHub doesn’t have any ongoing deals included other than the regularly offered 7-day free trial, although that could change at any time.

Hayu

Reality TV fans won’t feel left out in Optus’ super convenient SubHub service. You can easily add Hayu to your Optus account as well, with new customers getting the standard 7-day free trial.

Optus Sport

This is what really made the service provider first stand out from the crowd. Optus Sport is dedicated to football, and in particular, the English Premier League. Eligible customers can save lots of money as the app is offered at a discounted $6.99 per month from its new regularly price of $24.99 per month.

OS Fitness

One of the multiple services that are included free as part of your Optus Sport subscription is OS Fitness. Here you get over 1000 videos that offer a wide range of daily exercises to help you stay in shape. This unique Optus live TV streaming option is also included with Optus Sport plans and Optus TV.

Are there any discounts for adding a service via Optus SubHub?

Yes indeed there are – there are some very generous perks to adding a service via Sub Hub, with the most generous being six months of free Amazon Prime just for signing up via Sub Hub and giving you access to free Prime delivery, Prime Video, Amazon Music, Prime Gaming and Prime Reading. Relaxation app Calm offers three months free, as does Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited (which gives you access to a vast library of eBooks to read on your Kindle, smartphone or tablet). 

News service Inkl offers three months free, while iQiyi gives a month free. Of course, you can cancel any of your subs whenever you like, and you can see at a glance when you’re next getting billed for each one right there in the Hub.

But that’s not all – the more services you add, the more you save. Add two services to your Sub Hub and you get a 5% discount on the price of all of them. With three or more added, you’ll get a 10% discount – which can, when added up, be really worthwhile.

Here are the current offers and discounts up for grabs with Optus SubHub:

Subscriptions	Offers	Standard pricing
Optus Sport (including OS Fitness)	Only $6.99/month with SubHub	$24.99/month
Amazon Prime	6 months free	$6.99/month
BINGE	2 months free Standard subscription	$16/month
Calm	3 months free Premium subscription	$9.99/month
Sweat	1 month free subscription	$19.99/month
Kindle Unlimited	3 months free Standard subscription	$13.99/month
Inkl News	3 months free Monthly subscription	$14.99/month
iQiyi	1-month free Standard subscription	$7.99/month
Microsoft 365	1-month free Personal subscription	$10/month
Netflix	Add Standard or Premium plan only	From $16.99/month
Paramount+	7-day free trial	$8.99/month
BritBox	7-day free trial	$8.99/month
Hayu	7-day free trial	$6.99/month
iwonder	14-day free trial	$6.99/month
YouTube	1-month free trial	$14.99/month
MasterClass	Add Individual plan	$23/month

How do I pay for Optus SubHub?

As you may have guessed, with Optus managing all your subs for you, the total for each month will be included on your Optus bill (this is the reason prepaid customers can’t join at the moment). 

Each of your subscriptions renews on a date based on when you added it, so if you cancel one of your subscriptions you might find that the total price varies on the next bill. You won’t lose any paid subscription time by cancelling – the actual cut-off date will be at the end of that service’s paid period. That’s another great thing about Sub Hub – you can see all that info on the one page, making it easy to manage what subs you’re paying for.

SubHub free trials

Whereas there are no free trials available with SubHub, there are always a lot of hugely interesting deals for eligible Optus customers. You can get free access to some of the best shows on Amazon, as well as movies and originals, plus 1 month free of services like Inkl, Calm and iQiyi. Add to that free access to Optus Sport and OS Fitness, and you won’t even need to worry about a free trial anymore!

Is there anything like SubHub for those without existing subscriptions?

At the moment, Sub Hub is kind of unique in what it’s doing – but we’re seeing more companies adopt the bundling approach to subscriptions.

Amazon Prime Video just launched its set of paid channels, which let you add streaming brands like MGM, Paramount Plus and more to your Prime Video account. It’s not yet known how Optus will handle those via Sub Hub, but it’s a similar concept for non-Optus customers using Prime Video, with the extra channels being added on to your account.

Apple has offered Channels via its TV app on iPhone, iPad and Apple TV for a long time now, with more added just recently. Again, these are effectively separate TV streaming services that can be attached to your Apple account to deliver more content.

Neither of these options offers any kind of discount, though, which is where Sub Hub could become the place to go as they add more services.

We’ve been seeing comparable “bundle it on the bill” options as well, such as the ability to sign up to Netflix on your Foxtel bill, or the bundled game console Telstra offers on its Xbox All Access plans. 

Should you try Optus SubHub?

If you’re an eligible Optus customer looking for the services on offer and wanting to save some money, it’s a brilliant concept that will only get better with time. Not being able to add existing subs to the Hub at the moment might put some people off, but that’s set to change soon.

In the meantime, it’s worth signing up if you’re an Optus customer – it’s completely free to use SubHub, and you’ll soon be able to add your existing services to the Hub to make your subscription life a whole lot easier – and cheaper.

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