Refer and Earn Terms and Conditions

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Basic criteria to take part as a Referrer or Referred Customer

Both the Referrer and the Referred Customer must be at least 18. The Referrer must have a valid Surfshark account, which can be an expired subscription, bought through Surfshark's website, the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store; the text warns that Rewards may vary if the Referrer's account came from an app store. The Referred Customer must buy a Surfshark Starter, One or One+ subscription through Surfshark's website, so people billed through an in-app purchase are not eligible.

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Eligibility. Referrers and Referred Customers must meet the following criteria to participate:

Be at least 18 years old;

Referrer must have a valid Surfshark user account (expired subscription users are also eligible) purchased via our official website, the Apple App Store, or the Google Play Store. Please note that if the Referrer has Surfshark account purchased via Apple App Store and Google Play Store the Rewards may vary;

Referred Customer must purchase a Surfshark subscription (Surfshark Starter, Surfshark One or Surfshark One+) via our website (i.e., users whose subscriptions are billed as an in-app purchase are not eligible).

Qualifications & exceptions

• The age requirement applies to both the Referrer and the Referred Customer.
• Only the Referred Customer's purchase is limited to Surfshark's website; the Referrer's account can come from the website or either app store.
• Rewards for a Referrer whose account came from an app store may vary; see the Reward cards for the month-extension limit.

Not stated here

• The text does not say how Rewards may vary for an app-store Referrer beyond the month-extension exclusion stated in the Rewards list.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Individuals only; one person cannot be both sides; no outside link sources; employees excluded

Surfshark says it can decide whether a Referrer's account is valid under the stated criteria. Referral links shared to or obtained through other sources, such as third-party websites, will not be honored. The Referrer and the Referred Customer cannot be the same person, including through a different email address. The program is for individuals and cannot be used by businesses, who are pointed to Surfshark's affiliate program. Employees of Surfshark and its subsidiaries, affiliates and parent companies cannot take part. The full program dashboard is available only in the Surfshark web application.

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We reserve the right to determine if the Referrer’s Surfshark user account is valid based on the mentioned criteria. Referral links shared to or obtained through other sources (for example, posting to third-party websites) will not be honored. Also, the Referred Customer and the Referrer cannot be the same person (e.g., by using a different email address). Eligibility is limited to individuals only, the Program cannot be used by businesses

Please note that the full Program dashboard is available only on Surfshark web application.

Employees of Surfshark, its subsidiaries, affiliates, and parent companies are not eligible to participate.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Surfshark decides account validity; no appeal or review step is described.
• A different email address does not make a Referrer and a Referred Customer separate people.

Not stated here

• The text does not define which links count as "other sources" beyond the third-party website example, so that limit is not stated more precisely here.