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SY systeme.ionothing extra as the buyer: the "2 months free" advertised to affiliates is systeme.io's ordinary annual billing discount, printed on its own pricing page for every visitor with or without a link NothingNothing to buyer Buying a year to lock in a "discount" that is only the billing toggle, when systeme.io's own terms state plainly that subscription plans are not refundable Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide HU HubSpotnothing; no discount, credit or extended trial for the person who clicks appears anywhere in HubSpot's affiliate landing page, program policies or affiliate agreement, and the agreement bars affiliates from inventing one NothingNothing to the reader The coupon and deal-site ban third parties attribute to HubSpot is not in HubSpot's own terms; we searched both governing documents in full, twice, and found zero occurrences. There is still no code for you, because HubSpot issues none and its agreement forbids affiliates from "offering incentives to encourage purchases or signups" Think twice ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide SS Surfer SEOnothing as the buyer. Surfer publishes no code, no coupon and no extended trial, and its affiliate contract forbids a partner from creating one. Every plan already shows "Start for Free" to every visitor NothingNothing to the buyer There is no discount or coupon for a new customer: the affiliate terms forbid partners from turning the trial into a coupon or a cashback offer Think twice ReadOct 2, 2026 Guide KI Kinstanothing as a new customer, and Kinsta publishes that it has no coupon codes or deals available for potential clients No couponNothing to the new customer Every page waving a Kinsta coupon at you is waving a tracking link. Kinsta's own terms ban partners from placing links on coupon websites and from calling any ongoing Kinsta discount a coupon, deal or seasonal discount, and its customer referral program pays the new customer nothing at all Think twice ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide SE Semrushnothing. Semrush's own affiliate FAQ answers "Can I get an exclusive discount?" with "Currently, we do not offer exclusive discounts for affiliates", and says a partner may promote only "Semrush's standard pricing and any ongoing promotions available to all customers" NothingNothing to the reader Semrush offers no exclusive discounts through its affiliates. Its rules also prohibit "misrepresenting a free trial as a coupon or discount, and references to non-existing discounts", so any page selling you a Semrush coupon is breaking the agreement it signed Think twice ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide HO Hostingerup to 20% off a first purchase, or a flat 20% off when that first purchase is a Bundle of several products bought together, but only through the personal referral link of a Hostinger customer you actually know. Hostinger's referral agreement bars commercial websites, blogs and YouTube from publishing that link, so no site can hand it to you Up to 20% offA discount at checkout Two programs share one name. The affiliate program gives the buyer nothing, which is why so many "Hostinger coupon" pages exist; the referral program is the only one that discounts your price and its terms confine the link to personal social media Think twice ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide NO NordVPNa real discount code that a creator's sponsorship link applies at Nord Checkout for you, and an additional discount for students and apprentices aged 18 to 26; NordVPN publishes the size of neither on any page we can reach UnpublishedA checkout discount, not cash The 30-day money-back guarantee "applies only to your initial subscription purchase" and dies the moment the subscription auto-renews, at a renewal price that is "subject to change". Buy through the Apple App Store and NordVPN says it is "unable to issue refunds" at all; retailer and marketplace purchases (Best Buy, StackSocial) send you back to the seller, and every affiliate figure lives on a page NordVPN keeps behind a bot check Worth it if ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide NA NachoNachoa real cashback rebate on business software, set by each vendor rather than by NachoNacho, paid as money weeks after you have already paid full list price Varies by vendorCash, to a US bank account NachoNacho publishes its own list of ways you will not qualify, and the first is "You clicked on another affiliate link prior to NachoNacho's link in the last 90 days", so ordinary research on review sites can spend your eligibility before you start. Starting a free trial first voids it too. You are told to wait 45 days before chasing a missing rebate, while some vendors only allow investigations within 30 days of purchase, and cashback cannot be withdrawn below $50 or without a US bank account Worth it if ReadOct 26, 2026 Guide EX ExpressVPN30 days of service added to a plan you pay for; not cash, not a free trial 30 days freeService time, not cash Subscribe through the App Store or Google Play and you get neither the referral days nor the 30-day money-back guarantee. The guarantee is for first-time users only, and the 2-year Basic plan is billed $83.72 for the first 28 months, then auto-renews at $99.95 a year Worth it if ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide PR ProtonVPN Plus at $2.99 a month on Proton's deals page, 24 months billed upfront as $71.76; the pricing page sells the same plan at $3.49. A referral link adds $20 in credit on a later bill if you have never had a Proton account $2.99/moA lower price at checkout; the referral $20 is Proton credit, never cash There is no code to type, and Proton says codes on other sites may be fakes. The 24 months bill upfront, then renew at $83.88 a year. The $20 credit lands 30 days into your first paid cycle, on a later bill, and anyone who has ever held a Proton account, free included, gets none of it Worth it if ReadOct 2, 2026 Guide DR Dropboxof extra storage on top of the free plan's 2 GB 500 MBStorage space, never cash Signing up alone credits nothing: the referral sits at Waiting for install until the desktop app is installed. Anyone who already has a Dropbox account, or signs up on the inviting friend's computer, is marked Ineligible Worth it if ReadOct 3, 2026 Guide AI Airtablenothing for signing up through an invitation. Every new account gets a 14-day Team plan trial, link or no link NothingNothing to you Adding a card during the 14-day trial starts Team billing at once, at $20 per collaborator per month billed annually Think twice ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide BA Backblazea free month of Backblaze computer backup through a customer's invite link, against a standard 15-day trial for new customers; it is backup time, not cash 1 month freeBackup time Anyone who has ever had a Backblaze account, including an expired trial or a canceled one, cannot be referred. Monthly plans are never refunded, 1-year and 2-year plans only within 30 days, and an unpaid trial ends with your data removed Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide SQ Squarespacea 14-day website trial with no card required; no cash, credit or discount for signing up, and the only referral-style program pays the affiliate, not you 14 days freeTrial access, not cash Only an annual website plan canceled within 14 days of purchase is refunded, less the cost of any free domain; monthly plans and renewals never are. An expired trial site has all its content marked for permanent deletion, and every subscription auto-renews and must be canceled individually Worth it if ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide SU Surfshark3 free months on a 12 or 24-month plan bought through a subscriber's link (1 on a monthly plan), or a public 7-day $0.00 trial that needs no link Up to 3 months freeFree subscription months The trial becomes a paid 12 or 24-month plan after day 7 and renews automatically; Starter's 2-year price is $67.23, billed up front. The 30-day guarantee covers only the first purchase, and all recurring payments are non-refundable Worth it if ReadSep 18, 2026 Guide 1P 1Passworda 14-day free trial, then $2.99 a month instead of $3.99 for the first year on Individual, or $4.49 instead of $5.99 on Families, paid a year at a time 14 days freeA first-year discount, not cash The first invoice lands within 48 hours of the trial ending and covers a full year; 1Password issues no refunds for past charges or remaining time. The promo price is for the first year only, then $3.99 a month Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide AC Adobe Creative Clouda 7-day free trial of Creative Cloud Pro, then $34.99 a month instead of $69.99 for 3 months, inside a 12-month contract; no sign-up bonus and no referral reward 7 days freeA discount on the subscription, not cash After the 14-day refund window, cancelling the annual plan costs an early termination fee of 50% of the remaining balance (30% of the annual commitment in California). The discount lasts 3 months; months 4 to 12 bill at $69.99, and the plan renews at the then-current price Worth it if ReadOct 2, 2026 Guide BI Bitwardena basic password manager for nothing, with no card and no end date, or a 14-day trial of Families; no sign-up bonus, referral reward or discount code exists Free planNothing; a free plan Upgrading from free bills you at once and in advance, and the terms never say how a paid plan renews. Cancel the account and the vault is purged with no recovery. The terms carry an effective date of June 1, 2017 Worth it ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide BL Bluehosta discount on your web hosting purchase through a Bluehost customer's referral link; the referral terms promise one and never state its size UnpublishedA discount at checkout, size unpublished The referral terms never state the discount's size. Starter is $3.99 a month on a 36-month term, renews at $9.99, refunds stop at day 30, and the free domain's cost is deducted if you cancel Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide FI Figmanothing; no sign-up reward, no discount code, and the affiliate program that Figma's terms page still describes stopped taking applications on 8/16/2024 NothingNothing Fees paid are non-refundable and a cancellation only takes effect at the end of the current term, so a yearly seat bought in error is a year's money gone. Data entered during a free trial may be permanently lost unless you buy or export before it ends Think twice ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide GO GoDaddyone .com, .net, .org, .co, .us, .info or .app domain for $2.99 for its first year, with GoDaddy's own public code GDWELCOME, as a new customerterms moved $2.99 first yearA first-year price cut, not cash Year two's price is never stated. New domains are refundable only within 5 days, never by email; from Oct 15, 2026 GoDaddy ends renewal refunds for customers it emailed Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide GO Google Oneno fixed sign-up bonus; the AI Pro referral terms sit behind a Google sign-in, and the public Offer terms promise free time without printing how long UnpublishedSubscription time, never cash In most countries storage plan purchases are non-refundable, and the storage stays yours only for the term you paid. Unused AI credits may be forfeited when you cancel. On any free Offer, you must cancel before the Offer Period ends or the standard price is charged Think twice ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide M3 Microsoft 365a 1-month free trial of Microsoft 365 Personal, Family or Premium, then $99.99, $129.99 or $199.99 a year unless you cancel; no sign-up bonus and no referral reward found 1 month freeSubscription time, never cash The trial renews automatically at the full yearly price. After a charge, a refund is allowed within 30 days but only once per Microsoft account per product. Prices can rise on 15 days' notice, and US residents agree to binding arbitration Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide NO NordPassa free plan for one user and one device, no card; Premium and Family carry a 30-day money-back guarantee on the first purchase only. No referral reward exists Free planNothing; a free plan Yearly plans renew at the then-current price and are charged 14 days before the renewal date; a US customer has no refund right on a renewal, only Germany, the Netherlands and the UK do. A test charge of up to $1 can hit the card up to 40 days before Worth it if ReadSep 25, 2026 Guide TO Todoistnothing for signing up, whatever other sites claim; no Todoist page offers a refer-a-friend reward, and its Partner Program pays the approved partner, not you NothingNothing Monthly subscriptions are never refunded. A yearly plan is refundable only within 30 days of purchase or renewal, and every plan renews until you cancel before the renewal date Think twice ReadOct 2, 2026 Guide

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