Participate in Square’s referral program

About Square’s referral program

When you invite friends to join Square you both benefit from rewards, including credits on processing fees of up to $1,000 in sales over the next 180 days (6 months) or $20 off the purchase of a Square Reader for contactless and chip in Square Shop.

Your referrals are displayed with their status in Square Dashboard:

• Waiting for sign up: The referred business hasn’t completed setup their Square account. 

• Waiting for first payment: The referred business has an active Square account, but hasn’t processed their first minimum credit card payment of $1 using your referral link.

• Complete: The referred business has signed up with Square and accepted their first payment, and you are eligible for a referral reward.

Before you begin

Note the following details regarding Square’s referral program:

• To receive a referral reward, the referred sellers must be new to Square when they activate their account and they must process a minimum credit card payment of $1 using your referral link.

• For new businesses that sign up for Square with a referral link and do not choose a reward after processing their first payment, the free processing credit will automatically be applied to their account.

• Referrals can only be made within the same country of your business. International free processing is not available at this time.

• If you refer more than one business to Square, you will not be able to combine your $20 off redemption code for the Square Reader for contactless and chip. You can only apply one discount code per order. 

• Redemption codes for $20 off can only be used once.

• Processing fees are reimbursed to your account on each transfer. Once you process $1,000 of payments or 180 calendar days have passed, your standard pricing will apply.

Share your referral link

You can share your link directly from your Square Point of Sale app or Square Dashboard.

Customize your referral link

Create a custom referral link from your Square Dashboard that’s easy to remember and on-brand with your business.

1. Log in to your Square Dashboard and select Account & settings.

2. Click Get free processing to view your referral link. 

3. Select Customize next to your referral code and enter a custom 10-character code. Your custom code must be 10 characters.

4. Click Save. 

Creating a custom referral link will invalidate any prior referral links associated with your account. If you update your referral link, share the new referral link moving forward.

Add a referral link to receipts and invoices

View your referral status

You can see which rewards are available from your Square Dashboard or from the Square POS app. You can also track the status of your referral, nudge referred sellers to sign up by resending their invitation, and see whether they’ve taken their first payment.

Select a reward

After a business you refer creates a Square account using your referral code and processes their first payment, you’ll be notified to select a reward via email, from your Square POS app, or from your Square Dashboard. To select a reward:

1. Log in to your Square Dashboard and select Account & settings > Get free processing.

2. From the Current offers section, select Claim to get your referral reward.

Note: If a reward is not selected 30 days after a new seller activates their account using your referral code and processes their first payment, a credit on processing fees will automatically apply to your account.

Track free processing

While your free processing offer is active, after each payment you’ll automatically receive a credit to your Square balance for transaction fees. Reimbursements will be grouped with your next transfer. To view your free processing reimbursements:

1. Log in to your Square Dashboard and select Balance.

2. Use the date selector tool to select a custom date range.

3. Select a transfer from the list to view your free processing credits included in that day’s transfer.

If you process a refund, Square will first look to your Square balance to cover the refund, including any associated fee reimbursements. If there are insufficient funds in your Square balance, your linked bank account will be debited.

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