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 Square hardware purchased in Square Shop.
Your referrals are displayed with their status in Square Dashboard:
Waiting for sign up: The referred business hasn’t completed setting up their Square account.
Waiting for first payment: The referred business has an active Square account, but hasn’t processed their first minimum credit/debit 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
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/debit 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 Square hardware. You can only apply one discount code per order.
Redemption codes for $20 off hardware 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.
- Sign in to your point of sale app and tap ≡ More.
- Select Referrals > Send referral.
- You can either enter in the email address of the person you wish to refer, share referrals in person via a QR code, or copy your referral link to share via SMS, X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, or elsewhere.
- Tap Done once you’re finished to send another referral.
Customise your referral link
You can customise a 10-character code to something that’s easy to remember and on-brand with your business. To do so:
Sign in to Square Dashboard and select Settings > Account & Settings > Get free processing.
Select Customise next to your referral code and edit your URL.
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.
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.
- Log in to your POS app and tap ≡ More > Referrals.
- View your referral status from the Referral activity section.
- Log in to your Square Dashboard and select Account & settings.
- Click Get free processing > Referral activity to view your referral status.
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:
Sign in to Square Dashboard and go to Settings > Account & Settings > Get free processing.
From the Current offers section, select Claim to get your referral reward.
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:
Sign in to Square Dashboard and select Money > Balance > Overview.
Click View all transfers.
Use the date selector tool to select a custom date range.
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.