$20 each — but max 50% of any bill

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Q: Is the credit worth the full $20?

Only up to a point. Credits can cover at most 50% of any invoice, with the other half paid in real money. A $20 credit against a $10 monthly plan sounds like two free months; at 50% it is $5 off each of four months. The credit is not reduced — the excess carries forward to the next payment, so nothing is lost — but it is stretched, and a reward received over four months is worth less than the same reward today.

Q: Can accumulated credit ever cover a full bill?

No — the cap guarantees you can never have a free month, however much credit you accumulate. Somebody who referred ten friends successfully would hold $200 of credit and still pay half of every bill in cash. A credit that can only ever discount, never replace, a payment guarantees the customer keeps paying. The question worth asking of any store credit, then, is not only what it is worth and whether it expires, but what proportion of a bill it can pay.

Q: What else should I know?

Two further terms. A 30-day attribution window from the friend's first visit via your link, which is reasonable and worth knowing, since somebody who considers it for six weeks and then signs up earns you nothing. And that self-referrals and multiple accounts are disqualified, which is standard and correct.

Q: What matters more than the credit?

How pricing behaves, because in this category it scales with list size — the cost you agree to today is not the cost you will pay. A list that grows, which is the entire point of the tool, moves you up pricing tiers automatically, so it is worth modelling the price at three times your current list size before committing. Then three things decide whether a platform suits you, none of which is price. Deliverability — whether your messages reach inboxes rather than spam folders — is the only function that matters and the hardest to assess from outside, so ask about authentication support and sending-domain setup. Whether subscribers are counted once or per list, since on some platforms a person on three lists counts three times, which changes the price substantially. And export, because your subscriber list is your asset rather than the platform's — confirm you can export it in full, in a standard format, before you build anything on top.

MailerLite gives $20 each way, but credit only ever covers half a bill — the condition that decides what it is worth

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MailerLite pays $20 each way, with an asymmetric trigger: the friend's credit is instant while the referrer is paid only when that friend upgrades to a paid plan — and on a platform with a usable free tier, many never do. The condition that changes the value most: credits can cover at most 50% of any invoice, with the rest paid in cash. So $20 against a $10 plan is $5 off four months rather than two free ones, and no amount of accumulated credit ever produces a free month — ten referrals would leave $200 of credit and half of every bill still payable. That raises a standing question for any store credit: what proportion of a bill can it actually pay?

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Note the asymmetric trigger

Their $20 is instant and unconditional. Yours requires them to upgrade to a paid plan — and on a platform with a usable free tier, many never do.

Apply the 50% cap

$20 against a $10 plan is not two free months. It is $5 off each of four — the credit is stretched rather than reduced, but stretched is worth less than today.

Notice you can never reach a free month

Ten successful referrals would leave $200 of credit and you would still pay half of every bill in cash.

Model the price at three times your list

Pricing scales with list size, so growth — the entire point of the tool — moves you up tiers automatically.

Reward Details

Your Reward: $20 credit applied immediately on signing up via a referral link — instant and unconditional.
Referrer Reward: $20 credit, but only once your friend upgrades to a paid plan. On a platform with a usable free tier, many referred users never upgrade at all.
Minimum Purchase: The referred user must become a paying customer for the referrer to be paid.
Validity: A 30-day attribution window from the friend's first visit via your link. Someone who signs up six weeks later earns you nothing.
Available In: USA, UK, India, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Japan, China, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Mexico, South Korea, Russia, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Belgium, Austria, Portugal, Poland, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Cyprus, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, New Zealand, Greece, Czech Republic, Romania, Hungary, Qatar
Referral Limit: Self-referrals and multiple accounts are disqualified — standard and correct.
Payout Time: Credit is applied automatically: to the friend on signup, and to the referrer on their upgrade.
Eligibility: Credits can cover at most 50% of any invoice — the rest must be paid in real money. Excess credit carries forward, so nothing is lost, but you can never have a free month however much you accumulate.

Why Choose MailerLite?

$20 each way

The friend is paid on signup and the referrer is paid only on their upgrade to a paid plan.

Credit covers at most half of any bill

A term that looks administrative and is not: $20 against a $10 plan is $5 off four months, not two free ones.

You can never accumulate a free month

Ten referrals would give $200 of credit and you would still pay half of every invoice in cash.

What proportion of a bill can it pay?

A new question worth asking of any store credit, not only what it is worth and whether it expires. Nothing in a headline "$20" reveals that.

About MailerLite

MailerLite pays $20 credit to each side of a referral, but that credit can only ever discount half of any invoice — a condition that changes what the reward is worth.

Your friend receives a $20 credit immediately on signing up, and you receive $20 only when they upgrade to a paid plan. That asymmetry is the honest shape of the offer: their half is instant and unconditional, while yours requires them to start paying. On a platform with a genuinely usable free tier, a great many referred users never upgrade at all — so the realistic yield per person you tell is lower than "$20 a friend" suggests.

Credits can cover at most 50% of any invoice. The other half must be paid in real money. A $20 credit against a $10 monthly plan sounds like two free months; at 50% it is $5 off each of four months. The credit is not reduced — the excess is carried forward to the next payment, so nothing is lost — but it is stretched, and a reward received over four months is worth less than the same reward today.

The cap also means you can never have a free month, however much credit you accumulate. Somebody who referred ten friends successfully would hold $200 of credit and still pay half of every bill in cash. A credit that can only ever discount, never replace, a payment guarantees the customer keeps paying — worth knowing when weighing what "$20" actually means.

Two further terms:
- A 30-day attribution window from the friend's first visit via your link. Reasonable, and worth knowing — somebody who considers it for six weeks and then signs up earns you nothing.
- Self-referrals and multiple accounts are disqualified, which is standard and correct.

Pricing in this category scales with list size, which matters more than the credit for anybody choosing an email platform. A list that grows — the entire point of the tool — moves you up pricing tiers automatically, so success is expensive by design. It is worth modelling the price at three times your current list size before committing.

Three things decide whether an email platform suits you, none of which is price:
- Deliverability — whether your messages reach inboxes rather than spam folders. The only function that matters and the hardest to assess from outside; ask about authentication support and sending-domain setup.
- Whether subscribers are counted once or per list — on some platforms a person on three lists counts three times, which changes the price substantially.
- Export. Your subscriber list is your asset, not the platform's. Confirm you can export it in full, in a standard format, before you build anything on top.