{"id":5696,"date":"2014-05-20T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/?p=5696"},"modified":"2025-12-14T13:31:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T21:31:15","slug":"backblaze-launching-refer-a-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/backblaze-launching-refer-a-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Backblaze Launching Refer-a-Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-refer-a-friend.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-OZNJFtsy\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-refer-a-friend.jpg\" alt=\"blog-refer-a-friend\" width=\"560\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-refer-a-friend.jpg 560w, https:\/\/backblazeprod.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/blog-refer-a-friend-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Help Your Friends and Yourself<\/h2>\n<p>You back up your computer. You go to bed every night, wrap yourself up in a blanket burrito, and think about how peaceful your life is now that you have an online backup; <a href=\"\/blog\/life-and-times-of-a-backblaze-hard-drive\/\">hard drive<\/a> crashes no longer loom in the back of your mind. Sometimes you think about your friends, wondering why they\u2019ve never backed up their computers and known the true comfort of having digital peace of mind. Now you can help your friends get backed up, and it\u2019s easier than ever.<\/p>\n<h2>Announcing the New Backblaze Refer-a-Friend Program<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019re thrilled to announce our brand new Refer-a-Friend program. Starting now, you can invite your friends to try Backblaze for one month, free of charge. For every friend that signs up with us, you\u2019ll get one month\u2019s worth of Backblaze applied to your Backblaze account. What could be better than helping your friends get peace of mind, knowing their data is safe, and getting a little something in return too? Possibly doing all of that while eating cake, but that\u2019s about it!<\/p>\n<h3>How the Refer-a-Friend Program Works<\/h3>\n<p>How will it work? Once you log in to your Backblaze account, you\u2019ll see a \u201cGet Free Months\u201d tab on the left hand side. After going there you\u2019ll see your personal invite link, which you can then tweet, share, or email to your friends. We\u2019ll show you the status of everyone who you\u2019ve invited, and once they purchase, you\u2019ll get a free month\u2019s worth of credit applied to your account, one for each new account that signs up with Backblaze using your invite link.<\/p>\n<h3>Get Backblaze Free Forever<\/h3>\n<p>Backblaze is all about unlimited, so there\u2019s no limit to how many months you can get for free. That\u2019s right! Get enough of your friends to sign up and your Backblaze can be totally free. So get to it! Invite your friends to Backblaze, get some free months, and help spread some good on the planet!<\/p>\n<h4>Quick FAQ:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Q: What is it?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: The Backblaze Refer-a-Friend program lets you give your friends a month of Backblaze online backup for free, and gives you a month for every friend that signs up!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Where do I find it?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: Sign in to your <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.backblaze.com\/user_signin.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Backblaze<\/a> account and clicking \u201cGet Free Months\u201d on the left-hand side.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What do I get?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: For each referral that purchases Backblaze, you\u2019ll get a month\u2019s worth of credit applied to your next Backblaze renewal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: What do they get?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: They get a month of Backblaze free and they\u2019ll get turned on to an awesome online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backblaze.com\/cloud-storage\/solutions\/backup-and-archive\">backup service<\/a>, then they\u2019ll get so overcome with gratitude that they\u2019ll be obliged to thank you and might even buy you a coffee!*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Why a Refer-a-Friend program?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: Instead of just running promotions for new customers, we wanted to give our existing customers a chance to get some benefits too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q: Excellent, anything else?<\/strong><br \/>\nA: That\u2019s about it, but for more information check out the Refer-a-Friend FAQ.<\/p>\n<p>*They might not buy you a coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Help Your Friends and Yourself You back up your computer. 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