How the Backblaze referral program works
Backblaze denominates its whole referral programme in months. The friend gets a free month of Computer Backup to trial; when they buy any plan, the referrer's next renewal is discounted by the equivalent of one month's charge. There is no stated limit, and a referrer with several computers gets the same discount for each.
What the program pays
What makes this program different
A reward that scales itself twice, and never names a price. The referrer's discount equals one month of whatever the friend actually buys, so a pricier plan pays more automatically, and it multiplies across the referrer's own computers. No dollar figure appears anywhere. Everything is denominated in months of service, so the programme's cost lives inside Backblaze's own margin.
Why it works
Pegging the discount to the friend's plan makes the reward self-adjusting as pricing changes.
Multiplying the discount per computer rewards the heaviest accounts without a separate tier.
Restricting eligibility to card-billed paid accounts filters out trial and prepaid users whose renewals cannot absorb a discount.
Rewards in service-months keep churned users from extracting any residual value.
What to copy
- Define the reward as a ratio of what the friend buys instead of a fixed figure that needs updating.
- Check your reward works mechanically for every account shape you sell; Backblaze wrote the multi-computer case down.
- Exclude account types that cannot consume the reward rather than letting them earn dead credit.
- The programme belongs to the personal Computer Backup product only; Business Groups and B2 storage sit outside it. Backblaze's help-centre mirror of these terms is behind a bot wall, but the same content on the main site is the source here.
Backblaze referrals, answered
What do you get for referring someone to Backblaze?
When the friend purchases any Computer Backup subscription, your next renewal is discounted by the equivalent of one month's charge, once per purchasing friend and per computer on your own account.
What does the referred friend get from Backblaze?
A free month of Backblaze Computer Backup to trial before deciding to buy.
Who is not eligible for Backblaze referrals?
Accounts on a free trial or a prepaid code, members of a Business Group, and referrals of people who are already customers. A paid, card-billed personal account in good standing is required.
Backblaze is not a ReferralFlo customer and this page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Backblaze. All terms described here are taken from Backblaze’s own published materials as at 8 September 2026 and may have changed since. Trade marks are the property of their respective owners.
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