How the Hostinger referral program works
Hostinger pays the referrer up to 20% of the referred customer's first purchase and gives that customer up to 20% off at checkout. Domains are excluded, only new purchases count, and a referral account with no activity for six months is cancelled outright.
What the program pays
What makes this program different
Expiring the advocate, not the reward. Six months without a referral cancels the referral account itself. Every other programme here ages out the credit; Hostinger ages out the participant, and that keeps the roster to people who are actually referring.
Why it works
Cancelling dormant referral accounts keeps the programme's reporting honest about how many advocates exist.
Excluding domains keeps the commission off the lowest-margin, highest-churn product in the catalogue.
Paying only on a first purchase, never on renewals or upgrades, stops one referral becoming an annuity.
A 45-day active-user requirement outlasts the refund window, so the commission is paid on revenue that stayed.
What to copy
- Exclude your low-margin products from commission instead of lowering the rate across everything.
- Say plainly whether renewals and upgrades earn anything. Silence here is where partner disputes start.
- Consider expiring inactive advocates, not just unclaimed rewards, if roster accuracy matters to you.
- Both sides are described as up to 20%, so the actual rate on a given purchase is not fixed by this agreement. Recurring commissions on renewals, cross-sells and upgrades exist only under Hostinger's separate Agency Partner Program, which these terms point to rather than describe. Hostinger publishes no ceiling on total referral earnings here.
Hostinger referrals, answered
How much does Hostinger pay for a referral?
Up to 20% of the referred customer's first purchase, with that customer getting up to 20% off at checkout. The agreement states a maximum rather than a fixed rate.
Do Hostinger renewals earn commission?
No. Rewards are granted only on a referred friend's new purchase. Cross-sells, upgrades and renewals earn nothing unless the referrer is an approved Agency Partner.
Can a Hostinger referral account be closed for inactivity?
Yes. Six months with no active referral cancels the referral account, though Hostinger says a referrer can rejoin at any time.
Hostinger is not a ReferralFlo customer and this page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Hostinger. All terms described here are taken from Hostinger’s own published materials as at 7 September 2026 and may have changed since. Trade marks are the property of their respective owners.
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