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How the SMARTY referral program works

SMARTY pays both sides more when the referred friend picks a bigger plan. On plans of 15 pounds a month or more, each side gets 20 pounds, taken as PayPal or a gift card of the referrer's choosing. Nothing is paid until the friend renews.

LiveVerified against SMARTY’s own terms on 8 September 2026Official source
01The terms

What the program pays

Referrer gets
Up to GBP 20, scaled to the friend's plan. On plans of GBP 15 a month or more, GBP 20, taken as a PayPal reward or a gift card for Amazon, John Lewis and Waitrose, or Uber and Uber Eats
Referred friend gets
The same amount on the same basis
Qualification
The friend must join through the referrer's unique link and reach their renewal. Both sides are then emailed by SMARTY's partner Buyapowa to choose a reward.
Cap
No limit. SMARTY states you can refer as many friends as you like
Expiry
Nothing is paid until the friend's first renewal, described on the page as renewing for month three.
02The mechanic

What makes this program different

Pricing the referral by what the friend bought. The bigger the plan the friend chooses, the bigger the reward both sides receive. It aligns the advocate with revenue rather than headcount, and it means a referral that brings a low-value customer costs SMARTY proportionately less.

03The design

Why it works

Paying by plan value stops a programme spending the same acquiring a five-pound customer and a twenty-pound one.

Waiting for a renewal rather than a signup filters out the customer who tried one month and left.

Letting the recipient choose between PayPal and several gift cards makes one reward feel like four.

Matching both sides keeps the offer explainable in a sentence despite the tiering underneath.

04The takeaway

What to copy

  • Scale the reward to what the referred customer is worth, not to the fact that they exist.
  • Settle on a renewal where your churn happens in month one or two.
  • Offer a choice of reward. It costs the same and reads as more generous.
What we could not verify
  • Only the top tier is verified from SMARTY's own refer-a-friend page: plans of GBP 15 a month or more pay GBP 20 each side. Lower tiers exist and are described on the full terms and conditions, which could not be read on the date checked, so they are deliberately not stated here. The page describes payment both as after the first renewal and as renewing for month three, without reconciling the two.
05Questions

SMARTY referrals, answered

How much does SMARTY pay for a referral?

Up to 20 pounds each, scaled to the plan the friend chooses. A plan of 15 pounds a month or more pays 20 pounds to each side.

When does the SMARTY reward arrive?

After the friend renews. Both sides are then emailed by Buyapowa, SMARTY's rewards partner, to pick a PayPal payment or a gift card.

Is there a limit on SMARTY referrals?

No. SMARTY states you can refer as many friends as you like.

SMARTY is not a ReferralFlo customer and this page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by SMARTY. All terms described here are taken from SMARTY’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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