--- title: "Test referral rewards and welcome offers with test accounts · Proxy Mail QA" description: "Check invite-a-friend links, rewards for both sides, one-per-customer welcome offers and the rules that stop abuse, with a set of brand-new test accounts on your own app." url: https://proxymail.qa/use-cases/referrals-and-welcome-offers --- 1. [Home](https://proxymail.qa/) 2. [Use cases](https://proxymail.qa/use-cases) # Testing referral programmes and welcome offers A referral needs at least two accounts your app has never seen, and a welcome offer needs a brand-new customer every time. Testing the rules properly also means trying to break them, on your own staging site. Updated October 13, 2026 ## The accounts you need | Account | Part in the test | What it checks | | ------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Referrer | An existing customer who shares their link | The referral link or invite email, and the reward when a friend qualifies | | Friend | Signs up from the link | Arrives with the referral applied and gets the friend’s offer | | Second friend | Signs up from the same link | Rewards add up, or stop at the cap | | Self-referral | The referrer’s own second account | Caught by your rules: no reward | | New customer | Signs up with no link | Gets the welcome offer, once | | Repeat claim | A customer who tries the welcome code again | Refused, with a clear message | ## Set them up 1. **Create the set in one go**: choose **Add account**, set **How many**, label the batch “Referrals” and tick **Generate persona**. 2. **Sign up the referrer first** and copy their referral link. 3. **Sign up each friend from the link** in a private window, so no session or cookie carries over. 4. **Note on each address who referred it and what it should get**, for example “Referred by k3f9 · expect £10 credit after first order”. ## What to check - **The link survives:** the referral is still attached after email verification and after a pause before the first purchase. - **Rewards land at the right moment:** for both sides, only when the qualifying step happens, such as verifying or a first order. - **Limits hold:** caps, expiry dates and one-per-customer rules. - **Abuse is refused:** self-referrals and repeat claims from the same card, the same device, or the same email with a plus tag (name+2@ reaches the same inbox as name@, so your rules may want to treat it as the same person). - **Take-backs:** cancelling or refunding the qualifying order removes the reward, if your terms say it should. ## The emails to check The invite email if your app sends one, the friend’s welcome offer, “your friend joined”, “you’ve earned a reward” and reward-expiry reminders. A promo code in an email is picked out with a **Copy** button, ready for checkout, and the inbox shows the full email with every link. Use these accounts only to test a referral programme or offer you run or are allowed to test, in development, staging or QA. ## Try it on your next sign-up test Free plan, no credit card. Create an address and watch the code or link arrive. [Create a free account](https://app.proxymail.qa/?mode=signup) ## Questions ### Can I use this to claim offers on other sites? No. Creating accounts to collect sign-up bonuses or referral rewards from services you don't own is fraud, and it breaks our terms. These accounts are for testing your own programme in development, staging or QA. ### Why do I need new addresses each time? Most programmes reward first-time customers only, so an address that has already signed up can't test the new-customer path again. Every Proxy Mail QA address is new and has never received mail, like a real new user's. ### What if my app blocks disposable email domains? Then it may block ours too, which is worth knowing. 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