{"id":18,"date":"2026-08-13T20:33:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.pro\/how-cursor-referral-discounts-work\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T20:33:39","slug":"how-cursor-referral-discounts-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/how-cursor-referral-discounts-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cursor referral discounts actually work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you have been hunting for a &#8220;Cursor coupon code&#8221; to paste at checkout, here is the important thing to understand: Cursor referral discounts are attached to an <strong>invite link<\/strong>, not to a promo-code field.<\/p>\n<h2>The invite link is the coupon<\/h2>\n<p>A Cursor referral URL looks like <code>https:\/\/www.cursor.com\/referral?code=YOURCODE<\/code>. The code lives in the URL as a parameter. When you open that link and start an upgrade, Cursor recognizes the referral and applies the offer automatically \u2014 commonly 50% off your first month of Pro.<\/p>\n<h2>Why there is no coupon box<\/h2>\n<p>Because the discount is carried by the link, Cursor does not show a separate &#8220;enter code&#8221; field on Stripe. The price you see on the Stripe checkout page already reflects the referral if it was applied correctly.<\/p>\n<h2>How to make sure it applied<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Open the invite link first, then choose your plan.<\/li>\n<li>Confirm the discounted amount on the Stripe checkout screen before you pay.<\/li>\n<li>Referrals are intended for new signups \u2014 existing paid accounts may not be eligible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That is the whole trick: use the invite link, then verify the price on Stripe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cursor referral offers are attached to an invite link \u2014 not typed into a coupon box. Here is exactly how the discount is applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guides"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}