{"id":81,"date":"2026-08-22T08:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.pro\/cursor-new-account-referral-requirement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T08:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T08:08:10","slug":"cursor-new-account-referral-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/cursor-new-account-referral-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Cursor Referral Discounts Require a New Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most common support questions: \u201cI have a referral link but checkout fails.\u201d In most cases the Cursor account is <strong>not new<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Why old accounts fail<\/h2>\n<p>Cursor referral invites target first-time purchasers. If your account already paid for Pro, Pro+, or Ultra, Cursor redirects away from Stripe referral checkout \u2014 even if you export fresh cookies from the same login.<\/p>\n<h2>What to do instead<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Sign out of Cursor completely (or use a new Chrome profile).<\/li>\n<li>Register with an email never used on Cursor before.<\/li>\n<li>Do <em>not<\/em> purchase any plan until you finish the referral checkout flow.<\/li>\n<li>Export cookies from that new session and try again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Start here: <a href=\"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.pro\/get-started\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get Started \u2014 secure checkout<\/a>. Your credits are only charged when a valid Stripe link is returned.<\/p>\n<h2>Still stuck?<\/h2>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.pro\/faq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAQ<\/a> or use live chat on the site \u2014 include your plan choice and whether the account is brand new.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old Cursor accounts often fail referral checkout. Learn why fresh accounts are required and how to fix no-Stripe errors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycursorreferralcode.com\/\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}