Referral Program Terms

These Referral Program Terms ("Referral Terms") apply to the Soda referral program run by Daytime Consulting. They add to our Terms of Service. By sharing your referral link you agree to them.

In short: refer a dealer: you both get a month free, and you get a free 72-hour boost. There is no limit. Refer 12 dealers, get a year free.

1. How it works

Every eligible company gets one referral code in Settings → Referrals. Employees on a Team plan share their company's code, and each team member also gets their own personal link to it.
You share it with another professional watch business ("Referred Dealer"), for example by copying the link or sending it on WhatsApp, SMS or email with a pre-written message.
The Referred Dealer opens your link (or types your code during the application) and applies, and passes our KYC/KYB verification.
The Referred Dealer gets their first month free, and you earn a free month and a free 72-hour boost once the referral qualifies (section 5).

The rewards, periods and limits in these Referral Terms are the current defaults. The ones that apply are those shown in the Platform when the referral is made.

2. Your referral page

Every referral link opens a personal page on soda.watches that invites the Referred Dealer to apply. It shows your name, profile photo, company name, company logo, country and badges (such as Verified or Founding Member) and the current offer. A company's own link shows the company's Owner (or, if needed, an Admin); a team member's personal link shows that team member. When the link is shared in a messaging app, a preview with the same name and photo or logo may appear.

The page can be seen by anyone who has the link, whether or not they are a member, but it is not listed by search engines. Sharing your link is your choice to show these details to the people you send it to. If you don't want them shown, don't share the link. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle this information. If your company is no longer active, the page instead says that the invite isn't active, and the visitor can still apply without a referral.

3. How a referral is attached

Link. When someone opens an active referral link, we remember the code in a cookie for 30 days (see our Cookie Policy), so it still counts if they look around the site before applying.
Newest link wins, until the application starts. If the same person opens more than one referral link, the most recent one counts, until they start their application (the business details step). From then on, the referral attached to the application is locked and later links do not change it.
Typing the code. An applicant who applies on another device, or never opened a link, can type the code in the Plan step of the application. The applicant can also remove a referral there.
After approval. A code cannot be added after the Referred Dealer's account is approved, although our staff may add one manually where there was a genuine mistake.

4. Who can take part

Referrers must be verified companies in good standing with an active subscription.
Referred Dealers must be new companies on Soda: they must not have had an account, applied, or been verified before, and must not be part of a business that already has an account. Employees joining an existing Team company do not count as referrals.
A Referred Dealer benefits only once, from the code they signed up with.
Staff of Daytime Consulting and their households are not eligible.

5. Qualifying referrals

For the Referred Dealer's free month, the referral must be attached to their application (section 3), and they must be approved after verification.
For your free month and free boost, the Referred Dealer's first real payment to us must succeed (their first paid subscription invoice, after their own free month has ended). You are rewarded when that payment is recorded. This stops people signing up just to get a free month and then cancelling. Nothing is earned if the Referred Dealer is declined or cancels before paying, or if your company has been banned or closed by then.
Reversal after a full refund. If the Referred Dealer's first payment is fully refunded within 30 days of being paid, the free month and free boost you earned from that referral are taken back if you have not used them yet (any part already used stays yours). The referral then shows as reversed, and we tell you. We may also remove rewards under section 8, for example after a chargeback or where we find abuse.
Referrals flagged for review. If our checks flag a referral (section 8), neither the Referred Dealer's free month nor your reward is given until our team has reviewed and approved it. While it is reviewed, the referral stays pending on your referrals page.

You can follow each referral in your referrals page (applied, approved, free month, paid, reward earned, or reversed), together with the total months you have earned and your next payment date. We notify you when someone signs up with your code and when you earn a free month.

6. Rewards: free months

Referred Dealer: one free month. It starts when their account is approved. Their card is saved at signup as usual, and their first charge happens when the free month ends.
Referrer: one free month and one free 72-hour boost for every qualifying referral. There is no limit, and free months stack. Free boosts are counted on your referrals page, do not expire and can be used on any of your listings or auctions; they are never turned into a balance and have no cash value.
Long runs of free months. Our payment provider only lets us move a billing date about two years ahead at a time. Months beyond that stay banked on your account and are applied automatically later.
How a free month works: each free month moves your next billing date back by one month, on monthly and yearly plans alike. If you earn more months while your billing is already pushed back, the date moves back further. We show your new next payment date in your billing settings.
Free months stay on your account while it is active, including if you upgrade from Solo to Team.
Free months have no cash value. They cannot be redeemed for cash, transferred, sold or exchanged with other dealers. If an account is banned for fraud, its unused free months are forfeited.
Rewards may be treated as taxable income in some jurisdictions. You are responsible for any tax.

You may share your link personally with businesses you reasonably believe are professional watch dealers: for example by direct message, email to contacts you know, or on your own business social profiles.

You must not:

send spam or unsolicited bulk messages, or use purchased contact lists;
bid on search ads using our name or trademarks, or create websites or profiles that look like they are operated by us;
make false or misleading statements about Soda, including about pricing, verification or rewards;
offer cash or other incentives to people to sign up with your link; or
post your link on coupon, deal or cashback sites.

Your messages must comply with anti-spam laws that apply to you, such as CAN-SPAM in the United States and CASL in Canada.

8. Fraud and abuse

Referring yourself, another account of your own business, a business under common ownership, or a fake business is not allowed.

Automatic checks flag, they never decide. We compare the new applicant with the referrer on business registration number, tax number, business address, phone numbers (personal and company), email domain, website, business name, payment details, payment card (using the card fingerprint our payment provider gives us, never the card number) and shared team members. A match flags the referral for review by our team; it does not reject the referral or the application automatically. We check when the Referred Dealer is approved and again at their first payment.
While flagged, no reward is given to either side (section 5). Our team then approves the referral, in which case the rewards follow as normal, or rejects it, in which case no reward is given.
We may withhold or reverse free months and free boosts, close referral eligibility or suspend accounts where we reasonably suspect abuse, including duplicate accounts, collusion or manipulation of qualifying conditions. Our decision on whether a referral qualifies is final, subject to applicable law.

9. Changes and ending the program

We may change these Referral Terms or the rewards, or end the program, at any time. Changes do not affect free months already earned for referrals that qualified before the change. If we end the program we will honour referrals that qualify within 30 days after the announcement.

10. Contact

Questions about referrals: contact us through Help & support or our contact form.