FORGE U.S. Referral Program Terms

Effective only while the referral program is publicly enabled.
Version date: August 15, 2026

These Referral Program Terms (“Referral Terms”) govern the United States FORGE referral program operated by Mediator Solutions LLC.

The referral program is not active merely because these terms or related product copy exist. These Referral Terms become operative for a participant only when FORGE actually presents an active referral link, code, invitation, or other referral mechanism capable of producing a reward.

These Referral Terms supplement the FORGE Terms of Service. If the referral surface presents additional offer-specific terms, those specific terms also apply.

1. Basic offer

Under the currently defined U.S. referral program:

• an existing eligible FORGE customer may refer a new customer using the referral mechanism supplied by FORGE;
• the referred customer must begin a qualifying paid FORGE base subscription;
• the referred customer must remain actively paid for seven consecutive days;
• once the referral qualifies, the referring customer receives $5 off one base-service renewal and the referred customer receives $5 off the referred customer’s second base month or the equivalent next qualifying base renewal displayed by the Service.

The reward is a one-time base-service discount. It is not cash, stored value, wallet balance, general account credit, a gift card, or a payment instrument.

2. Eligibility of the referrer

To earn a referral reward, the referring customer must:

• have a legitimate FORGE account in good standing;
• use a referral link, code, or mechanism actually issued or recognized by FORGE;
• comply with the Terms and Acceptable Use Policy;
• not use fraud, deception, spam, or artificial account creation;
• remain eligible to receive a base-service discount at the time the reward is applied.

A person does not gain a right to a referral reward by merely telling someone about FORGE if the qualifying referral mechanism was not used or the system cannot reasonably attribute the referral.

3. Eligibility of the referred customer

A referred customer qualifies only if the customer:

• is a genuinely new paid base subscriber for the applicable offer;
• completes a valid paid subscription through an authorized checkout flow;
• remains in an actively paid status for seven consecutive days after the qualifying paid subscription begins;
• does not reverse, dispute, refund, or invalidate the payment during the qualification period;
• is not a duplicate or sham account created primarily to generate a reward;
• satisfies any reasonable fraud, account, or geographic eligibility checks applied to the program.

4. Seven-day qualification period

The seven-day qualification period is intended to prevent a reward from being generated by a payment that is immediately cancelled, reversed, refunded, disputed, fraudulent, or otherwise invalid.

A referral may remain marked as pending while the qualification period is running.

If the underlying qualifying subscription ceases to be actively paid before seven consecutive days are completed, the referral does not qualify unless the failure resulted from a documented billing-system error that is later corrected.

5. Reward application

Once a referral qualifies, FORGE may apply the reward automatically to the next eligible base renewal or otherwise show the discount in the billing system.

The exact timing may depend on billing-cycle timing and the payment provider. A reward does not require us to create a negative balance, cash payment, or transferable credit if there is no eligible base renewal to which the discount can be applied.

If an account is cancelled before the reward can be applied, the unused reward has no cash-redemption value unless applicable law requires otherwise.

6. Base service only

A referral reward applies only to the base FORGE subscription unless the referral surface expressly says otherwise.

The discount does not ordinarily apply to:

• +2 user capacity;
• +1 concurrent business capacity;
• website add-ons;
• taxes;
• enterprise services;
• custom work;
• third-party fees;
• other add-ons or usage charges.

7. No cash or transferable value

Referral rewards:

• cannot be withdrawn as cash;
• cannot be transferred to another person or account;
• cannot be exchanged for a gift card;
• do not accrue interest;
• are not a deposit account or stored-value account;
• have no value outside the qualifying FORGE billing transaction.

8. No self-referral or artificial referrals

You may not obtain referral rewards through manipulation, including:

• referring yourself through another email address;
• using a business entity you control solely to trigger a second reward without a genuine new customer relationship;
• creating fake or disposable accounts;
• using stolen or unauthorized payment methods;
• coordinating circular referrals whose primary purpose is to manufacture discounts;
• using bots, scripts, account farms, or mass account creation;
• purchasing your own referral through misleading attribution;
• inducing a chargeback after a reward is applied in bad faith.

We may investigate patterns reasonably indicating referral abuse and may withhold, reverse, or invalidate a reward associated with abuse.

9. Sharing referral links

You may share your referral link with people or businesses you reasonably believe may be interested in FORGE.

You may not distribute referral links through:

• unlawful spam;
• deceptive or misleading advertising;
• impersonation;
• phishing;
• unsolicited bulk messaging that violates applicable law or platform rules;
• claims that you are an employee, agent, or authorized representative of Mediator Solutions unless that is actually true;
• false claims about pricing, guaranteed results, product capabilities, or the terms of the reward.

You are responsible for your own marketing and communications law compliance.

10. Public promotion and paid advertising

Unless we expressly authorize it in writing, the referral program is intended for ordinary customer referrals and not for a person to create a misleading paid advertising campaign that appears to be an official FORGE advertisement.

You may accurately identify yourself as a FORGE customer or user where true, but must not imply sponsorship, endorsement, agency, employment, or partnership that does not exist.

11. Duplicate attribution

If multiple referral links, codes, affiliates, promotions, or marketing channels could claim the same new customer, FORGE may apply a reasonable attribution method based on the referral mechanism recorded by the Service or payment flow.

We are not required to pay or apply multiple referral rewards for the same qualifying new subscription unless the offer expressly says rewards can be stacked.

12. Discounts and stacking

Referral rewards may not be combined with another promotion where the checkout, promotion, or billing system states that offers cannot be combined.

If multiple eligible discounts exist, FORGE may apply them in a reasonable sequence. The existence of multiple discounts does not require us to reduce a charge below zero.

13. Returns, refunds, reversals, and chargebacks

If a qualifying payment is refunded, reversed, charged back, found fraudulent, or otherwise invalidated, a related referral reward may be cancelled or reversed to the extent it has not already been validly consumed.

If a reward was applied because of our system error, we may correct the billing record prospectively or issue a replacement charge or credit where appropriate, provided we do not engage in an unfair or deceptive billing practice.

14. Taxes

You are responsible for determining whether a referral reward creates any tax, accounting, reporting, or recordkeeping obligation for you.

FORGE does not provide tax advice. We may collect or report information when legally required.

15. Program modification

We may modify, pause, or end the referral program prospectively.

We will not intentionally cancel a reward that already fully qualified under the then-current rules solely to avoid honoring it. However, a reward remains subject to fraud review, payment validity, billing-system correction, and these Referral Terms.

Changes may include:

• reward amount;
• qualification period;
• eligible markets;
• eligible plans;
• attribution method;
• program availability;
• anti-abuse controls.

An updated offer applies to referrals initiated after its effective date unless the notice states otherwise.

16. Program suspension

We may suspend a participant from the referral program if we reasonably suspect:

• fraud;
• spam;
• deceptive marketing;
• self-referral abuse;
• payment abuse;
• Terms or AUP violations;
• security abuse;
• manipulation of the referral system.

Where appropriate, we may request additional information before reinstating eligibility.

17. No employment or agency relationship

Participating in the referral program does not make you an employee, contractor, broker, franchisee, agent, partner, reseller, or representative of Mediator Solutions.

You have no authority to bind Mediator Solutions or make warranties on our behalf.

18. No guarantee of program availability

The referral program may not be available in every market, account, platform, or time period. A referral link may be disabled if the program is paused or discontinued.

A screenshot, old email, source file, or historical offer does not guarantee that the program remains open.

19. Errors

We may correct clerical, technical, attribution, or billing errors in the referral program.

If you believe a referral was incorrectly denied or attributed, contact us with the referral information reasonably available to you. We may require account verification before discussing another person’s subscription status.

20. Privacy

Referral processing may involve the referrer’s referral identifier and information about whether a referred account satisfied qualification conditions. We do not need to disclose the referred customer’s confidential billing details to the referrer in order to confirm whether the referral qualified.

Personal information is handled according to the FORGE Privacy Policy.

21. Governing terms

The FORGE Terms of Service govern matters not specifically addressed here, including warranty disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law, venue, account security, and general contract provisions.

22. Contact

Mediator Solutions LLC

Email: [email protected]