SumUp - referral code to yourself (free/cheap new card reader)

tommikka

SumUp users may be familiar with SumUps referral links & £50 bonus if your contact buys a card reader etc.

I’ve used that to create an additional account for myself to tidy up my payments for HMRC, I referred myself which gave me half price deals on the new account, but it also worked to be paid a £50 bonus on my original account

I’m small scale, nowhere near MTD, but on self assessment and a second SumUp business account will make my records tidier.

I was previously using the old SumUp lite handset via phone app until it died last year, and then as I have an iPhone can take contactless directly to my phone - but that way I cannot “insert card for PIN”.

With a referral code creating a new account gave me half price hardware, making a SumUp Solo viable at £48 incl VAT, which brings back the ability to insert card and has the bonus of its internal SIM (better chance of a connection getting through at busy events rather than WiFi / phone tethering)

30 days later (SumUp making sure that I don’t send it back) I’m pleasantly surprised that the £50 referral bonus still came through despite being the same person at the same address

Cost £48, bonus £50 giving me a separate account, a card machine, and I’m £2 up !

MyRealNameToo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6667193/sumup-referral-code-to-yourself-free-cheap-new-card-reader

Just dont be too disappointed if they work out in the future that you have referred yourself and they claw back the monies.

Have never had a problem with our iZettle (PayPal POS now) card reader when tethered to our phone… we do have dual sims so can switch network if one has poor reception in the area of the convention centre we've been put for the Xmas market etc.