Hetzner Official New Promotional Link System

***\*Hetzner officially permanently terminated the personal referral program (Referral Program) in 2026\****.

Currently, users can no longer generate new personal referral links in the backend, and old personal links have expired and have been changed to official general discount channels.

If you are a **new user looking to get a registration discount**, or want to understand the official adjustments, you can refer to the following core information:

## 🔄 Policy Change Details

- **Old System Termination**: Hetzner officially announced that starting from **June 15, 2026**, all old personal referral links will be invalid.
- **Referral Bonus Cutoff**: All referral points generated by old links (originally 20 Euros for new users, 10 Euros for referrers) stopped being settled and issued after **August 31, 2026**.
- **Future Direction**: Hetzner officially stated that to simplify services, they will fully transition to **centralized promotional code (Promo Code)** campaigns initiated by the official entity. [[1](https://www.lrob.fr/en/blog/20-euros-free-hetzner-cloud/), [2](https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/216698/hetzner-stopts-with-their-referral-program)]

## 🎁 How New Users Can Get a 20 Euro Discount?

Although personal referral codes are invalid, new users can still try to get special offers through the following methods:

- **Official Discount Page**: Directly visit the Hetzner official website's coupon announcement page to find currently active activation codes.

Redemption Link `https://console.hetzner.com/refer`

## Reminder

After testing on August 31, 2026, the new link can receive a 50 Euro credit. However, it seems to be only applicable to Dedicated Servers. It's unclear if this means only high-end servers can be used, and basic servers cannot be discounted. This remains to be tested.