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red_drop
2 months agoNew member | Level 2
What exactly makes a referral ineligible?
Hello, I recently invited a friend and a family member to join dropbox and both of them appeared as ineligible for the referral program after installing the desktop app.
I read other threads on the same topic and I can already state that, according to both of them, their e-mail address was never used for a dropbox account and their respective pc never had a dropbox installation previously (but I cannot verify this myself).
I have never shared an ip address with the friend invitee but I may have occasionally used the internet connection of my family member. Nevertheless, I don't think I should be tagged with this ip address in dropbox database. Since the problem occurred with both invitations, I presume it's not linked to the ip address.
Would it be possible to have more details on the reason for ineligibility on the referral page and, ideally, a button to appeal directly there? That would prevent so many users from posting threads here for the same question/problem.
1 Reply
- Megan2 months ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hey red_drop, thanks for posting here today!
There are a number of mechanisms in place to check for any potential misuse of the referral system.However, since I don't have any account-specific visibility and I want to help with this as soon as possible, I reached out to you via email in order for us to investigate further.
Reply back to me, and we'll take it from there.
Thanks a bunch!
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