Referral program

A referral program is a program for acquisition of new Yandex Cloud customers through distribution of referral links. The links are unique and allow for partner identification. A partner who has acquired a customer gets a commission for the customer's paid resource consumption.

Program participants:

• Referrer: Partner company that refers customers to Yandex Cloud. Only a legal entity or individual entrepreneur that is a resident of the Russian Federation can be a referrer.
• Referral: Acquired customer. This can be either a business or an individual.

Participating in the referral programParticipating in the referral program

To participate in the referral program:

1. Get a partner status.

2. Generate a referral link:

   1. Log in to the partner portal.

   2. At the top of the screen, switch to the referral program.

   3. Create a referral link:

      1. Go to the Referral links tab.
      2. Click Create link.
      3. Enter a link name and click Create.

3. Share the link with the customer:

   1. Click Invite next to your link.
   2. Enter the customer's email address and click Send.

When the customer signs up using your link, meeting the terms and conditions, you will get a commission based on the amount of resources consumed by the customer.

Partner portalPartner portal

You can manage referral links and withdraw commissions for referrals on the partner portal in the Referral program section. To go to this section, switch to the referral program at the top of the screen.

In this section, you will find the following information:

• Referral bonus amount available for withdrawal.
• Statistics for the whole period of your participation in the referral program: number of registrations and created billing accounts, bonus total.
• Referrer company data.
• Referral links tab. List of referral links with current statuses and relevant statistics. Here, you can create new links and edit existing ones.
• Referrals tab. List of your customers who have used the referral link, registered in Yandex Cloud, and created a billing account.
• Bonus tab. Commission accrual history.
• Payments tab. Commission withdrawal history.

Referral sign-up conditionsReferral sign-up conditions

The following are eligible for the referral program:

• New users. A user is considered new if they have not previously signed up for Yandex Cloud.
• Users inactive for over 32 days. A user is considered inactive if their account status was Suspended and they did not consume any resources of the services for over 32 days.

A referrer will get a commission provided that a referral:

1. Follows the referral link, signs up for Yandex Cloud, and creates a billing account.

   When using a referral link for sign-up:

   • If the user closes the browser and then re-opens the same link, the sign-up will be accepted. However, if the user opens the URL without using the referral link, the sign-up will not be accepted.
   • If the user lacks some information at sign-up (phone number or Yandex email address), the registration will be accepted only after the user has supplied the missing information and resumed signing up for Yandex Cloud.
   • If the user closes the tab and opens the console without using the referral link, e.g., https://console.yandex.cloud, the sign-up will not be accepted.

2. Consents to sharing their consumption information with the referrer for a period of 12 months. The referrer will only see the referral's total consumption figures. This is necessary to ensure the transparency of commissions.

The referrer and referral do not sign any additional agreements for providing Yandex Cloud services.

If the conditions above are not met, the customer is not considered a referral program participant. In this case, you will not get a commission for this customer.

Acquired referral commissionAcquired referral commission

Commission amountCommission amount

A partner commission amounts to 10% of sales to referrals, including VAT, but no more than ₽100,000 per customer per month. You can track the consumption figures of your referral customers in your partner portal profile.

Commission payment period per referralCommission payment period per referral

A commission for a referral is paid within 12 months of their sign-up via the referral link.

Commission accrualCommission accrual

A commission is accrued once a month when Yandex Cloud receives payment for the resources consumed by the referral. If a customer did not consume or pay for Yandex Cloud resources, no commission will be paid.

How to withdraw your commissionHow to withdraw your commission

The minimum withdrawable commission is ₽500. There are two ways to withdraw your commission:

1. The commission amounts to 10% of sales to referrals, including VAT.

   If you apply the general tax system, the commission will include 20% VAT. You will get an invoice and a report with VAT stated separately to enable you to pay VAT to the budget.
   If you apply the simplified tax system, the commission is not subject to VAT.

2. Transfer the commission amount to a grant and use it to pay for Yandex Cloud services.

You can withdraw your commissions credited as rebates through the partner portal:

1. Log in to the partner portal.

2. At the top of the screen, switch to the referral program.

3. Click Withdraw.

4. Specify the amount to withdraw.

5. Select the destination for the withdrawal:

   • Grant. The funds will be credited as a grant to the cloud billing account.
   • Bank account. The funds will be transferred to the bank account specified in the partner agreement.

6. Click Transfer.