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NordVPN: 96% Cashback (Uncapped) for New VPN Plan Customers @ Cashrewards

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For those who decided to sit on the previous occassions;

IT’S BACK! https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/708881

Last time, I paid ~$7 for 2 years of VPN after cashback.

Deal ends 11:59pm Monday 16 Jan

Please READ this before you purchase:

  1. Use the Cashrewards mobile app for best tracking results. Personally, I never had an instance where it didn’t track with Cashrewards app.

  2. Before you purchase NordVPN, make sure you scrolled down and Nord didn’t add any add-on products with additional costs (some add-ons are automatically ticked, ensure it is unticked). Your price should be USD$83.76 for 2 year standard Plan.

  3. If it isn't, you probably have default location as Australia, change to non-GST countries such as US. Personally, I used post code/zip code ‘90210’. GST component is excluded from the cashback.

FAQ:
When do I get tracking email?
o Based on my previous experience, you will get cashreward tracking email within 1 hour. If you don’t get this within a day, something has gone wrong, enjoy for few more days and cancel for a full refund

When do I get paid?
o Up to 90 days, should be 6 to 8 weeks. I got mine within 9 weeks.

How do they classify ‘New customer’
o It is based on your email address, if you had one before even free trials, use new/another email address.

Some use cases;
o Youtube premium Argentina (only once off required during sign up) - please search for previous posting for more details
o Netflix Turkey (only once off required during sign up) - please search for previous posting for more details. I've been redeeming Turkey gift cards as payment method.
o Netflix US or UK contents (VPN required at the time of viewing). Loving some movies that aren't in Australia. e.g. Park Chan Wook's latest movie 'Decision to Leave' is on Netflix if you go to set your location to Korea
o BBC iPlayer (VPN required at the time of viewing). I've been watching FA Cup on BBC iPlayer.
o US Peacock TV: love some content there. Also, Poker Face (Rian Johnsons' new murder mystery) will be on Peacock.

Also, refer to TA's comment from the previous post
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/704547#comment-12225735

I have no affiliation with CR or Nord, so please try not to PM me when you have issues.

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  • +2

    Hey guys, and thanks for posting the deal superbass. These tips will help :)

    A new customer is defined by NordVPN, and nothing to do with your Cashrewards account. Simply use a new email address at their end, the same Cashrewards account as always, and you're good to go.

    Click 'Shop Now' or 'Shop Offer' and buy - don't click away to other sites looking for codes and don't use any 3rd party plugins. Best to use the Cashrewards mobile app on 4G/5G as this eliminates potential issues with WiFi/router firewalls etc. Tracking for NordVPN typically takes 1-4 hours.

    Remove any up-sold products from your cart such as NordPass & NordLocker as they are ineligible for cashback.

    A tip from comments in previous posts is to select a country with no GST to save further at checkout as GST is ineligible for cashback.

    And finally please remember you have the safety net of NordVPN's 30-day money back guarantee should tracking fail. All the best :)

    • Dammit. I got the NORD Complete bundle which contained a password manager and storage which turned out is called NordPass and NordLocker (but it does not say so in the page). How do I get my money refunded so I can do it again?

      • With a difference email (maybe even different card as well) you could

        • Just trying to work out if I can just ask NORd to remove the package I got to be the NORD STANDARD one and refund me the difference and if that will be ok for Cash Back or if I should just cancel the whole thing with a full refund and do it all again with a different email.

          • +1

            @danielh: They cant. They will just offer to issue you a full refund and offer you a coupon. Dont use that coupon they give you as then you will void your cash back.

            Use a new email and start fresh joining up again and select standard

            • @Sammyboy: Thanks. Yeah I just got off talking to a rep who was online. Annoying as the email I used was a main one. I got the coupon plus one month from them which I will promptly ignore.

      • +1

        pretty sure they do 30day money back- just refund on that account, and start over on a new account?

      • -1

        Nord VPN (as well as others such as LastPass) have had data breaches in the past.

        I'd avoid using them for password management and utilise something like 1passsord who are very dedicated to security or an open source option such as bitwarden.

    • I simply use another browser dedicated to cashback sites - works for me and simple as.

      Douse a phone app occasionally but much prefer a full sized screen for my old eyes.

  • personally, looking for a vpn for playing game, any good recommendations? tried exitlag pretty decent , but the price is just too much.

    • hopefully one of the users can comment on this. I don't play games (anymore), so not qualified to comment.

      • +1

        i do have nord (from the 90% cashback deal). And i felt like my internet lost its "snappiness" when i have it on. Amazon doesnt work anymore for me, and youtube, google, takes about extra second to load. sometimes it wont even load for couple second. but if i turned it off, it is perfect fine again. so idont know if i want to keep use it o.0
        i guess bottom line for how much it cost, i better off keep it, while looking for some alternative xD

        • +1

          I'm no expert but I think the speed is the same but the latency is reduced hence things take a second to load after you click on it but the loading should be at about the same speed.

    • +1

      Have you tried Mudfish? It's cheap and they have monthly and quota based. I got 150ms in Lost Ark back then.

      • i have mudfish, i really like their quota based system, but sadly the game i play doesn't work too well on the client, its all community based server now, and mudfish has to have the server list for that game updated to keep up with the change and i just dont know how to do it.

    • +2

      Why do you want a VPN to play games?

      • +3

        for some reason, the server i connect to has way higher pings than it should. Also feels way more unstable connection without VPN.
        its just really bad when it comes to west-aus when the server are overseas, the routing is super bad, and the undersea cable is always down………….

        • But the VPN will route the same way, except you'll have extra hops?

    • Found that Nord will give better pings when using Aussie server than without VPN for Genshin.

    • I use to use Windscribe all the time for gaming, no complaints and you can clearly see the ping for each of their servers. Mind if I ask which game you are playing? And what region are you trying to connect it to.

      • yah only as good as your isp and server you are connecting to is , in general.
        No point leaving on all the time unless very paradoid, commonly know it slows everything down.

        • Surprisingly I think Windscribe is doing a very good job at speed and latency. I used to leave it on all day just to do the ping test. The pings to my local servers hardly spike at all and because they use different hops compare to my ISP, I can actually see faster pings to certain overseas areas. The only downside is I can't get the full speed (I was on 1000mbps) through my local node, but still able to get around 300mbps or above most of the time.

          • @VoidIvory: yeah no doubt.. same here with nord. A speed test is one thing but depnds how snappy it is multi tasking with it on all day.

  • +1

    I use a Nordvpn Brisbane server pretty much permanently for getting good international speeds through my Vocus connection. They seem to use GSL networks for the local Brisbane servers which are brilliant.

    • There are GSL and Host Universe, all nodes start with 600 seems to be using GSL, which is the good connection, and anything start with a 700 uses host universe which is the long route.

      • I thought that too but some of the 7's are GSL and 5's as well.

        For example #797 and #585

  • -5

    It is worst vpn ever didnt get me access to anything in india or usa. When i turn it on the speed dropped and google still identified by current location as sydney as did other websites that i needed local access for. It was waste of money.

    • +2

      99% of VPN companies are out of India. google should give you a background.
      It should work in US. never had an issue. (you should contact support if you have an issue connecting to US server)

      • Surfshark, PureVPN, Express all support India via other locations

    • Use surfshark. No issues at all with Indian virtual server. Able to watch Hotstar Disney+ and also few days back subcribed to Zee5 for Rs699 for a year thru surfshark.

    • Doesn't sound right, I connect to USA all the time when using the HBO app on Google TV. Will jump on another of these deals once my current 3y nordvpn sub expires, works great.

  • Newbie to Cashrewards and NordVPN here. Please confirm if I'm understanding this correctly:

    1. Click through cashrewards to nordvpn. Select plan (I'd choose the 2 year plan $198 for 2 years, currently 57% off so is now $83.76 payment, plus GST.
    2. cashrewards returns (96%-57%=39%) $77.22 within 90 days to my cashrewards account leaving the total cost at $6.54 (plus GST of around $8).

    Correct?

    • Select another country on checkout to avoid the GST component.

      • Yes, I understand that, but is the rest of what I said correct?

        • Yes this is correct. I signed up and got my Cashrewards cashback after about one or two months. I then successfully transferred the money to my Paypal account.
          Make sure you receive your Cashrewards tracking confirmation email within 24 hours otherwise something has gone wrong.
          Also as people have said before either use the mobile app or a browser on your computer with all Ad Blockers and DNS blockers disabled, as this will allow the affiliate marketing cookies to track your purchase.

      • Cashback only for Australia I would have thought.

        • Works when selecting any country.

          • @vodamerc: Yeah may try that next time if i remember
            when it's this cheap it doesn't make too much diff

            • @G-rig: Well it’s about $5 total cost vs $16 if you pay the gst as there’s no cashback on it

  • +2

    I’ve been using these guys since the last deal, about 6 months ago.

    I regularly stream 4K with US servers, and it’s been 95% reliable. Any little buffering issues (very few) quickly clean up and get back to 4K.

    I haven’t noticed any downtime.

    I’ve been very happy for something that is almost free!

  • +1

    Finally. I jumped on purevpn with the 100% cashback but its so slow its terrible. Pity there is nothing for Getflix which was one of the few vpns that worked for Witcher 3.
    Stupidly didn't realise premium meant everything was ticked. Luckily they have the 30 day refund guarantee. Jumped on chat and they processed the refund.

    Anyone else end up with a blank screen on the cash rewards app after the purchase? Then I see the emails for the purchase coming in, but the app screen still stays blank

    • +1

      Yeah I jumped on the PureVPN one last time too, and its slow as hell. Was very disappointed.

      • +1

        I was just running a few tests with SpeedTest.com after installing a few open VPN client profiles on my Asus Router
        1. No VPN: Down: 108.86 Up: 37.24
        2. NORD (AU): Down 19.47 Up 19.43
        3. NORD (US): Down 7.47 Up 3.64
        4. Privado (AU-Syd): Down 18.85 Up 18.27

        Is this typical of NORD in Australia? My Privado VPN is free (as I subscribe to Easynews) so I had no other point of reference.

        • Just run the app and test
          My rog router has a VPN too but haven't bothered with safety it up at the router, may cause other issues. Easy to turn the VPN on using the app if you're going to dodgy sites

        • I got similar results. I remember ExpressVPN going above 50mbps. I used the trial and cancelled. Very expensive though.

    • Yeah same, had a blank screen, processing payment animation just disappeared and all went white. Received the order confirmation via email though. Just refreshed Cashrewards window and next page came up saying payment successful and next steps to setup. Hope it will track.

  • Please note that there are three types of bundles:
    1. Nord Complete (US$143.76 (AU$234.04) for 2 years) - Has Password Manager + Data Breach Scanner + 1TB encrypted cloud storage
    2. Nord Plus (US$107.76 for 2 years) - Has Password Manager + Data Breach Scanner
    3. Nord Standard (US$83.76 for 2 years)

    I would recommend just getting Nord Standard but with the 96% back offer, getting Nord Complete might be tempting as the real cost is AU$9.30 for 2 years (after cashback). This is the one that I got (by accident).

    EDIT: ONLY SELECT NORD STANDARD!!!!!!

    I primarily got this because my existing free VPN does not have Wireguard and since I an traveling overseas next week, I thought I'd add in a speedier Wireguard VPN to my GL-AR750 travel router.

    • Ahhh lol. I finally got the Nord Standard version and was about to work out how to install NORD Lynx (Wireguard) on my GL-AR750 and now discovered that it is incredibly difficult to do unless I have access to a Linux ubunto VM and the requisite skills to run the various terminal jobs and even then THAT is not guaranteed to work consistently.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY0fxTfi_us <— YouTube instructions on how to do it.

      I don't suppose anyone else has had a good experience with NordLynx (Wireguard) here? I am hoping to be told that my information is out of date and Nord has made it incredibly easy to install NordLynx on routers like the GL-AR750.

      Good thing is that the Tax Invoice is incredibly easy to generate from the Nord site so at least I can claim my money back.

  • +2

    Just be aware the Cashback takes forever to come through.
    Signed up for this deal in early November and still waiting for funds to become available.

    • Mine took 9 weeks, so you should be getting it some time this month

    • That's pretty standard, at least 75 days isn't it

  • I wish there was a deal for Nord complete

    • It's for all plans, so Nord complete is good for cashback sa well

      • Not from what TA was implying above (to be eligible for cashback). That is why I just went ahead and got a refund. If it IS eligible for cashback then I just wasted a good email and 30 minutes getting my money back.

        Can someone please reconfirm.

        • +2

          @Aftos @superbass @danielh

          Cashback is eligible only on the VPN component for all plans, but not on any up-sold products. As per the NordVPN terms on the Cashrewards website:

          Cashback is eligible for new NordVPN customers only.

          Cashback is eligible only on NordVPN plans, and not on any up-sold products such as NordPass & NordLocker.

          Cashback may be ineligible if using codes not listed on Cashrewards, and ineligible on any payments made with Crypto currency.

          Cashback is calculated and paid on the advertised cost of the plan only. It will not include any GST, taxes, credit card or PayPal surcharges.

          The amount that tracks to your Cashrewards account may differ to the paid amount due to international exchange rates. Your initial payment is converted to USD, then converted back to AUD when reported to us. The advertised cashback rate is based on the reported amount, not the paid amount. Cashrewards has no control over this process.

        • Sorry my bad. Didn't read TCs In full

  • https://www.techadvisor.com/article/1459604/nordvpn-no-logs-…

    I’ve been using NordVPN for the past few years. I still don’t know how they make money with deals like this (and all the regular deals you see YouTuber promotes)

  • +6

    I thought Nord is bad because of the data breach that took them 17 months to report?

    • +3

      As with everything, ask yourself how do they manage to almost constantly give their service away for basically free?

      I’d suggest reading checking this subreddit out https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/ to find a good vpn provider.

      • VPNs were talked about on a recent WAN Show by Linus Tech Tips. They ran the numbers and found that once you get enough users, the profit margin was absolutely huge; that is how they can throw money around with sponsorships and deals like this.

        They actually had their own VPN service up and running in testing but in the end decided to can it after their lawyers told them about the headaches they'd be gving themselves.

    • Lol that they offer a data breach scanner service as part of Nord complete

  • +1

    thanks all. got 2 yrs standard plan.

    now to see if it gets tracked in cashrewards otherwise will need to get the money back.

    • Got my email that it was being tracked about 30 mins after I paid.

      • +1

        thanks. got mine now.

  • Good, but I find sometimes Google etc see through it and getting you to be recognised as being in Turkey/Argentina doesn't always work.

    But effective & super cheap

    • I normally use Nord VPN extension through Firefox. All good experience for turkey and Argentina

      • Thanks in advance. How to get turkey Netflix giftcard?

        By the way,the standard plan is increased this morning to $100.xx

  • Does cancelling auto-renewal have any effect to CR? The cashback was tracked successfully.

    • I cancelled auto renew straight and didn't impact cashback

  • Fantastic thanks, did poop myself when the price blew out by $30 due to me changing the country of origin to save GST

    • Sorry to hear that you poop yourself..

  • I tried signing up through the cashrewards app, put through the credit card details, but from there the page in the cashrewards app timed/out remains blank.

    Not sure what to do from here. I received an email with the receipt and a welcome email, but no login/setup details. Any thoughts @tightarse ?

    • +1

      If I was you, I would await for tracking email to see if it comes today. If not, cancel.

    • +3
      1. Look at the Order Receipt email, on the bottom there should be a link to "manage your subscription HERE".
      2. Click on the 'HERE' and it will load up the page were it asks you for your email address and then will send you the special code to activate your account.
      3. Enter in that 6 digit number on the website (taken from the email)
      4. Then you will be prompted to enter in a password
      5. You can then start using the product
      • THIS!

      • Awesome, thanks for your help! All up and running and cash back tracked

  • Bought standard plan and Nordvpns reward is not appearing in my cashrewards account and there is no "SEND A CLAIM" button for NORDVPN in my click history, send help please!

    • when did you buy this?

      • 10minutes ago, my cashrewards email is different from the one i used at NORDVPN, can this be the reason?

        • +1

          Please refer to the post description…
          Wait an hour for the tracking..

  • You have Indian server?

  • Anyone knows how to cancel subscription?

    • +2

      Answering my own question….

      1) https://nordvpn.com/contact-us/
      2) Use the live chat bot to request for a refund.
      3) They will ask why are you looking for a refund?
      4) Then, they will proceed to process your refund.
      5) Was told that the refund will appear back to your account in 5 working days.
      6) Thank them for their help
      7) And a chat transcript will appear in your email account.
      8) End chat, and do survey. Thank you.

  • +1

    Thanks OP, great guide.

    Just a headsup for anyone needs VPN for Netflix like me. Just purchased this VPN to test but it does NOT work for the NEW Netflix account (recently registered, like the Turkey deal). There is a error code F7111-5095 "Your account can't be used in this location…".The old Netflix account still work with a good VPN (for US content).

    My guess Netflix has geo-restriction for newly created accounts and it is not an issue of VPN.

    • do you have an existing netflix account?
      Previously, I used Aus based account, which I used VPN to redeem Netflix Turkey giftcard.

  • +3

    This vs Surfshark?

    • BBC iPlayer. Migrated from Surfshark due to frequent pesky BBC 'you're not in the UK' blocks. No probs with Nord.

  • I did this deal last time in april, cash rewards they didn't pay out. I did everything right, cash rewards are reaching out to them but probably been burnt

    • didnt track or tracked with CR but not paid? I never had a case it was tracked and paid out with CR.

      • It tracked and got declined

  • Nordvpn or Cyberghost, which is better?

    • I have both. I don't often use Cyberghost but was testing it last night on BBC iPlayer. Cyberghost app has a nicer interface but it had to stop to buffer about once every 30 mins. With Nord it was smooth. But that's just a single use case YMMV

      • How much are the others lol
        Hardly need worry for the price and Nord good anyway

  • Currently have a shared nord account finding it hard to connect to areas even in australia or using quick connect. Is this normal?

    • no. that isn't normal

  • they've been having issues VPN-ing out of china for a while now… no end in sight.

  • Thanks for sharing I was waiting for this.

  • +2

    Please be warned! My experience:

    Jumped on this deal on 5th October last year.

    Cashrewards/NordVPN are making it INCREDIBLY difficult for me to claim my cashback.

    Cashback was tracked and “pending” then it suddenly disappeared showing “$0 cashback” then I emailed Cashrewards to see what was going on and they explained NordVPN said it was not a tracked purchase.

    Contacted NordVPN who CONFIRMED the transaction and that it was tracked (showing them proof it was tracked by Cashrewards) and now it’s still pending awaiting approval.

    Back and forth emails to both sides, not worth the hassle - hopefully I get it approved soon. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

    So be warned.

  • Not sure if this is worth the exercise. So buyers please be aware.

    @mods @tightarse many people here are facing CB issues with nord, it's worthwhile to investigate into this before posting it as a deal here.

    -First, my cashback didn't track.
    -When complained, it was added to the account incorrectly
    -complained again, but it was never changed to reflect the accurate CB
    -the approved by date has passed already, was supposed to be approved by 2 weeks back but it's showing pending.
    -contacted again 6 days back but yet to receive a response from CR

  • I'm happy with Nord, turn it on for when I need it. No brainer for the price with these cashback deals. Will look for a similar deal in a few months when my 3y plan is up.

    The app works great on Google TV as well, connect to USA for HBO, no buffering for 4k.

    Also good tip to cancel auto-renewal in the website account settings - mate got charged recently when still had a few months to go and had to get on the chat and get it refunded.

    People having issues with cashback should use the mobile app - I never have any issues and tracks straight away. Web browsers could have other ad blockers and stuff that cause issues. otherwise just submit a claim.

  • How to do this? My price for standard is showing as 100.56 plus GST. I can change the country to US which removes the GST but price remains as USD 100.56?
    How do others get USD$83.76?

    • When selecting your tax country, change it from Australia to a place like USA and add in the post code 90210. The added GST will then be removed.

    • +1

      It seems like the price went up.

  • I use a free one called geckovpn. I get virtually the same download speed as without. Every other VPN I have tried is a lot slower. Even VPN unlimited when using the torrent connection is really slow. Turn it on and off as I need it.

    • +1

      When it's free you could the product. Please read the pricacy policy thoroughly and enlighten us if you come across eureka

      • Like this is any different with the huge cashback?

        • This is to get people onto a recurring subscription, it's different.

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