Uber Eats Referral Program - How to Invite Friends

Under the Uber Eats referral program, an existing user shares a referral code with a friend or family member, and once the person referred completes their first order, both sides receive credit. You can view and share your referral code from the invite-and-earn screen in the app.

The amount of credit varies with the campaign running at the time, but it is typically somewhere around 1,000 to 2,000 yen each for the referrer and the person referred. The credit is applied automatically to your next order, so there is nothing special to do. There may also be a cap on how many people you can refer, so check the current terms in the app.

• Share it on social media: Posting your code on Twitter (X), Instagram, or Facebook reaches a wide audience
• Send it directly in a messaging app: Codes sent straight to a friend over LINE or iMessage tend to get used at a higher rate
• Share it in a group chat: Posting in a work or hobby group chat reaches several people at once
• Put it on your blog or personal site: If you have a site of your own, working the code naturally into an article is effective too

When you share your code, attaching the concrete benefit - a specific amount off the first order - raises the odds someone actually uses it. Rather than pasting the bare code, add a line about your own experience with the service and it becomes far more persuasive.

For referral credit to be granted, the person referred must be on a new account and must complete a first order. Someone who has created an account in the past may not count as new even if they never placed an order. The referral code also has to be entered before the first order; it cannot be applied after the fact.

Credit is granted at the moment the referred person's first order completes. If that order is canceled, no credit is granted - worth keeping in mind. Granted credit usually carries an expiration date, so check the expiry on the wallet screen and make a point of using it up in time.

The key to maximizing the referral program is finding people who have never used Uber Eats. A friend who has just moved, someone starting their first job, an acquaintance who has just begun living alone - people looking for a reason to try a delivery service are the ones most likely to take you up on it.

It also helps to describe your own experience specifically. A real anecdote - "I ordered from a place down the road last week and it arrived in 30 minutes and was delicious" - raises the other person's appetite for trying it. The key to sharing a referral code is keeping the stance firmly at "here is a good deal I found" rather than anything resembling a hard sell.