Get a Free 30-Day Trial of NordVPN With This Free Trial Hack

Are you looking for a risk-free way to try out NordVPN?

While the provider doesn’t offer a free trial period, it does offer a 30-day money-back guarantee, which offers you a risk-free way to try the VPN service without risking any of your hard-earned dough. (I’ll explain how it works shortly.)

NordVPN is one of the best-known and most popular Virtual Private Network (VPN) providers in the industry today.

The provider offers excellent app support, with offerings for most popular device platforms, browser extensions, and comprehensive router support. The provider boasts an impressive global server network, with 5,400+ servers stationed in nearly 60 countries around the globe.

A tiny and quickly-shrinking number of VPN providers offer true free trials. This means you don’t have to pay anything upfront, and don’t pay anything until the free trial period is up. NordVPN does not offer a free trial period, requiring that you pay for at least a one-month subscription before trying the service.

However, you can get that money back, as long as you cancel during the first 30-day period.

In this article, I’ll walk you through signing up for NordVPN and then show you how to cancel your account before the free trial is over.

How To Take Advantage of This NordVPN 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee Hack

Taking advantage of NordVPN’s 30-day money-back guarantee is a totally risk-free proposition. All you need to do is remember to cancel your subscription before the 30-day trial has expired.

Here is how to get a 30-day free trial of NordVPN protection:

1. Visit the NordVPN website and click the “Get NordVPN” button. (Scope out the front page first, though, as NordVPN offers special deals on a regular basis, which offer additional discounts or extra months added onto your subscription term.)

2. Select a plan. You’ll have the option to select a one-month, one-year or two-year subscription plan. Keep in mind that you will have to pay the full amount of the subscription price upfront, so you may want to opt for the one-month subscription deal. While you will get your money back if you cancel before the end of the 30-day period, a one-month subscription will involve the least cash outlay. Then, if you decide to keep your NordVPN subscription, you can change your plan to a cheaper, extended option.

Be aware that NordVPN also offers a “NordPass Premium” password manager and a “NordLocker Premium” cloud storage service. When I selected a subscription option, NordVPN automatically tacked on “NordPass Premium” as an additional cost subscription, so be sure to scroll down and unselect these if you do not want to give them a try. (That really was NOT cool, NordVPN.)

3. Create a NordVPN customer account. You’ll be required to select a method of payment and enter an email address.

The provider accepts a large number of payment types, including credit cards, Google Pay, Amazon Pay, Apple Pay (in the Safari browser on iOS devices and compatible Macs), ACH Transfer, UnionPay, and cryptocurrencies.

4. Once you’ve set up your account, you’ll receive an account creation email. Click the button that says “Activate Your Account.”

5. Create a password for your account.

 

6. Now, this is when you download and install the NordVPN app(s) to your favorite connected device(s). Once the app is installed, you can open it and log in to the NordVPN service. Select a server, connect, and you’re now ready to enjoy your newly protected and enhanced online activities.

7. You can now enjoy up to 30 days of VPN service for “free.”

Remember, you have exactly 30 days to take advantage of the provider’s 30-day money-back guarantee.

In other words, if you subscribe on March 1 at exactly 1:57 p.m. EST, you have until 1:57 p.m. EST on March 31 to cancel and request a refund. (But you might want to start the cancellation process at least an hour before the time limit expires, because it takes at least a few minutes to complete the cancellation process.)

How to Cancel Your NordVPN Subscription

I’m sure that if you use NordVPN for 30 days that you’ll want to keep the service.

However, if you find that NordVPN is simply not for you, it’s easy to cancel your subscription and request a full refund.

To cancel your NordVPN “Free Trial,” do the following.

1. Visit the NordVPN website. Click on “Login” and enter your login details.

2. You’ll be taken to your Nord Account Services page. Click the “Billing” option in the left-hand pane.

3. On the next page, click the “Subscriptions” button.

4. Click the three stacked dots next to the “Change Plan” button. Then click the “Cancel auto-renewal” button that then appears.

5. On the next screen, you’ll be warned that you’re putting your security at risk. Near the bottom of the page, you’ll see “Cancel Auto-Renewal.” Click that.

6. Auto-renewal and any upcoming payments are now canceled.

7. Now, since the refund portion of our program is not automatic, you’ll need to contact NordVPN’s customer service to request your refund.

8. While on the NordVPN website, go to the “Contact Us” page. Here, you can click the “Email Us” button (it opens your default email app, so make sure your default email address is the same one that you used to subscribe to the service).

Or, you can look for and click the speech bubble icon you’ll find in the lower right-hand corner of the browser window. You will have to deal with a chatbot before chatting with a human, so be ready for that.

Whether you request the refund via email or chat, you’ll be asked for a few pieces of information, including your payment method, plan type, the amount you paid and the date of the payment. You’ll then receive a confirmation of the cancelation and the refund. It may take a few days for the refund to be processed.

VPN Money-Back Guarantees

A money-back guarantee, like the one that NordVPN offers, is a great way to try out an online service (like a quality VPN) at no risk for up to 30 days.

Note: There are providers, like CyberGhost, that offer longer money-back periods, but note that CyberGhost’s 45-day money-back guarantee is only available for extended subscription sign-ups. You only have 14 days to get a refund if you subscribe for one month.

Sadly, some VPN providers lure you in with a money-back guarantee and then make it a pain in the butt to get your refund if you cancel your subscription.

Some providers are difficult to contact, hiding their contact information in remote places on their websites.

Some refuse to answer emails or respond to “Contact Us” submissions.

Others will place limits on the length of the money-back guarantee period unless you purchase a certain type of subscription (as mentioned above with CyberGhost).

Still, others may put a limit on refunds, restricting them to certain payment methods.

Happily, reliable VPN providers like NordVPN don’t put any pain-in-the-rear restrictions or “gotchas” on their 30-day money-back guarantee. They’re fairly easy to contact, and they don’t even make you say “please” when you request a refund. (But be polite and say please, okay?)

VPN Free Trials

Some folks may see a money-back guarantee as basically being the same as a free trial.

However, in reality, they are two entirely different animals. While a money-back guarantee requires you to pay upfront, a free trial usually offers a short period of time to try the VPN service without paying.

While at first blush the free trial may seem like the better deal of the two, you should be advised that many free trials have a number of downsides that may actually affect how well you can make an informed decision about the VPN service.

Most free trials only last for a few days. At best, you can squeeze a free week of service from a free trial.

Meanwhile, most reliable VPN providers offer a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Free trials may also limit your server access to a few select servers, and you may be forced to deal with data caps.

Opting for a provider with a money-back guarantee usually gains you access to all of the provider’s global server network and no data caps.

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In Closing

If you’re looking for a reliable VPN provider, but are worried that you won’t like the service you paid for, then you’ll definitely want to take advantage of the 30-day money-back guarantee “hack” that you can use to try out NordVPN and other VPN providers.