Terms of use

1. Who we are

SKUD VPN is a service and a set of apps of SKUD LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA (“we”). This page explains in plain words how the service works, what you get and what we agree on. By using the service or paying for a subscription you accept these terms and the privacy policy.

2. What SKUD VPN is

SKUD VPN runs on the SKUD protocol, which we developed ourselves. The app also has backup protocols: “Auto” mode picks the one that works best on your network. The SKUD protocol has two layers of encryption: TLS 1.3 outside, and inside it Noise with a personal key for each user. The backup protocols use their own standard encryption.

We do everything we can to keep the service stable. But your provider, network and device affect the connection too, so we cannot promise that the service will work always, everywhere and with every site.

3. Account

You can sign in to your account in any of these ways:

• with your account key and password;
• with your e-mail;
• through our Telegram bot;
• with a link from Telegram.

We generate the account key at random, and you choose the password. We do not store the key or the password themselves, only check records. So if you lose the key or the password and no e-mail or Telegram is linked to the account, access cannot be restored. Keep the key in a safe place.

Every account has a number. It helps support find you quickly. You cannot sign in with the number.

Do not share your key, password or e-mail access with other people. If you think someone else has signed in to your account, change the password and write to support.

You can delete your account in your account settings or through support. The paid period is not refunded when you delete it.

4. Subscription and payment

A subscription gives you access for the paid period: 1, 3, 6 or 12 months. The Basic, Pro and Max plans differ only in the number of devices: up to 3, up to 6 and up to 10. On Max you can add devices over 10 for an extra fee. Traffic on paid plans is unlimited under fair use: in case of clear abuse (for example, sharing access with many people) we may limit the speed. You can switch to a higher plan at any time: it takes effect at once until the end of the paid period, and you pay the difference only for the days left. You can switch to a lower plan from the next renewal. Prices are on the Pricing page. The price is fixed at the moment you pay.

You can pay on this site or in our Telegram bot. The subscription starts right after the payment.

Payments are not refunded. If you paid but did not get access, write to support and we will give you access. If you were charged twice, we refund the second payment in cryptocurrency.

5. Free trial

• The free trial starts in the app. The site only helps you choose your device and install the app.
• Within 5 minutes after the start, start our Telegram bot and join our Telegram channel. If you do not, access is turned off and we tell you so.
• If you run out of time, you can try once more on the same device, one time only.
• One trial per Telegram account and per device.
• The trial lasts 1 day, with up to 3 GB of traffic.

6. Promo codes

• Official promo codes are issued only by us. We publish them ourselves, and bloggers and media publish them by agreement with us. Codes from other sources may not work.
• You enter a promo code when paying, on this site or in the Telegram bot.
• One promo code per payment. A promo code cannot be exchanged for money.
• If a promo code was obtained or is used dishonestly, we may cancel it.

7. Referral programme

Invite friends with your link or promo code and earn real money.

A counted friend is someone who came with your link or promo code and paid for a subscription. Refunded payments do not count.

Percentage. For every paid purchase of a friend you invited — the first one, renewals and gifts — you get a percentage of our net profit from that purchase. The percentage depends on how many counted friends you had before that purchase:

Net profit is what the friend actually paid, minus the payment service fee (or Telegram’s share), taxes and the cost of the service for the paid period.

The whole chain. If your friend invited someone else, you get another 0.5% of every payment on each further level of the chain, up to 10 levels deep. Nobody’s share is reduced by this: everyone gets their own percentage in full.

Days. When a friend pays for a subscription for the first time, you both get +3 days to the subscription.

Prizes. Every 45 counted friends — 45, 90, 135 and on — a prize of your choice, on top of the percentage and the days.

For good. A friend stays linked to you for good.

Payouts. Money payouts are not open yet. Before they open, we will describe here how they work.

Ideas. For an idea we accept: a reward of your choice, a subscription or a digital item.

Fair play. Inviting yourself, fake accounts and other dishonest tricks cancel the rewards.

8. What you must not do

You must not use the service:

• to attack other networks and services, send spam or spread malware;
• to interfere with our service or get into other people’s accounts;
• to resell access.

We do not monitor what you do online. We act only on a substantiated complaint or when a violation harms the service — for example, attacks come from our servers or access is being resold. In that case we may suspend or close access to the account.

9. Liability

We are responsible for the service working as described here, and we do everything that depends on us. We are not responsible for what does not depend on us: your provider, network and device, or other people’s sites and apps. You are responsible for what you do online.

10. If something is wrong

If something is wrong, write to us and we will sort it out.

11. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms. We will announce important changes in advance on this site and in our Telegram channel. A subscription you have already paid for keeps the old terms until it ends.

12. Support and contact

• Telegram channel: @skudvpn;
• e-mail: support@skudvpn.com;
• post: SKUD LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste N, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA.

We usually reply within a few hours.