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For any questions around credits and billing on your account, the best place to get a definitive answer is directly with the support team at https://cloud.digitalocean.com/support. They can check your account and clarify what credits are available to you.
Heya,
Worth asking support directly whether $5 is in fact the current standard offer for your signup date and region, and separately whether a referral credit could still be applied retroactively if you have one, since that’s the kind of account-specific detail only they can confirm.
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