Point Town Referral Code: ¥2,000 Bonus and Rakuten Parity

Key Takeaways: Point Town, run by TSE Growth-listed GMO Media (ticker 6180), pays a 2,000pt (¥2,000) referral bonus once ¥5,000 worth of offers are approved, rising to 3,000pt during the August 2026 boost. At 1 point = ¥1, Rakuten points convert one-for-one from 500pt and Rakuten Bank cash-outs start at 100pt = ¥100 with no fee.
Run by GMO Media, listed on the TSE Growth market
2,000pt (¥2,000) sign-up bonus, with one condition

Point Town is the site to choose for the strength of its exits

1 point = ¥1. Rakuten points convert one-for-one, and Rakuten Bank cash-outs start at ¥100 with no fee.
Both ANA and JAL miles convert directly, and the operator is a listed company. That is the real difference here.

What this guide covers

  • The referral sign-up bonus is 2,000pt = ¥2,000. The only condition is ¥5,000 worth of approved offers
  • 🔴 Boost campaigns run repeatedly. During one the bonus becomes 1.5–2×; at the time of checking it totalled 3,000pt
  • Rakuten points convert at 500pt → 500 points — the exchange that loses you money on other sites is one-for-one here
  • Rakuten Bank pays out from 100pt = ¥100 with no fee. Other banks are 550pt = ¥500 (a 50pt fee)
  • The operator is GMO Media Inc. (TSE Growth, ticker 6180), founded in 2000 with capital of ¥761.97 million

What Point Town is — operator and the basic numbers

OperatorGMO Media, Inc. (Sakuragaoka, Shibuya, Tokyo; president Teruyuki Mori; capital ¥761,970,000)
ListingTokyo Stock Exchange Growth market, ticker 6180 (listed 23 October 2015)
Founded13 October 2000
Point value1 point = ¥1
Exchange destinationsMore than 30. The practical minimum is 100pt = ¥100
Referral sign-up bonus2,000pt = ¥2,000 (more while a boost campaign is running)
Distinctive featuresOne-for-one Rakuten point conversion / Rakuten Bank payouts from ¥100 with no fee / up to 15% rank bonus / a point guarantee scheme
The operator is a listed company. GMO Media trades on the TSE Growth market (ticker 6180), so its accounts and board are public. It also belongs to the Japan Internet Point Council (JIPC) and holds ISMS (ISO 27001) certification. For balance: Ceres, which runs Moppy and Point Income, is listed on the TSE Prime market, so this is not the only listed operator. But Gendama‘s operator has capital of ¥3 million and was founded in 2023 — the difference in corporate substance is real.
How to read 1 point = ¥1. It matches Moppy (1P = ¥1) and Hapitas and Chobirich (1pt = ¥1). Powl, Point Income and Gendama use 10pt = ¥1, so drop a zero only when comparing against those three.

If point sites are new to you, start with the beginner’s guide to point sites and how to spot dangerous ones.

The referral sign-up bonus — 2,000pt, more during a boost

Point Town runs its friend referral as a “mission clear bonus”. Its own campaign articles break the figure into a standing part and a campaign part.

ComponentPointsCondition
Standing mission clear bonus2,000pt = ¥2,000Register through a referral, then have 5,000pt or more of offers approved
Campaign top-up
(as checked on 12 August 2026)
+1,000ptRegister through a referral during August 2026 and meet the condition above by the end of October 2026
Total3,000pt = ¥3,000The standing and campaign portions are credited separately
These boosts run repeatedly. From 17 to 30 June 2026 the multiplier was 2×, for 4,000pt in total. So this is not a one-off month: timing your registration to a boost genuinely pays. Check the official announcements before you go through to the registration screen.
The hurdle is the 5,000pt of approvals. To collect ¥2,000 you must complete ¥5,000 worth of offers. A single credit card (the Mitsubishi UFJ Card was 12,000pt when I checked) or one brokerage account clears it easily, but games and surveys will not get you there. Payment lands by the end of the month after the one in which you clear the mission, so it is not instant.

From registration to cash-out

  1. Open the registration screen from the referral linkUse the button below this article. Opening it via the referral URL puts the referral code into the registration form — I checked the form contents directly.
  2. Register with an email addressThe screen also offers social accounts, but whether a social sign-up preserves the referral is not confirmable from public information. Use an email address to be certain.
  3. Plan the 5,000pt of approvals firstThat is the only condition for the bonus. Meeting it with a card or account you actually wanted anyway wastes nothing.
  4. Read each offer’s conditions to the endPoint Town shows conditions without logging in. Requirements such as “card must be received” or “within 45 days” are stated per offer, so decide first whether you can meet them.
  5. Choose your exit by the feeRakuten Bank is 100pt = ¥100 with no fee. Other banks are 550pt = ¥500, taking 50pt. Rakuten points and WAON POINT are one-for-one; PayPay, nanaco and Ponta take 5%. The same points are worth different amounts depending on the exit you pick.

The real strength is the exit — I checked every destination

Point sites are always discussed in terms of earning, but the difference is made at the exit. The same 1,000 points leaves you with different amounts depending on where you convert it. I opened Point Town’s exchange list and wrote down the main destinations.

DestinationMinimumFeeCompletion
Amazon gift card100pt = ¥100freeReal-time for Gold and above; next business day otherwise
Rakuten Bank100pt = ¥100free
Japan Post, MUFG, Mizuho, SMBC, Resona550pt = ¥50050pt3–5 business days
Rakuten Point Gift500pt = 500 pointsfreeReal-time
WAON POINT eGift500pt = 500 pointsfreeReal-time
d POINT100pt = 100 pointsfreeReal-time for Gold and above; ~3 business days otherwise
PayPay Money Lite500pt = ¥4755%Real-time
nanaco Gift / Ponta point code500pt = 4755%
Apple Gift Card / Google Play / Edy Gift ID / WebMoney / au PAY / V-Preca / DMM / Uber Eats / Visa eGift vanilla / Skylark vouchers / Bitcoin100–500ptfree
ANA miles350pt = 100 milesfreeCut off month-end, ~10 business days later
JAL miles1,250pt = 500 milesfreeCut off month-end, ~5 business days later
Donations (Kumamoto earthquake relief, ChildFund)1pt = ¥1freeReal-time
Toranoko (investing)5pt = ¥5free
Point Town's Rakuten Point Gift exchange: minimum 500 points for 500 Rakuten points, no fee, real-time
The official exchange list (checked 12 August 2026), showing 500 points → 500 Rakuten points, no fee, real-time.
A one-for-one Rakuten conversion is genuinely unusual. Converting from Hapitas costs you 130pt for 100 points — over a fifth gone. Point Town gives 500pt → 500 points with no fee. If you live inside the Rakuten ecosystem, that alone is a reason to use it. It pairs especially well with the Rakuten Card and Rakuten Mobile.
Treat the “exchange from 1 point” claim carefully. The official guide says the minimum is ¥1 (1 point), but going through the exchange list itself, the only 1pt destinations are donations. For cash or gift cards the practical floor is 100pt = ¥100 (Amazon gift card, Rakuten Bank, WebMoney, au PAY, d POINT). That is still low — below Gendama‘s ¥300 and Point Income‘s ¥500.
Real-time exchange is a Gold-and-above perk. It covers twelve destinations: Amazon gift card, PayPay Money Lite, Apple Gift Card, V-Preca, WebMoney, au PAY gift card, Edy Gift ID, nanaco Gift, Google Play code, Ponta point code, WAON point ID and d POINT. There is a monthly cap, after which requests revert to the normal process.

Membership ranks — up to 15% on top

Point Town has six ranks, and your rank adds a percentage on top of what you earn. Ranks are assessed on the past six months and updated on the 5th of each month.

RankApprovalsPoints earnedService / survey bonusRank renewal bonus
(coins)
Regular0%100 coins
Bronze5003%200 coins
Silver38005%400 coins
Gold51,0008%500 coins
Platinum83,00010%600 coins
Diamond105,00015%700 coins
Gold is the one worth aiming at. It needs five approvals and 1,000pt over six months. Real-time exchange and the premium gacha unlock there, and the bonus reaches 8%. Diamond’s 15% is attractive, but ten approvals and 5,000pt in six months takes regular use.
Point Town's rank benefits table, where the stamp rally and rank renewal rewards carry a coin icon
The official rank benefits table (checked 12 August 2026). The bonuses are percentages, but the stamp rally and rank renewal figures carry a ⓒ coin icon.
🔴 Stamp rally rewards and the rank renewal bonus are paid in coins, not points. Those cells display a coin icon, and the HTML class is c-coin-label. Coins convert to points automatically once you hold 100 of them, but the coin-to-point rate is not stated anywhere on the public pages. In other words, those figures cannot be converted straight into yen. The rank benefits you can price with confidence are the percentage-based service and survey bonuses.
Some earnings do not count toward your rank. Only offers tagged “rank-up eligible” are counted; Town de App, Town de Instant Get, d Value Pass, bonus rewards, receipt earning and mystery shopping are excluded. It is more accurate to assume free content will never raise your rank.
Ranks are assessed over six months, which means they fall. That matches Chobirich and is the opposite of Point Income, whose lifetime-based ranks never drop. Choose accordingly if your usage comes in bursts. Note also that the rank renewal bonus must be claimed between the 5th and 12th of each month, or it expires.

The point guarantee — exactly when it applies

Going through a link and getting nothing is the most common problem in point earning. Point Town has run a point guarantee scheme since November 2014. The conditions are strictly defined, so it is worth knowing them precisely.

ItemDetails
CoveredOffers whose detail page carries the guarantee-eligible mark
ConditionThe action appears in your pending points and the stated reflection period has passed
RequiredYou must present the purchase confirmation or statement. No proof, no guarantee
Not coveredOffers conditional on a first purchase only, and anything before 21 November 2014
How to claimOnly through the dedicated guarantee form. The ordinary contact form does not qualify
NoteThe reflection period runs not from purchase but from events such as payment, and varies by offer. Yahoo! Shopping can take up to about six months
Note the requirement that the action already appears in your pending points. If even the click was never recorded, this scheme cannot help you. Browser settings or an in-app browser can break the tracking, in which case nothing appears at all. Rather than relying on the guarantee, go through the link and finish without opening other tabs.
For breadth of cover, Point Income is ahead: three schemes (shopping, official site and app) with no rank requirement. Point Town’s guarantee is limited to offers carrying the mark.

How much you can actually earn — offers are readable before you join

Point Town shows offers and their conditions without logging in. These were checked on 12 August 2026; where an offer was boosted, the normal rate is shown alongside.

OfferQualifying conditionPointsIn yen
SBI SecuritiesNew account opened17,000pt
(normally 9,565pt)
¥17,000
Mitsubishi UFJ CardNew card issued (card must be received, within 45 days of applying)12,000pt
(normally 8,000pt)
¥12,000
Rakuten Gold CardNew card issued (card must arrive, applied within 24 hours of the click)4,000pt¥4,000
PayPay CardNew card issued1,500pt¥1,500
Rakuten Mobile0pt¥0
The Mitsubishi UFJ Card at ¥12,000 was identical on Gendama, Moppy, Powl and Chobirich. Five sites, not a yen between them — it happens. SBI Securities went the other way: ¥17,000 here against ¥24,000 on Moppy and ¥22,000 on Hapitas, a clear loss. Do not decide which site pays more at the site level. It flips offer by offer.
🔴 Rakuten Mobile pays nothing through Point Town. The offer page states plainly that using it earns no Point Town points. If you are signing up for Rakuten Mobile, the employee referral route (14,000pt for MNP, 11,000pt for a new line) is far better. It is a good reminder that going through a point site is not always right.
Offer pages carry tags such as “rank-up eligible”, “rank benefit eligible” and “friend referral: 10%”. Pick tagged offers when you want to climb the ranks or collect the bonus. Boosted offers show a countdown of the time remaining.

Earning for free

Point Town has the usual free-earning set.

ContentDetails
GachaDaily. Holding Gold or above for six consecutive months also unlocks the premium gacha
Stamp rallyFive stamps a day earns the daily reward; seven days in a row earns the weekly one. Rewards rise with rank (daily 5–100 coins, weekly 25–500 coins)
SurveysPoint Town Research qualifies for the rank-based survey bonus
Point Q / brain training quiz / Nazotore MAXXXQuiz formats
Casual and full gamesFree games pay in coins
Receipts (tentame) and mystery shopping (Fancrew)Shopping receipts and store visits. Excluded from rank assessment
Email clicksPoints for clicking the mail you receive
Coins are a separate currency from points. Free games pay coins, and Point Town states that 100 coins convert to points automatically. However the coin-to-point rate is not published anywhere on the public pages. If depth of free content is what you want, Gendama has more of it.
Points and coins expire 365 days after your last earning (180 days for app members), and also vanish after 365 days without a login. Earning something daily rolls the expiry forward, so in practice you only lose them by leaving the account alone for a full year.

Compared with the other six sites

This blog covers Moppy, Hapitas, Powl, Chobirich, Point Income and Gendama in the same depth. Lined up across seven, Point Town’s character is clear.

AxisMoppyHapitasPowlChobirichPoint IncomeGendamaPoint Town
Point value1P = ¥11pt = ¥110pt = ¥11pt = ¥110pt = ¥110pt = ¥11pt = ¥1
Sign-up bonus for youup to ¥2,000up to ¥2,300up to ¥330up to ¥2,150¥200not confirmable¥2,000
(more in a boost)
Practical minimum cash-out2,000ptfrom ¥50¥500¥500¥300¥100
Rakuten point conversionyes130pt → 100yesyesyes500 → 500 (equal)
Direct mile conversionJAL, ANAJALJAL, ANA
Membership ranksmonthly6 monthslifetime, never dropsnot stated6 months (up to 15%)
Guarantee schemesupport enquiryshopping offersapp onlyshopping guarantee3 types, no ranknot statedmarked offers only
OperatorCeres (TSE Prime)OZvisionPTXChobirichCeres (TSE Prime)POINTFUN (¥3m capital)GMO Media (TSE Growth 6180)
How to choose: Point Town if you live in the Rakuten ecosystem (one-for-one conversion plus fee-free Rakuten Bank payouts from ¥100). Hapitas or Chobirich for the largest sign-up bonus. Point Income for the strongest protection when points fail to track. Powl to avoid heavy conditions such as deposits. Gendama to earn without spending. Moppy for the widest set of high-value offers. Registration is free everywhere, so comparing offer by offer saves you the most.

Steps and tips for earning efficiently

1. Work backwards from the 5,000pt of approvals

The only condition on the 2,000pt bonus is 5,000pt or more of approved offers. Stacking that up from games and surveys is unrealistic, so clear it in one go with a card or account you were going to open anyway.

2. Check whether a boost is running

Referral campaigns run repeatedly (2× in June 2026, 1.5× in August). Offers themselves also show a “points up” flag with a countdown. If your application is not urgent, waiting for a boost changes the number.

3. Decide your exit before you earn

Rakuten points and WAON POINT are one-for-one and Rakuten Bank starts at ¥100 with no fee, while PayPay, nanaco and Ponta take 5% and other banks take 50pt. Decide the exit before you accumulate, not after.

4. Aim for Gold

Five approvals and 1,000pt over six months. Past that you get real-time exchange and an 8% bonus. Only offers tagged “rank-up eligible” count toward the assessment, so check the tag before applying.

5. Compare large one-off offers against other referral routes

Cards, mobile plans and brokerage accounts are large enough that going outside a point site is sometimes better — Rakuten Mobile pays nothing here at all. Examples covered on this blog:

⚠️ A card’s official sign-up bonus and its point-site offer can be mutually exclusive. When the same card appears in both places, only one may end up valid, so check both before applying and enter through whichever pays more.

Things to watch out for

Watch out forDetails
The bonus is not immediateThe condition is 5,000pt of approvals; payment lands by the end of the month after you clear it
Some exits shrink your balancePayPay, nanaco Gift and Ponta codes take 5%; banks other than Rakuten take 50pt
Real-time exchange needs GoldAnd it carries a monthly cap, after which requests revert to normal
Ranks fallAssessed over six months. Free content, receipts and mystery shopping do not count
The guarantee covers marked offers onlyAnd requires the action to already appear in pending points, plus proof of purchase
Expiry365 days from your last earning (180 for app members), or 365 days without a login
Rakuten Mobile pays zeroOfficially stated. Going through the link achieves nothing
Social sign-up is unclearThe referral URL fills the code into the form, but whether a social sign-up keeps it is not confirmable publicly. Use email to be safe
If you collect Rakuten points, add Rakuten Rebates as well. Rakuten Rebates is run by Rakuten and pays Rakuten points directly, so there is no exchange step at all. It covers 900+ brand websites that are not on Rakuten Ichiba, such as Uniqlo and the Apple Store. Note, though, that Rakuten Ichiba itself is bonus-exempt and purchases count toward neither SPU nor shop-hopping. It is also weak on high-value card and finance offers, so use it alongside this site rather than instead of it.

The same offer pays differently on different sites

As the comparison section showed, the seven sites are built differently. Rates differ per offer and change daily. The Mitsubishi UFJ Card came out at ¥12,000 across five sites, while SBI Securities was ¥17,000 here against ¥24,000 on Moppy.

To make that check easy every time, I run Pointnavi, a site that compares point-site rates side by side. Search an offer name and you can see several sites’ rates together.

Compare point-site rates side by side on Pointnavi
If you want to know how it works first, see the complete Pointnavi guide.
For the record, it is fine if Point Town does not come out on top. Building the habit of one cross-check before you apply is what pays off in the long run.

Who it suits and who it doesn’t

Suits: living in the Rakuten ecosystem

500pt → 500 Rakuten points, one-for-one, and fee-free Rakuten Bank payouts from ¥100.

Suits: collecting miles

Both ANA (350pt → 100 miles) and JAL (1,250pt → 500 miles) convert directly.

Suits: cashing out little and often

The practical minimum is 100pt = ¥100, the lowest of the seven.

Suits: caring who runs the site

GMO Media, listed on TSE Growth, JIPC member, ISMS certified.

Doesn’t suit: earning only from free content

It counts for neither the ranks nor the sign-up bonus. For free earning, use Gendama.

Doesn’t suit: wanting a rank that never drops

Six-month assessment means it falls. For ranks that hold, use Point Income.

Frequently asked questions

How do I use a Point Town referral code?
Open the registration screen through the referral URL from the button in this article and the code is already filled into the form. I checked the form contents directly. The screen also offers registration with a social account, but whether the referral survives that route is not confirmable from public information, so use an email address if you want to be certain.
How large is the Point Town sign-up bonus?
Register through a referral and have 5,000 points or more of offers approved, and the standing mission clear bonus is 2,000 points, or 2,000 yen. At the time of writing on 12 August 2026 a 1.5 times campaign was running, adding a further 1,000 points for 3,000 in total. These boost campaigns run repeatedly, so check the official announcements before registering. Payment arrives by the end of the month following the one in which you clear the mission.
How much is a Point Town point worth?
One point equals one yen, the same as Moppy at 1P to the yen and Hapitas and Chobirich at 1pt to the yen. Powl, Point Income and Gendama use ten points to the yen, so drop a zero only when comparing against those three.
What is the minimum Point Town cash-out?
The official guide says one point, meaning one yen. Checking the exchange list itself, however, the only destinations that accept a single point are donations. For cash or gift cards the practical floor is 100 points, which covers the Amazon gift card, Rakuten Bank, WebMoney, the au PAY gift card and d POINT.
Does Point Town charge exchange fees?
It depends on the destination. The Amazon gift card, Rakuten Bank, Rakuten Point Gift and WAON POINT eGift are free. PayPay Money Lite, nanaco Gift and Ponta point codes take five percent, so 500 points becomes 475 yen. Bank transfers other than Rakuten Bank are 550 points for 500 yen, meaning 50 points go on the fee.
Can I convert Point Town points to Rakuten points?
Yes, and at parity: 500 points become 500 Rakuten points, with no fee and in real time. Converting from Hapitas costs 130 points for 100, losing more than a fifth, so Point Town is clearly better if you collect Rakuten points.
Can I earn airline miles with Point Town?
Yes. ANA Mileage Club takes 350 points for 100 miles and JAL Mileage Bank takes 1,250 points for 500 miles, both without a fee. Among the seven sites compared in this article, only Moppy and Point Town convert directly to both ANA and JAL.
How do Point Town membership ranks work?
Your rank for the following month is set by the past six months of activity and updates on the 5th. Silver needs three approvals and 800 points, Gold five approvals and 1,000 points, and Diamond ten approvals and 5,000 points. Only offers tagged as rank-up eligible are counted, so receipts, mystery shopping and free content do not add up. Note also that the stamp rally and rank renewal rewards are paid in coins rather than points, and the coin-to-point rate is not published.
Do Point Town ranks drop?
They do. Because the assessment covers the past six months, a quiet stretch pulls your rank down, the same as Chobirich. Point Income sets ranks by lifetime points so they never fall, which may suit you better if your usage is uneven.
When does the Point Town guarantee apply?
It applies when the offer page carries the guarantee mark, the action already appears in your pending points, and the stated reflection period has passed without the points arriving. You must present a purchase confirmation or statement, and offers conditional on a first purchase only are excluded. Claims go through the dedicated guarantee form; the ordinary contact form does not qualify.
Who operates Point Town?
GMO Media, Inc. It is based in the Cerulean Tower in Sakuragaoka, Shibuya, Tokyo, was founded on 13 October 2000, has capital of 761.97 million yen, and is led by president Teruyuki Mori. It trades under ticker 6180 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market, belongs to the Japan Internet Point Council, and holds ISMS certification for information security.
Which pays more, Point Town or Moppy?
It depends on the offer. On 12 August 2026 the Mitsubishi UFJ Card was worth 12,000 yen on both, but SBI Securities paid 17,000 yen on Point Town against 24,000 on Moppy. Rather than ranking the sites, cross-check each offer immediately before you apply.
Can I sign up for Rakuten Mobile through Point Town?
The offer is listed but pays zero points. The page states plainly that using it earns no Point Town points. If you want Rakuten Mobile, the employee referral route covered on this blog is better, paying 14,000 points for a number transfer and 11,000 for a new line.

Sources

The figures in this article were checked on the official Point Town and GMO Media sites on 12 August 2026.
Point Town: points and coins explained (1 point = ¥1, 30+ destinations, how coins work, 365-day expiry / 180 days for app members)
Point Town: point exchange (minimum, fee and completion time per destination)
Point Town: how ranks work (approval counts and point thresholds, monthly update on the 5th, exclusions)
Point Town: rank benefits (bonus rates, stamp rally rewards, rank renewal bonus, real-time exchange coverage)
Point Town: point guarantee (eligibility, required evidence, exclusions, how to claim)
• Point Town official news, “Friend referral campaign, August and June 2026” (standing mission clear bonus of 2,000pt, campaign top-up, the 5,000pt approval condition)
GMO Media, Inc. company profile (founding date, capital, address, representative, ticker, memberships)
• Offer rates were read from each offer page on the same day. Figures for the other sites come from their own pages and from Pointnavi, which I operate.

These figures change. Offer rates, referral campaign multipliers, conversion rates and fees are all revised without notice. Use the numbers here as a guide and confirm the current terms on the official pages immediately before you apply.

Summary

Point Town is not the site that always pays most — SBI Securities was ¥7,000 behind Moppy. It is still worth using because three things are clearly different here.

Three reasons to choose Point Town

  • The exits are strong — one-for-one Rakuten points, fee-free Rakuten Bank payouts from ¥100, and direct ANA and JAL conversion. What you earn does not shrink on the way out
  • A ¥2,000 sign-up bonus — one condition only, 5,000pt of approvals, and boost campaigns run repeatedly
  • Run by GMO Media, listed on TSE Growth — JIPC member, ISMS certified, and easy to verify

The one exception: do not apply for Rakuten Mobile through Point Town. It officially pays zero. Use the employee referral instead.

One last thing. Before you apply, look at what the other point sites pay. Some offers, like the Mitsubishi UFJ Card, are identical across five sites; others, like SBI Securities, differ by ¥7,000. Use Pointnavi, which I run, or the articles on Moppy, Hapitas, Powl, Chobirich, Point Income and Gendama. That single extra step is the most reliably useful habit in point earning.

You can register from the button below.

About this article: it contains referral programme links. Registering through them gives you the sign-up bonus and earns me referral points. Nothing you receive is made worse by going through my referral. The details were confirmed on the official sites on 12 August 2026. Terms may change, so please check the latest information before applying.

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