Eskimo Discount Code: Free 1GB Gift Plus 50% Off Your First Order

Eskimo runs two separate offers right now, not one — a signup gift code that hands new accounts a free 1GB before they've paid for anything, and a 50% welcome discount on the first real purchase, applied automatically at checkout. They're easy to mix up because both show up around the same "new user" moment, so here's exactly what each one does, what it's worth in real dollars, and how they actually differ.

Two Different Offers, Not One

ESIMKART1GB is a gift code, not a price discount. Enter it during registration and Eskimo credits your new account with 1GB of data — nothing to buy, nothing to check out. It's meant to let you try the network before spending anything.

The 50% welcome discount is a purchase discount, capped at $15, and it needs no code at all — Eskimo applies it automatically to your first order at checkout. You'll see the original price struck through with the discounted total next to it, the same way it showed when we checked: a $38.90 plan priced at $23.90.

Nothing about Eskimo's own terms says these two are mutually exclusive, but we haven't personally verified that redeeming the gift code and then also getting the 50% discount on your first paid order both go through together — treat that as worth confirming at checkout rather than assumed.

What Eskimo Actually Offers

Eskimo's whole pitch is built around one structural difference from most eSIM providers: its fixed-data plans genuinely don't expire. Every fixed-GB plan in our data is stored with a 2-year validity window — not because Eskimo picked an arbitrary long number, but because that's how "no expiry" has to be represented in a system built around fixed durations. Buy 1GB today, use it eight months from now, and it's still there.

The catalog itself is sizeable: 1,192 active plans across 169 countries, priced from $3.90 up to $489.90 for the largest global bundle (200GB, also on the same no-expiry 2-year basis). Of those, 570 are what we list as "Unlimited" plans — in Eskimo's case that means a real daily high-speed allowance (commonly 3GB/day) that throttles to 512 Kbps once you use it up, not a hard cutoff. The other 49 plans are regional or global bundles rather than single-country ones.

How Much the 50% Discount Actually Saves You

Because it's capped at $15, the discount behaves differently depending on how big the plan is — full 50% on anything cheap, but a shrinking percentage once the plan crosses $30. Here's what that looks like on real United States pricing:

• 1GB / no-expiry: $3.90 → $1.95 (full 50% — $1.95 off)
• 10GB / no-expiry: $19.90 → $9.95 (full 50% — $9.95 off)
• Unlimited / 10 days: $30.00 → $15.00 (the exact point where the cap and the 50% line up)
• Unlimited / 15 days: $44.00 → $29.00 (cap kicks in — only $15 off, not $22)
• Unlimited / 30 days: $69.00 → $54.00 (cap kicks in — only $15 off, not $34.50)

Same shape holds in the UK, Japan and Thailand pricing we checked — the cap starts costing you real savings the moment a plan passes roughly $30. If you're buying a short trip's worth of data, the discount is close to a genuine half off; if you're buying a month or more, budget for the $15 cap rather than the 50% headline.

You can check the live, current price for any destination — cap already factored into what you'd actually pay — on Eskimo's own country pages here, for example Eskimo's US plans or Eskimo's Japan plans.

How to Actually Use Each One

For the gift code: enter ESIMKART1GB in the code field during account registration, before you buy anything. It's a one-time credit to a new account, not a recurring perk.

For the 50% discount: there's nothing to enter. It applies automatically the first time a new account reaches checkout, capped at $15 off. If you don't see it applied, it likely means the account isn't a first-time one — Eskimo's own team describes it as a new-user welcome offer, not a standing everyday discount.

As with any tracked promo, reach Eskimo's site through a link on this page (the card above, or the "Get eSIM" button on any plan row) rather than a bookmark or a plain search result, so the visit is actually attributed correctly.

Is Either Offer Automatically the Best Deal?

Being direct about this, same as we are for every provider here: a free 1GB gift or a 50%-off first order says nothing about how Eskimo's regular prices compare to another provider's plan for the same destination. What makes Eskimo genuinely distinctive isn't either promo — it's the no-expiry structure itself, which is worth more than a one-time discount if you buy data faster than you use it or travel infrequently.

The reliable way to shop is to check the actual cheapest plan for your destination first — every country page here sorts by real price and shows price-per-GB and price-per-day so differently-sized plans compare fairly — then see what either Eskimo offer changes about the answer. Our guide on how to compare eSIM prices before you buy walks through the full method.

FAQ

Do the gift code and the 50% discount stack? Not confirmed either way from what Eskimo has told us — the gift code is a signup credit, the discount is a checkout-time price cut, and nothing in Eskimo's terms explicitly rules out getting both as a new user. Worth checking at checkout rather than assuming.

Does the ESIMKART1GB code expire? Eskimo gave us an end date of September 9, 2027, and a redemption cap on their side (not a per-user limit — a total-redemptions cap across all users). Codes can also change or be pulled earlier without notice, which is why this page reads it live rather than printing it as fixed text.

Why is my discount only $15 off instead of 50%? Because the discount is capped at $15 total. Once a plan's price passes about $30, half its price is more than $15, so the cap — not the percentage — decides your final total.

Is the 50% discount only for one order? Eskimo describes it as a first-purchase welcome offer, which is why it applies automatically rather than needing a reusable code — it's tied to the account being new, not to a code you could reuse.

Getting Started

If you're new to eSIMs generally, our beginner's guide to how eSIMs work covers installation and compatibility from scratch. And to see every live promo code we currently track across all providers — not just Eskimo — the full discount codes roundup and the coupons page run on the same live data as this article.