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How referral invites work
Short, specific guides to getting the most out of referral codes — which kind of code you are holding, how to check a link in under a minute, where a given sign-up bonus is valid, and what a company is actually buying when it pays you to bring a friend. Written from what we see reviewing submissions here, rather than assembled from other people’s guides.
Using invites wellHow to check a referral link in under a minuteNearly every referral link is an ordinary signup URL with someone's ID attached. Six quick checks confirm that — starting with reading the domain the link actually points at — and they are the same six every invite on useInvites passes before it is published.Read the guide
DefinitionsReferral code, promo code, affiliate link, invite code: which is whichThe four terms describe who benefits, not what the code looks like. A referral code pays an existing customer for bringing someone new, a promo code is a discount the company offers anyone, an affiliate link pays a commercial partner a commission, and an invite code grants access rather than a price change.Read
How referrals workWhere a sign-up bonus works, and why it changes by countryThe same brand and the same referral programme often pay different amounts on different conditions depending on where you sign up, because regulation, local demand and operating footprint all vary. Currency in the offer text is the strongest signal, and the local version of a large programme usually pays for real.Read
Sharing an inviteHow every invite here is reviewed before it goes liveEvery submission passes the same checks in the same order — fixed rules at the door, a judgement about the listing, then a person whenever anything is unclear. Two of the seven checks establish that a listing is what it says it is, and the description carries most of the rest.Read
The economicsWhy companies pay you instead of paying for advertisingA referral bonus is an advertising budget paid to a customer instead of an ad platform. Referral acquisition runs around $45 per customer against $74 for paid search, and the customers it brings show roughly 16% higher lifetime value — because the bonus is not what makes a referral work, the filtering is.Read
Looking for a specific code?
These pages explain the mechanics. The codes themselves live in the invite feed and on each brand’s page, each one attached to a member you can message before you sign up.