How Does it Work & other FAQs

It’s really simple. To share your referrals you first need a free referrals page, click here to sign-up. You can share and store all your referrals in this unique page! Click "Share Referrals" and make sure you include all the referral details (such as the link or code).

To keep quality high, our hard-working team checks all referrals to make they are working before going live…. and thank you for growing the community! Once approved, your referral appears on both the Shop page (when people are looking for referral codes) as well as your own referral page, so friends and others can see your referral list.

If you want to update or remove one of your existing referrals, you can do this directly from inside your account page. Just click on the Edit or Delete icons next to the chosen referral. Please be careful though - deletions are permanent! You will only be allowed to re-posted a referral for the same store after a deletion after 30 days have elapsed... so make sure you EDIT!

In general, we only accept referrals that go directly to the relevant store or app... and not intermediary or 3rd party rewards sites. 

YES! The service is always FREE for all! We let some merchants advertise their products, but you, the user, never have to pay a penny. And yes, YOU get 100% of any referral rewards. So, get started and sign-up for a free account now.

For some stores we are offerring a referral boost option so your referral gets more visibility. This is a paid upgrade but is entirely optional. You can read more details are on the ReferralCodes Plus page here.

We make money by helping brands and online businesses improve their referral schemes and attracting new customers like you! They are happy to be getting new customers via trusted word-of-mouth and sometimes want to share special targeted promotions. You can opt-out of any notifications in the settings section of your profile.

We get A LOT of referrals every day. There are now many thousands online from over 8,000 shops & apps. To keep quality high, we need to check all referrals before they go live, but we aim to get all referrals processed within 48 hours. So please bear with us. Please do not re-submit a referral within 48 hours as this may lead to your account being flagged as 'spam'.

For a referral to be live on the site, it needs to be 100% correct. If we can’t validate it, for example if the link is not complete, or the referral reward is not clear, then we won’t be able to put it online.

The link also needs to be *direct* to the Shop / App, so no indirect links via other websites (including URL shortening servies like bit.ly) or via Telegram, Twitter, Reddit etc. In addition, due to many "inauthentic" posts, we only approve crypto-related, surveys and similar referrals from members with 2 or more non-crypto referrals. Only the largest crypto and survey apps are supported. Finally, you can only have 1 referral per Shop / App, so duplicates won't be added. Posting repeated duplicates in quick succession can result in your account being permanently suspended!

If you can’t login, please firstly check you have confirmed your email address when you signed up. You need to do this for us to confirm who you are. If you have previously done that, you can also request a password re-set from the login page. If it still doesn't work you can send us an email.

You can give any Store / App a thumbs-up recommendation and review... even when there is no referral scheme. This lets you show friends & others your favorite brands! Your support can help influence friends and broader social circles by sharing all your referrals, reviews & recommendations in one place. Just click the thumbs-up icon or review button on the Shop / App page... or click the recommendation button.

For some recommendations, extra rewards may be available (called Circle Rewards learn more here), enabling you to earn when others purchase from your recommendation. You will be able to keep, share or donate to charity any rewards generated this way 🎉

Referral codes and links help you earn money by supporting a brand or store you're a customer of on an on-going basis. Promo codes, or online coupons direct from a store, usually just let you get a discount off the first purchase. Referrals help you earn, not only save, and can potentially build an exciting passive income for you. We think this is much more exciting that a one-off discount code and is more personal and trusted.

When you are logged into your account, you are able to “Follow” another user (similar to X, TikTok and Instagram). Just click the Follow button when looking at their page.

Once you have followed them, any referrals they are sharing will be identified with a gold star when you see them. This means you can easily highlight referrals from friends and other people you follow, and give them priority if you wish. You will also be alerted when they add a new referral (this notification, as well as all others, can be turned off in the Settings section of your account, if you wish).

You can ‘Unfollow’ anytime. You can also attract followers yourself, and see who has followed you when you are logged in.

The more followers you have, the more likely your referrals will be seen and used! Remember to invite friends and others to join you on ReferralCodes.

In the "Profile Settings" section in your referral page you can select to be private by changing the ‘Visible’ toggle to "No". When “No” this means your username or referrals will not show up in a general search, or on the page of a particular store or brand. The only place your referrals will appear if someone goes directly to your page.

In addition, if you are a RC Premium subscriber, you can toggle on "Anonymous View" and this will keep you hidden when viewing other member profiles. If you want to remove your page entirely you can do this from directly in your account page, in the "Settings" section at the bottom. Please be careful if you are thinking of doing this as all deletions are permanent and the account can not be re-instated.

There are many many thousands of referral schemes out there, and we think we have the biggest focused referral resource (over 8,000 mainly from US, UK, Europe, Singapore, Australia/NZ). But there are new schemes launched everyday. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, leave a comment requesting a referral in the forums. Just click here. That way someone might be able to help you!

We have an awesome extension! You can download the free Chrome browser extension. Also available on Edge. After you install the Referral Codes Reminder, a pop-alert will display when you are browsing a site that has a referral discount. It's so easy to forget to check and 1,000s of members have installed this handy reminder. You will also see referrals prioritised from any friends or contacts you are following. So you can choose who you want to benefit. You can also add referrals to your profile directly from the extension. You can download the Chrome extension by clicking here and for the Edge version go here

On popular pages, there are many referrals! New referrals are always displayed first and marked with a "New" star on them. (Please note, multiple re-submissions in attempt to be "New" again will result in permanent removal). In addition, referrals from those you are following are prioritised...and in the same way people following you will see yours at the top, so attract followers wherever you can!

Inside your profile you will see recently activity as well as the total number of clicks for each referral. A good way to get more clicks on your referrals is to add a link to your page as a e-mail signature. Have a look at this video to learn more!

We also operate the RC Premium upgrade where your referral can be priority-displayed in the top positions. This is a low-cost subscription service and details can be found here.

When you are logged-in, you will see the recent activity including how many times your profile has been viewed and how many times your referrals or recommendations have been clicked. Please note, a click does not mean a referral has been successful! Clicks can be for many reasons: people testing a link works; people changing their mind about actually signing-up; the referral not being eligible for that person or product; people clicking by mistake; 'indexers' or 'crawlers' checking links on our site etc. Note also there can be a long delay before a referral is confirmed by the store or app. This is not controlled by ReferralCodes.com and for some referrals it can take up to 90 days. BUT! More clicks does mean, on average, more referrals so be patient and they'll come!

The score, or Experience Points (XP), is a way to summarise how engaged and active a member is. In general the higher the score, the more "important" is the profile. It is calculated from many factors, including the the number of referrals, reviews and recommendations you make. Points are also added each time you log-in, as you fill out your profile, complete the Super 8, or get thanks from other members. Having a large number of followers also boosts your score and successfully inviting others will also lead to an increase... but too many failed invitations will reduce it! Keep an eye on the leaderboards to see how you’re doing!

We are an international and experienced team from USA & UK, fanatical about referrals & smart money! We were really frustrated that sharing and using referrals was far too hard….so, we decided to do something about it by setting up ReferralCodes.com in 2020, with our aim to become the ultimate "word-of-mouth" platform. Read more about us.

With a background in technology and scaling online, our goal is to let everyone refer everything... we have lots of exciting ideas coming soon. Watch this space and be sure to share your feedback in the forums!

We partner with many companies and services and welcome all potential collaborations. If you're interested in working with us, please read the information on the partnership page. For press enquiries, advertising or other contacts you can email us directly at partners@referralcodes.com.

Happy Referrals 😊