Referrals

Turn happy customers into your best acquisition channel

Every member gets a personal referral link. Both sides get rewarded when the referral converts, and every share is tracked back to the order it produced.

How referrals flow

Turn happy customers into your strongest growth channel


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Customer shares

They share a referral link from your storefront, account page, or a post-purchase prompt.

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A friend places an order

The referral reward appears at checkout, making the first purchase feel more valuable.

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Everyone benefits

The advocate receives their reward while you gain a new customer who already trusts the recommendation.

Lower CAC

Referred customers cost a fraction of paid acquisition, and the reward is only paid on a completed order.

Higher LTV

Customers who arrive through a friend tend to stay longer and buy more often than paid traffic.

Both sides

Give-and-get rewards mean the advocate has a reason to share and the friend has a reason to act.

Why it works
A referred customer arrives already trusting the brand. That is a starting point paid traffic never gets you.
Merchant name Brand name
Why it works
A referred customer arrives already trusting the brand. That is a starting point paid traffic never gets you.
Merchant name Brand name
Why it works
A referred customer arrives already trusting the brand. That is a starting point paid traffic never gets you.
Merchant name Brand name
Effortless referrals

One shareable link, ready wherever customers connect

Give members a personal referral link they can share in seconds. New customers can also discover referral options immediately after purchase.

A unique link per member, ready to copy
A unique link per member, ready to copy
A unique link per member, ready to copy
A personal referral link for every member
Fraud protection

Anti-cheat blocks suspicious claims before a reward is issued

Turn on the checks that fit your store. Each runs before either side is rewarded, so nothing is paid out on a referral that shouldn't count.

Self-referrals blocked, and email aliases caught
Browser and IP limits stop repeated claims
Reward only on paid orders, from genuinely new customers
A cap on how many successful referrals one customer can make

MARKETING TOOLS

Give and get, on your terms

Reach more customers with built-in tools designed to help you create, automate, and improve your marketing.

Amount discount

A clear give-and-get, the easiest offer for a friend to act on.

Percentage off

Scales with basket size when your margin allows it.

Free shipping

Low cost to you, and it removes the friction at checkout.

Free product

Higher perceived value than a discount, with less margin drag.

Gift card

A balance to spend later, which brings the advocate back again.

Points

Send the advocate back to the store to spend what they earned.
FAQ

Common questions

Each member gets a unique link from the widget or their account page. When someone new uses that link and places a qualifying order, the friend gets their reward at checkout and the advocate gets theirs once the order is confirmed.

A give-and-get of similar value works best — for example $10 off for the friend and 500 points for the advocate. Points on the advocate side cost less than a discount and pull them back to the store to spend them.

Anti-cheat runs before any reward is issued. Switch on self-referral blocking, similar-email detection for Gmail dots and plus signs, browser and IP limits, paid-orders-only rewarding, a block on emails that have purchased before, and a cap on referrals per customer.

In the Loyalty Palms panel on your storefront, in customer accounts, and on the order confirmation page — guests included. You can also open any customer's referral link directly from their record in the app.

Yes. Referral activity appears in your dashboard as it happens, with conversions and rewards attributed per advocate, exportable to CSV.

Referrals

Let your customers bring the next one

Set both rewards, publish the link, and watch the first shares come through.

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