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Referrals: earn from your footer link

The small "Built with Stooplight" link at the bottom of your site is your referral link. Leave it on, and every business that signs up through it earns you 25% of what they pay — every month they stay.

How it works

1. Someone visits your site, likes it, and taps Built with Stooplight at the bottom. That link carries your own referral code.
2. If they sign up within 60 days, they count as yours. They pay the normal price — the code only credits you.
3. Nothing is earned during their 7-day free trial. From their first real payment on, you earn 25% of every payment they make, for as long as they stay.
4. Each commission is held 30 days so refunds can land first, then it's paid out in that month's run.

Where to see it

Open Settings → Referrals in your dashboard. You'll see your link with a copy button, how many people clicked it, how many businesses are in their trial or paying, and what you've earned so far. You can share the link anywhere — it doesn't have to be the footer.

How you're paid

• Paying by card? Your earnings go toward your own Stooplight bill first, as credit that comes off your next invoice automatically. Anything above your bill is sent to your PayPal account in cash once it's at least $25. Prefer it all in cash? Switch to Pay me all of it in cash on the Referrals card.
• Paying through PayPal? PayPal subscriptions can't take account credit, so your earnings are sent to your PayPal account in cash once they reach $25. Smaller amounts roll over to the next month.
• Add or change the PayPal email for cash payouts right on the Referrals card.

Turning it off

The link is controlled by the Show a "Built with Stooplight" link in the footer checkbox in the Words tab. Turning it off hides the link and stops new referrals from your site. Businesses who already signed up through it keep earning for you.

A couple of ground rules from the partner terms: if you share your link somewhere yourself, mention that you earn a commission. Signing up a business of your own through your own link doesn't count. Cash earnings are income, and past $1,500 in a year we'll ask for a W-9 through our tax-form service — credit on your own bill doesn't count toward that.

Not a customer, but know businesses who need a site? The partner program works the same way, without needing a site of your own.