Referral program
Earn 20% of the first paid order from every customer you refer and 10% of every order they place after that. Commission clears thirty days after payment and is sent to your bank by ACH through Mercury.
Already testing with us? Existing clients: open your partner dashboard.
- 20%
- of the first paid order
- 10%
- of every order after, for life
- T+30
- hold, then ACH via Mercury
- 90 days
- attribution window
How it works
- 01
Sign in and sign the agreement
Use your testing account. Read the partner terms to the end and sign with your account name; the version, hash and timestamp are stored.
- 02
Link your bank through Mercury
Routing and account number once, plus W-9 details. We create you as a recipient on our Mercury account; nothing is shown again.
- 03
Share your code and link
A typeable 8-character code for podcasts and chat, and a link that binds a customer to you for 90 days from the last click.
- 04
Commission accrues on Stripe payment
The moment a referred order is paid, a ledger row is created with the Stripe payment ID. Refunds, disputes and cancellations void it by webhook.
- 05
Clears at T+30, pays by ACH
Thirty days after payment with no refund or dispute, the row clears. Balances of $50 or more go out in the next weekly Mercury run.
What a referral is worth
Testing is a repeat purchase: every batch needs a certificate. First orders pay 20%, every reorder pays 10%.
- First orders at 20%
- $3,600
- Reorders at 10%
- $5,400
- Paid
- Weekly ACH after T+30
Assumes referred customers reorder within the year. Commission accrues on paid, non-refunded orders only.
How payouts are protected
| Event | What happens to the commission | Source of truth |
|---|---|---|
| Referred order paid | Row created as pending; clears_at set to payment + 30 days | Stripe payment_intent.succeeded |
| Full refund inside the hold | Row voided; nothing owed | Stripe charge.refunded |
| Partial refund | Commission reduced in proportion to the refunded amount | Stripe charge.refunded |
| Dispute or chargeback opened | Row voided immediately, whatever its state | Stripe charge.dispute.created |
| Refund or dispute after payout | Amount reversed against your next payouts | Stripe webhook, Mercury ledger |
| Day 30 with no events | Row clears; joins the next weekly payout when cleared total is $50 or more | Scheduled job |
| Payout sent | Mercury ACH to your recipient with an idempotency key; reference shown in your ledger | Mercury /api/v1/account/{id}/transactions |
Referral partner terms
Version . You accept these in your account before a code is issued; the accepted version and timestamp stay on your account.
Questions
Get your referral code
Create a testing account or sign in, accept the partner agreement in your account, and your code and link are issued there. Existing clients can open the partner dashboard directly.