Referral Stats

ForumNinja404

This is different than previously discussed referral programs. There would be no monetary incentive to the user.

A user has a unique referral link
There is a place in their profile settings that says “you’ve helped x people search less and find more”
Another user subscribes with the link to any paid plan
If that user subscribes for at least a month (Without canceling or requesting a refund) the referral count increases by 1

Note: If the referred person ends their subscription after the first month, the referral still counts. The goal is not to track subscription details, but simply to get people to try Kagi.

The count is a “nice to know” feature. It adds a bit of gamification and encourages people to refer others. Because there is no reward of any kind, there is no point to cheat the system.

Vlad

ForumNinja404 The link shared would still look like https://kagi.com/?ref=xxxx which to a stranger will build perception of Kagi of using referral/affiliate incentive which we do not want to be associated with. How do we solve this problem?

ForumNinja404

What if we don’t do referral links and do something like a “friend code” at checkout. Instead of embedding an ID in the URL, the user enters it at checkout.

“You have the option to send a thank you to the person who referred you. Type in their code here and they will receive a thank you after the first month of your subscription”

ForumNinja404

In addition, existing users could have the ability to enter the code of another user if they haven’t already. That way you can credit for people who were referring others before the program started.