Referrals

The program

Refer someone to AI Domination; both parties get Stripe credit:

Side	Credit	When applied
You (referrer)	$50 USD	When your referee starts a paid subscription
Referee	$25 USD	Same — applied to their first paid month

Credits post to Stripe customer balance and apply against the next invoice.

Your referral link

Settings → Referrals shows your unique link:

https://aidomination.app/?r=aid-abc1234

The code (aid-abc1234) is public, URL-safe, and tied to your workspace. There's no concept of secrecy — anyone with the link can use it.

Sharing

Three suggested channels:

1. Direct link. Copy and paste anywhere — DMs, email, Twitter, your own blog.
2. Pre-filled tweet. The settings page has a "Share to X" button that opens a draft tweet with your link.
3. QR code. Generated on the page; useful for printed materials or event swag.

What counts as a successful referral

A referral converts when:

1. The referee signs up via your link.
2. The referee adds a card.
3. The referee starts a paid subscription on any plan.
4. Their first invoice clears (no failed charge).

If any of those fail, the referral doesn't convert. If the referee starts a trial but never pays, no credit is issued.

Self-referral

Blocked. The platform checks org-id and membership; if you sign up under your own link or invite a teammate via the referral flow, no credit is issued, and the attempt is audit-logged under referral.signup.blocked with the reason.

We don't punish good-faith mistakes (you can still complete signup), but credits won't flow.

Tracking your referrals

Settings → Referrals → History shows:

• Every signup that used your code.
• Whether each one converted.
• The credit amount issued (or not).
• Aggregate totals.

When credits show up on your bill

Credits sit on your Stripe customer balance. Stripe applies them automatically to your next invoice. Specifically:

• A referral converts on May 15.
• Your subscription renews June 1.
• The June 1 invoice has a -$50.00 line item from "AI Domination Customer Balance."

You don't need to redeem credits manually.

What if I have more credit than my invoice?

The unused balance carries forward to the next invoice. There's no expiry, no cash-out option, no transfer-to-another-account.

How many credits can I earn?

There's no hard cap, but we monitor patterns:

• Bulk-spamming the link in shady places will get the referrals flagged.
• A single referrer with >50 conversions in a month gets a friendly check-in to confirm legitimacy.
• Referees who turn out to be tied to the referrer (same payment method, same IP) get rejected.

What if my referee cancels?

If the referee cancels in their first month, we don't claw back your credit. They paid one month, the program promised both parties credit, both parties got it.

If the referee charges back, we DO reverse the credit — chargebacks net out the deal.

Tax implications

Stripe customer balance is treated as a discount on a future invoice for tax purposes, not income to you. We don't issue 1099s for referrals. Consult your accountant for your specific situation.

Disabling the program

We're not currently planning to disable referrals, but reserve the right to wind it down with 30 days' notice on /changelog.

Internally, the credit amount is configured at src/lib/referrals.ts. Setting both credit amounts to zero would wind down the cash side while keeping codes and tracking intact.

See also

• Plans and pricing.
• Invoices — where credits show up.
• Audit logs — every referral event lands in your log.