> ## Documentation Index
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# Refer an Agent — Give $20, Earn $20
> Share your personal referral link — the agent who joins General Referral through it gets \$20 off their first invoice, and you earn a \$20 credit toward a future membership renewal.
**We're rolling this program out to select agents.** If you're interested in joining
the affiliate program — earning membership-renewal credits for referring other agents
to join General Referral — reach out by email at
[support@generalreferral.com](mailto:support@generalreferral.com) or by text at
[201-263-4460](sms:+12012634460). This is an experiment, and we're looking for agents
willing to try it and share feedback.
Know another real estate agent who'd be a good fit for General Referral? Share your
personal referral link. When they join through it, **they get \$20 off their first
invoice and you earn a \$20 credit toward a future membership renewal** — with no limit
on how many agents you can refer.
This is an **agent-to-agent** program: you're inviting other licensed real estate
agents to *join General Referral* for the first time. It's separate from
[submitting a client referral to another agent](/knowledge-base/referral-transactions/how-to-submit-referral)
to earn a commission — that's a different process entirely.
The reward is for bringing **new** agents to General Referral. A **reactivating**
member — someone rejoining after previously cancelling — isn't eligible: they don't
get the \$20 off, and you don't earn the \$20 credit for referring them. See
[the rules](#the-rules) below.
## How it works
Every active member has a personal referral link on the dashboard, in the
**Referral Link** card. It looks like
`https://app.generalreferral.com/join?r=YOURCODE`.
Send it to a colleague who's thinking about hanging their license to earn
referral income. They use your link to start their sign-up.
The new agent signs up and their license transfers to (or is held at) General
Referral. They get **\$20 off their first invoice** automatically.
Once that agent has joined and onboarded, a **\$20 credit** is set aside for you
and applied to your **next membership renewal**.
## Find and copy your referral link
Your referral link lives on your dashboard in the **Referral Link** card. Open
[your dashboard](https://app.generalreferral.com/dashboard), find the card, and use the
copy button to grab your link — then paste it into a text, email, or social post.
Your link works anywhere you can paste text — a one-on-one message is usually the most
effective, but it's just as valid in an email signature, a social post, or a group chat.
## What each side gets
**\$20 off their first invoice**, applied automatically when they sign up through
your link.
**A \$20 credit** toward a future membership renewal — earned once the agent you
referred has joined and onboarded.
## When your \$20 credit appears (and why it's deferred)
Your credit is **not** applied the moment you share your link or the moment someone
clicks it. It's earned only after the agent you referred has **actually joined and their
license has transferred to / is held at General Referral** (onboarded). This protects the
program: the credit is tied to a real agent actually coming aboard, not just a click.
The agent who used your link completes sign-up and their license is held at General
Referral.
A \$20 credit is reserved on your account, plan-only (see below).
At your next membership renewal, the credit reduces that renewal charge — you don't
have to do anything to redeem it.
The credit reduces a **future renewal**, not your current balance, and it isn't paid
out as cash.
## The rules
The reward is for bringing an agent who is **new** to General Referral. If the agent
who joins through your link is **reactivating** — a former member rejoining after
previously cancelling — neither side earns the reward: they don't get the \$20 off
their first invoice, and **you don't earn the \$20 credit** for referring them. The
same is true in reverse: if **you** are the one rejoining, using another member's
link won't earn either of you the reward.
Each \$20 credit reduces your **membership renewal charge** only. It never reduces
**state licensing fees** — those are set by the state, not by General Referral, and
aren't discountable.
Refer as many agents as you like. **Each** agent who joins and onboards through your
link earns **another \$20** toward a future renewal.
At renewal, the largest amount of credit that fits your membership charge is applied,
and any **remainder carries forward** to your next renewal. (Because credits are
plan-only, they're never applied to state fees.)
If the agent you referred enters a **different** promo code at checkout, the \$20
referral discount won't *also* apply — only one code is honored per sign-up. To make
sure your referral counts, have them join through your link **without** entering
another code.
## Frequently asked questions
After the agent you referred actually **joins and onboards** (their license transfers
to / is held at General Referral). The \$20 is then applied as a credit to your
**next membership renewal** — it isn't an immediate credit, and it isn't paid as cash.
Yes — there's **no cap**. Every agent who joins and onboards through your link earns
you another \$20 toward a future renewal. If you earn more credit than a single
renewal charge, the remainder carries to the next one.
No. Referral credits are **plan-only** — they reduce your General Referral membership
renewal, never state licensing fees.
**\$20 off their first invoice**, applied automatically when they sign up through your
link.
Only one discount applies per sign-up. If they enter another code at checkout, the
\$20 referral discount won't also apply. Have them join through your link without
entering another code so your referral is credited.
The reward is for **new** agents only. If the person who joins through your link is a
returning member **reactivating** their membership, the \$20-off and your \$20 credit
don't apply. (The same goes if you're the one rejoining — a reactivating agent can't
trigger a referral reward on either side.)
No. This program is about inviting **other agents to join General Referral**. Sending
a **client** referral to another agent for a commission is a separate process — see
[How to submit a referral](/knowledge-base/referral-transactions/how-to-submit-referral).
## Need help?
Find your **Referral Link** card and copy your personal link
Questions about a referral credit? We're happy to help