Referrer

Paid per new user

Paying points per click causes many problems, because clicks are easy to fake. On Bullmark the reward works differently: points are paid only when someone who came through a referrer's link signs in for the first time. The reward can be set to pay after sign-up, after a sale, or on a custom condition.

What is different here

Affiliate platforms accept anyone and pay per click or per tracked sale. Clicks are easy to fake. Sales tracking breaks easily, because cookies expire and link tags get removed. When the tracking fails, the person who did the work is the one who loses out.

Bullmark differs in two ways. The brand chooses who promotes it. And it pays for a new user: a person who signs in to the brand's app for the first time through the referrer's link or banner. That first sign-in is recorded at Axowl, once per person. A bot cannot earn a reward by clicking, and a referrer cannot refer themselves.

The terms cannot be changed later

When a brand makes an offer, its terms are recorded and locked as they are: the period, the Brand Credit per new user, and the budget if there is one. The contract starts when the referrer accepts. To change the terms, a new contract is made. Neither side can quietly rewrite what was agreed.

Paid per new user

The reward arrives as Brand Credit when someone new signs in to the brand's app through your link or banner. Nothing is paid per click, or for a person who was already a user. Putting up a banner earns nothing by itself, because the brand pays only after a user has been brought to it. One person counts once per brand, and you cannot be your own new user. The reward is released 7 days after that first sign-in, and only if the person came back on another day.

No money is held in advance

Accepting an offer moves no money. Each reward is paid from the brand's credit balance at the moment the sign-in happens, until the budget the brand set, or its balance, runs out. If a reward cannot be paid, the sign-in is still recorded with the reason, and the brand is told.

Vouchers are bought, and can be returned

An approved referrer can buy the brand's referrer-only vouchers on the Voucher Market to hand out or resell. Every listing says whether returns are allowed and for how many days. A voucher bought in advance and not used can be returned within that time, and the brand gives the money back.

How it works, start to finish

Ask

Find a brand on Discover and ask to be its referrer. Or send one request to the referrer pool, a list brands look through, and let them come to you. Individuals are welcome; you do not need a company. The brand decides whether to approve you.

Accept the offer

The brand sets the period, the Brand Credit per new user and an optional budget, then sends you an offer with those terms locked. Accept it and your link and banner go live.

Earn

Put the link or banner where your audience is. For each new user who signs in to the brand's app through it, you are paid in that brand's credit. If you want something to give people, buy the brand's referrer-only vouchers on the Voucher Market and hand them out.

When the reward is paid

The brand can set when the reward is paid: after sign-up, after a sale, or on a custom condition. For a custom condition, the brand adds code and defines the condition itself.

Two rules with no exceptions

You cannot refer yourself. A sign-in by the referrer, or by the brand's own people, pays nothing. And one person counts once per brand, no matter who brought them first. Both rules are applied at the sign-in itself, not reviewed afterwards.

Fake sign-ups do not pay

Nothing is paid at sign-up. The reward waits 7 days and is paid only if the person comes back on another day. The same mailbox counts once, one device counts for at most three, a sudden rush of sign-ups stops that contract's payouts, and every contract has a budget. Beyond these, the system includes a range of additional safeguards that cannot be disclosed for security reasons. No payment integration fee →

For brands: why it costs no cash

You pay your referrers in credit, and only per new user, meaning someone who has already arrived and signed in. You choose who promotes you, for how long and with what budget. Neither side owes anything in advance. You pay with your own service, which you already make.

That is how promoting without cash works. Your marketing budget is your own service, and it is only spent after a new user has arrived.

What is Brand Credit →

The points referrers are paid in, and why their value never changes.

What is a voucher →

The numbered discount ticket a referrer can buy and hand out.

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