Invite Friends
Invite someone new to Zenavo and, after their first payment, you each get a share of it as team balance. The more your friends pay, the higher your level and the larger the share. This is separate from inviting members to a team.
How it works
- Copy your invite link from Invite friends.
- A friend creates a new Zenavo account through the link.
- Your friend makes their first real payment on a team they own, such as a plan subscription or a server.
- You both get a share of that payment as balance, once. It pays for plans and servers before any card is charged.
Your link
Invite friends is in the menu under your name at the bottom left of the console, and under Account in the settings sidebar. It appears only while the program is open; while it is closed there is no link to share, new sign-ups are not linked, and no rewards are given.
Copy your link from that page. When someone creates an account through it, by email or with GitHub or Google, the new account is linked to you. An account that already exists cannot be linked later, and a link cannot be changed.
Your code also works on any other Zenavo link: add ?ref=<code> to it, or &ref=<code> when the link already has a ?, for example on a page, a template or a Deploy on Zenavo button. The browser keeps the code for 30 days, so it still counts when your friend signs up later; if they follow another invite link in that time, the latest one counts.
Levels and rewards
Your level comes from the total of your friends' first counted payments. Each reward is a share of one first payment, at the percentages of your level:
| Level | Your friends' first payments, in total | You get | Your friend gets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lv1 | From $0 | 20% | 10% |
| Lv2 | From $100 | 25% | 15% |
| Lv3 | From $500 | 30% | 20% |
| Lv4 | From $1,000 | 40% | 20% |
| Lv5 | From $5,000 | 50% | 25% |
No reward is more than $50, for you or your friend. Zenavo may change the levels, percentages and limit; the Invite friends page always shows the current ones, your level and how much more takes you to the next one.
- The payment that takes you to a new level is still rewarded at the level before it. The new shares apply from your next friend on.
- A payment only counts toward your level while your reward for it stands. If that reward is revoked, the payment no longer counts and your level can go down.
- Rewards already given keep their amount when your level changes.
Example
You are at Lv1 and a friend subscribes their new team to the Team plan, paying $79 by card. You get 20% of it, $15.80, and your friend's team gets 10%, $7.90. Your total is now $79, so $21 more takes you to Lv2.
Your next friend's first payment is a $400 server. 20% would be $80, so your reward is the limit, $50; your friend gets 10%, $40. That payment takes you past $100 to Lv2, and it is still rewarded at Lv1.
What counts
Each reward is a percentage of what your friend's first counted payment actually charged, rounded down to the cent. Any part paid with balance is left out, and later payments earn nothing more.
Plan invoices and server purchases count when money was actually collected. These do not count:
- free trials and zero-amount invoices
- invoices fully paid with balance
- payments not made in US dollars
- payments on a contract-billed team, or on a team your friend is only a member of
A payment that does not count leaves the invitation open for a later one.
Who does not qualify
- Inviting yourself, including another form of your own address.
- A friend paying with a card you have saved or paid with.
- A card that has already earned a reward.
- A payment that is not made with a card.
- A friend paying on the same team that would receive your reward.
The first real payment decides: an invitation that does not qualify stays that way.
Where rewards go
Your friend's reward goes to the team that paid. Yours goes to the team you choose under Rewards go to; by default, the first team you own. Contract-billed teams cannot receive rewards. If you own no team that can, the reward waits until you do.
Rewards become team balance: it is used first whenever the team pays, and anything left is charged to the card. Balance cannot be withdrawn, and it does not expire.
Your invitations
The page lists who signed up through your link, with addresses partly hidden, when they signed up, and the status of each invitation:
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Signed up, not paid yet | The account is linked to you; no counted payment yet. |
| Paid, reward waiting | Your friend's payment counted. Your reward is on its way, or waits for a team that can receive it. |
| Paid, reward given | Your reward is on your team's balance. |
| Not eligible | The first real payment did not qualify. The reason is not shown. |
| Reward revoked | Zenavo took the reward back. |
If a payment is refunded or disputed, Zenavo can revoke a reward that has not been used yet.