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Referral

Send your best customers a link that rewards both sides, and credit the reward automatically.

Your brandSMS
You are one of our best customers. Share this: they get 15% off, you get 100 EGP credit. yourstore.com/r/nour13:00
Type a message

What it is

  • A referral flow sends a unique, trackable link to a selected group of customers.
  • The link carries a reward for the sender and an offer for whoever uses it.
  • Attribution is automatic, so nobody maintains a list of who referred whom.
  • The reward is credited when the referred order completes, not when the link is clicked.

Who runs it

  • Brands with genuinely happy customers and a high-value group to seed from.
  • One brand on Nonito runs it today, and it has no meaningful results yet.
  • It is an advanced flow. Confirmation, cart recovery and delivery updates come first.
  • Strongest where the product is talked about anyway: food, fashion, anything visible.

How it works

  • A saved segment of high-value customers starts the flow.
  • A unique referral link is generated for each person, carrying both rewards.
  • The link goes out by SMS with both sides of the deal stated plainly.
  • The flow waits for somebody to actually redeem it.
  • When the referred order completes, the sender is credited and told, which is what prompts the next share.

Why it works

  • People already recommend things they like. This just makes it countable and worth doing.
  • Rewarding both sides is what makes the share comfortable to send.
  • Crediting on completion rather than on the click means you pay for outcomes, not for clicks.
  • The honest caveat: the mechanic is sound, and we do not yet have the numbers to prove it on our own platform.

Your Best Customers Know Your Next Ones.

Word of mouth happens whether you measure it or not. The question is whether you find out, and whether the person who did it gets anything back. A tracked link answers both without anyone maintaining a spreadsheet of who told a friend.

The starting point

Start with the people who actually like you

A high-value segment, not the whole list. The first shares set the tone.

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The mechanic here is well understood across the industry. What we do not have yet is our own proof, and this page will not pretend otherwise.

Seed from a high-value segment

Fewer people, better shares, and a reward budget that goes to customers who earned it.

Send it to the whole list

More reach, weaker shares, and rewards paid to people who were never going to recommend you.

What You Give, What You Get

What you give already exists in your store. What you get comes back automatically.

What you give

  • Phone number
  • Customer value
  • A reward for each side
  • Recent orderoptional

What you get

  • A unique link per customer
  • Referred orders, tracked
  • Rewards credited on completion
  • A list of your actual advocates

What Makes It Work, And What Breaks It

The difference between recovering orders and annoying people is in these details.

Do this

  • Seed from your best customers only

    The first shares set the tone. Sending to the whole list produces weak shares and wasted rewards.

  • Reward both sides

    A one-sided referral asks someone to do you a favour. A two-sided one gives them something to offer a friend.

  • Credit on the completed order

    Not on the click. Crediting on clicks gets gamed within a fortnight.

  • Ask soon after a good experience

    A recent delivery or a high rating is the moment. Two months later the goodwill has faded.

  • Tell them when it worked

    The confirmation message is what produces the second share. Without it you have run a one-off.

  • Run it last

    It depends on knowing who your best customers are, which needs the other flows running first.

What goes wrong

  • Sending it to everyone

    Rewards go to people who were never going to recommend you, and the shares that do happen are half-hearted.

  • Crediting on the click

    The fastest route to a referral programme that costs money and produces no orders.

  • A reward only the sender gets

    It makes the share an awkward favour rather than a gift, and most people will not send it.

  • Silence after a successful referral

    The person who just brought you a customer hears nothing, and never does it again.

  • Running it before the basics

    Referring people to a brand that does not confirm orders or update deliveries is asking a customer to risk their own reputation.

See how it is builtThe real builder canvas, with the setup direction on every node.
Referral in the flow builder6 nodes
TriggersGet Audience
Segment
High-value customers

High value only. This choice decides whether the flow works.

ActionsDiscount
Type
Unique referral link
Reward
Sender credit + receiver offer

One link per person, carrying both rewards.

MessagingSMS
Message
Link + what each side gets

Both sides of the deal in one line.

TimingWait for Event
Wait for
Referral link redeemed

Wait for a real redemption, not a click.

ActionsDiscount Redeemed
Track
Credit the referrer

Credits on the completed order.

MessagingSMS
Message
Reward credited

This message is what produces the second referral.

Click and drag to move around the canvas, pinch or scroll to zoom
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Before you start

  • The other flows running, so you know who your high-value customers are.
  • A segment defining high value for your brand.
  • A reward for each side, agreed and affordable.
  • An SMS sender configured for your market.

Every node carries its own setup direction. Drag the canvas to move around it, or open it full screen.

Questions About This Flow

When should we switch this on?

After the core flows are running. Referral works once you already know who your high-value customers are and they have had a recent good experience.

How is the reward credited?

Automatically, when the referred order completes. Not on the click, which is how referral programmes get gamed.

What results should we expect?

We cannot tell you honestly. One brand on Nonito has this live and it has attributed essentially nothing so far. The mechanic is well understood across the industry; our own proof is not in yet.

Should we reward both sides?

Yes. A one-sided referral asks the customer to do you a favour. A two-sided one gives them something worth passing on.

Who should we send it to?

A high-value segment, not the whole list. The first shares set the tone, and rewards sent to indifferent customers are simply spent.

How long does it take to go live?

Same day, once the segment exists and the rewards are agreed. The work is deciding who qualifies, not building the flow.

Run It Alongside

The flows that protect the order you just recovered.

See It Running On Your Own Store.

We will connect your store, switch this flow on, and show you what it recovers. Setup takes an afternoon, and you keep everything it builds.

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