You want a customer to send a friend your way. If your referral page shows a discount code alongside the referral link, that code gives them something else to copy and share. For merchants concerned about codes reaching coupon sites, showing it can feel like an unnecessary invitation.
ReferralCandy now lets you hide the friend discount code on your referral pages. Your advocates can still share their referral links, friends can still see the offer, and the discount still applies at checkout through the referral link.
Make the referral link the thing to share
A referral link gives your customer a clear next step: send this to a friend. The friend follows the link to discover your brand and claim the offer.
When you hide the code, you remove the visible code and its copy button from the pages you choose. The referral link and the offer description stay visible, so customers can still understand what they are passing along.
For example, a merchant who wants advocates to share links rather than copy codes can hide the code in the advocate portal. If they also want to hide it from referred friends, they can apply the setting to the friend landing page and friend offer popup. These are separate choices, so you can decide where the code appears.
Choose where to hide it
The setting is available to all merchants using ReferralCandy’s stock themes. You can control it on:
- The advocate portal’s Home, Sign-in, and Share pages.
- The friend landing page.
- The friend offer popup.
In the theme editor, select the page you want to change and clear Show friend discount code. Repeat this on each supported page where you want the code hidden.
Codes remain visible until you change the setting. If you use a custom theme in developer mode, the theme ignores this setting.
Keep the scope of the control clear
Hiding the code changes what appears on these pages. The discount still works through the referral link, and the setting does not guarantee that a code can never be shared elsewhere.
Use it when you want fewer places displaying the code and a clearer emphasis on sharing the referral link. Your customer still has an offer worth passing along, with one less thing to copy.
Open the theme editor and choose where your friend discount code should appear.
