Turn happy customers into your best growth channel
A referral program turns your happiest customers into a self-funding growth channel
Share the link
Customers share a unique referral link via email, social or messenger.
Friend buys
The friend joins, gets their reward and makes a first purchase.
Both get rewarded
Growave verifies the order and rewards both automatically.
Word-of-mouth, turned into a measurable channel
Attract new customers
Turn loyal buyers into brand ambassadors and grow organically.
Reward loyalty
Keep existing customers engaged with rewards for every referral.
Boost lifetime value
Customers who refer friends stay longer and spend more.
Slash acquisition cost
Lower marketing spend while bringing in high-converting buyers.
Reward both sides, your way
Set a different reward for the friend and the advocate - Growave handles the rest.
Every reward, value and condition is fully configurable.
Give $10, Get $10
Give your friends $10 off their first order of $25+ and get $10 (in points) for each successful referral.
More than a discount code
Features that make referrals work and stay clean
Generous to customers, safe for your margins.
Tune every detail of both rewards: minimum order to qualify, reward lifetime with expiry reminders, a custom prefix on discount codes, collection limits and allowed discount combinations - so referrals drive profit, not leakage.
- Minimum order amount to unlock the reward
- Reward expiry + reminder notifications
- Custom discount-code prefixes & collection limits
Referral links on your own domain.
Share links from your custom domain instead of a generic one - more trust, more clicks, and a referral experience that feels entirely yours.
- Custom domain for every referral link
- On-brand from the first share to the first sale
Reward real advocacy. Block the rest.
Built-in fraud detection validates that the friend is a genuine first-time buyer. Suspicious referrals are flagged into a Reports queue where you can approve, exclude or reinstate - with email alerts and Shopify Flow order review for extra control.
- First-time-buyer & order validation
- Fraud reports: approve, exclude or re-add advocates
- Email alerts + Shopify Flow order review
See which advocates and channels drive sales.
Track referred sales, traffic and conversion rate, and see which sharing channels and top advocates deliver. Drill into any customer's referral activity, and adjust rewards manually whenever you need to.
- Referred sales, traffic & conversion rate
- Activity by sharing channel & top advocates
- Per-customer referral history & manual rewards
The details that make referrals reliable
How brands grow with Growave referrals
"The referral program has helped us consistently generate more revenue and bring users back more often. Plus their support is amazing and responds super fast!"
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"Growave is beyond amazing! Only my 2nd day with the Referral program active and I'm already seeing sales from it. Can't thank you enough."
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"It has the ability for your customers to send out referrals. The app is very well built and surprisingly very easy to customize."
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Questions, answered
Each customer gets a unique referral link. When a friend clicks it, signs up and makes their first purchase, Growave verifies the order and automatically rewards both the friend and the referring customer.
Yes. Referrals are part of Growave's Rewards program - advocates can earn points toward loyalty and VIP tiers, and referrals work across your website and Shopify POS.
Yes - and differently. The friend can get a discount, free shipping, free product or gift card; the advocate can get any of those plus points or flexible points that scale with the friend's spend.
Via email, Facebook, X, WhatsApp, Messenger, Pinterest or copy-link - surfaced in the rewards widget, the post-purchase "Thank you" page, the customer account and your rewards page.
Yes. On the Growth plan you can serve referral links from your own custom domain for a fully on-brand experience.
After the referred friend completes a first purchase that reaches your chosen order status and passes fraud validation. You can also require a minimum order amount.
Built-in detection validates first-time buyers and orders, flags suspicious referrals into a Reports queue (approve / exclude / re-add), sends email alerts, revokes rewards on refunds, and supports Shopify Flow order review.
Let your best customers grow your store
See how Growave turns word-of-mouth into a measurable, self-funding acquisition channel.