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Create custom referral links

Your referral links are how clicks turn into commission. In the glowDOLLARS dashboard, every site you follow gets its own ready-to-use affiliate link with your ref id already attached — no manual URL building required. Here's how to find, copy, and add them.

Find and copy your links

Sign in and open Affiliate links (/dashboard/links). You'll see one row per site you follow, showing the site name, the full referral URL with your ref id appended as ?ref=…, and a copy button. Click copy and paste the link wherever you're promoting — a banner alt, a deep-link from a review, a social post.

Links are gated behind approval. If your application is still under review, you'll see a locked state instead of the link rows; once approved, every followed site's link appears here automatically.

Add a link by following a site

There's a link per followed site, so adding a new link means following a new site. Head to Preferences (/dashboard/preferences), follow the site you want to promote, and its affiliate link appears on the Affiliate links page. Unfollow it and the link goes away.

If a link is showing but your ref id isn't appended, your affiliate portal account isn't connected yet. Head to Pairing (/dashboard/pairing) to link it — until you do, the link will load the site fine but commissions won't be tracked back to you.

How the ref code behaves when you share it

Your ref code — the value after ?ref= in the link — is what attributes a visitor to you. It's letters and numbers and the characters - _ . only, no spaces, up to 64 characters long, and case-sensitive when shared. Don't modify it; if you need to track placements separately, tag your traffic at the placement level rather than editing the ref code.

The 14-day cookie means a visitor who clicks today but signs up within two weeks is still attributed to you, so don't be tempted to use aggressive tactics that burn trust on the first visit. Honest, well-matched placements convert and retain better.

Put it into practice

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