Refer & earn — 25% recurring, for life

If you know other real-estate investors, Direct REI pays you to send them over — not once, but for as long as they keep paying.

It lives at Settings → Refer & earn.

What you earn

• 25% of every subscription payment, for life. Not the first month — every month they stay.
• 10% of their skip-trace pack purchases.
• 5% of their credit-pack purchases.

Because it's recurring, one referral who sticks around is worth far more than the sign-up bounty most tools pay. A referred Pro customer is roughly $25/month to you, indefinitely.

What they get

Anyone who signs up for a paid plan with your link or your code gets 50 free skip traces, added to their account after their first payment. It doesn't change their price — it's a reason to use your link instead of signing up on their own, so mention it when you share it.

• It's once per account, and it arrives once they've actually paid (a free first month counts from their first paid month).
• If that first payment is fully refunded or disputed, the free traces they haven't used are taken back.

How to start

1. Open Settings → Refer & earn and apply. Applications are reviewed by hand — this isn't automatic, and good-fit partners are approved.
2. Once approved you get your referral link. Anyone who signs up through it is attributed to you.
3. Fill in your payout details and keep them current — that's how you get paid.

The same page tracks what you're owed, what's been paid, and how many active referrals you have. Payouts are sent manually on a regular schedule; earnings sit as "owed" until then.

Pick your own code

Your code starts as a mix of your company name and a few random characters. To make it easier to say out loud, click Change code next to it and type the one you want — 4 to 20 letters and numbers, like LAKESIDELAND or JORDAN2024. It's checked as you type and saved only when it's free.

• No two partners share a code. A code anyone already has — or used to have — is taken.
• Nothing that sounds like a discount. Words like FREE, BONUS, BOGO, PROMO or SAVE, and number-word mixes like 20OFF, TAKE10 or 1MONTH, aren't allowed, and neither are our own discount codes. A referral code gives no discount, so buyers shouldn't mistake yours for one. "4" used for "for" is fine (CASH4HOMES).
• Your old code and link keep working. Anyone who uses them still credits you, so changing your code never breaks a link you've already shared. Share the new one from now on.
• You can change it up to 5 times. Going back to one of your own old codes doesn't use one up.

Worth knowing

• You can't refer yourself. Self-referrals are blocked by account and by email.
• Attribution is by the link or the code. The link holds for a while after the click — they don't have to sign up in the same sitting. They can also type your code in the payment window ("Have a referral code?"); a typed code wins over a link.
• Refunds and chargebacks reverse the matching commission. You're paid on money that actually stayed collected.
• US tax: if you're paid $600 or more in a year, expect a W-9 and a 1099. Not tax advice — talk to your accountant.

What actually converts

The people most likely to stay are the ones with a real list problem — someone hand-texting from a spreadsheet, someone paying for three separate tools, someone whose VA has no system to work from. Send them to a specific thing that solves that, rather than "check out this CRM": the county-record pull, the multi-line dialer, or Oliver building a campaign for them.

What's next

To explain the plans accurately when you refer someone, read Plans, caps & credits explained.