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Design a referral loop with no email signup
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A referral race can work without an email wall. ViralRefer gives a unique link in about 30 seconds. The anti-cheat lives in the credit rule, not in a login form. Only a unique friend tapping Get my link counts, and self-taps are filtered on the server.
What are email walls good and bad at?
Email capture is useful when you want to send people updates. As anti-cheat for a referral contest, it is weak. When a reward is attractive, people create throwaway inboxes. You trade friction for real users for a list of disposable addresses, and the cheaters still get through.
Where does anti-cheat go without email?
If anyone can get a link in 30 seconds, the scoreboard must not reward cheap actions. Referral fraud guides from vendors in this space give similar advice: reward a real qualifying action, check that referrer and referred are different people, and hold or void suspicious credits before any reward is given.
ViralRefer's qualifying action is a unique friend opening your /r/ link and tapping Get my link. That is the same step the referrer took, so a friend becomes a new racer. Server-side checks drop self-taps and repeat taps. Explained further in count a skill action, not a hit.
What prize does not attract farms?
Cash pulls farms because cash is useful to anyone. ViralRefer's prize is visibility for a real website. This week's top non-operator with 3 verified friends can claim a 7-day homepage banner, and two friends unlock a text line. A farm has little use for a banner that points to a site it does not own. See the banner prize and why the operator cannot win.
How does the loop work, step by step?
- Open viralrefer.app.
- Tap Get my referral link. No email.
- Send one honest sentence and your link. Tone guide: share without spam.
- Climb only when unique friends complete Get my link.
- Each friend now has their own link and can start the loop again.
What should a no-email loop include?
- Define one credit event that a bot cannot cheaply repeat.
- Count unique people, not page loads.
- Block self-referral on the server.
- Reset on a fixed schedule so newcomers have a fair start.
- Keep the house out of the prizes.
- Say clearly what does not count.
To sketch your own loop, try the loop builder.
Can I earn credit alongside the loop?
The race stays free and has no email. People with a site or list can use the promoter desk with an /a/ link for tracked credit when someone taps Get my link. Not cash, not the banner. See promoter vs racer.
What are the trade-offs?
No email means no reminder emails, no password resets and no newsletter. That is a real cost. In return, starting takes seconds and there is no inbox for spam to land in.
FAQ
Is a no-email loop easier to cheat?
Only if it rewards cheap actions. Rewarding a unique person's qualifying action, checked on the server, is what matters.
Can I still contact my racers?
Not by email, since none is collected. That is the trade-off.
What stops one person making many links?
Making links is free, but links only score when different people tap Get my link. Self-taps and repeat taps do not count.
Why reset weekly?
A fixed reset gives newcomers a fair start and keeps the board current.
Related guides and tools
Get my referral link Get a free referral link with no signupOfficial rules · Open worldwide, 18+. No purchase necessary. No cash prize.