How long does it take to implement GrowSurf?

GrowSurf can be fully implemented in a few days or less. Many GrowSurf customers get up and running within a day. This includes campaign setup, referral tracking installation, setting up a referral portal, and automating reward fulfillment.

Can I choose what counts as a referral?

Yes. With GrowSurf, you get to choose when to trigger a referral. For example, referrals can be defined as new leads or only when new leads make qualified actions.

Do my users need to sign up separately for my referral program?

GrowSurf will automatically give your signed-in users a unique share link without them needing to sign up for your referral program separately. However, there is flexibility on whether you want this process to be automatic or manual.

GrowSurf is designed for B2C, FinTech, and SaaS companies that want to save time and development resources when building a referral program. By using our out-of-the-box referral software, product and engineering teams can easily create and manage a customer referral program versus spending weeks or months building one in-house.

What kind of integrations does GrowSurf provide?

GrowSurf comes with more than 30 native integrations, including an entire suite of development tools such as a REST API, JavaScript library, and webhooks. Our large library of no-code integrations includes Stripe, Recurly, Chargebee, and Salesforce.

How do rewards work in GrowSurf?

With GrowSurf, you can automate any type of reward -- this includes gift cards, credits, coupons, and cash via PayPal. With our rewards management system, you can automate the entire fulfillment process or manually approve rewards.

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Set up a referral portal

Track referrals on your existing user signup flow. No need to set up any new landing pages or change your current form and automations that are already in place.

Paste the GrowSurf Universal Code on your webpage to automatically track referrals.

<script type='text/javascript'>
  (function(g,r,s,f){g.grsfSettings={campaignId:'45hxmj',version:'2.0.0'};s=r.getElementsByTagName('head')[0];f=r.createElement('script');f.async=1;f.src='https://app.growsurf.com/growsurf.js'+'?v='+g.grsfSettings.version;f.setAttribute('grsf-campaign', g.grsfSettings.campaignId);!g.grsfInit?s.appendChild(f):';})(window,document);
</script>

Alternatively, use our JavaScript SDK if you have a non-standard web form or single-page application. Your users won't need to enter a referral code.

growsurf.addParticipant({
    email: 'gavin@hooli.com',
    firstName: 'Gavin',
    lastName: 'Belson'
});

Use our REST API to track referrals on users who sign up through your mobile app.

curl -X POST 'https://api.growsurf.com/v2/campaign/45hxmj/participant' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d $'{
    "email": "gavin@hooli.com",
    "firstName": "Gavin",
    "lastName": "Belson",
    "referredBy": "richard-h8kp6l"
  }'

Rewards are only unlocked when a qualifying action is completed by the pending referral.

Connect to an integration and GrowSurf will automatically trigger referrals.

Trigger referrals on new payments

Trigger referrals on CRM deal stage changes

Alternatively, use our JavaScript SDK to trigger referrals on any front-end event.

growsurf.triggerReferral('gavin@hooli.com');

Alternatively, use our REST API to trigger referrals on any server-side event.

curl -X POST 'https://api.growsurf.com/v2/campaign/45hxmj/participant/gavin@hooli.com/ref' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'

When rewards are unlocked, automatically send them out to the winners.

Connect to an integration or use Zapier to automatically issue out rewards.

Send gift cards or money, or apply coupons/credits

Send swag or other custom rewards (view Zap templates)

Alternatively, use Webhooks to automatically issue out any custom reward.

// Node.js webhook example

app.post('/your/webhook/payload-url', function(req, res) {
  const body = req.body;
  
  try {
    if (body.event === 'PARTICIPANT_REACHED_A_GOAL') {
      // Write code here to do something when a participant wins a reward
      console.log(`${body.data.participant.email} just won this reward: ${body.data.reward.description}`);

      // If the reward is approved
      if (body.data && body.data.reward && body.data.reward.approved) {
        // Do something
      }
      
      // If this is a double-sided reward, use body.data.reward.isReferrer to determine if this is for the referrer or referred person
      if (body.data && body.data.reward && body.data.reward.isReferrer) {
        // Do something
      }
    }
  
  } catch (err) {
    res.status(400).end();
  }
  res.json({received: true});
});

A referral portal lets your users easily share their referral link and track their referral progress. GrowSurf provides the following no-code solutions.

An alternative to Embeddable Elements is the GrowSurf-hosted Referral Portal, which comes out-of-the-box with every campaign. Custom domains are supported (e.g, https://refer.yoursite.com).

Simply paste Embeddable Element snippets into your web app to create a white-label referral portal from within your product. When your users are logged in, they will automatically see their referral link and can start sharing immediately. If they do not already exist as a participant, they will automatically be added if there is a data-grsf-email value present.

Share Form (preview here)

<div data-grsf-block-form
 data-grsf-email="gavin@hooli.com"
 data-grsf-first-name="Gavin"
 data-grsf-last-name="Belson"
></div>

Invite Form (preview here)

<div data-grsf-block-invite></div>

Referral Status (preview here)

<div data-grsf-block-referral-status></div>

Connect to an email service provider (ESP) integration to display referral links to your users from your own emails.

Display referral links in your transactional and promotional emails

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Integrate in an afternoon

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