The referral link DOES NOT suck

[Interferon]

Nobody is going to post a link to our main forum page and get people to buy something that way. Instead they will post links to various content on our site like blogs or gallery images, people will go to see the content, and some of them will eventually buy a product from us.

• The referral ID should work with links throughout the community like this: https://invisioncommunity.com/news/product-updates/health-dashboard-r1216/?_rid=1, not just the main page.
• This should be built into the share system so when people share a page on Twitter or whatever, the referral ID is tagged onto the URL automatically.

You have all the pieces right there to create a system where users are incentivized to share content and bring in new revenue. I have no idea why no one has connected the last bit of functionality needed to make that funnel start working.

Edited January 19, 2021 by Interferon

[Stuart Silvester]

The referral ID does work on any page if referrals are enabled.

The content share links will automatically add the referral ID to the URL you can copy and also to the buttons to share directly to other platforms. Granted it only appears on pages that have content, but the functionality does exist.

[Interferon]

Wow awesome and cool, thank you. 😜

[Interferon]

57 minutes ago, Stuart Silvester said:

 

Is that interface new? I don't have the link URL shown in my forum, just the social icons.

[Interferon]

I see, it only shows the copy-able link if you are sharing a comment. It would be nice if all content would display the raw link. I think most people would rather just copy and paste that rather than go through the "Share to Facebook" interface. For example, if I paste the link directly in Facebook, a preview image correctly appears, but if I go through the "share to Facebook" interface it does not display a preview correctly.