Referral System (Like MorningBrew)

Marketing & promotion
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Does anyone know if it’s possible to integrate a referral system like sparkloop into Ghost? I want to create a referral mechanism for the newsletter like MorningBrew or the hustle.

Thanks!

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I see the integration with FirstPromoter. But it’s not straightforward. Does this referral system go into emails in ghost?

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There’s also the integration with Viral Loops which seems a little more straightforward. I don’t think any of them are great solutions though. Worth remembering as well that Morning Brew’s program is custom built - so it’s clean because it was built like that.

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There are integrations with both FirstPromoter and Viral Loops.

FirstPromoter is generally better suited to monetary referral programs, where you give affiliates a monetary commission for each referred customer.

Viral Loops is mainly better suited if you’re running a rewards based referral program, where you give affiliates physical or digital rewards.

Read more about the considerations of referral programs for publishers here: Newsletter referral programs explained

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I asked Sparkloop if they’d ever integrate with Ghost, and they basically said that Ghost’s API is awful (you can’t even store information about the subscriber and use it in emails, for example), but they’d consider it if Ghost ever expands their API to offer the same type of access as all the other companies they integrate with.

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Hello Kym, is it possible if one has First Promoters highest plan to offer offer free months of our premium news letters to our members who refer others? Specifically allowing free members to be give credit to access paid content for each referral they send, even free member referrals.

I ask because First Promoter told me I would need to hire a developer to do this, and I am hoping they were new and unaware that Ghost has an integration for them.

I would like members who refer to be automatically given access via “comped” or however it is done for each person they refer. And then is automatically withdraw their free access once their rewards credits have been used. If this is not possible with ghost & first promoter can you tell what capabilities the integration has then if it does have these capabilities already which is something first promoter has the ability to do.

Also,I checked out Viral Loops and its confusing. Would it have this ability either? And are any of viral loops integrations with ghost automated other than sending those automated emails ? It requires us upload all of our members it appears regardless if they are referring people.

Better documentation on these integrations is needed I feel, as we don’t know the capabilities of the integration since first promoter said I would need a developer even though ghost has an integration.

Thanks for any help!
Clayton

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I’ve added this as an idea:

Vote for it there.

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