Referral program
🚧 Coming soon. The referral program is built but not yet live. This page describes how it will work so you know what's coming — details may change before launch.
Bring real traders to GRIDer and earn a share of the trading fees they generate. The more active traders you refer, the higher your share. It's paid in USDC, funded by real fees — not an invented token.
How it works
- You get a personal referral link. Anyone who signs up through it is linked to you.
- When a referred trader becomes qualified (see below), the fees they generate start earning you a share.
- You claim your accumulated rewards in USDC from the Referrals page.
Revenue‑share tiers
Your share is set by how many of your referrals are qualified, recalculated continuously:
| Qualified referrals | Revenue share |
|---|---|
| 0–1 | 0% |
| 2–3 | 5% |
| 4–5 | 12% |
| 6+ | 20% |
The tiers reward genuinely bringing active traders. There's no cap on how many people you can refer.
What "qualified" means
A referral counts toward your tier once that trader has generated ≥ $50,000 of cumulative (lifetime) volume. This is a single, simple rule:
- It's sticky — once a referral crosses $50k, they stay qualified.
- Spot volume counts at half weight.
- No deposit minimum, no "days active," no opaque heuristics — just real volume.
How rewards are calculated
When a qualified referral pays a trading fee, your reward is a percentage of that fee, at your current tier. Fees from referrals who aren't qualified yet don't generate a share until they cross the threshold.
- The share applies for 6 months from the referral's first grid. After that, they become a direct user with no further payout.
- Your running rewards are visible in the Referrals panel in your Profile.
Claiming
- Minimum claim: 10 USDC equivalent.
- You request a claim from the Referrals page; payouts are processed manually in USDC to your wallet (target ~7 days).
- One pending claim at a time.
Communication & fair‑play
- Rewards depend on your referred users' real volume — there are no guarantees.
- The program rewards real acquisition, not self‑referral.
- 6‑month window per referral. Spot counts half. USDC only.
This is a milestone program, not a promise of returns. Your earnings scale with the real activity of the traders you bring.
See also the Points program, which includes a referral boost for the people you invite.