> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://vexioncards.mintlify.site/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Refer a business > Give another business a 49 EUR gift and earn up to a year of VEXiON free for the businesses that join with your link and pay. Know another business owner who could use VEXiON? Send them your personal link. They get a **49 EUR gift**. You earn free months of VEXiON for every business that joins and pays, up to a year free. This page is about referring **businesses** to VEXiON. To reward your own customers for bringing in friends, see [Refer a friend](https://vexioncards.mintlify.site/knowledge-base/refer-a-friend.md). ## Who can refer Account admins of a paid **VEXiON ONE** or **VEXiON PRO** plan that you pay by card or bank transfer through VEXiON. The free plan and accounts billed through Shopify do not have this page. ## Where to find it Open **Refer a business** in the left menu, in the **Settings** group, right under **Settings**. A chip next to it shows the months your next business earns you, for example **+2 mo.** When the menu is collapsed, you see a gift icon. It is blue while you can still earn months. On a phone, find it in **More**. You also find it in your profile menu. Only admins see it. It is there from your first day on a paid ONE or PRO plan. ![The Settings group of the left menu: Settings, then Refer a business with a gift icon and the chip +2 mo.](https://mintcdn.com/vexioncards/J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD/images/refer-a-business-menu.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD\&q=85\&s=198bead8554f0cce3bc381a33fd5fbd0) Refer a business in the left menu ![The collapsed left menu with the Settings icon and the blue gift icon of Refer a business.](https://mintcdn.com/vexioncards/J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD/images/refer-a-business-menu-collapsed.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD\&q=85\&s=ac75f54daab5988ec91a0a195b11289e) The collapsed menu: the gift icon is blue while you can earn months ## Share your link **1. Open the page** Click **Refer a business**. Your personal link is in the first box, for example `vexioncards.one/invite/k7m2x9ab`. **2. Pick how to send it** * **Copy link**: copies the link so you can paste it anywhere. * **WhatsApp**: opens WhatsApp with a short message and your link. * **Email**: opens your email app with a short message and your link. ![The Refer a business page: the gift for the new business, your link with the Copy link, WhatsApp and Email buttons and how it works, and your stamp card with the Earned, Used and Left tiles.](https://mintcdn.com/vexioncards/J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD/images/refer-a-business-share.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD\&q=85\&s=72299cab874cc969e63f67461c92c11a) Your link, the share buttons and your stamp card ## What the new business gets The new business gets a **49 EUR gift** from you, on every plan: | Plan | The gift | | - | - | | VEXiON ONE or PRO, monthly | The **Starter Pack** setup fee (49 EUR) is waived. | | VEXiON PRO, annual | 49 EUR off the first invoice. | During a VEXiON offer, for example a seasonal discount, the new business gets the offer **instead of** the gift. You earn your months as usual. The **Refer a business** page then shows the offer and its end date. The new business sees your business name when it signs up with your link. You see only its business name, and only after it pays. ## Your reward: the stamp card Every business that joins and pays fills one stamp on your stamp card. Each stamp gives you free months: | Business | Free months | | - | - | | 1st | 2 | | 2nd | 2 | | 3rd | 3, and the **Ambassador** badge | | 4th | 2 | | 5th | 3 | That is **12 months, a whole year of VEXiON free**. Right now, the **Ambassador** badge appears on your stamp card when your 3rd business counts. ## The yearly limit You can earn at most **12 months in 365 days**. When you reach it, the **Refer a business** page shows **12 mo.** and **yearly maximum**, with the date when the first months free up. Above your link it says that a new business still gets its gift. ![The Refer a business page at the yearly limit: the stamp card shows 12 mo., yearly maximum, and the date the first months free up. Above the link it says a new business still gets its gift.](https://mintcdn.com/vexioncards/J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD/images/refer-a-business-limit.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD\&q=85\&s=56400129a26b7acfdd7bfb4a385b986c) The yearly limit is reached * Each reward counts toward the limit for 365 days. After that, its months no longer count, and you can earn them again. * Until then, new businesses earn you no months. The chip in the menu disappears. * A business that counts while you are at the limit uses no stamp. When months free up, your next business fills the next open stamp. * The business still gets its 49 EUR gift. ## When the months count A business counts when it **pays its first invoice** and is **still with VEXiON 30 days later**. Then the months are added to your account. Months never expire. If your account is paused, they wait until you resume. ## Where you see your free months On the **Refer a business** page, your stamp card shows **Earned**, **Used** and **Left** months. Below it, a table lists your businesses with the date they joined and a status. ![The Your referrals table: business, joined on and status, with five businesses and their status.](https://mintcdn.com/vexioncards/J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD/images/refer-a-business-referrals.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD\&q=85\&s=d136773c2e1754093e5bfbb5fe129a4f) Your referred businesses and their status In **Settings**, **Billing**, a green block shows how many free months you have left, which next invoices are free and until which invoice your free months last. On the invoice itself the free months appear as a minus line. Each free month is worth at most **45 EUR without VAT**. ![The green block in Billing: 12 months free from referrals, the next invoice at 0.00 EUR, the invoice until which the free months last and the link Refer another business.](https://mintcdn.com/vexioncards/J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD/images/refer-a-business-billing.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=J_71Qq2OVyme-jfD\&q=85\&s=a0e3465bcfb233ce7af355986fa2789a) Free months in Billing | Your billing | What happens | | - | - | | Monthly | Your next invoices are free, one month per invoice. | | Quarterly | The free months are taken off your next quarterly invoice. | | Annual | The free months are taken off at your renewal. | ## Statuses Each business in the list has a status: | Status | What it means | | - | - | | Waiting for first payment | The business signed up but has not paid yet. You do not see its name yet. | | Paid, months on (date) | The business paid. Your months are added on that date. | | Checking | We are checking this referral. | | 2 months earned | The months are added to your account. | | Yearly limit reached | The business counts, but you already have 12 months in the last 365 days. | | Not eligible | The business does not count. Point to the status to see the reason. | A business is **Not eligible** when: * it is the same business as yours, * the owner is a member of your team, * the owner already uses VEXiON, * it joined through a VEXiON partner, * it cancelled, or never finished signing up, * the payment was disputed, * your account was not active at the time. ## What does not count * **Your own second business.** A business with the same owner or the same company as yours does not count. * **Your team members.** If the owner is a member of your team, it does not count. * **A business that already uses VEXiON.** ## Limited-time boosts Now and then VEXiON runs a boost, for example **+1 month** for every business. A banner on the **Refer a business** page shows what you get and until when. During a boost, each open stamp on your stamp card, and a paid stamp that got the boost, shows the extra month in blue, for example **2 + 1 mo.** The extra month counts for businesses that pay their first invoice before the boost ends. A boost never takes you above the yearly limit of 12 months in 365 days. ## More than 5 businesses a year? Join the [partner program](https://www.vexioncards.one/affiliate) instead. > [!NOTE] > > The free months are a discount on your VEXiON invoice. They are not paid out as money. For plans and invoices, see [Billing and plans](https://vexioncards.mintlify.site/knowledge-base/billing-plans.md). This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.