> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.loosh.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Referrals

> Invite people to a wallet and earn a reward.

Invite someone to Loosh and, once they are properly using it, you earn a reward.

## Inviting

Open a wallet, tap **Referrals**, then **Share this wallet**. Your public wallet
page and your printed profile card work as invites too — anyone who joins after
scanning one is credited to you.

**Invites belong to a wallet, not to you.** The link carries the wallet it came
from, and that is the wallet the reward is paid into. If you hold more than one
wallet, share the link from the one you want rewarded.

The person has to be new to Loosh. Existing users cannot be referred, and you
cannot refer yourself.

## Earning the reward

<Steps>
  <Step title="Joined">
    They signed up with your link. Nothing is earned yet.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Cooling">
    They have done a qualifying action — a first top-up above a minimum, or a
    first withdrawal. Your reward is set aside with a release date, and is not
    spendable during this period.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Earned">
    The cooling period has passed. The reward is in that wallet's balance and
    behaves like any other money — spend it, send it, or withdraw it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The reward goes to you, the person who invited. There is no cap on how many
people you can invite.

The reward amount, the top-up minimum and the length of the cooling period differ
by country and can change, so they are not printed here.
[Contact support](/docs/help/contact-support) if you need the current figures for your
region.

## Why a reward can sit as pending

The cooling period exists so that a reward is not released on activity that later
gets undone. While it is cooling the amount is held aside rather than credited,
so it will not appear in your wallet balance — only on the Referrals screen. We
may withdraw a pending reward where we detect abuse;
[contact support](/docs/help/contact-support) if one disappears unexpectedly.

## This is not the sign-up bonus

The two are easy to confuse:

* The **sign-up bonus** is yours for joining. It is promised when you create your
  first wallet and paid once your identity check is approved.
* A **referral reward** is for someone else joining through you.

Both appear in your activity, with different icons.