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# Referral Program

Lighter remains free to trade for most users. This referral program rewards you for referring traders who choose a paid account type, letting you earn a share of the fees they pay. Referred users get their first week of Premium/Advanced fees rebated. The program applies to standard users who switch account types, or to new referrals starting **Monday, July 28, 2026.**

### How it works

Share your referral link. When someone signs up through it, they become your referred user, and you start earning a kickback on the trading fees they pay. Fees paid to access advanced order types via a Standard account are also counted.

Referral attribution is permanent: once a referral code is used at sign-up, it cannot be changed or added later.

### Referrer kickbacks

You earn a percentage of the **gross fees** paid by your referred users. The percentage depends on your tier:

| Tier   | Kickback | Requirement                                   |
| ------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| Bronze | 10%      | Available to everyone                         |
| Silver | 20%      | 15+ unique referrals, each active for 5+ days |

A referred user counts as **active for 5+ days** once they have traded on at least 5 separate days. Only users who signed up on or after the program start date count toward tier requirements.

Tier upgrades are reviewed manually and applied **weekly, on Mondays**. Once upgraded, your new rate applies to all fees generated by your referred users **from the upgrade date onward**, it is not applied retroactively to fees generated before the upgrade. Meeting the requirements makes you eligible for an upgrade, but upgrades are granted at our discretion.

### Referee discount

If you join through a referral link, you'll be prompted to get a **10% discount** on fees you pay, rebated every Monday. The discount starts at sign-up, when the referral code is used.

### Payouts

Kickbacks & rebates for both referrers and referees are paid out **weekly as L2 Transfers**, from this address: `0x817645592D5f7BB7F4F1b027B7f5277f28d12805`

Each Monday's payout covers fees generated from **Monday 00:00 UTC through Sunday 23:59 UTC** of the preceding week. Tier reviews use the same snapshot.

There is a **$1 minimum** for payouts.

### Program guidelines

* All kickbacks and rebates, on both the referrer and referee side, are **discretionary**.
* Wash trading, self-referrals, and any other attempts to abuse or game the program will result in **disqualification** and forfeiture of pending rebates.
* Trades executed through the [partner attribution](/programs/partner-attribution.md) program, with non-zero integrator fees, are not considered for kickbacks and rebates.
* Tier upgrades are discretionary and processed weekly on Mondays.
* Only referrals made on or after **July 28, 2026** qualify for the program, or older referred users on a Standard account type.
* Referral codes cannot be changed after sign-up.
* We may modify, suspend, or terminate the program at any time.
* Referral kickbacks & discounts can be generated on all markets available on Lighter: perps, spot, and binary options.


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