Referrals for Shopify stores
Every order becomes a pass a friend can actually use.
Right after checkout, your customer gets a single-use friend discount and shares it in one tap on WhatsApp — or copies the ready-to-send message for Messages, Instagram, anywhere. The friend lands on your store with the discount already applied. No accounts, no portals, no points.
Free until VIP Pass has generated $1,000 in referral sales for your store. Billed through Shopify, cancel any time.
How it works
Four steps, none of them for you.
Set it up once — a block on the Thank-you page and a toggle in your theme. From then on every order runs the loop by itself.
- 1The moment an order exists
Order placed
VIP Pass creates a single-use discount for that buyer the moment the order exists — before they see the Thank-you page.
- 2Seconds later
Shared in one tap
The Thank-you and Order status pages show the pass with a one-tap WhatsApp button and a copy button for Messages, Instagram or any chat; desktop gets a QR code. The message is pre-written.
- 3Same evening, usually
Friend lands ready to buy
The link lives on your domain, previews nicely in chat, and opens your store with the discount on the checkout and a live countdown.
- 4When the friend's order ships
Everyone gets thanked
When the friend's order ships, the referrer gets a single-use thank-you code by email. Refunds void it and reverse the credit automatically.
The fine print
Built so the numbers hold up.
Every pass ships with the same rules. They are the small print on the back of the ticket — and the reason a referral programme stays honest.
- § 1New customers onlySelf-referrals and returning customers are recorded but never counted or rewarded.
- § 2One pass, a few friends, once eachEach code works for up to three different friends, once per person, and never stacks with other order discounts.
- § 3Real expiry, real countdownPasses expire 72 hours after the order (configurable). The storefront toast shows the true time left, verified with our servers.
- § 4Refund-proofA refunded or cancelled friend order voids the referrer's reward, reverses the referral credit and credits back any fee.
- § 5Visible in your analyticsEvery referral visit arrives tagged
utm_source=vip_pass, so the channel shows up in Shopify Analytics and GA on day one. - § 6Native to ShopifyCheckout UI extension, theme app embed, Shopify Flow trigger, admin blocks on orders and customers, Shopify Billing.
Estimate
What could it add up to?
An illustrative model with conservative assumptions: 15% of buyers share their pass, 10% of shared passes turn into an order. Your numbers will differ — this is a sense of scale, not a promise.
Amounts in USD; the app reports in your store currency.
Fee shown at the Growth plan: $49 per 30 days plus 1.5% of referral sales above $2,500.
FAQ
The questions merchants ask right before installing.
Short answers. Anything else: support@kiricode.dev, one business day.
Does it work with my theme?
Yes. The Thank-you block is a checkout UI extension, so it appears on every Shopify checkout without touching theme code. The storefront toast is a theme app embed — one toggle in the theme editor on any Online Store 2.0 theme.
Do I need Shopify Plus?
No. Thank-you and Order status page extensions are available on every Shopify plan.
What does the friend actually see?
A preview card in the chat with your store name and the offer. Tapping it opens your store with the discount already on the checkout and a small card counting down the time left. No code to type, no account to create.
What stops people from gaming it?
Each pass works for a limited number of friends, once per person, only for new customers if you want, never stacked with other order discounts, and it expires. The buyer's own email or account can never be the “friend”.
What happens when a friend returns the order?
The referrer's thank-you code is voided, the referral sale is reversed in your numbers, and any usage fee on it is credited back.
Can I change the discount, the validity or the reward?
Any time, in Settings. New passes use the new rules immediately; passes already issued keep the terms they were shared with.
Which currencies and languages?
Percentage discounts work in every currency and the app reports in your store currency. The customer-facing block and toast ship in English and French, with more on the way.
Pricing
Pay only after it has paid for itself.
Both plans include everything. The only difference is whether VIP Pass has already made you money.
Free
$0 until $1,000 in referral sales
Install, set up in two minutes, and let it run. No card, no trial clock.
- Thank-you & Order status block
- WhatsApp, copy-to-chat and QR sharing
- Storefront countdown toast
- Referrer thank-you rewards
- Refund clawbacks, weekly report
Growth
$49 per 30 days, billed by Shopify
Starts after your first $1,000 in referral sales — you get 14 days to activate it, passes keep working meanwhile.
- Everything in Free
- $2,500 in referral sales included every 30 days
- 1.5% on referral sales above that, capped at $250 — credited back on refunds
- Shopify Flow trigger and admin lineage blocks
- Priority email support
Percentages are of referred orders only, never of your whole store.