| XF 2.3 Add-ons (Free) Mitch - Referrals 1.5.4

Mitch Referrals

Turn your members into your best promoters

Growing a forum is hard. Keeping it growing is even harder.
Mitch Referrals gives your community an easy, powerful way to spread the word — and gives you clear insight into what's actually working.

No gimmicks. No hacks. Just a clean referral system built the XenForo way.

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Simple referral links (that just work)

Every member gets a unique referral code they can share anywhere using links like:

?ref=ABC123

✔ No pretty URLs required
✔ No URL clutter
✔ No core file edits

When someone visits using a referral link, Mitch Referrals:

• Tracks the click
• Stores attribution securely via cookie
• Automatically cleans the URL to prevent double-counting
• Credits referrals only when a registration is completed

Fair, accurate, and abuse-resistant by design.

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Share the

Why send everyone to the homepage?

With Mitch Referrals, members can generate referral links for any page on your site, including:

• Forum threads
• Categories
• Resources
• The homepage
• Custom landing pages

From the affiliate dashboard, members can paste any internal URL (or relative path) and instantly generate a referral-enabled version. This lets them share the content that actually convinced them — which means better engagement and better signups.

Bonus: the optional sidebar widget automatically creates a referral link for the page the user is currently viewing, making organic sharing effortless.

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Everything members need, in one place

Each member gets a clean, easy-to-use affiliate dashboard where they can:

• View their referral code
• Copy referral links with one click
• Generate referral links for specific pages
• Track total clicks and unique clicks
• See how many users registered through their links
• View recent referral activity

It feels native. It looks native. Because it is native.

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Clear insight for admins (without the noise)

Admins get a dedicated stats page that shows:

• Top referrers
• Click totals and unique clicks
• Registration counts
• Conversion performance over time

Plus a focused set of admin options:

• Referral cookie lifetime
• Unique click tracking window
• Enable/disable click tracking
• Control whether referral cookies can be overwritten

No bloated settings pages. Just the controls that matter.

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Built the XenForo way

Mitch Referrals is built specifically for XenForo 2.3.x and follows best practices:

✔ No core edits
✔ No URL rewriting
✔ Uses native entities, listeners, widgets, and templates
✔ Safe for live production sites
✔ Fully dev-mode exportable

Install it, turn it on, and let your members do what they already do best — talk about your community.

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Designed to grow with you

Mitch Referrals is intentionally lightweight, but built on a solid foundation. It's ready today for:

• Organic community growth
• Member-driven promotion
• Content-specific referrals

And it's structured to support future upgrades like:

• Referral rewards
• Paid upgrade commissions
• Leaderboards
• Trophy or badge integration

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In short

If you want a referral system that:

• Feels native to XenForo
• Empowers your members
• Tracks real results
• Avoids common abuse pitfalls
• And leaves room to grow

Mitch Referrals has you covered.