famous referral programs

Not many people today know that PayPal ran a very successful referral program, long before Dropbox did. They literally paid people to refer their friends!

You can't talk about Christy Dawn's dresses without mentioning their mission or values. Here's how they crafted their brand story.

Amazon is the largest ecommerce player in the world. Here's a thorough analysis of their referral program – what they did right, and what could be better.

Although Starbucks' epic referral program is no longer running it still remains one of the most successful programs ever, period! Why? Check it out.

Musk said that the company would offer a $1,000 credit to Tesla owners whose referrals result in the purchase of a Model S electric sedan. Why? Check it.

You're in a big city, and you're running late. You try to hail a cab, but all of them are busy. After 15 minutes, you give up trying. Uber changed all that.

Spotify had a referral program in their earlier days – around 2014, but have since stopped running it. Why would they do this? We have all the details here.

Airbnb's referral program brought in millions of dollars in revenue. A single user brought in thousands of signups. How? Let their growth team tell you.

Google Apps for Work has a great B2B referral program -- offering up to $2,000 for each domain. Here's how Google does referrals.

Evernote is, essentially, a cloud notebook on steroids. Their app has been extremely popular, gaining their first million users in 446 days. How? Check it.

Surely you can imagine our faces when we set our eyes on World of Warcraft's (WoW) Recruit-a-Friend referral program. It's awesome. Take a look.