Applies to: Pro only · Last updated: 2026-08-18
⛔ PUBLISH-BLOCKED (2026-08-22, founder decision, 58th session). This guide promises the 14-day recipient trial, which the acceptance path does not yet grant — a recipient currently lands on Free. Same block as KB article 25 (S3.3-KB-INDEX, batch 4). Unblocks when the recipient grant ships in production; the grant build is the agreed next Profiled engineering task.
Gift Pro lets you give people a taste of Pro: each quarter you can send up to five gifts, and each recipient gets a 14-day Pro trial — no card required on their side.
[SCREENSHOT: the Gift Pro page with the quarterly counter]
How it works
- Allotment: 5 gifts per quarter. The counter on the page shows how many you have left and when the next allotment arrives.
- Unused gifts don’t carry over. A new quarter starts a fresh five; anything unsent from the previous quarter lapses. Plan to use them or lose them — there is no advance warning before the quarter turns.
- Sending: up to 5 email addresses per send, with an optional personal message (up to 500 characters — a personal line noticeably improves the odds the gift is accepted).
- The gift link is valid for 14 days. After that it lapses; you can send a fresh gift in a later quarter.
- A Recent gifts table tracks each one: sent, accepted, already a user, superseded, or expired.
- If a gift recipient later upgrades to paid Pro, you earn a one-month referral reward through the same reward bank as Refer & Earn.
Who can gift
Gift Pro is the one referral surface that is genuinely Pro-exclusive. On Free, the Gift Pro page redirects to Refer & Earn — which is the free path to earning Pro months for yourself, and available to everyone.
Choosing between a gift and a referral invite
- Gift Pro — the recipient gets something immediately (14 days of Pro), and you have five per quarter. Best for people who’d be persuaded by trying voice and the Pro surfaces.
- Refer & Earn invite — no trial attached, but it earns you Pro months when the person creates a profile, and more if they later upgrade. Available on every tier.
They’re not exclusive: a gifted person who converts also credits you.