Applies to: Free and Pro alike · Last updated: 2026-08-18
You don’t have to pay to get Pro. Refer & Earn is available on every tier: invite people who’d genuinely use Profiled, and bank months of Pro as they join and upgrade.
[SCREENSHOT: the Refer & Earn page with the reward bank]
What you earn
| When your invitee… | You earn |
|---|---|
| Creates a profile | Half a month of Pro |
| Upgrades to paid Pro | 2 more months |
| Stays subscribed — at their 3 / 6 / 12-month marks | +1 / +2 / +3 months |
| A Gift Pro recipient of yours upgrades | 1 month |
Your bank holds up to 24 months.
The reward bank, and what "Pending" and "Held" mean
The bank shows four balances: Available, Pending, Held, Total.
- Pending — upgrade rewards are released after a 31-day hold. That’s deliberate: it’s the 30-day money-back window on a first Pro payment, plus a day. If your invitee’s payment is refunded inside the guarantee, the reward is withdrawn; once the hold passes, the months move to Available.
- Held (under review) — most commonly this means your own account is less than 7 days old when the reward was earned. Rewards earned in your first week wait for a human review before they’re credited — an anti-abuse measure, not a problem with your referral. If a reward sits in Held well past your first week, contact support.
Two ways to invite
Both draw from one combined quota: 5 per rolling 24 hours across email invitations and share-link creation. The form shows how many you have left.
- Email invitations — up to 5 addresses at once, with an optional personal message (it noticeably improves acceptance). Each carries a signed link that credits you as the referrer; a personal invite link is valid for 14 days.
- Your share link — a copyable link for your LinkedIn bio, email signature, or anywhere else. It lasts 90 days, and creating one uses a slot from the same 5-per-day quota as email invites.
A Recent invitations table tracks each invite: sent, accepted, existing user, superseded, or expired.
Claiming your months
When you have months Available, there are two ways to use them:
- Option A — discount an annual plan. Apply the bank’s value as a one-time discount against annual Pro (up to 12 months of bank). This is a real purchase and needs a card.
- Option B — claim free Pro months directly. No card required. Your months convert into a running Pro period.
Worth knowing about Option B:
- Reward-grant Pro carries 20 voice minutes a month, and top-ups aren’t available on it. Everything else is full Pro. (Paid and complimentary Pro carry 40 minutes — see Voice.)
- You can claim part of your bank. A 4-month claim against a 6-month balance leaves 2 months banked.
- One active reward grant at a time. While a claimed period is running, further claims wait until it ends; the banked months stay banked.
- If a claim fails, it doesn’t retry silently. You’ll be told the claim didn’t go through — adjust and try again, or contact support. Nothing is deducted for a failed claim.
The passive channel
Every published profile carries a "Build your own Profiled page" line in its footer. Visitors who sign up through it can credit you — your public profile is itself a referral surface, with no quota involved.