<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><span style="color: rgb(6, 95, 70); font-size: 2rem; font-weight: bold;">How It Works</span></p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Every Cocoon account now has a personal referral link. You can find yours inside your account dashboard under the new <strong>Referrals</strong> tab.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Your link looks something like this:<br></p><pre><code>https://cocoon-plugin.com/dashboard/?ref=CCN-XXXXXX</code></pre><p></p><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Share it however you want — a message, a post, a chat. When someone signs up through your link and then subscribes to Cocoon Premium, you start earning.<br></p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">What You Earn</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Once your referred friend has been on a paid plan for <strong>30 days</strong>, you unlock a claimable window of <strong>30 free days of Cocoon Premium</strong>.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Windows stack. So if a friend stays subscribed for 90 days, you earn three claimable windows - that's 90 days of free premium you can claim over time.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">There's a small variation for monthly subscribers who signed up with a promo code — those earn a window every 60 days instead, which mirrors how we handle affiliate validation periods to keep things consistent.</p>
<div class="overflow-x-auto w-full px-2 mb-6"><table class="min-w-full border-collapse text-sm leading-[1.7] whitespace-normal"><thead class="text-left"><tr><th scope="col" class="text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold">Friend's plan</th><th scope="col" class="text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold">Days to earn a window</th><th scope="col" class="text-text-100 border-b-0.5 border-border-300/60 py-2 pr-4 align-top font-bold">What you get</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td class="border-b-0.5 border-border-300/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top">Monthly or Annual</td><td class="border-b-0.5 border-border-300/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top">30 days</td><td class="border-b-0.5 border-border-300/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top">30 free premium days</td></tr><tr><td class="border-b-0.5 border-border-300/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top">Monthly + promo code</td><td class="border-b-0.5 border-border-300/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top">60 days</td><td class="border-b-0.5 border-border-300/30 py-2 pr-4 align-top">30 free premium days</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Claiming Your Rewards</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Rewards don't auto-apply — you claim them yourself from your Referrals dashboard whenever you're ready. Each window is claimed individually, and they stack on top of each other if you already have active referral premium time running.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Head to <strong>Dashboard → Scroll Down → Referrals</strong> to see your friends, where they are in their journey, and which windows are ready to claim.</p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">A Few Things Worth Knowing</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Your friend doesn't get an instant discount.</strong> The referral program is a reward for you as the referrer, not a promo code for the person signing up. If you're looking for a way to share a discount, that's what our affiliate program is for.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>Only paid subscriptions count.</strong> Rewards are tied to your friend's active Stripe subscription. If they cancel, windows stop accumulating — though any windows you've already earned stay yours to claim.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]"><strong>No gaming it.</strong> You can't refer yourself, and circular referral chains are blocked (so two friends can't just refer each other back and forth endlessly).</p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Why We Built It This Way</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">We wanted the reward to feel meaningful without creating incentives that don't make sense. Tying rewards to sustained subscriptions rather than just signups means you're rewarded when your friends actually find value in Cocoon - not just when they try it once.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">It also means the math is fair. We're essentially sharing a slice of the revenue your referral generates, in the form of your own premium access. The longer your friends stay, the more you both benefit.</p>
<h2 class="text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold">Get Started</h2>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">Your referral link is waiting for you in your account dashboard right now — no opt-in required, no application, no minimum. Just share it.</p>
<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]">If you've got friends who spend a lot of time in their browser and haven't tried Cocoon yet, now's a great time to change that!</p>