> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.x1id.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Invite friends

> Share your referral link from app.x1id.io. When someone registers a handle through it, you're credited on-chain as their referrer — a simple way to grow your corner of X1.

# Invite friends

X1ID is more fun when the people you deal with have handles too — you can pay them by name, recognize them across apps, and stop trading raw addresses. Referrals make it easy to bring them in, and they record who introduced whom.

## How it works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Grab your referral link">
    Open the **/refer** page at [app.x1id.io/refer](https://app.x1id.io/refer). Your referral link is tied to your own handle or wallet.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Share it">
    Send it to friends, post it, add it to your bio — anywhere you'd invite someone to X1.
  </Step>

  <Step title="They claim a handle through your link">
    When someone registers their handle after arriving through your link, your referral is attached to that registration **on-chain**, crediting you as the person who brought them in.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What you get

<Columns cols={3}>
  <Card title="On-chain credit" icon="link">
    Your referral is recorded on-chain with the new handle's registration — a permanent, verifiable record that you made the introduction.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Grow your corner of X1" icon="seedling">
    Every friend who joins is one more person you can pay, tag, and recognize by name instead of by address.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Your referrals, tracked" icon="chart-simple">
    The people you've referred are counted and attributed to you.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Note>
  **Referrals are attribution, not a payout.** Today, referrals record *who introduced whom* — they're a tracking and recognition feature. There's no monetary reward attached, so invite people because you want them on X1 with you, not for a bounty.
</Note>

<Tip>
  Referral attribution is being rolled out across X1ID on testnet, so counts may take a little time to catch up as the system settles in. The credit itself is written on-chain with each registration.
</Tip>

## Next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Gift a handle instead" icon="gift" href="/features#gift-a-handle">
    Want to remove every barrier for a friend? Pre-pay their handle so they claim it with zero funds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Claim your own handle" icon="rocket" href="/get-started">
    Not registered yet? Start here first, then share your link.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>