You've signed up for SparkLoop!

Congratulations on taking the first step in starting your referral program!

To get your referral program up and running, you need to go through SparkLoop's onboarding process. It will take up to 90 minutes after your email list has finished importing.

Let's get started.

This is the most important step of the process, but don't let that lead you into believing it's also complex.

It's not. It is, quite literally, one click.

SparkLoop needs to access your email list in order to generate unique referral links and referral codes for each individual subscriber, thus ensuring they're tracked and rewarded properly for referrals.

To import your list, simply log in to your SparkLoop account.

You'll then be asked to pick from a list of email providers and, once you've made your selection and signed in, guided to import your list.

That's it. No code. No copy-pasting. No elaborate processes.

⚠️ Once you start an import of your subscribers in SparkLoop, you'll need to wait several hours—up to 24 hours for large lists—before going through the rest of the onboarding.

Once your list is connected, we can move on to the next step.

The rewards you choose are arguably the most important thing in your referral program, so it's worth spending some extra time thinking about what you'll offer.

Digital content? Swag? Unique coupons?

SparkLoop makes the entire process super simple and intuitive. Plus, you can use our Shopify integration, API, and webhooks to handle fulfilment of even the wildest of rewards!

Find reward inspiration in our Rewards Library

For detailed instructions on how to create a reward, read this.

When your subscribers win a reward, you want to email and congratulate them for winning, and send them instructions for how to access the reward.

You can set up reward emails through automated sequences in your ESP.

Here are detailed instructions on how to do so.

Before launching for the first time, you need to check that all of your subscribers have had their referral codes correctly synced in your email platform.

SparkLoop creates a unique referral link for each of your subscribers. This referral code is included in your emails (in the referral section)—and it's stored as the RH_REFLINK custom field in your email platform.

Before launching, you need to make sure that all of your newsletter subscribers have had their referral links generated and stored in the RH_REFLINK custom field in your email platform.

Each of your subscribers is given a unique referral link. They should share this unique link with friends, colleagues, or strangers on the Internet.

To set your referral link destination, follow these steps.

SparkLoop's tracking script can be installed on any web or landing page, eliminating the need for specific referral pages.

Here's how to find and install it.

The referral section is the place in your newsletter where you tell your subscribers about your referral program, give them their unique sharing link, and even show them how many referrals they need to make to win the next reward.

You can find inspiration, examples of successful referral sections, and detailed instructions on how to create yours here.

You should include your referral section in (most of) your regular email sends. The best time to ask a subscriber to share their referral link is soon after they subscribed, when everything is still new and exciting to them.

Here's a guide to setting up email automations in your ESP.

People don't normally see themselves as "ambassadors" or "advocates," which is why getting the first referral is such a transformational experience.

Here are detailed instructions on the emails you should send, best practices for each, and how to set them up in each ESP.

And that's it. Your SparkLoop onboarding is done!

One last step and you'll be ready to launch your referral program.