How it works
Open the Refer a friend page in your panel, copy your personal link, and share it. When a friend signs up through your link and pays for SimplyPrint (with at least one printer connected), the reward lands on your account automatically. No coupon codes, no manual claims, no waiting for approval.
Step 1
Copy your personal referral link from the Refer a friend page in your panel.
Step 2
Share it anywhere: Discord, Reddit, the maker chat, a comment under a print photo.
Step 3
When your friend signs up and pays, credit lands on your next invoice automatically.
Your reward ladder
Every referred friend who pays for SimplyPrint (and connects at least one printer) counts toward the ladder below. Rewards are credit applied to your next invoice, free storage GBs added to your account, or free extra printer slots, depending on which milestone you hit. The two-referral repeatable credit keeps paying out every two friends you bring in after that.
| Referrals | What you get | Repeatable? |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Credit reward — $5 applied to your next invoice. | One-time |
| 2 | Credit reward — $2 invoice credit, plus 1 free GB of file storage added to your account. | Credit repeats |
| 6 | 1 free extra printer slot — permanently raises your printer cap. | One-time |
| 8 | 2 free GB of additional file storage. | One-time |
| 10 | Credit reward — $25 invoice credit. | One-time |
| 20 | Credit reward — another $25 invoice credit. | One-time |
| 25 | 1 free extra printer slot — bringing your total bonus slots to 2. | One-time |
| 50 | Credit reward — $50 invoice credit. The biggest single payout in the program. | One-time |
Every referred friend needs to sign up through your link, pay for a SimplyPrint plan, and connect at least one printer for the referral to count. The 2-referral $2 credit keeps repeating, so you're never capped after the early milestones.
Copy your link, share anywhere
Discord, Reddit, Maker meetups, the group chat
Your personal referral link is one click to copy. Share it in your maker Discord, drop it in a Reddit comment when someone asks how to slice on a Chromebook, post it under your printer photos, or just paste it in a text to the friend you've been telling about SimplyPrint for months. The page also tracks unique visits and referred signups so you can see what's working.
Credit shows up on your next invoice
Real money off, not store points
Earned credit is applied straight to your next SimplyPrint invoice. If your credit covers the whole bill, you pay nothing that month. If it covers part of it, your charge is reduced by that amount. The Balances panel shows pending credit (your friend signed up but hasn't paid yet), available credit (ready to apply), and how much has already been used.
Share your referral link with a badge
Embed a SimplyPrint badge on your site, blog, or bio
Add a SimplyPrint badge to your website, blog, GitHub project, plugin readme, or social bio. Visitors who click it go through your referral link, so credit attribution is automatic. Three styles to pick from: Powered by SimplyPrint, Works with SimplyPrint, and Compatible with SimplyPrint. Copy the HTML embed (or Markdown, or just download the image) from the Refer a friend page in your panel. Tutorial creators, plugin authors and makerspace websites use these to share with one paste. Every click still counts toward the reward ladder above. Step-by-step: how to join and share your link.
Who is refer a friend for?
Refer a friend is the baseline program for any SimplyPrint user who wants to recommend us. Hobbyists telling their maker Discord, print farm owners who keep getting asked which software they use, schools sharing with neighbouring districts, teachers who recommend us to colleagues. If you don't have a YouTube channel, a blog, or a 5,000-follower Twitter account, this is your program. If you do have an audience, the affiliate program pays cash commission instead, see below.
Have a real audience? Look at the affiliate program
Refer a friend pays you in invoice credit. The affiliate program pays creators in cash. If you have an audience, the affiliate program is built for you.
Got a real audience?
If you run a 3D printing YouTube channel, a maker blog, a podcast, or any platform with reach, the affiliate program is built for you. Approved affiliates get cash commission on every referred subscription (70% the first month, 30% for the rest of year one, 15% recurring while the customer stays), real PayPal payouts every 14 days, multiple referral codes, and a promotional asset pack.
See the affiliate program