Give referred users a better offer

Creators sell your app more easily when their audience gets something for using their link or code: a longer free trial, a first-month discount, a better yearly price. InfluTo tells your app whether the user was referred; what you offer them is up to you and is set up in your own paywall, in RevenueCat, or in the stores.

There are two ways to decide who sees the offer: check checkAttribution() in your app, which works with any purchase path, or let RevenueCat Targeting pick the offering from a subscriber attribute the SDK sets.

Know whether the user was referred

checkAttribution() returns attributed: true when InfluTo connected the install to a creator — through link-click matching, a link that carried the code into the app, or a code the user typed into your app. The result is stored on the device, so later calls are instant. Call it before you show the paywall, and again after your code field if the user entered a code there.

const attribution = await InfluTo.checkAttribution();
const paywall = attribution.attributed ? 'referral' : 'standard';

let attribution = await InfluTo.checkAttribution()
let paywall = attribution.attributed ? "referral" : "standard"

val attribution = InfluTo.checkAttribution() // suspend
val paywall = if (attribution.attributed) "referral" else "standard"

final attribution = await InfluTo.instance.checkAttribution();
final paywall = attribution.attributed ? 'referral' : 'standard';

const attribution = await InfluTo.checkAttribution();
const paywall = attribution.attributed ? 'referral' : 'standard';

attribution.referralCode tells you which creator, if you want a creator-specific deal.

Option 1: Gate the offer in your app

This works with RevenueCat and store-direct alike. Create the better offer as its own product (or offering) in your store setup — for example a yearly plan with a 14-day trial instead of 7 — and show it when attributed is true. Purchases of that product are verified and credited to the creator like any other.

Option 2: RevenueCat Targeting on influto_referral

When the SDK attributes a user, it also writes two RevenueCat subscriber attributes: influto_code (the creator's code) and influto_referral (the string "true"). InfluTo itself only reads influto_code; influto_referral exists so you can target referred users in RevenueCat.

Your paywall must display RevenueCat's current offering, not a hard-coded one, for Targeting to have any effect. RevenueCat's own documentation is the reference for Targeting and for which conditions its Experiments support: Targeting · Customer attributes.

Store-direct apps

Without RevenueCat, use Option 1: check checkAttribution() and show your referral paywall with the better product. Both stores also have their own discount tools — for example App Store offer codes and promotional offers, and Google Play subscription offers with developer-determined eligibility. Each has its own eligibility rules, so check Apple's and Google's documentation before relying on one. InfluTo captures and verifies these purchases the same way as any other — see Store-direct.

What a discount does to the commission

Commission is a percentage of what the user actually pays, in USD. A 50% first-month discount halves the creator's commission on that payment, and a longer trial delays the first commission until the trial converts. Renewals at the full price earn the full rate. If you want creators to keep their full first commission, a longer trial is usually the friendlier choice. See Commissions and fees.

Keep it within store rules

• Make the offer a better price or a longer trial for your subscription, paid through the store's own billing.
• Don't pay or reward people for installing the app, or for ratings and reviews. Both stores restrict incentivized installs and reviews — check the App Store Review Guidelines and the Google Play Developer Program Policies before launching any promotion.
• Describe the offer accurately on your paywall, and make sure creators describe it the same way.

Test it

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