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High referral rewards bring worse customers

Large referral rewards (e.g. Get $50 if you invite a friend) boost the referral rate (+750% in one experiment) but lower the average profitability of newly referred customers (-48%).

Topics: Referrals | Promotions
For: B2C, B2B Friendly
Research date: October 2020

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