You already know the feeling: an athlete you back hits a milestone, the rewards pool releases, and ralli rewards points™ land in your account. Now imagine your best mate, your sibling or your training group experiencing that too. Member referrals make it happen — and when a friend you invite activates a paid membership, you both earn 25 ralli Credits.
This is the complete guide: how the mechanism works, when the credits land, who your best referral candidates are, and word-for-word scripts that convert.
How member referrals work — the mechanism
Your personal referral link lives in the Referrals hub in your dashboard. The flow:
- Share your link. Text it, DM it, drop it in the group chat. There is no cap on invites.
- Your friend joins through your link. They can browse athletes, read stories and explore The Vault first — the referral is attached from the moment they arrive, so you never need to claim it manually.
- They activate a paid membership. When their first payment is accepted and the membership goes live, the referral completes. (A quick note on our house rule: credits are never distributed before a payment is accepted — this keeps the whole system honest.)
- You both get 25 ralli Credits. Instantly, automatically, in both wallets — and you both receive an email confirming it.
What 25 credits are worth
Every credit you allocate sends $0.70 in real funding directly to an athlete's wallet — money they withdraw for coaching, travel, equipment and entry fees. So your 25 referral credits put $17.50 of real funding behind an athlete you believe in, at zero cost to you. Refer four friends who become members and that is 100 credits — $70 of athlete funding — plus the allocation points and milestone rewards those allocations generate for you along the way.
And the credits your friend receives mean their first allocation happens on day one. Most members say the moment the platform "clicks" is the first time they allocate to an athlete — referrals get new members to that moment immediately.
Who to ask — your five best referral candidates
1. The friend who already talks about the athlete you back
If you have ever shown someone your dashboard or mentioned a milestone payout at dinner and they leaned in — that is your warmest lead. They are already pre-sold; they just need the link.
2. Family — especially parents and siblings
Family referrals convert better than any other group because the trust is absolute. A parent who backs an athlete often becomes the most engaged member on the platform: they read every update, they celebrate every milestone, and they stay for years.
3. Your old teammates and club friends
Anyone who played sport understands what it costs — the fees, the travel, the equipment. "Remember what it was like trying to fund a season? This lets you fund someone else's, and you earn rewards when they hit milestones" is a thirty-second pitch that writes itself.
4. Colleagues who follow sport
The workmate with the football club scarf on their chair, the one streaming qualifiers at their desk — they are sports fans looking for a deeper connection than a broadcast. Backing a real athlete's journey is exactly that.
5. The generous one
Every group has a person who donates to every fundraiser and sponsors every charity run. ralli is built for them: the feel-good of direct athlete funding, plus rewards they can redeem in The Vault for premium merch, memorabilia, vouchers and events.
What to say — scripts that work
To a close friend: "I'm backing a sprinter on ralli — she just hit a national milestone and I earned rewards from it. You'd love it. Join with my link and we both get 25 credits when you activate."
To family: "You know how you're always asking about the athletes I back? You can do it yourself — it's less than a coffee a week, and my link gets you 25 bonus credits to start with."
To an old teammate: "Remember fundraising for our away trips? There's a platform now where fans back athletes directly — I'm a member and it's genuinely great. Use my link, we both get 25 credits."
The questions your friends will ask
- "Can I pause or cancel?" Yes — memberships can be paused or cancelled any time, no lock-in.
- "What do I actually get?" Monthly credits to allocate, a dashboard tracking your athletes, milestone updates, and ralli rewards points™ when your athletes achieve — redeemable in The Vault for premium merch, memorabilia, vouchers and events.
- "Do I have to be a member to back someone?" No — casual top-ups are available too. But members earn ongoing rewards and keep full privileges, which is why the referral bonus pays out on membership activation.
Why it compounds
Every member who joins grows the funding pool behind every athlete — including yours. More members means more backers per athlete, bigger rewards pools, and faster milestone releases. Your 25 credits are the thank-you; watching your athletes' journeys accelerate is the real return.
Your link is in the Referrals hub. Send it to one person today — the friend you thought of while reading this.