Mitch Referrals
Turn your members into your best promoters
Growing a forum is hard. Keeping it growing is even harder.
Mitch Referrals gives your community an easy, powerful way to spread the word — and gives you clear insight into what’s actually working.
No gimmicks. No hacks. Just a clean referral system built the XenForo way.
Simple referral links (that just work)
Every member gets a unique referral code they can share anywhere using links like:
?ref=ABC123
✔ No pretty URLs required
✔ No URL clutter
✔ No core file edits
When someone visits using a referral link, Mitch Referrals:
Tracks the click
Stores attribution securely via cookie
Automatically cleans the URL to prevent double-counting
Credits referrals only when a registration is completed
Fair, accurate, and abuse-resistant by design.
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Why send everyone to the homepage?
With Mitch Referrals, members can generate referral links for any page on your site, including:
Forum threads
Categories
Resources
The homepage- Custom landing pages
From the affiliate dashboard, members can paste any internal URL (or relative path) and instantly generate a referral-enabled version. This lets them share the content that actually convinced them — which means better engagement and better signups.
Bonus: the optional sidebar widget automatically creates a referral link for the page the user is currently viewing, making organic sharing effortless.
Everything members need, in one place
Each member gets a clean, easy-to-use affiliate dashboard where they can:
View their referral code
Copy referral links with one click
Generate referral links for specific pages
Track total clicks and unique clicks
See how many users registered through their links
View recent referral activity
It feels native. It looks native. Because it is native.
Clear insight for admins (without the noise)
Admins get a dedicated stats page that shows:
Top referrers- Click totals and unique clicks
Registration counts
Conversion performance over time
Plus a focused set of admin options:
- Referral cookie lifetime
Unique click tracking window
Enable/disable click tracking
Control whether referral cookies can be overwritten
No bloated settings pages. Just the controls that matter.
Built the XenForo way
Mitch Referrals is built specifically for XenForo 2.3.x and follows best practices:
✔ No core edits
✔ No URL rewriting
✔ Uses native entities, listeners, widgets, and templates
✔ Safe for live production sites
✔ Fully dev-mode exportable
Install it, turn it on, and let your members do what they already do best — talk about your community.
Designed to grow with you
Mitch Referrals is intentionally lightweight, but built on a solid foundation. It’s ready today for:
- Organic community growth
- Member-driven promotion
- Content-specific referrals
And it’s structured to support future upgrades like:
Referral rewards
Paid upgrade commissions- Leaderboards
- Trophy or badge integration
In short
If you want a referral system that:
- Feels native to XenForo
- Empowers your members
- Tracks real results
- Avoids common abuse pitfalls
- And leaves room to grow
Mitch Referrals has you covered.
