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title: 'Referral bonus: invite a friend'
description: Invite a friend to MemberPress.ai. They get 5 bonus chat messages when they join; free-tier referrers get 5 too, up to a monthly cap.
image: https://memberpress.ai/og/help-referral-rewards.png
url: https://memberpress.ai/help/referral-rewards/
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# Referral bonus: invite a friend

Updated October 10, 2026

Send an invitation from **Invite a friend** in the app’s account menu and enter your friend’s email address. When whoever you invited creates a MemberPress.ai account, they get a chat bonus for that month. Free-tier referrers get the same bonus. It’s a direct email invitation, not a shareable link or code, so it only works for the address you send it to. You can send up to **10 invitations a month**, and each invitation expires after **7 days**.

## The bonus

**5 bonus chat messages for your invited friend, in the month the invite is accepted.** Free-tier referrers receive the same **5 bonus chat messages** that month. It’s tied to that one accepted invite — it isn’t a subscription or a recurring perk, so it doesn’t show up again the next month unless another invite is accepted.

**Only free-tier referrers get the bonus.** If you’re already on the paid plan, a friend who accepts your invite still gets their 5 messages, but you don’t get anything extra — the paid plan’s chat allowance is well past where 5 more messages would matter.

## How high it can stack

On the free tier, chat starts at **40 messages a month**. Each accepted invite adds 5 more, but the running total is capped at **60 messages** for that month — four accepted invites gets you there (40 + 5 × 4 = 60). Anything beyond that doesn’t raise your allowance any higher in that month, and a referrer bonus you miss because you’re already at the cap is not saved — when the month turns over your allowance resets to 40 and only invites accepted in the new month can add bonuses again. Your friends keep getting their own 5-message bonus regardless of where your total sits.

## Related

The referral bonus only changes how many chat messages you get — see [Plans: free reads, paid does the work](https://memberpress.ai/help/plans-free-and-paid/) for what each plan covers, and [Credits](https://memberpress.ai/help/credits/) for the separate meter that pays for content generation.

## FAQ

### How big is the referral bonus?

Your friend always gets 5 bonus chat messages the month the invite is accepted. Free-tier referrers get 5 too; paid-plan referrers don't. It applies once per accepted invite and doesn't carry into later months.

### I'm on the paid plan. Do I get the bonus too?

No, but the friend you invited still does. The paid plan's own chat allowance is already large, so the 5-message bonus is reserved for free-tier referrers.

### Can I keep stacking bonuses by inviting more people?

Up to a point. Free's chat allowance starts at 40 messages a month, and referral bonuses can raise it to at most 60 in that same month — four accepted invites in one month (40 + 5 × 4 = 60). Past that, extra accepts still reward your friend but do not raise this month's allowance, and a missed referrer bonus is not saved for next month.