Refer your friends to Prolific and you’ll both receive £25 / $30 in Prolific credit when the referral conditions are met.
To qualify:
You must have spent over £100 / $125 on Prolific
Your referee must:
Be new to Prolific
Sign up using your referral link
Spend £100 / $125 within 30 days of signing up
There’s no limit to how many people you can refer — the more you refer, the more you can earn.
How do I refer?
Before referring others, make sure you’ve spent at least £100 / $125 on Prolific.
Once eligible:
Go to your referrals page via your account or this link: https://app.prolific.com/researcher/referrals
Share your referral link by:
Entering your friend’s email address and sending an invite
Copying and sharing your link via WhatsApp, social media, or other channels
Reward details
You’ll receive £25 / $30 in Prolific credit for each successful referral
Your friend will also receive £25 / $30 in Prolific credit
Credits can be used for:
Participant payments
Representative sample costs
Bonus payments
Best practice guidelines
When sharing your referral link:
Be clear that you are using a referral link
Avoid spammy promotion
Do not make false claims or misrepresent Prolific
If you’re unsure whether something is acceptable, reach out to our support who will be happy to help.
How do I claim the referral bonus?
If you’ve been referred:
Use the referral link sent to you (via email, WhatsApp, or another platform)
Sign up through that link
Spend £100 / $125 within 30 days of signing up
Once these conditions are met, your £25 / $30 credit will be automatically added to your account.
Note: Your first top-up does not need to be £100 / $125, as long as your total spend reaches that amount within 30 days.
How will I know when the bonus has been added?
If you were referred
You won’t receive a notification
The reward will be automatically applied to your account
If you referred someone
Once your referee has signed up and spent £100 / $125:
An icon will appear next to your wallet
Click this icon to manually redeem your reward
You must redeem your reward within 30 days of sending the referral.
Referral FAQs
My referral bonus hasn’t been applied
If you’ve met all the requirements (including spending £100 / $125 within 30 days) and haven’t received your bonus, please contact support using the icon at the bottom right of the page.
How long do I have to spend my referral bonus?
Your referral bonus will remain in your account as long as your account is active. You can use it at any time and across multiple studies.
I can’t find my referral code
Your referral code will only appear after you’ve topped up your account at least once.
If you’ve already topped up and still can’t see it, contact support via the icon at the bottom right of the page.
I forgot to sign up with the referral code
If you haven’t topped up yet: Delete your account and sign up again using the referral link
If you’ve already topped up: The referral cannot be applied retroactively
Referral terms and conditions
Read our full T&Cs here.
The referrer must have spent more than £100/$125 on Prolific to be able to refer someone new.
Once a referred user signs up, they must spend £100/$125 within 30 days in order for both parties to receive the referral bonus.
Referral bonuses for new researchers can be spent on any study type including representative samples.
There is no limit to the number of people that you can refer.
Spends from credit or debit cards that have been used on another researcher account are not eligible for the referral bonus. The top up will be successful, but no bonus credit will be added to the account.
If a researcher requests a refund on an account with an unspent referral bonus the bonus will not be included in the refund.
The referral bonus can only be used on the researcher's account that it is originally credited to and cannot be transferred to another researcher's account.
Self-referrals (i.e. signing yourself up for multiple researcher accounts using different email addresses) will not be eligible to receive the bonuses. If we have reason to suspect that this is occurring we reserve the right to withhold any referral bonuses earned.
Referrals made from a shared lab account to the personal account of an individual member of that lab will not be eligible to receive the bonus.
a. Referrals made to a user who is joining the same workspace as the original user will not be eligible to receive the bonus.
Prolific can change the referral bonus, for referrers and recipients, and eligibility period at any time, without notice.