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Referral program integration with Substack?

Hi there,

What are the best ways to run a referral program (to find new subscribers) with Substack? As they don't offer an API it does not seem so easy.

Morning Brew generates well over 1,000 subscribers a day from its referral program (https://medium.com/the-mission/how-morning-brews-referral-program-built-an-audience-of-1-5-million-subscribers-3315482c1aa5), which accounts for 35% of net new sign-ups. The Skimm gets 20% of its subscribers via referral. The Hustle’s referral program drove more than 70,000 subscribers by April 2018 (and is likely well over 100k now).

What kind of tool can I use to run a referral program with Substack? Let me know!

Thank you,

on August 25, 2020
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    These guys specifically mention newsletters as one of their areas of focus:
    https://growsurf.com/

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    We built https:// SubShark.io/ to allow you to run a SubStack Referral Program!

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      Awesome - thanks for sharing, Jackson!

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    You find anything here ?

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      No, not really. But I just read that ConvertKit seems to offer something similar now.