Referrals
The referral boost: why 3 spots
Why each referral moves a subscriber up 3 spots in Qubed, how the boost affects your queue, and how to pick a reward size for your own waitlist launch.
Each successful referral moves the referrer up 3 spots. That's the same on every Qubed page today; a per-page setting is on the roadmap.
Why 3
3 spots per referral is our default: enough to reward sharing without making the line meaningless. One friend visibly moves you. A handful of friends moves you a lot. But nobody leapfrogs hundreds of people who joined honestly with two referrals, so an early spot still means something.
What bigger and smaller boosts do
A much bigger boost suits short, urgent campaigns where the queue is the whole game, like a limited drop. It makes sharing feel high-stakes but squashes the top of the list fast. A smaller boost suits long waitlists where you invite people in waves and want the order to stay close to join order. These are judgment calls, not rules; the right size depends on how deep your list is.
Position is always derived
Qubed stores each subscriber's original position and referral count separately and derives the effective position from them. That keeps the queue reversible: a bad referral can be undone and the order rebuilt exactly.
Want to see the boost in action? Every template shows it in the share panel, from Pastel to Neon Circuit. The referral waitlist page walks through the full loop.
Try it on a real page
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