Console
Referral Program
9 min
turn your audience into earnings! share your unique vast ai referral link (or a public template link), and when someone creates a new client account and buys credits, you get 3% of everything they spend — for the lifetime of their account better yet, you can cash out 75% of those referral credits via stripe connect, paypal, or wise in order to receive payouts for referrals you must create a new account you are unlikely to be able to receive payouts to any bank account outside vast if the account you are using for referrals has ever rented instances or hosted machines how it works share your link – post it on your site, in videos, blogs, or wherever your audience is they join & buy credits – new users sign up through your link and purchase credits you earn – get 3% of their lifetime spend as referral credits cash out or spend – use credits on vast, or withdraw up to 75% as cash if someone spends $1,000 over time, you get $30 in referral credits — forever payout rules — important! to receive cash payouts (outside of vast), you must use a dedicated referral account if you’ve ever rented instances or hosted machines on an account, you cannot cash out until your referral earnings exceed your lifetime instance spend if you just want credits to rent vast instances, you can use your main account why a separate account? it keeps your referral earnings clear and makes sure you’re payout eligible example you’ve earned $300 in referral credits lifetime charges on your account $855 since $300 < $855, you can’t cash out until referral earnings exceed $855 getting your referral link create a new account for referrals go to settings → referral link referral likn copy the link share it! note you can’t refer yourself or any account connected to you — those won’t earn rewards using templates for referrals want to make referrals even easier? use templates page to create your template a template can pre load a docker image launch mode(s) onstart script environment variables example the stable diffusion template loads the image, sets up automatic1111 webui, starts jupyter, and preps the environment — ready to go create your own template for a use case, set it to public , then share its template referral link the link will have this format your audience clicks → vast loads with your settings → they sign up → you earn where to use it github repos, videos, blog posts — anywhere your audience needs a “click and run” setup bigger opportunities for large scale referral or marketing collaborations, reach us at support\@vast ai common questions where can i find referral link for my template? open your templates page > my templates on each template card, click the three dot menu and select copy referral link this gives you a ready to share link that includes your referral id and the template id — perfect for sharing with your audience three dot menu