Earn
Referrals
After this, you'll be earning a share of the platform fee from everyone you refer, from 20% up to 50%.
Share your referral link. When someone you referred pays the 5% platform fee, you earn a share of it. You pay nothing, and neither do they: your share comes out of the platform's cut.
The referral dashboard
Your referral dashboard shows your referral link, your current tier and your earnings so far. Copy the link and share it. Anyone who signs up through it counts as your referral.
How you earn
The platform fee is charged when money leaves a worker or launch wallet, for example on a withdrawal (see Fees). When one of your referred users pays that fee, you earn a share of it.
The user still pays the standard 5%. Ballistic pays your cut from its own portion, so referring people costs you nothing.
Referral tiers
Your share depends on your referral tier.
| Tier | Your share |
|---|---|
| Rookie | 20% |
| Shooter | 28% |
| Veteran | 35% |
| Elite | 42% |
| Ballistic | 50% |
Everyone starts at Rookie and earns 20%. As you move up, your share rises to a maximum of 50% at the Ballistic tier.
How tiers work
Your tier rises with any of three things:
- your own trading volume
- the number of people you have referred
- the combined volume of the people you referred
You don't need all three. Reaching any one threshold for a tier moves you into that tier.
How to claim
Your earnings build up as a claimable balance per chain: Solana, BSC, Base, Ethereum and Robinhood Chain. Each chain holds its own balance and has its own small minimum claim.
To claim, pick the chain your earnings are on and press claim. The balance for that chain transfers to you once it passes the chain's minimum.
Earnings on one chain don't combine with earnings on another. A balance below the minimum stays there until it grows past it.
What can go wrong
| Symptom | Likely cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| The claim button does nothing or is disabled | Your balance on that chain is below the chain's minimum claim | Wait until your balance passes the minimum, then claim. |
| No earnings showing yet | The people you referred haven't paid any platform fee yet | Nothing to fix. Earnings appear once your referrals pay the fee, for example when they withdraw. |
| A balance shows on one chain but you tried to claim on another | Earnings are held per chain and don't combine | Claim on the chain the earnings are on. |