How the Unacademy referral program works
Unacademy indexes the referrer's reward to what the friend spends: a gift voucher from Rs 250 on a Rs 2,500 subscription up to Rs 5,000 on one above Rs 50,000. The friend gets 5% off. Plus and Iconic subscribers also earn a month of subscription extension, but only when the friend picks the same goal.
What the program pays
What makes this program different
A reward ladder indexed to the friend's spend rather than a flat fee. The voucher moves from Rs 250 to Rs 5,000 across five published bands, so a referral into a long, expensive preparation course pays twenty times what a minimum subscription pays. The extension reward then adds a targeting rule most programmes never write down: it only pays when the friend is preparing for the same goal.
Why it works
Banding the reward by subscription value keeps the payout proportional to the revenue it produced.
Publishing all five bands lets a referrer see what a bigger enrolment would be worth before they make the introduction.
Requiring the same goal for the extension reward steers referrals toward students the referrer can actually advise.
Paying the referrer in vouchers while paying the friend in discount keeps the two rewards on separate budgets.
What to copy
- Band the reward by what the customer spends when your prices span a wide range.
- Publish every band, not just the top one, so the ladder motivates rather than disappoints.
- Consider requiring a match between referrer and friend where relevance decides whether the referral is any good.
- The tier table verified here dates from a policy change of 17 May 2023. Centre subscribers receive vouchers only, without the subscription extension, and the extension is contingent on the friend choosing the same goal. No limit on the number of referrals is published.
Unacademy referrals, answered
How much does Unacademy pay for a referral?
A gift voucher scaled to the friend's subscription: Rs 250 for Rs 2,500 to 5,000, rising through Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and Rs 2,000 to Rs 5,000 for a subscription above Rs 50,000.
What does the referred friend get at Unacademy?
A 5% discount on their total subscription cost, provided the subscription is Rs 2,500 or more and runs six months or longer.
Why did an Unacademy subscription extension not arrive?
The extension pays only to Plus and Iconic subscribers, and only when the friend subscribed to the same goal as the referrer. Centre subscribers receive the voucher without the extension, and rewards can take 30 to 60 days.
Unacademy is not a ReferralFlo customer and this page is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Unacademy. All terms described here are taken from Unacademy’s own published materials as at 10 September 2026 and may have changed since. Trade marks are the property of their respective owners.
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