How do invites work — and what do I get?

Share your link

1. Open the Profile tab and tap Invite friends, get free Boosts.
2. Tap Share link, or copy the link from the field. It looks like vennuapp.com/i/yourcode.
3. Your friend opens the link, installs Vennu and signs up.

When you get the Boost

You both get 1 Boost once your friend has:

• finished sign-up,
• confirmed their phone number, and
• at least one approved photo.

This usually happens the moment their photo is approved. If the steps happen in a different order, it can take up to 10 minutes. You'll see You got a free Boost, and the invite screen shows the friends who have joined. Free Boosts work like the ones you buy: see What is a Boost?.

How Vennu recognizes the invite

Your link carries your personal code. Vennu uses the first of these that works:

1. Vennu is already installed: the link opens the app and the code comes along. If your friend hasn't signed up yet, Vennu keeps the code on the phone and applies it after sign-up.
2. Android: the download button on the link page passes the code to Google Play. After installing, Vennu gets it from Google Play.
3. Copied link: tapping a download button on the link page also copies the invite link. In the sign-up step How did you hear about Vennu?, your friend taps Paste invite link and the code is filled in.
4. Last resort: on its first start, Vennu asks our server whether an invite link was opened from the same internet connection and the same kind of phone in the last 30 minutes. It only counts if exactly one invite fits. Otherwise nothing is matched.

What data this uses

• When someone opens an invite or group link in a browser, our server keeps the code, the kind of phone (iPhone or Android) and a keyed hash of the IP address, never the address itself. This record is deleted after 7 days.
• So the same person can't be counted twice, we keep a keyed hash of the invited person's phone number. It stays even if the account is deleted. We also keep a keyed hash of each phone's device ID to spot people inviting themselves.
• We use this only to count invites and to prevent abuse, and we don't sell it. More in What does Vennu do with my data?.

If the invite didn't count

• While signing up: in the step How did you hear about Vennu?, your friend enters your code in the code field. The code is the part of your link after vennuapp.com/i/.
• After signing up: for 7 days after creating the account, your friend can open the Profile tab, tap the gear icon, then Invite code, enter your code and tap Apply. The row only shows while the account isn't linked to an invite yet.
• Still missing? Contact support with your invite code and roughly when your friend signed up.

Creator codes

Codes from creators work differently. They show us which creator brought someone to Vennu, but they don't give anyone a Boost. A creator code goes in the same code field.

Good to know

• Group invite links count too.
• An invite only counts for a new account: your friend needs to use your link or code within 30 days of creating their account.
• Each person counts once: a phone number that already counted for an invite doesn't count again, even with a new account. Your own code doesn't count.
• If the new member is banned or deletes their account within 30 days, the Boost you got for them is taken back.