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When someone opens a referral link, the Notification Popup tells them who sent them and what they get. The discount is applied to their cart automatically.
Turn this on before sharing any referral links. Referral links only track visitors when the popup is on, so without it no referral sales are counted.

Turning on the Notification Popup, then opening a referral link

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Turn on the Notification Popup

1

Open your theme editor

In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes.
Online Store Themes Menu
Click Customize on your current theme.
Customize Theme Button
2

Open App embeds

Click the App embeds icon in the left sidebar.
App Embeds Section Icon
3

Turn on Notification Popup

Find Notification Popup (by ReferRush) and switch its toggle on.
Notification Popup toggle in App embeds
4

Save

Click Save in the top-right corner.
Save Changes Button
5

Check that it's on

In your ReferRush dashboard, go to Channels → Notification Popup. The page shows an ACTIVE badge once the popup is on in your live theme.
Shortcut: open admin.shopify.com/store/your-store/themes/current/editor?context=apps, replacing your-store with your store’s handle, to go straight to App embeds in your live theme.

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Test it

The popup only shows to visitors who arrive through a referral link. Get a referral link for your store (for example, by joining through the Signup Form) and open it in a private or incognito window.

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Customize it

In your ReferRush dashboard, go to Channels → Notification Popup.
  • How long a referral stays active: forever, or a set number of days (30 days is recommended).
  • Show the popup again on repeat visits: by default the popup shows once per visitor. Turn this on to show it again after a cooldown.
  • Which pages it appears on: the homepage always shows it. You can also show it on product and collection pages.
  • Where referral links land: the page visitors open before the popup shows, such as a best-sellers collection. By default this is your homepage.
  • Traffic source labels: the utm_source added to referral and affiliate links, for your analytics.

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Troubleshooting

  • Make sure you clicked Save in the theme editor, and that you turned the embed on in your live theme.
  • Make sure you opened a referral link. Visiting your store directly does not show the popup.
  • Make sure the page you landed on is one the popup is set to appear on.
  • The popup shows once per visitor by default. If you’ve already seen it, test in a new private or incognito window.
  • Make sure your referral program is turned on in your ReferRush dashboard.
ReferRush checks your live theme. If you turned the embed on in a different theme, or didn’t save, it stays inactive. Turn it on in your live theme, save, then reload the dashboard.