Deprecation notice
Please note that the Membership Referral Program has been deprecated.
The following information applies to writers enrolled in the Medium Partner Program with active referrals. All member referrals created until September 1, 2023 will continue to be honored indefinitely.
The custom referral pages will remain available so that they don’t break any links in your published stories, but we will stop generating new referrals for members who sign up after September 1, 2023.
Referral earnings are recurring as long as the reader’s membership plan remains active, and will be in addition to Partner Program earnings.
Here is the current Referred Membership earnings calculation as of July 2023.
| Annual | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|
| Membership price | $50.00 | $5.00 |
| Payment processing percentage fee (2.9%) | $1.45 | $0.15 |
| Payment processing flat fee ($0.30) | $0.30 | $0.30 |
| Net of payment fees | $48.25 | $4.55 |
| Split (50%) | $24.12 | $2.27 |
| Per month for 1 referred member | $2.01 | $2.27 |
| Per month for 100 referred members | $201.00 | $227.00 |
Please keep in mind that wherever you drop your referral link or ask people to subscribe to support you, the surrounding language (or a note before the link) needs to disclose that if the reader uses your link to sign-up, then you’ll receive a portion of their membership fees. The Federal Trade Commission requires this disclosure. Here is a helpful FTC resource.