Most important first: these terms were cut in half on 2026-05-28 — from 30% for 180 days down to 10% for 30 days. Large numbers of guides in both languages still quote the old figures. Second most important: the person referred receives nothing; "signup bonus" claims are third-party marketing.
| Item | Current (from 2026-05-28) |
|---|---|
| Who is paid | the referrer gets 10% of the recruit's net taker fees; indirect referrals pay 5% |
| The recruit gets | nothing. No discount, no bonus, no rebate |
| "Net fee" | venue receipts = taker fee − the recruit's own ladder rebate |
| Duration | 30 days from signup, or until they reach Platinum, whichever first |
| Eligibility | the referrer needs $10k lifetime volume before earning (the code can be made earlier) |
| Binding | ?r=<code> → 30-day cookie → locked at the moment of web signup |
| Applies to | new accounts only. Existing wallets cannot be attached retroactively |
| Payout | daily at 00:00Z, straight to balance |
10% sounds simple, but it is computed on the net figure, not what the recruit paid gross:
An unintuitive consequence: recruiting a high-volume trader discounts you — high volume means a high tier, a high ladder rebate, and therefore less net for the venue. A Gold recruit leaves the venue only 82% of gross, and your 10% is computed on that.
The terms explicitly forbid self-referrals, referring accounts you control, and inauthentic trading, and reserve the right to disqualify unilaterally and claw back what was paid.
The scope is what matters: the terms permit removing an offender from every reward programme — so this one can take the maker rebate, the taker ladder and LP rewards with it.
And detection costs nothing: transfers between wallets controlled by one person are publicly visible on-chain. Limited upside, unlimited downside.
| Effective uplift | |
|---|---|
| The taker fee itself | 1.75pp |
| Ladder (Gold) | 0.32pp |
| Referral | about 10% of the fee ≈ 0.18pp |
| Both maxed | 0.17–0.18pp |
Notethe last row is not the sum of the two above it, because the ladder erodes referral's base (the net-fee definition) — they partly overlap. Both maxed only moves the required gross edge from about 1.75pp to about 1.5pp.
This one also has a property the others lack: it depends on other people. The other three you earn by trading. This needs someone to sign up through you and actually trade. Building it into your own P&L model is dangerous — it is income you do not control.
The venue's perps business runs an independent referral programme with different rates and settlement periods. If the numbers in a guide do not match, check which one it means.
| If it says | Then |
|---|---|
| "30%" or "180 days" | stale — pre-2026-05-28 terms |
| "the referred party also gets a bonus" | false — the recruit gets zero |
| "existing accounts can be linked" | false — new accounts, at web signup only |
| no checking date given | unassessable — treat as stale by default |
That last one generalises: this venue has revised its rules more than once and does not notify you. Any article about fees or subsidies is unusable without a checking date — including this one, which is why every entry here carries one at the top and in the evidence block.
Polymarket supports connecting a wallet or signing up by email; the email route creates a custodial wallet, so no prior crypto experience is required.
This entry is about the economics of exactly this arrangement, so to state it plainly: if you are signing up anyway, you can use my referral link: 👉注册Polymarket. Per §1, the referrer receives 10% and the recruit receives nothing — so using it or not makes no difference whatsoever to your costs. You will pay neither more nor less. Consider it encouragement to keep these entries coming. Not using it is entirely fine — nothing here gets shorter because of it.
Practical notebinding happens at the moment of web signup and only for new accounts. Existing accounts cannot be attached.
This subsidy goes entirely to the referrer and none of it to the recruit — so anyone telling you "use my code, it helps you too" has either not read the terms or is lying. Once you know that, whose link you use becomes a purely social choice rather than one that affects your costs.