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# Configuring your referral program

Configure your referral program by working through the steps below. Each step has its own page so you can review or update one part of your referral setup at a time.

## Configuring a referral earning activity

1. [Create a referral earning activity](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/create-a-referral-earning-activity.md)
2. [Define the reward for completed referrals](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/define-the-reward-for-completed-referrals.md)
3. [Configure the referral form layout](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/configure-the-referral-form-layout.md)
4. [Customize the call to action](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/customize-the-call-to-action.md)
5. Optional: [Add a description](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/add-a-description.md)
6. Optional: [Set a referral eligibility window](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/referral-reward-eligibility-window.md)
7. Optional: [Add a referral eligibility explanation](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/referral-eligibility-explanation.md)
8. Optional: [Prevent multiple referrers](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/prevent-multiple-referrers.md)
9. Optional: [Allow past customers or members to be referred again](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/allowing-past-customers-or-members-to-be-referred-again.md)

After configuring the referral earning activity, review [Completing a referral](/features/referrals/completing-a-referral.md) to decide which customer actions should complete a referral and award the referrer.

## Referral offer

After configuring your referral earning activity, create the offer that customers can share with their friends. See [Referral offer](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/referral-offer.md) for the setup fields and claim options.

## Limits and prospect follow-up

See [Referral limits and follow-up](/features/referrals/configuring-your-referral-program/referral-limits-and-follow-up.md) for Perkville's referral-submission safeguard, what referral emails Perkville sends, and how CRM integrations can be used for prospect follow-up cadences.


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