Referrals
Refer a family, get $100 off Core per student.
Refer a family to Podium Debate and, for each of their students who enrolls in Core and completes a first payment, a $100 credit is applied to your own Core billing. That is most of a month of Core at the $165 rate, and there is no cap on how many you can earn. No code to enter, no link to track, no minimum term on their side.
Parents decide what a program is worth by asking other parents, not by reading our copy, and no advertisement we can buy competes with that. This exists because we would rather pay for the recommendation than for the ad. If you have already told someone about us, email us their name.
The button opens your email app with the details we need already laid out. Prefer to write it yourself? Send it to admin@podiumdebate.com.
How it works
Tell them about us, or tell us about them
Either direction works. Send them the link yourself, or email us their name and we will reach out. If you would rather we not contact someone cold, say so and we will wait for them to come to us.
They mention you
On their call, at signup, or in an email. There is no code to remember and nothing to enter at checkout. If they forget, email us and we will match it up.
They enroll and their first payment clears
The perk is tied to a real enrollment, not to a lead or a booked call. Once their first Core payment goes through, the referral counts.
A credit lands on your Core billing
The credit is applied to your family's Core billing and comes off your next payment automatically, one credit for each referred student who enrolls. Not cash, and not tied to a particular session.
What we will and will not do with a name
We will send one email or make one call, mentioning who suggested us, and answer whatever they ask. If they do not reply, that is the end of it. We will not add them to a mailing list, and we will not contact them repeatedly.
If you would rather we not reach out at all, tell us in the email and we will simply note the referral and wait for them to contact us. Either way the credit works the same. What we handle and how is set out in our privacy policy.
Common questions
- What do I get for referring a family to Podium Debate?
- A $100 credit toward your own Core billing for each student you refer who enrolls in Core and completes a first payment. A family with two students who both enroll is two credits. There is no cap on how many you can earn.
- Does the family I refer get anything?
- They get what every new family gets: no joining fee, month-to-month billing, and a complimentary 30-minute 1:1 as a joining perk (a placement session counts against it). Any promotional code running at the time applies to them normally; a referral does not replace it or conflict with it.
- Do I have to be an enrolled family to refer someone?
- To receive the credit, yes, since it is applied to Core billing on an account. If you are not enrolled and want to point a family our way anyway, we would genuinely appreciate it, and you should tell us so we can thank you properly.
- When does the credit expire?
- It does not. The credit sits on your billing account and is used up by your following Core payments, in order, until it is spent. If your plan ends with credit still unused, email us and we will sort it out.
- What if the family I referred cancels?
- If they cancel after their first payment clears, you keep the credit. If a payment is reversed or refunded in full before any coaching happens, the credit comes back off, and we would tell you if that happened.
Referral credits are applied to Core billing on a Podium Debate account. They have no cash value, cannot be transferred between families, and are not paid out if a plan ends before they are used. Full terms are in our terms of service.
Know a family who would get something out of this?
Send us their name, or send them the price list and let them decide on their own time.
Email us a referral