# fomo Referral Code: What You Actually Get (Not What Blog Spam Claims)

> fomo's real referral program: a permanent 10% fee discount for you, 25% of your fees for whoever referred you. What the fake '50% off for life' posts are getting wrong.

*Source: https://fomoappguide.com/ecosystem/fomo-referral-code*

Search "fomo referral code" and you'll find a pile of Reddit posts, blog spam, and SEO pages claiming wildly different numbers — 10%, 25%, even "50% off for life." Here's the one that's actually documented in fomo's own help center, and how the math on it works.

> **Key takeaway:** Using a referral code costs you nothing extra and permanently lowers your fee by 10% (0.50% down to 0.45%). It can only be added at signup — there's no way to apply one to an existing account. That's the whole program; anything claiming more than that isn't sourced to fomo's own documentation.

## What the referred user gets

Straight from [fomo's help center](https://help.fomo.family/en/articles/15171268-how-referral-codes-and-fee-discounts-work):

> "a 10% discount on trading fees, bringing the standard rate from 0.50% down to 0.45% per trade"

That's it, and it's permanent — applied automatically to every trade, for as long as you use the account. There's no expiration and no tier system to climb.

> **Warning:** fomo's help center is explicit: "Referral codes can only be entered during initial signup. Once tied to an account, the code cannot be changed or swapped for a different one." If you already have a fomo account without a code, there's no way to retroactively apply one — you'd need to create a new account to use one, which isn't something we'd recommend just to save 0.05% per trade.

## What the referral link format looks like

Official referral links follow the pattern `fomo.family/r/` — your fomo username, not a random promo code. If you see a link that doesn't match that format, or a "referral code" that looks like a random string rather than a username, be skeptical of where it's actually pointing.

![fomo's leaderboard, showing the top traders on the app ranked by profit](/images/ecosystem/referral/fomo-referral-screen.webp)

*Source: fomo -- official product image. fomo does not publish a dedicated screenshot of the referral entry screen; this leaderboard shows the same trader-ranking mechanic the referral program builds on.*

## What the referrer earns

The person whose link you use earns **25% of your trading fees**, deposited automatically into their cash balance — this is what makes referral links worth sharing, and also why you'll see them posted everywhere. There's one chain-specific catch worth knowing:

- **On EVM chains** ( Base, BNB Chain, Monad): the referrer earns on every trade you make.
- **On Solana**: your very first buy doesn't generate a referral fee for them, but every trade after that does.

## Why the "50% off" posts are wrong

A search for fomo referral codes turns up posts advertising discounts far above the documented 10% — one common claim is "50% off trading fees for life," usually pointing to a domain that isn't fomo.family. There's no evidence in fomo's own terms or help center of a tier above the standard 10% referral discount. Treat any offer above that as either outdated, exaggerated for clicks, or not an actual fomo link — always verify the domain is **fomo.family** before entering payment information or connecting a wallet.

**Get the real discount** — 10%, permanent, applied automatically from your very first trade — verified against fomo's own help center. [Get 10% off fomo fees](https://fomo.family/r/Concept211)

## Related reading

- [fomo Fees Explained](/guides/fees) — see exactly how the 10% discount changes your total cost
- [What Is fomo?](/ecosystem/what-is-fomo) — the full picture of the app and company
- [Is fomo a Scam? Fake Sites and Impersonation to Watch For](/security) — the fake "fomo" sites actually worth worrying about