1. Share your link
Every PayWelly account has a referral link and a short code. Send either one to a business that hires independent contractors — text, email, or the share sheet in your referral dashboard. The business signs up the way anyone does.
How it works
Three steps, no quotas, no catch — and the rules in writing.
2. They post and pay
Each hire on an engagement the business posted on PayWelly counts once — when the business funds and approves it and the payment settles, with contractor pay of $150 or more, not refunded or disputed. Bookings made from a contractor's own public page are not counted.
3. You get paid
$150 at 10 qualifying engagements, $350 more at 25. Each reward vests 14 days after the tier is reached, then lands in your PayWelly balance — up to $500 per business you refer, and there is no cap on how many you refer.
Fair rules, in writing
The thresholds, the timing and what happens on a refund are published as Reward Criteria — the same numbers the payout engine runs on. A refund or dispute within 30 days can reverse a reward, and a reversal is netted against future referral rewards only. Never taken back out of your wallet.
If you share PayWelly publicly
Referring is voluntary — it is not an assignment, a quota or a target, and it is not work performed for PayWelly. If you promote PayWelly in public you have to disclose the connection (FTC 16 CFR 255.5). This wording is fine to copy:
“Disclosure: I'm a PayWelly referrer — if you sign up through my link and your business completes enough qualifying engagements on PayWelly, I'll earn a referral bonus from PayWelly.”
Full details in the Reward Criteria and the Referral Program Terms.