Referral program for LVP installs that actually works? Tried $100 Coretec gift cards

Started a referral thing where I give folks $100 off their next flooring job or a Coretec sample pack if they send me a lead that books. Got three installs last month from it, but half the time they ghost after the discount. Anyone got a funny story where referrals went sideways on a vinyl plank gig?

goddamn homeowners always promising referrals then pretending they never said shit, screw that noise.

bro i feel your pain, same thing happened on my last hardwood refinish.

don't ever give the discount upfront, wait til the referral actually pays out or you'll get burned every time.

yeah man, learned that the hard way with a vct job, guy took the freebie and vanished.

had a customer refer her whole book club for cheap LVP, showed up with coupons from hell.

those PE vultures are circling our referral gigs now, buying up every lead we sweat for.

fuckin angi and thumbtack stealing our referral thunder with their BS fees.

big box stores like home depot undercutting our referral deals, it's bullshit.

try the $50 visa card instead of brand stuff, less hassle and they actually use it.

make sure to track referrals in jobber, or you'll forget who owes what.

i do 10% off the next install, caps at $200, works better than flat cash.

set it up as a two-way street, give to referrer and new customer, doubles the incentive.

homeowners and their cheap asses ruining good referral programs everywhere.

insurance companies jacking rates cuz of one bad referral claim, collective screwjob.

same boat man, referrals drying up cuz everyone's ghosting.

use quickbooks to log every referral promise, or it'll bite you.

yeah i get it, been chasing phantom leads all season.

those discount chasers are the worst, always want more for less.

i hear ya, lost a whole network of tile referrals to one flake.

referral hunters turning into time wasters, total drag.

post it in flooring contractors network, they got templates that work.

damn right, the whole system's rigged against us small guys.

frustrated af, one referral cost me a whole day's labor chasing it.

never trust a verbal referral without a text trail, learned that on a bad epoxy pour.

been there, same ghosting on every LVP referral i've tried.

wattheheck, these referral programs are a joke half the time.

commiserating hard, my last one was a no-show after promising the world.