- Bought between 1 and 9 items
- Has been a member for 0-1 years
- Exclusive Author
- Romania
- United Kingdom
- Community Superstar
- Attended a Community Meetup
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Bought between 100 and 499 items
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
hmm, good question.. It could possibly stop it from counting the referral, but I dont see a benefit from using a / in the link anyway
You could always test it, you get to see how many click thoughts there have been so you could use the 2nd link and see if the clicks go up.
- Author had a File in an Envato Bundle
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Author was Featured
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Exclusive Author
- Germany
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Interviewed on the Envato Notes blog
- Item was Featured
How is …/ref=username supposed to work?
- United Kingdom
- Community Superstar
- Attended a Community Meetup
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
- Sold between 5 000 and 10 000 dollars
- Has been a member for 2-3 years
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Bought between 100 and 499 items
- Referred between 10 and 49 users
crozer said
How is …/ref=username supposed to work?
1) he put a ? in there.
2) it works for the forum links… http://codecanyon.net/forums/thread/question-referral-id/71661?page=1#626371 vs http://codecanyon.net/forums/thread/question-referral-id/71661/?page=1#626371
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Envato Staff
- Reviewer
- Community Moderator
- Exclusive Author
- Author had a File in an Envato Bundle
- Beta Tester
- Has been a member for 4-5 years
- Repeatedly Helped protect Envato Marketplaces against copyright violations
http://themeforest.net/item/itemnamehere/?ref=PatrikL
If you’re unsure you can generate the proper ?ref link here – http://graphicriver.net/make_money/affiliate_program
Good luck! 
- Author had a File in an Envato Bundle
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Author was Featured
- Bought between 10 and 49 items
- Exclusive Author
- Germany
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Interviewed on the Envato Notes blog
- Item was Featured
aaranmcguire said
crozer said
How is …/ref=username supposed to work?1) he put a ? in there.
2) it works for the forum links… http://codecanyon.net/forums/thread/question-referral-id/71661?page=1#626371 vs http://codecanyon.net/forums/thread/question-referral-id/71661/?page=1#626371
Yeah never mind, thought he meant / instead of ?.
- Microlancer Beta Tester
- Author had a Free File of the Month
- Has been a member for 3-4 years
- Item was Featured
- Author was Featured
- Austria
- Exclusive Author
- Referred between 200 and 499 users
The marketplace is searching for a “GET” variable called “ref” if the user visits the marketplace for the first time (no tracking cookie is set) and a “GET” variable is just a part of the URL .
You can also do themeforest.com/item/blablabla?foo=bar&thisis=stupid&ref=ID and the referral will still work.
@devs: correct me if I’m wrong 
- Bought between 1 and 9 items
- Has been a member for 0-1 years
- Exclusive Author
- Romania
Thank you ! The reason i asked is that i am working on a Wordpress plugin and i can not get the link work without the / Thank you very much !
