Guide 12.5
Beginner, 5 min read. Checked with Scalpel 1.12.8 on .
In short
Sign in at scalpeltrade.com, open Refer a trader and click Get my referral link. Anyone who buys within 60 days of clicking your link gets 10% off ($269.10 instead of $299) and you earn 30% of what they paid before tax, $80.73 a sale. Commissions are held for 30 days to cover refunds, then paid to your bank through Stripe.
The referral program pays traders who send other traders to Scalpel. You do not need to own Scalpel to join, and it takes a minute to set up. The rates on this page are the current defaults; your referrals page always shows the ones that apply to you.
Before you start
| Amount | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Buyer pays | $269.10 + tax | 10% off the $299 price, shown on the pricing page and at checkout |
| Your commission | 30% of the price before tax | $80.73 on a $269.10 sale; tax is never part of it |
| Held for | 30 days | Covers the 7-day refund window and card disputes |
| Paid | Automatically, within a day of the hold ending | Through Stripe to your bank |
| Link window | 60 days from the click | The buyer must accept cookies for the click to count |
A buyer who signs up for an account while your link is remembered stays yours even if they buy later. You never earn on your own purchase, and your own code gives you no discount.
Sign in, go to your account page and click Refer a trader (top right). Click Get my referral link. You get a link straight away, with a short random code: https://scalpeltrade.com/?ref=K7M2QX.
Under Your link, type the code you want in Your code 1 and click Save code. A code is 4 to 24 letters, numbers or single hyphens, starting and ending with a letter or number. Capitals do not matter: JIMMY420 and jimmy420 are the same code. The page confirms "Your code is now JIMMY420."
In the Payouts panel, pick Country of your bank account and click Set up payouts. Stripe opens and asks for your identity and bank details; Scalpel never sees them. When you come back the badge reads Ready. If Stripe still needs something, the page says "Payout setup is not finished" and offers Continue payout setup.
Commissions you earn before payouts are ready are kept and paid once setup is finished.
Copy it with Copy link and share it where traders talk. Any page works: scalpeltrade.com/guides?ref=JIMMY420 lands a reader on the guides with your code attached, which is handy when you answer a question with a guide.
The page counts Clicks, Sales, money Held and money Paid, then lists each commission with its Sale date, Amount, Rate, Payable from date and Status.
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Held | Waiting out the 30-day hold. Paid automatically on or after its Payable from date. |
| Paid | Sent to your Stripe account. Open payout dashboard shows the transfer and when it reaches your bank. |
| Void | The buyer was refunded before the commission was paid, so it was cancelled. |
| Reversed | The buyer was refunded or won a card dispute after the commission was paid, so it was taken back. If your Stripe balance cannot cover it, it comes off your next payout. |
Commissions are worked out and shown in US dollars, because the sale was in dollars. Each one is paid out of the sale itself, in the currency Stripe settled that sale in, at the rate Stripe used for it (rounded down to the cent). Stripe then pays your bank in your bank's currency. The exact amounts that reach you are in your payout dashboard.
The best referrals come from showing what you actually use. A few rules keep it fair for everyone, and the terms enforce them:
Referrers who spam or mislead buyers are suspended, and the page then says "Your referral account is suspended. Contact hello@scalpeltrade.com."