Unlock Rewards with ThingLink: XR Expert Program vs. Referral Program

ThingLink Team October 14, 2025

ThingLink now offers two programs that reward you for sharing immersive learning with others: the XR Expert Program and the Referral Program. Both provide opportunities to support organizations adopting ThingLink, but they are designed for slightly different audiences and plan types. Here is how they compare and how you can take advantage of both.

ThingLink Rewards Programs, At a Glance

The ThingLink XR Expert Program

The ThingLink XR Expert Program is designed for consultants, trainers, and influencers who want to showcase their expertise, grow their visibility, and help organizations adopt immersive learning at the individual or small-team level.

What you’ll get

• Recognition and visibility: Use the XR Expert badge and be featured on ThingLink’s channels.

• Exclusive access: Be among the first to explore new features, templates, and beta releases.

• Professional growth: Free professional development, speaking opportunities, and access to a global XR consultant community.

• Rewards and commissions: Earn commissions on eligible self-service plans and receive AI credits in your account.

• Incentive for your network: Share a 20% discount code with your network and followers.

How it works

1. Apply online to join the program.
2. Onboard with training materials, use case ideas, and community access.
3. Create authentic content such as case studies, reviews, or tutorials and tag ThingLink. If you opt into commissions, include a disclosure such as #sponsored or #ad.
4. Earn commissions monthly with a 30-day grace period and enjoy added AI credits.

Apply for the XR Expert Program

Review the XR Expert Program Guidelines

How Your Network and Followers Can Redeem Their Discount

With your custom discount code, new users should save your code, head to thinglink.com/register to create an account, and redeem the code upon purchase.

Users should see the page below when signing up and creating their ThingLink account. They should enter their email and create a password, then select ‘Create Account’.

Once they create an account, they should see the popup pictured below, where they are prompted to select the use case that aligns with their work.

Next, they should see the form below to finish entering their information to officially create their account and start a free trial. Once submitted, they will see a tutorial experience that walks them through how to create their first immersive experience in ThingLink.

After you successfully sign up, you will be taken through a tutorial experience to get to know the platform and create your first interactive media. Once you click ‘Done,’ you should see your dashboard. To upgrade from your free trial to a Create Starter or Create XR plan, click the upgrade button in the top banner or the navigation bar.

The upgrade button will lead you to the pricing page for our Creator Plans, which you can see in the screenshot below. From here, you can select your desired plan, and it will lead you to a page to make the purchase and redeem your discount code.

The upgrade page, seen below, is where you can officially make your purchase of your desired Creator plan. At the bottom of this page, you will see a field where you can enter your discount code to purchase your Creator plan at with your 20% discount.

The ThingLink Referral Program

The Referral Program makes it easy for current ThingLink customers to introduce new organizations to ThingLink and earn rewards when they purchase qualifying annual plans.

What You’ll Get

• Gift Card Rewards: $500 for Enterprise plans (Create Enterprise, Elevate Starter, Elevate Enterprise), $400 for Higher Education plans (Department, College/School, Campus-Wide), $250 for K-12 Plans (Enhanced, Staff Training).

• 100 AI image generations for making your first referral.

• Customer Perks: Your referrals receive 10% off qualifying plans and a free consultation.

Eligibility Rules for Your Referrals

• They must not have, or have had, a paid annual subscription under any email.
• They must not be part of a group that is a current or former ThingLink customer.
• No individual or group of owners can hold a majority stake in both their organization and an existing customer organization.

How it Works

1. Sign up to get your unique referral link.
2. Share your link with your network.
3. Receive your rewards once your referral purchases a qualifying plan.

Get your Referral Link

How Referrals Can Redeem Their Discount

Upon registration for the ThingLink Referral Program, you should receive a custom link to share with your referrals. Your referrals can simply click that link (which should look like the screenshot below) and click to schedule a free consultation with our sales team. Our team tracks when referrals request consultations through referral links and ensures the discount is granted for qualifying plans.

Why many people join both

The programs are not mutually exclusive. In fact, many consultants and trainers benefit from joining both:

• Use your XR Expert discount code when guiding individuals, teachers, or small teams toward Creator plans.
• Share your Referral link when schools, districts, colleges, or enterprises are considering larger institutional purchases.

By combining both programs, you can support the full spectrum of ThingLink customers, from a teacher exploring interactive content creation to a university rolling out immersive learning across campus.

Ready to get started?

• Apply to become a ThingLink XR Expert and receive a personal code for your network to receive 20% off qualifying plans, and your choice of commissions or bonuses from qualifying purchases.
• Join the ThingLink Referral Program to share your link for your network to receive 10% off qualifying plans, and earn rewards when institutions sign up.