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## Resource: Introduction

## Article: Introduction

## Article Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-management/marketing/referral-program/referring-customers/introduction.md

## Article Content:

# About the Referring Customers API

The Referring Customers API allows you to manage referring customers on a site.

With the Referring Customers API, you can:

+ [Generate a referring customer for a contact](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/marketing/referral-program/referring-customers/generate-referring-customer-for-contact.md) to create new referring customers.
+ [Retrieve a referring customer by ID](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/marketing/referral-program/referring-customers/get-referring-customer.md) to get customer details.
+ [Get a referring customer by referral code](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/marketing/referral-program/referring-customers/get-referring-customer-by-referral-code.md) to find customers using their unique code.
+ [Query referring customers](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/marketing/referral-program/referring-customers/query-referring-customers.md) to search and filter referring customers.
+ [Delete a referring customer](https://dev.wix.com/docs/rest/business-management/marketing/referral-program/referring-customers/delete-referring-customer.md) to remove referring customers from a program.


## Before you begin

It's important to note the following points before starting to code:

- The Referring Customers API requires a Business or higher plan for Wix Editor, or a Plus or higher plan for Wix Studio.
- A site must have at least one of these apps installed: Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, Wix Events, Wix Pricing Plans, or Wix Restaurants Orders.

## Terminology

- **Referring customer:** A site member who shares a referral URL with potential new customers.
- **Referred friend**: A person who clicks on a referral URL shared by a referring customer.
- **Referral code**: A unique code assigned to a referring customer, used to track referrals.
- **Referral program**: A feature that allows a site's members to refer friends to a business by sharing referral URLs. There is an option to reward both the customer doing the referring and the friend being referred.
- **Referral reward**: An incentive given to a referring customer when their referral results in a desired action such as making a purchase.

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