How keys and referrals work

Every program you buy at the academy earns keys. The amount is shown on each course page — a fixed number of keys, not a percentage of the price and not a discount. Keys go through a 30-day hold — the window during which a purchase can be refunded. If a refund happens, the keys are voided automatically.

After the hold, the keys become available. We’ll say more about what you can do with them — the program grows step by step, and we’d rather not promise features that don’t exist yet.

In your account (the “Keys” section) you can generate a referral code like ZR-MASTER-XXXX — a short name tag plus four random characters. Share the link: your friend follows it, registers, makes their first paid purchase — and then both of you earn keys. It’s a one-time event: each referral “fires” once, on that friend’s first purchase.

We don’t “tie” your friend to you in any marketing sense. You don’t see their name, e-mail, or purchases — only an aggregate count: “N friends registered, M made their first purchase.” This is a Quebec Bill 25 / Loi 25 requirement — we minimize personal data shared between users.

Canadian tax law (CRA, Income Tax Act §3) treats regular referral earnings above a certain threshold as self-employment income. We don’t want the program to quietly make you a self-employed referrer with separate reporting obligations. So there’s a limit of 50 qualified referrals per calendar year.

After the 50th referral, further invitations stay “in the review queue” — we can confirm them manually if we have both consents and the context. The limit resets on January 1.

After 10 qualified referrals over your whole time at the academy, you receive the ambassador badge. It’s a one-time mark — not a subscription, not a “tier” you can lose. There are no automatic rewards beyond the badge for this milestone; we treat it as a quiet thank-you.

If you’d like, we can add your name to the public ambassadors list on the academy page — that’s a separate consent you can give or withdraw at any time in your account.

If you refund a purchase, the keys for it — both yours and your referrer’s — are voided automatically. This takes a few minutes after the refund is confirmed.

If something looks off — missing keys, a duplicate, an entry you don’t recognize — write to us in your account (the “Chats” section) or at [email protected]. We review every request by hand — don’t hesitate to write.

• We don’t show “N spots left,” “sale ends in…” timers, or other pressure tactics.
• We don’t turn keys into a subscription. No monthly charges.
• We don’t share a friend’s personal data with the referrer without both parties’ explicit consent.
• We don’t shut keys down “forever” — even if the program changes, current balances are kept and handled under the rules that were in effect when they were earned (we store a snapshot of the rules in every entry).