The Widget Builder is where you'll customize the look and copy of your widget, along with some of its functionality. This widget(s) will be displayed on your website, from which your visitors can share with their friends. (Note: There are 2 types of widgets: Referral & Sharing, and Email Capture. This article specifically guides you through Referral Widget configuration, check out  Create an Email Capture Widget).

To start designing your widget, navigate to the widget and click Edit:

You’ll notice that the widget has several states that your customers will interact with. Use the numbered progress bar at the top of the Widget Builder to toggle to the different states in order to customize them. Let’s talk about each widget state you can customize.

For this example, we're using the Sunset template. If you're interested in a different template, change the template by clicking Change Template in the top bar of the widget builder.

This is the state that your site visitors will see when the “Email" share channel tab on the widget is selected. We recommend including the incentive that you’re offering, along with a brief and catchy description of your brand/product in the share field. The Friend will see this content written in the share field when she receives the Shared Email.

This is the state that your site visitors will see when the “Facebook" share channel tab on the widget is selected. The picture that you upload here, along with the copy that you adjust will appear in as a Facebook post when users share from this state. We again recommend that you include the incentive that you’re offering along with a description of your product or brand.

This is the state that your site visitors will see when the “Twitter" share channel tab on the widget is selected. The copy you place here will be the default text that will be posted to Twitter when the user shares.

This is an optional setting and may be toggled on/off. If you are offering a referral incentive, we highly recommend leaving this state "on" so that your customers can be contacted with their reward. If you are not offering a reward, the state can be turned "off".

Here's how the Email Capture Field works when it is "on". Friendbuy detects the presence of a user's email after they've shared. Then the following happens:

This state of the widget will appear after your site visitor has completed a share from the widget. Thank your customer for sharing your product!

This is the email that the Friend will receive in their inbox when a site visitor shares via email (this doesn’t apply to Facebook or Twitter shares). We recommend uploading a product or lifestyle image, and to keep in line with the recurring theme – include the incentive that you’re offering directly on the image. If you’re using the default template, the image you upload will be hyperlinked, so you’ll want to add a prominent CTA button as well as the incentive directly on this image (ex. Shop now!).

The last state will vary depending on your display settings (we’ll cover this in step 4). If you have your widget set to a ribbon, you will have the option to customize the location and design of the ribbon. If you have your widget set to an overlay, you will have the option to upload a custom image that will serve as the button to trigger an overlay displaying the widget.

⚠️  All our templates have a desktop and mobile view. Before going live, remember to design both views. Toggle between the two views by clicking on the Desktop or Mobile button in the right side panel of the builder.

In addition to the widget states, there are other settings that should be configured:

Name
This is the name of your campaign. Only you will be able to see the campaign name so feel free to name it using the naming convention that works best for your team.

Destination URL
​This URL is where the Friend (referred customers/friends) will land after clicking through the Advocate's (customer who refers friends) share.

Reward
​You can set the Advocate reward amount, notification, and criteria in the Configuration and Criteria sections. The reward amount is how much the Advocate will receive once a Friend successfully converts. The notification is how the Advocate will be notified of her reward - you can set those options with a Reward Email and/or a Coupon Bank. Learn more about configuring those in this article. The reward criteria are the set of rules that the Friend's conversion must pass in order for the Advocate to receive her reward.

User Message Required
For each share channel, set whether or not users must create a message of their own before sharing.

Terms & conditions Link
This link is built into every referral widget, to link to a designated, likely pre-existing page within your site, which you can set upon selecting the element.  Check out this article for sample copy to add to your T&Cs for a Friendbuy integration.

Reward
We have a whole article dedicated to this one - read Advocate Reward Configuration to learn more.