# Referral links and user handles

Create a share link, reserve a permanent user handle, and understand attribution limits.

Share your referral link from the Affiliate page. You can use a wallet-address link or reserve an eligible display name as a permanent **user handle**. A user handle makes the link easier to remember; it does not change the wallet that receives the referral binding.

## Share a link

1. Sign in with the wallet you want to use and open the Affiliate page.
2. Choose the wallet-address link or one of your available user handles.
3. Choose a destination page on Chain if you want the link to open somewhere specific.
4. Copy the link and check its destination before sharing it.

Choosing a displayed user handle does not automatically make it your default. Use **Make primary user handle** to save that choice. Your existing eligible links stay bound to their original wallet.

## Reserve a user handle

1. Open **Settings** and save your display name.
2. In **User handle**, review the suggested user handle, remaining lifetime claims, and permanent public link to your wallet.
3. Confirm that you understand the claim is permanent, then select **Reserve user handle** and approve the requested wallet signature.
4. Wait for confirmation before sharing the new user handle. Return to Affiliate to select it or make it primary.

A user handle must use 3–32 English letters, digits, or single interior hyphens, and begin with a letter. Your display name can use its own supported format, but the saved display name must meet these rules before you can reserve it as a user handle.

## What stays permanent

The current self-service allowance is two lifetime user handle claims. Each new reservation uses one. Changing your display name does not consume a claim, rename an existing user handle, or release it for someone else. Selecting an eligible existing primary user handle uses no new claim.

A reserved user handle is publicly linked to its wallet. Old user handles remain bound to that wallet, even after a display name change. Do not reserve a user handle on the assumption that you can later transfer it, make the wallet connection private, or recover a lifetime claim.

If a user handle is unavailable or new reservations are temporarily disabled, use an existing eligible link and follow the displayed guidance. Review the current state before repeating a request whose result is unclear.

## Attribution and rewards

A referral link can record a binding when a new Smart Vault is created. Opening a link is not proof of a referral, and a display name change does not alter an existing on-chain binding.

The referral binding does not itself pay affiliate rewards. Any operator reward program has separate terms. Do not promise rewards or earnings based on a link, a user handle, or a Sample chart.

Live activity may be unavailable. **Sample** players, losses, rewards, and charts illustrate the interface; they are not your real referrals or earnings. For wording you can use when sharing, see [referral templates](/brand/referral-templates/).


## Related

- [Your account](/account/)
- [Create your wallet](/account/create-your-wallet/)
- [Referral templates](/brand/referral-templates/)