MyHeritage Referral Code

MyHeritage runs a referral programme paying a $25 gift card, capped at forty a year, and a separate affiliate programme whose rate depends which network you join through.

MyHeritage runs two separate programmes with different terms.

1. An affiliate programme, paying a percentage per sale. The rate varies by which affiliate network you join through — quoted figures range from around 3.75% to substantially higher. "The" MyHeritage commission rate does not exist as a single number, and any source quoting one without naming the network is quoting an accident of where it looked.
2. A referral programme, paying a $25 MyHeritage gift card when a referred person takes a Premium+ subscription — capped at $1,000 in gift cards per year.

That cap is the most useful fact here, and it divides cleanly: $1,000 ÷ $25 = forty referrals a year, and not one more. A stated annual ceiling on a referral programme is uncommon — most either state no limit or hide one — and a company that publishes its cap is telling you where the programme stops.

Note the instrument, though: it is a MyHeritage gift card, not cash. So the maximum realisable value of this programme is $1,000 of genealogy subscriptions per year, spendable only with MyHeritage, by somebody who by definition already has a MyHeritage subscription. The ceiling is therefore lower than it looks — a heavy referrer accumulates credit for a product they are already paying for.

The trigger is demanding: the referred person must take a Premium+ subscription — not register, and not buy a DNA kit. A casual share pays nothing, which also means a realistic yield well below forty.

What matters far more than the reward is what you are introducing somebody to: a DNA and family-history platform. Genetic data is not like other personal data. It is permanent, it cannot be changed after a breach, and it is not only yours — a DNA test discloses information about parents, siblings, children and relatives who never consented to anything, which makes it one of the few decisions in this catalogue made on behalf of other people.

Establish before testing:
- Who owns the sample and the data.
- Whether it is shared with research partners or sold.
- Whether law-enforcement access is permitted and under what process.
- Whether the physical sample can be destroyed on request.
- What happens to everything if the company is acquired. Not hypothetical — consumer genomics has seen ownership changes, and data assets transfer with a business.

On the subscription itself, check what lapses if you stop paying. A family tree you built may remain accessible while the historical records that support it do not — a common complaint in this category. Ask about export before you build.

If a friend is already researching their family, the platform is a reasonable one and the referral is a pleasant extra. If they are not, the data questions above are worth considerably more than the card.