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Referral Program Barriers & Incentive Preferences Survey

A 5-minute diagnostic survey for existing customers to identify referral program awareness gaps, incentive misalignment, process friction, and trust barriers—providing actionable data to optimize referral conversion.

Sample questions

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30 questions · ~4 min
Q01
Long Text

Welcome! We're conducting a short survey (about 5 minutes) to understand your experience with our referral program and how we can improve it. Your participation is completely voluntary, and you may stop at any time. There are no right or wrong answers—we're just looking for your honest opinions. All responses are confidential and will be reported in aggregate only. Thank you for your time!

Q02
Multiple Choice

Have you ever participated in a referral program, either with us or with another company?

Q03
Multiple Choice

Before today, had you heard about our referral program?

Q04
Long Text

I understand how the referral program works (steps, rules, and rewards).

Q05
Long Text

How appealing are the current referral rewards to you?

Q06
Long Text

How easy or difficult is it to find your personal referral link or code?

Q07
AI Interview

We'd like to understand more about what holds you back from referring. Our AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions about your referral barriers.

Q08
Long Text

Which improvements would most increase the number of people you refer? Please rank your top 3.

Q09
Long Text

Based on your responses in this survey, is there anything else you'd like to share about your referral experience or our rewards?

Q10
Multiple Choice

How long have you been a customer?

Q11
Long Text

Thank you for your time! Your feedback will directly help us improve the referral experience for you and your friends. We truly appreciate your honesty.

Q12
Long Text

In the last 6 months, how likely were you to recommend our product/service to someone you know?

Q13
Multiple Choice

Where did you first learn about our referral program?

Q14
Long Text

I trust that my referrals will be tracked correctly and credited to me.

Q15
Multiple Choice

Which type of reward would most motivate you to refer someone?

Q16
Long Text

How easy or difficult is it to share your referral link with a friend?

Q17
Long Text

How likely are you to refer someone to us in the next 30 days?

Q18
Multiple Choice

How often do you purchase from us?

Q19
Long Text

How many people have you referred to us in the last 6 months?

Q20
Multiple Choice

Where would you most expect to see information about a referral program?

Q21
Long Text

I feel comfortable recommending our product/service to people I know.

Q22
Long Text

Please rank the following referral reward features from most to least important to you.

Q23
Long Text

How easy or difficult is it to track whether your referral was successful?

Q24
Long Text

What message or offer would motivate you to refer one friend this month?

Q25
Multiple Choice

What is your age group?

Q26
Long Text

I believe the person I refer would genuinely benefit from our product/service.

Q27
Multiple Choice

What, if anything, discourages you about our referral rewards? Select all that apply.

Q28
Long Text

How easy or difficult is it to receive and redeem your referral reward?

Q29
Long Text

What country or region do you live in?

Q30
Long Text

Was there any step in the referral process that felt confusing or broken? If so, please describe briefly.

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.