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Brave.com referrer code tests

Stephen Donner edited this page Oct 2, 2021 · 14 revisions

ref= codes:

  • rogan = WWK708
  • annacramling = APX606
  • brave.com/talk = QPU818
  • talk.brave.com = LVT920

Format: https://brave.com/?ref=LVT920

Clients used:

  • Safari Version 15.1 (17612.2.6.1.1) on macOS 12.0 beta (21A5534d)

No referral codes ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load staging.brave.com/download
  4. click on the Download Brave button
  5. in the resulting popup, check the links for Intel / Apple
  6. confirm there's no referral codes in the URLs: https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/latest/osx/release and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/latest/osxarm64/release

brave.com/rogan referrer (WWK708) ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load staging.brave.com/rogan
  4. click on the Download Brave button
  5. in the resulting popup, check the links for Intel / Apple
  6. confirm they are https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osx/release/WWK708 and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osxarm64/release/WWK708

brave.com/annacramling referrer (APX606) ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. loadstaging.brave.com/annacramling
  4. click on the Download Brave button
  5. in the resulting popup, check the links for Intel / Apple
  6. confirm they are https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osx/release/APX606 and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osxarm64/release/APX606

brave.com/talk referrer (QPU818) ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load staging.brave.com/talk
  4. click on Download Brave to start a call button
  5. in the resulting popup, check the Intel and arm64 download links
  6. confirm they go to https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osx/release/QPU818 and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osxarm64/release/QPU818

Non-release build channels ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load the following sites:
    1. staging.brave.com/download-beta/?ref=LVT920
    2. staging.brave.com/download-nightly/?ref=LVT920
  4. click on the Download (Beta|Nightly) for macOS button
  5. in the resulting popup, check the links for Intel and M1
  6. confirm there's no referral codes in their URLs: https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/latest/osx/beta and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/latest/osxarm64/beta

Bogus ref code (123456) ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load staging.brave.com/download/?ref=123456
  4. click on the Download Brave for macOS button
  5. in the resulting popup, check the links for Intel and M1
  6. confirm there's no referral codes in their URLs: https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/latest/osx/release and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/latest/osxarm64/release

localStorage ref code over ?ref= param ✅

  1. new profile
  2. launch Brave
  3. load staging.brave.com/?ref=LVT920
  4. now click on Download Brave (ref=LVT920 now, in localStorage )
  5. load staging.brave.com/?ref=APX606
  6. click on Download Brave
  7. in the resulting popup, check the links for Intel and M1
  8. confirm the URLs are https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osx/release/APX606 and https://laptop-updates-staging.brave.com/download/desktop/direct/osxarm64/release/APX606