Steppa referral code and bonuses, explained.

Two layers. Steppa’s referral programme issues promotional credit: usable toward entry fees, not withdrawable as cash. We sometimes pay a second bonus out of our host fee. They are not the same pot, and we do not bury that.

Disclosure. I host The Weekly Split and am paid a 5% creator fee (the rate I set in the create flow), charged by Steppa on top of each entry. I earn that fee whether or not you finish. Steppa’s referral credit comes from Steppa. Ours comes from the host fee and is usually paid as Steppa gift credit.

What Steppa pays

Steppa’s terms define referral rewards as promotional credit: non-withdrawable account credit for marketing, referral, or welcome bonus. It may only be applied toward entry fees. It has no cash value, is non-transferable, may expire, and is forfeited on account deletion. Affiliate pages that call this cash are wrong. That is the kind of thing this site exists to correct.

Amounts are set by Steppa and shown in the app. Third-party guides have reported $5 each side on a first entry; we have not confirmed that figure in an official Steppa source, so we will not state it as fact.

One genuinely useful corollary: winnings from a credit-funded entry are credited as withdrawable cash balance (terms §Treatment of winnings from Promotional Credit entries). The bonus itself is not cash. The pot you split if you finish can be.

If someone sent you a Steppa referral code, enter it in the app during signup. This site does not collect codes or issue them.

What we pay, from the host fee

Never routed through the app as a solicitation. Tracked in one ledger. Paid in Steppa gift cards where the point is to fund a next entry; cash only where the person may not want to re-enter.

Programme	Trigger	Payout	Note
Steppa referral	Friend’s first entry	Promotional credit, amount shown in app, paid by Steppa	Not cash. Stacks under everything else.
Bring One	Member’s guest completes a first entry	$5 to the member	Cap 5 per member per edition
Streak credit	3 consecutive finishes	$10 toward the next entry	Rewards the behaviour the series runs on
Comeback	Failed last edition, rejoins immediately	$5 back	Usually as credit
Micro-creator	Verified referral	30% of host fee, monthly	Live from edition 5

Total incentive spend is published in the monthly recap once there is a recap. The transparency is the marketing.

What this page is not

It is not a scavenger hunt for a hidden promo code, and it is not a claim that walking pays the rent. Read how payouts work and the receipts before you stake $70. Then join on Saturday if the week in front of you actually looks walkable.