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Growth · June 10, 2014

Prefinery

Viral product launches and word of mouth referral programs.

Prefinery launched on June 10, 2014 with 11 votes. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

What it does

Create a viral waitlist for your product launch that rewards people for referring friends. Or, build a refer-a-friend program directly into your SaaS product to supercharge growth. Everything is customizable for your brand and there are no limiting templates.

Build a viral waitlist and launch with momentum. Prefinery's referral marketing software helps 24,488+ startups cut CAC and grow through word of mouth.

We have a rating of 4.9/5 stars on Capterra and 4.7/5 stars on Trustpilot. “ The joke internally was how lucky were were to have found Prefinery and how we would have f***ed up our launch if we built the waitlist software ourselves.” “ I set everything up yesterday afternoon. This morning I'm over 10k signups. I've never seen anything like it.” “ Prefinery enabled us to build a live waitlist for our service, complete with social sharing and referral rewards. As a result, we saw over 25% of our waitlist members spread the word on their networks.” “Prefinery saved us hundreds of hours we would have to spend on web development. We could focus on more…from prefinery.com

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