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Referral software for pet brands

Pet owners love talking and sharing, but you’re missing out on most of it. On WhatsApp, in dog parks, and even in vet waiting rooms, recommendations happen whether you track them or not. We help you capture those offline referrals, attribute the sale, and reward the person who made it happen.

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$2bn revenue for customer-obsessed brands

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Get more value from every referred customer

For D2C brands selling food, supplements, and flea treatments for pets, a referred customer can generate value well beyond their first purchase. If they stay subscribed or continue replenishing, one recommendation can lead to a longer stream of revenue. Mention Me helps you track this revenue as well as their value throughout their interaction with your brand.

Build trust into high-consideration purchases

Pet owners typically research their options to find the right fit for their pet. At this point, a recommendation from another pet owner provides relevance and trust that a generic search ad may not. Referrals give you a gateway into that decision-making process, and with Mention Me, you can ensure they have a smooth journey even after they decide.

Bring offline word of mouth into your marketing

A lot of pet-owner advocacy happens away from a brand’s website. Someone asks what food another owner uses at the park, what flea treatment they recommend, or which insurer covers their pet. Name Share® by Mention Me helps capture these conversations, bringing more of that offline advocacy into a measurable programme.

Name Share® brought in 51% of Symprove's and 58% of Gozney's referred customers. It also drives 34% of referrals on average across the Mention Me network.

 

Personalise the referral experience

Mention Me’s AI-powered referral software can help pet brands tailor referral messages and rewards to different customer segments. It offers predictive segmentation, which helps pet brands identify customers most likely to share and serve them the right referral offer at the right time, lifting share rates by 31%.

Build an owned channel alongside paid acquisition

Paid search and social require ongoing investment to maintain customer acquisition. Referral marketing activates existing customers to bring in new ones, and with Mention Me, you can create an acquisition channel that grows from the customer base.

LTV  CAC – 17

Get more value from every referred customer

For D2C brands selling food, supplements, and flea treatments for pets, a referred customer can generate value well beyond their first purchase. If they stay subscribed or continue replenishing, one recommendation can lead to a longer stream of revenue. Mention Me helps you track this revenue as well as their value throughout their interaction with your brand.

LTV  CAC – 20

Build trust into high-consideration purchases

Pet owners typically research their options to find the right fit for their pet. At this point, a recommendation from another pet owner provides relevance and trust that a generic search ad may not. Referrals give you a gateway into that decision-making process, and with Mention Me, you can ensure they have a smooth journey even after they decide.

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Bring offline word of mouth into your marketing

A lot of pet-owner advocacy happens away from a brand’s website. Someone asks what food another owner uses at the park, what flea treatment they recommend, or which insurer covers their pet. Name Share® by Mention Me helps capture these conversations, bringing more of that offline advocacy into a measurable programme.

Name Share® brought in 51% of Symprove's and 58% of Gozney's referred customers. It also drives 34% of referrals on average across the Mention Me network.

 

 

Personalise the referral experience

Mention Me’s AI-powered referral software can help pet brands tailor referral messages and rewards to different customer segments. It offers predictive segmentation, which helps pet brands identify customers most likely to share and serve them the right referral offer at the right time, lifting share rates by 31%.

 

Build an owned channel alongside paid acquisition

Paid search and social require ongoing investment to maintain customer acquisition. Referral marketing activates existing customers to bring in new ones, and with Mention Me, you can create an acquisition channel that grows from the customer base.

Recognised for referral marketing excellence
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Why pet brands choose Mention Me

45,000+ tests across 4,000+ programmes

Mention Me’s experience spans more than 45,000 experiments across over 4,000 referral programmes. Pet brands can benefit from this accumulated learning rather than starting from scratch when testing what drives customer advocacy.

Efficiently compare your performance with other brands

See how your referral performance compares with a network of more than 500 brands. Benchmarking gives pet businesses a clearer picture of what good performance looks like and where their programme can improve.

Measure the revenue advocacy really creates

Mention Me’s Extended Customer Revenue combines a customer’s own spending with the revenue generated by people they refer. This gives pet brands a stronger commercial case for investing in advocacy.

Identify your highest-value advocates

Mention Me’s referral intelligence helps pet brands understand which customers are most valuable as advocates. Instead of treating every referrer equally, you can identify patterns among your strongest advocates and use those insights to shape future growth strategies.

Continuously optimise referral performance

Mention Me uses A/B testing by cohort to test different incentives, messages, designs, and referral experiences with specific customer groups. This lets brands continuously learn what drives more referrals and conversions, rather than relying on a single programme setup.

Acquire new customers at up to 60% lower CAC

Referred customers can cost significantly less to acquire than those from paid social or search. Mention Me clients have seen CAC through referrals fall by up to 60% compared with traditional paid channels, helping pet brands acquire new customers more efficiently.

How D2C brands grow with customer advocacy

Feel Good Contacts

Find out how Feel Good Contacts increases retention by 19% year-over-year with Mention Me

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How Feel Good Contacts Increases Retention By 19 Percent

 

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Find out how Feel Good Contacts increases retention by 19% year-over-year with Mention Me

Read the case study
How Feel Good Contacts Increases Retention By 19 Percent

 

Symprove

Discover how Symprove converted 34% of recommendations to new customers with customer advocacy

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Discover how Symprove converted 34% of recommendations to new customers with customer advocacy

Read the case study
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Learn how Gozney turned customer advocacy into a 9x ROI

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Learn how Gozney turned customer advocacy into a 9x ROI

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“By integrating customer advocacy data, we’ve changed how we segment and communicate to our customer base. It’s h“Running the A/B tests on Mention Me showed us that offering £5 or £5 credit to our customers for referrals, and providing the referrer with £5 off on our website, worked significantly better. The numbers proved it.Additionally, through referrers brought to us by Mention Me, we've increased new customer acquisition by 10%.”elped us identify who our biggest advocates and most loyal customers are, helping us to overcome rising paid media and acquisition costs.”

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Nimesh Shah

COO, Feel Good Contacts

“We’re already increasing revenue through brand advocates who spend more and introduce their friends. Now, we’re exploring how to use advocacy data to streamline our marketing channels, maximise efficiency, and drive even higher ROI.The Mention Me platform helps us identify our best customers, understand what resonates with them, and drive more referrals — turning customer advocacy into a key growth channel for Gozney.”

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Make every referral reward worth it 

Choose rewards that fit your business, from discounts and free products for D2C brands to third-party gift cards for pet insurers.

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Make every referral reward worth it 

Choose rewards that fit your business, from discounts and free products for D2C brands to third-party gift cards for pet insurers.

Learn more


Reach customers when they’re most ready to share

Place referral opportunities at key customer moments, including post-purchase experiences and parcel inserts, when customers are already engaged with your brand.

Find out more about our referral marketing software



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Reach customers when they’re most ready to share

Place referral opportunities at key customer moments, including post-purchase experiences and parcel inserts, when customers are already engaged with your brand.

Find out more about our referral marketing software



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Find the customers who are ready to advocate

Use our Propensity to Refer machine-learning model to identify customers most likely to refer your pet brand. This enables targeted offers and personalised messaging that drive advocacy and retention.

Check out our features for personalised referral marketing



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Find the customers who are ready to advocate

Use our Propensity to Refer machine-learning model to identify customers most likely to refer your pet brand. This enables targeted offers and personalised messaging that drive advocacy and retention.

Check out our features for personalised referral marketing



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Bring referral data into your wider marketing strategy

Connect your referral data with your existing marketing stack, including platforms such as Klaviyo, so that advocacy can inform wider customer journeys and campaigns.

Learn about our integrations


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Bring referral data into your wider marketing strategy

Connect your referral data with your existing marketing stack, including platforms such as Klaviyo, so that advocacy can inform wider customer journeys and campaigns.

Learn about our integrations


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Resources to get you started

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Podacast

How Fluffy pet insurance uses customer love for a competitive advantage

See why the CEO of Fluffy pet insurance values customer experience and how he uses it as an approach to customer advocacy.

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Blog

Why trust and advocacy are important for pet brands

Find out how pet owners view trust and why it’s important to establish this trust alongside customer advocacy.

Future Customer Advocacy Programmes 2026

CASE STUDY

100+ examples of customer advocacy programmes in 2026

Learn how companies across industries, including pet brands, run refer-a-friend programmes effectively, and how it benefits them.

See how referral could work for your pet brand

The right referral programme can turn everyday recommendations into a repeatable acquisition channel for your pet brand. With Mention Me, you can measure the value of those recommendations and keep improving how they perform.


Book a demo

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See how referral could work for your pet brand

The right referral programme can turn everyday recommendations into a repeatable acquisition channel for your pet brand. With Mention Me, you can measure the value of those recommendations and keep improving how they perform.


Book a demo

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Frequently asked questions

1. Can referral software capture word of mouth that happens offline?

It depends on the features the referral software offers. Mention Me uses Name Share® to enable customers to recommend a brand in everyday conversations and have friends use the referrer’s name at checkout. This way, pet brands can measure recommendations that would otherwise go untracked.

2. What referral rewards can pet brands offer?

Pet brands can offer rewards like discounts, free products, referral credit, or other incentives when customers recommend them. However, it’s important to test these offers and find out which ones encourage more referrals among your customers.

3. What should pet brands look out for in referral marketing software?

To find the ideal referral software for your pet brand, you should look out for flexible rewards and customer segmentation. You should also choose a tool that offers personalised referral journeys, strong analytics, A/B testing, and integrations with your existing marketing tools.

4. How can pet brands measure the success of a referral programme?

To measure the success of your referral program, you need to track metrics like referral rate, referred-customer conversion, referral revenue, new-customer average order value, and the longer-term value of customers acquired through referrals.

5. Can referral software work for pet subscription brands?

Yes. For pet food, supplements, flea treatments, and other recurring-purchase products, referral software can help brands track not only the initial referral but also the ongoing value of customers acquired through advocacy.

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