ChanTan Studio DocsHow to Get Free Credits in ChanTan Studio
Earn ChanTan Studio credits without paying more — a free daily spin, 500 credits per friend you invite, cashback on every top-up, and milestone rewards.
There are several ways to add credits to your wallet without buying more. All of them live on the "Wallet" page — click the ⚡ number in the top bar to get there.
1. The Daily Prize Wheel — one free spin every day
At the top of the Wallet page you'll find "Daily Spin". When a spin is waiting, a red dot pulses. Otherwise it shows "Next in {time}".
- Press "SPIN".
- You win between 5 and 500 credits. Small prizes are common; 500 credits is very rare.
- Press "Add to balance" on the win card — the credits are yours immediately.
One spin per day, per account. Clicking twice can't give you two prizes — the second click just shows you the prize you already won, and you'll see "You claimed {n} credits today." with a countdown.
2. Referrals — invite a friend, get 500 credits
Open "Invite friends" on the Wallet page, or Settings → Referrals.
- Press "Copy" to copy your personal link.
- Send it to your friend.
- You get 500 credits when your friend makes their first paid top-up.
Read that timing carefully — the reward is not when they sign up, and not when they build something. The small print on the page says the same: "Rewards are granted after your friend's first paid top-up."
Two rules to know:
| Rule | Detail |
|---|---|
| Maximum 10 rewarded invitations | Settings shows your count, e.g. "3 / 10 rewards earned" |
| You must have paid for a top-up yourself | Before any of your invitations can pay out |
⚠️ A friend joined and you got nothing? It's almost always one of three things: they haven't paid yet, you've never paid yourself, or you've already reached 10 rewards.
3. Cashback — money back, in dollars
Cashback is a dollar balance, not credits. You earn a percentage of every purchase you make.
- Your percentage comes from your loyalty tier — Gold earns 8%, for example.
- You need at least $10 of cashback before you can use it. Until then the card says "{amount} more to unlock".
- Once ready the card says "Ready to use", and a tick-box appears at checkout: "Apply $23.00 cashback".
Cashback is a discount on the price of your next purchase. You still receive the full credits of the package you chose. As the page puts it: "It's store credit toward purchases — not spent directly as AI credits."
It's all-or-nothing: ticking the box uses your whole cashback balance on that purchase.
4. Loyalty tiers — automatic, nothing to apply for
| Tier | Reached at | Cashback on purchases |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | From day one | 2% |
| Silver | 10,000 credits spent | 5% |
| Gold | 50,000 credits spent | 8% |
| Platinum | 150,000 credits spent | 12% |
Tiers are earned by spending credits, not by buying them — a big package doesn't raise your tier on its own. It happens automatically, and a progress bar on the Wallet page shows how far you are from the next one (for example "20,271 credits to Platinum (12%)").
5. Milestone rewards — unlocked as you build
Open "Rewards" at the top of the Wallet page. Rewards sit under "Ready to claim", "In progress" or "Claimed".
Press "Claim reward", then "Add to balance" on the gift that opens.
| Reward | Credits |
|---|---|
| "Send 5 prompts" | 5 |
| "Send 20 prompts" | 25 |
| "Send 50 prompts" | 75 |
| "Create 3 projects" | 0 — an achievement only |
| "Connect your first database" | 20 |
| "Connect 3 databases" | 100 |
| "Complete 10 builds" | 50 |
"Create 3 projects" really does pay 0 credits. Creating projects is free, so it unlocks as an achievement without paying. It's not a bug.
6. The affiliate program — earn from every top-up
This is bigger than the referral reward above, and it lives on its own page: press the green "Make Money with ChanTan" button in the header.
How it works:
- You get a personal invite link, shown with a Copy button on that page.
- You earn a percentage of every wallet top-up made by each person who joins through your link, for a limited number of months from their registration.
- The person you invited gets a one-time free-credit bonus after their first top-up.
- Commissions show up instantly and are paid monthly (NET 30) — as ChanTan credits by default, or by PayPal above the minimum shown on the page.
- Refunds and chargebacks are deducted.
⚠️ Read the exact numbers on the affiliate page itself. The percentage, the number of months and the bonus are shown there, and they're the only figures you should rely on. If the page says the program is currently off, it's off.
Good to know
- Prizes, rewards and referral credits appear in your history as "Credit adjustment" when they carry no description.
- The Wallet page refreshes itself about every 15 seconds, so anything you earn appears on its own.
- The gift-opening screen and a few reward messages are shown in English in every language today.
- Free credits at sign-up? Not at sign-up — any welcome credits are added when your account is approved, and the approval email tells you the exact amount.