XING Help Center

Here you’ll find answers to your questions, and information about XING features. You can also contact the XING Support team if you need any other assistance.

Invite people to join XING

  • What is the bonus system?
    The bonus system offers members the chance to gain additional months of Premium membership free of charge by successfully inviting others to join and to expand their network at the same time.

    For every 7th person who registers as a result of your recommendation your account will be credited with one month of Premium membership. Invitations sent as part of specific XING invitation offers will be awarded with bonus months. Please consider the terms and conditions that apply to these special offers.
  • How can I recommend XING to others?
    Invitations can be sent directly via the platform by email or by using the personal invitation link:
    http://www.xing.com/app/invite

    You can also synchronize email addresses with an external address book such as Outlook or Lotus Notes. This is a quick and easy way of expanding your personal network.
  • What are the advantages of recommending XING to others?
    As soon as you have fully registered you can begin building up your own network. Recommend XING to your contacts. Invite partners and friends you know will benefit from the networking features provided by XING as well. Introduce your business partners to specific existing contacts. Add people to your network who attach importance to professional networking. For every 7th person who registers as a result of your recommendation your account will be credited for one month of Premium membership.

    For every invitation that leads to a full registration at XING during an invitation campaign, you will receive one Premium month credited to your account. Please consider the terms and conditions that apply to this special offer.
  • How can I invite people to join XING?

    Visit the invite people to join XING page to send out invitations to join your network. Here’s a list of the various options available:

    Import contact addresses from Gmail, GMX, Hotmail, etc.
    This is the easiest way as all you need to do is enter one of your email addresses and the respective password. We’ll then generate a list of email contacts who are already on XING that you can then add as contacts.
    You can also send other email contacts who aren’t on XING an invitation to join. This also works with several email addresses.

    Send individual email invitations to join XING
    If you’d like to invite a certain person to join XING, you can simply enter their email address, add an optional message, and click on “Send invitation”.

    Add Facebook friends and Twitter followers
    If you’d like to connect with Facebook friends both on a private and professional level, just click on the Facebook symbol and follow the on-screen instructions. The same process applies to your Twitter followers.

    Import contacts from PC or Mac software
    If you work with software such as Outlook, Lotus Notes, Salesforce, etc., you can export your contacts as a contact file and then upload it to XING so you can add them to your network or send them an invitation to join XING.

    Personal invitation links for your website and email signature
    We’ve created personalized invitation links you can use on your website and in your email signature. Just visit the invitation page for more information.

  • Problems synchronizing Gmail contacts
    Please check your Gmail account's security settings to see whether you activated "two-step verification" there. If this is the case, you won't be able to synchronize your Gmail contacts due to this extra security setting which requires additional authentication.