I don't use my referral link to get commissions, because I only have two people in my life that I trust and who care about me, I don't have many friends. Apart from this, people takes such things as you taking advantage of them, to enrich yourself, they will see the whole thing like you now owe them for helping you, this is why I won't refer people through links to earn any commission, I would rather go for deposit bonuses only.
It is even hard to be in the midst of friends that are into gambling, even within my family, only very few people engage in such activities, some even see as an evil activities, too much of religion fanatic.
You can try to spread the referral link through your website or social media so that you can feel that you are getting a commission from the referral link. But if you really have decided like that, that's also okay because we will choose what makes us feel comfortable.
This referral link can help us get commissions from people who want to join us, even out there, many people don't know each other and only join through that referral link. But I admit it's not easy to get people who want to join us through referral links because they will think before joining.