Sharebuilder is known for its many account opening promotions, many of which have been posted here on FW. Please post current promotions with a link in the quick summary. In addition, please see the threads below for more discussion on Sharebuilder and people's experience with their service.
coexecwall08 Costco promo $90 bonus Exec, $70 other - need Costco membership #
STOCKGIFT07 25 holiday bonus As a special holiday incentive, we'll put a $25 bonus into the first custodial account you open this holiday season. Simply create an Automatic Investment Plan by January 15, 2008 and use it to invest at least $25 for three consecutive months. Just use the promotion code STOCKGIFT07 when you open the account.
CSTOCKGIFT07 $55 from Costco for a custodial account - need Costco membership #
HOLIDAY07 or CHILDGIFT $50 from Citizens x01/15/08
HOLIDAY07 or CHILDGIFT $50 from Chevron FCU EXP 1/15/08
HOLIDAY07 or CHILDGIFT $50 from Young Money x 1/15/08
How it works: 1. Open account through e.bates (Get $20 from e.bates) 2. Chose the "free trial" for the Standard Plan (If you don't see this offered, choose the basic plan*) 3. Receive email that the promotion code was accepted. 4. Fund account (use only $3 if you have the free trial or $5 for basic) *** UPDATE: in order to get the e.bates bonus, you need to fund with at least $20! (still only make the minimum investment and withdraw the rest later)*** 5. Make a minimum investment ($3 for standard; $5 for basic-includes $4 fee) 6. Switch from Standard Plan to Basic Plan* (if you don't it will cost $12) Skip this step if you already have the Basic Plan 7. Receive email saying you qualified for the promotion. 8. Wait 4 - 6 weeks for the bonus money!
Expired Codes: smfall50 Sallie Mae buy300tech50 $50 from Buy.com x1/31/07 STBANK50 NCGIFT06 $50 Gift Card from exp 1/15/2007 BBTGIFT06 Expires 1/15/07 ENTHOLIDAY expires 01/15/2007 (won't work with IRAs) NY4 Expires 6/30/06 FREEGUIDE30 Expires 6/30/06 MILITARY30 Expires 6/30/06 FREEGUIDEOB EXPIRES 6/30/2006 HH50LOGIN EXPIRES 6/30/2006 FREETRADES5 - Expired 5/31/2006 GIFT40 - 5/10/06 says expired GIFT50 COMPASS5006 $50 from Compass Bank x 12/31/2006 SHAREBUILD25 - Expires 12/31/06 SBGIFT30 - Expires 12/31/06 ENTERTAIN50 $50 - Expires 12/31/2006 ENTERTAIN30 $30 - Expires 12/31/2006 ISK40 $40 1 year of Money Magazine - Expires 12/31/06 SMEAUG50 - Sallie Mae (linkless) Expires 9/30/2006 FREEGUIDEPAT , expires 12/30/06 share50 $50 exp 12/31/06 cexsomem1206 costco cash card for memebers get 10-25% off trans fees. x12/31/06 IPLANGIFT - must enter through link DEAD as of 6/20/07 higher50 $25 ShareBuilder account bonus and $25 OneAccount credit expires 3/31/07 onepass25 Dead as of 6/20/07 25BONUS dead as of 6/20/07 ufalumni45 $45 from University of FL Alumni dead as of 6/20/07 uwalumni45 $45 from Wisconsin Alumni dead as of 6/20/07 FREEGUIDE40 dead as of 6/20/07 PEOPLE30: dead as of 6/20/07 CAMPUS50 dead as of 6/20/07 FOLLETT50 dead as of 6/20/07 EQREWARDS30 dead as of 6/20/07 hhecare5007 $50 exp 6/30/07 TVS50 25FIPPB $25 from Christian Community CU x 12/31/06 FISB50
Choice from BECU: GAS30 $30 gas card from BECU X 10/31/07 GROCERIES30 $30 in groceries from BECU X 10/31/07 MOVIES30 $30 in the form of 2 movie passes and $10 for snacks from BECU X 10/31/07 ACCTBONUS30 $30 from BECU X 10/31/07
OK I'm clueless about how sharebuider works.I signed up with the enertainment code for the $50 bonus.I chose the plan Standard - FREE Trial Investing Program get 6 trades free. I put $20 in IMAX and $25 in Disney-I authorized these as non recurring one time payments. I plan on switching to the Basic program to avoid monthly fees.So how does the bonus work?Does it get creditted to my account?
I signed up with the 50 bonus and deposited 250. Then a few days after signing up I got an email about like account problems. Basically they want me to fax them all sorts of stuff. They said if I don't do it, they just close the account and refund the amount it was funded with. The stock i bought isn't doing so good and other places look to have alot better fees so I'm just gonna let it cancel and refund my 250. There's no potential problem with this right?
I joined months ago. I opened with $25, invested it and within 4 or 5 weeks they deposited my bonus cash. Real time trades run ya about $15 but I have been using the $4 option. You submit your order and they are processed every other Tuesday. I thing you have to place your order 8 days before the next available processing Tuesday. I did it for the free cash, have a few shares of Sirius now and every once in a while they send me a freebie real time trade and upgrade offers. I have had no problems at all.
Can anyone please tell me how I get this "entertainment50" book code? I don't know how to get it, and I don't know how to find the book or anything...there's an entertainment book for like, every community lol. And no results came up on google for it, so I don't know... Help would be appreciated!
Just enter the code ENTERTAIN50 to get the $50 bonus, you don't need the book (unless you feel morally obligated to purchase it.) I happen to have the entertainment book, but it only gave me a $30 bonus code, so I used the $50 code instead.
I also opened my Sharebuilder account through Ebates and am happy to report I am getting a $20 check back from them, too!
I wasn't sure how much I needed to deposit with Sharebuilder, but I deposited $50 and was notified that I qualified for both bonuses.
I signed up for a Sharebuilder account about a year and a half ago and used a bonus code to get $50 put into my account. I'm a Costco Executive member and just noticed their promotion of $85 for new Sharebuilder accounts. To get this bonus, can I simply create another account with all of the same information as my first account, or would I have to close the first account completely and then activate another account? Thanks!
meecal said: To get this bonus, can I simply create another account with all of the same information as my first account, or would I have to close the first account completely and then activate another account? Thanks!
No need to close the other account. To avoid fees just transfer the assets from the old account to the new. Will need to send in a signature guarantee form.
Sharebuilders trading fees are very high so these promotions helped with their high fees. One could sign up for each new promotion that came along and even net a little cash. The last time I signed up for the new promo. they closed the account and gave me a refund for the investment and trading fee, sighting "multiple accounts". There is nothing in their "terms" about multiple accounts. Think they need to change the wording on these promotions to reflect their policies.
My son who has an old account even received 2 emails for a $20 new account bonus. Think one hand doesn't know what the other is doing at Sharebuilder.
So I just signed up for Sharebuilder off the Ebates site and I put the ENTERTAIN50 code in the promotion code box and continued along, but I never got anything saying that I would receive the $50. Was there something else I needed to do to get that promo, a box I should have clicked to verify the code or something? I'm beating myself up now thinking I signed up partly because of the $50 promo and now I might not even get it. Thanks!
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