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Update 11/26/23: New offer is refer 3 and get $725 bonus. When they make a recurring investment you’ll get a $275 bonus for $1,000 total.
Update 11/7/23: New offer for $1,111 is you refer 4 people from November 5 – 11. I assume this offer is valid for all Acorns customers, but not positive. Terms (ht reader Will) Note, for the new member it would be better to sign up via Swagbucks, so this only really makes sense for someone doing the deal along with family/friends to get the big bonus.
The Offer
- Acorns is offering a $5 referral bonus for both parties when the referred user signs up and completes account verification.
- In addition if you refer 12 friends for August you’ll receive a $1,000 bonus.
- Acorns are also planting one oak tree for each referral.
Check out our Acorns review here. Referral bonus has been as high as $10 for each person in the past.
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Offer History
Update 7/24/22: Refer 3 people and get either $600 or $700. Terms Update 2/13/22: Two referrals for $300 this week. Terms.; Update 1/9/22: Four referrals for $600 this week. Terms.; Update 12/5/21: Seems there’s a new offer called ‘Money Pie’ which is valid from  November 24 through December 31 and offers both the referrer and the new member $20 when the new member signs up and makes an initial investment. I think that’s on top of the regular $5 each, so it would be $25 each. The Swagbucks/MyPoints deals are still better, but this is a nice deal for a simple signup for a new member who doesn’t use SB/MP. Also pretty nice for those in 2-player mode where they’ll land up with $50 altogether from the referrer and new member. Separately, there’s an offer for December 5 – 11 where the referrer gets $100 when they refer 4 people.; Update 11/7/21: Get $300 when you refer 2 friends from November 7, 2021 until November 13, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms. Update 10/31/21: Get $600 when you refer 3 friends from October 31, 2021 until November 6, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.); Update 10/24/21: Get $1,500 when you refer 7 friends from October 24, 2021 until October 30, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 10/17/21: Get $500 when you refer 3 friends from October 17, 2021 until October 23, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 9/20/21: Get $300 when you refer 2 friends from September 19, 2021 until September 25, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 9/5/21: Get $1,000 when you refer 5 friends from September 5, 2021 until September 11, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 8/29/21: Get $500 when you refer 3 friends from August 29 until September 4, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 8/22/21: Get $200 when you refer 2 friends from August 22 until August 28, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.;Update 8/15/21: Get $1,000 when you refer 5 friends from August 15 until August 21, 2021. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 8/8/21: Get $50 when you refer 1 friend from August 8 until August 14, 2021. There’s a separate offer for the same time period to get $600 with 3 referrals. (These are in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.; Update 8/1/21: Get $500 when you refer 3 friends from August 1st until August 7, 2021. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.;Update 7/25/21: Get $1,000 when you refer 4 friends from July 25th until July 31, 2021. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.);Update 7/18/21: Get $300 when you refer 2 friends from July 18th until July 24, 2021. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.;Update 7/11/21: Get $600 when referring 3 friends from July 11th through July 17th. (That’s in addition to $10 per referral.) Terms.;Update 7/7/21: Get $1,000 when referring 5 friends from July 4th through July 10th. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.Update 6/20/21: Get $500 when referring 3 friends from June 20th through June 26th. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.Update 6/14/21: Get $1,000 when referring 4 friends from June 13th through June 19th. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms. Not sure if this referrer offer is for everyone or targeted.Update 6/6/21: Get $1,000 when referring 5 friends from June 6th through June 12th. (That’s in addition to $5 per referral.) Terms.Update 5/10/21: The referral bonus is now up to $20 for each party; the offer seems to vary by account with some people getting lower offers of $15, $10, or $5. Terms.Update 4/13/21: Get a $500 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up between 4/11/21 – 4/17/21 and makes their first investment by April 30, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 4/4/21: New offer is refer 4 people and get a $1,000 bonus. Deal sent out via e-mail with the subject line ‘Earn $1,000 invested when you refer 4 friends.’ – seems to be publicly available as well, Terms.Update 3/21/21: One of the best offers we’ve seen: Get a $600 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up between 3/21/21 – 3/27/21 and makes their first investment by March 31, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 3/9/21: Get a $200 bonus with 2 referrals who sign up between 3/14/21 – 3/20/21 and makes their first investment by March 31, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 3/9/21: One of the best offers we’ve seen: Get a $500 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up between 3/7/21 – 3/13/21 and makes their first investment by March 31, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 1/31/21: Get a $400 bonus with 4 referrals who sign up between 1/31/21 – 2/6/21 and makes their first investment by February 28, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 1/20/21: Get a $300 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up between 1/17/21 – 1/23/21 and makes their first investment by January 31, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 1/4/21: Get a $400 bonus with 4 referrals who sign up between 1/3/21 – 1/9/21 and makes their first investment by January 31, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 12/28/20: Get a $400 bonus with 4 referrals who sign up between 12/27/20 – 1/2/21 and makes their first investment by January 31, 2021. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 12/20/20: Get a $250 bonus with 4 referrals who sign up between 12/20/20 – 12/26/20 and makes their first investment by December 31. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 12/16/20: Get a $150 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up between 12/13/20 – 12/19/20 and makes their first investment by December 31. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 12/8/20: Get a $50 bonus with 2 referrals who sign up between 12/6/20 – 12/12/20 and makes their first investment by December 31. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 12/3/20: Get a $40 bonus with 2 referrals who sign up between 12/1/20 – 12/5/20 and makes their first investment by December 31. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 11/22/20: Get a $200 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up between 11/22/20 – 11/30/20 and makes their first investment by November 30. Terms. (That’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus.)Update 11/6/20: Get a $35 bonus with 1 referral who signs up between 11/15/20 – 11/21/20 and makes their first investment by November 30. Terms. (I believe that’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus, so $40 total.)Update 11/9/20: Get a $30 bonus with 1 referral who signs up between 11/8/20 – 11/14/20 and makes their first investment by November 30. Terms. (I believe that’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus, so $35 total.)Update 11/3/20: Get a $25 bonus with 1 referral who signs up between 11/1/20 – 11/7/20 and makes their first investment by November 30. Terms. (I believe that’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus, so $30 total.)Update 10/26/20: Can get a $15 bonus with 1 referral who signs up between 10/25/20 – 10/31/20 and makes their first investment by October 31. Terms. (I believe that’s in addition to the standard $5 bonus, so $20 total.)Update 10/21/20: Can get a $35 bonus with 1 referral who signs up between 10/18/20 – 10/24/20 and makes their first investment by October 31. Terms.Update 9/3/20: Can get a $150 bonus with 3 referrals who sign up and make their first investment by September 30. Terms.Update 8/1/20: Can get a $300 bonus with 4 referrals who sign up and make their first investment by August 31. Terms.Update 7/8/20: Can get a $500 bonus with 5 referrals.Update 6/1/20: Invite 5 friends who make their first investment by June 30 and get $300. Terms.Update 5/3/20: Invite 4 friends who make their first investment by May 31 and get $250. Terms.Update 4/1/20: Invite 3 friends who make their first investment by April 30 and get $150. Terms.Update 3/1/20: Invite 12 friends who make their first investment by March 31 and get $1,000. Terms.Update 2/1/20: Invite 4 friends who make their first investment by February 29 and get $250.Update 1/1/20: Invite 4 friends who make their first investment by January 31 and get $250. Terms.Update 12/1/19: Invite 4 friends who make their first investment by December 31 and get $200. Terms.Update 11/1/19: Invite 5 friends who make their first investment by November 30 and get $250. Terms.Update 10/1/19: Invite 3 friends who make their first investment by October 31 and get $100. Terms.Update 9/21/19: Bonus has been increased to $150. (Hat tip to FM.)Update 9/1/19: Invite 3 friends who make their first investment by September 30 and get $100.Update 8/1/19: Invite 5 friends who make their first investment during August and get $200.Update 7/1/19: Invite 5 friends who make their first investment during July and get $200.Update 6/2/19: Special referral offer, see details in this dedicated post.Update 3/17/19: They seem to be laying off the large referral bonuses, but they did come out with an offer for this week to get $50 with 4 referrals. That’s on top of the regular $5 for referrer and $5 for new member that’s always available. (ht DDG); Update 1/8/19: Invite 12 friends in January and get $1,000 bonus; you also get $5 per referral, regardless of how many people you refer.; Update 12/3/18: Invite 12 friends in December and get $1,200 bonus; you also get $5 per referral, regardless of how many people you refer. Must signup between 12/1-12/31 and make first investment by 12/31.; Update 11/1/18: Invite 11 friends in November and get $1,100 bonus; you also get $5 per referral, regardless of how many people you refer.; Update 10/16/18: They are now offering a $500 bonus if you refer 5 friends between October 15th and October 21st. This is in addition to the share of $100,000. This sucks for people that have already referred people as the people they referred do not count towards this bonus and I suspect a lot more people will be getting a share of that $100,000 now. Update 10/03/18: Bonus is back, this time it’s a share of $100,000 when you refer 5 friends or more; Update 9/2/18: Referral bonus added for September 2018: refer 7 friends between 9/1/18 and 9/15/18 and get a $500 bonus ($535 total) if they make an investment by 9/15/18.; Update 8/1/18: $1,000 referral bonus is back for August.; Update 5/1/18: $1,000 referral bonus is back. Updated details below.
Our Verdict
Acorns is an app that lets you link payment cards, when you make a purchase the transaction is rounded up to the near full dollar and that excess money is then transferred into your acorns account and invested. For example if you make a purchase of $1.90, $2 will be charged and $0.10 will go into your acorns account. You can also add funds to your account and earn money from their “found money” section, basically a shopping portal (currently earns 2% with eBay). Acorns invests your money into ETF’s, the fees are as follows:
- $3 per month for Acorns personal
- $5 per month for Acorns family
I’m not a fan of these robo investors, especially when they are taking a healthy fee for themselves. Set clear investing goals and do it yourself instead. Acorns also has a rewards debit card launching soon. If you are interested in signing up, consider using Chuck’s Acorns referral link.
READ:Â Acorns Investment App Review, Round-Up and Robo Investing with Additional Perks
