Update 8/31/26: Available again. Reminder to not share referrals in the comments below. Hat tip to reader L.J.
Update 1/20/26: Available again. Starts today and ends in two weeks according to e-mails. Hat tip to reader dealgamer
The Offer
- Public brokerage is offering a $100 (in a stock or ETF of your choice) referral bonus to both parties when the person signing up makes a $1,000+ deposit.
Our Verdict
Terms state that ‘You may only refer people with whom you have a direct, personal relationship. You may not share your referral link (or otherwise solicit anyone) through spamming, commercial advertising, or other similar means’ so we won’t be allowing sharing referrals for now as we don’t want readers missing out on the bonus. The $100 reward must stay in your account for 12 months. Will add this to our best brokerage bonus page.
Hat tip to reader Michael
Does anyone have an answer to this?
It could be KYC or external bank. When I opened the account last year it took several days for the deposit to clear and the reward to post, it turned out the KYC was delaying the process.
You probably made the stock selection during signup, in that case the stock reward would automatically post once the initial deposit clears.
Yeah, I got it from the “copy link” button from the rewards section.
Your referral link is different from mine, which is https://share.public.com/XXXXX , where XXXXX is the code. Did you get it under Rewards section? Also, the $1,000 deposit needs to be an initial one-time deposit.
Hi favo, I entered it and nothing happened. Am I doing it right? P1’s referral link is: “https://public.com/user-referral?referrer=XXXXXXX” So I enter the value of XXXXXXX into P2’s promo code section?
lmao
Yes.
It’s a wacky system but the way you can withdraw the full $1k is to sell whatever bonus of stocks you have ($200 in this case). Then you would be able to have $1k to withdraw and $200 unavailable to withdraw.