How does the “Invite Friends, Get $5” promotion work?

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For every friend you successfully invite to Acorns, you'll earn a $5 referral reward that gets invested in your Acorns Invest portfolio. There’s no limit to how many friends you can invite, and best of all, your friends get a $5 investment, too!

You can learn more about how our Share the Wealth program works here — including how to get started with referrals.

And feel free to share our referral guide with your friends — this has everything they need to know about what Acorns is and how your referral link works.

How do I get my $5 Referral reward? 

What are the requirements? 

How can I see how many referrals I have? 

Where's my $5 referral reward?  

How do I get my $5 Referral reward?

  1. Log in to your Acorns app
  2. From the home screen, tap the “Profile” icon in the top left corner
  3. Tap “Invite friends” to get your unique referral link 
  4. Share your unique referral link with friends 
  5. Friends use your unique referral link to sign up for Acorns
  6. Friends make their successful first investment ($5 or more) within 14 days of the promotional period
  7. After your referral is verified, you and your friend will both receive a $5 bonus investment

What are the requirements?

In order to receive your $5 referral reward, your friend needs to meet all of the following requirements:

  1. Use your referral link to sign up as a new Acorns customer during the promotional period
  2. Have their account approved and verified during the promotional period
  3. Complete a successful investment that fully settles within 14 days after the promotional period ends. Heads up: investments can take up to 5 business days to settle. And if an investment ends up as a chargeback, it doesn't qualify as a successful investment.
  4. Your account and your referral's account must both be in "good standing" at the time the reward is sent out. What that means is you and your referrals will all need to make sure your accounts stay open (not closed or locked) for 30 days from their first successful investment.

How can I see how many referrals I have?

You can view your referral history at Acorns.com on your computer or laptop or at app.acorns.com on your phone's mobile browser and follow the steps below: 

 

  1. Click on the avatar icon at the top right-hand corner
  2. Scroll down to “Referral Status” to track your offer progress, see how much you’ve received in referral rewards, how many referrals have been completed, and how many referrals are pending.
  3. Scroll to “Friends Invited” to see your invite history

 

We're currently enhancing your Acorns experience, as a result, your invite history may be temporarily unavailable. We are working to make this feature available for all customers, thanks for your patience and understanding as we work on these improvements.

If your referral's status says they're “In Progess” ,they've used your referral link to sign up for an Acorns account, however, they still need to meet all the requirements for you both to be eligible for the referral reward.

If your referral's status says “Completed”, congrats! This means your friend has completed all of the referral requirements in order to receive the referral reward. Now, you'll both just need to make sure your accounts stay open and in good standing to be eligible for the reward.

Where's my $5 Referral reward?

In order to receive your $5 Referral reward, your friend needs to meet all of the requirements.

It may take 5 business days from your friend completing the above requirements for your reward to appear as pending in your Invest account's "Recent Activity." If you believe you've met the requirements and it's been 5 business days and you haven't received the $5 referral reward, please contact us.


For more information on our terms and conditions, please check out our Referral Promotion Terms.

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