Update 3/13/25: New bonus of up to $12,000 for $5M transfer, found at this link and valid 3/6 – 4/6. (ht Dan)
Update 2/17/25: There’s a new bonus from 1/23 – 2/28 which offers up to $7,500. At the lower tiers it’s still 2%; at higher tiers it’s not nearly as good.
The Offer
- WeBull is offering a 2% bonus when you transfer your brokerage account to their platform from July 5, 2024 through July 31, 2024.
The Fine Print
- Offer Period: 07/05/2024 12:00 AM ET – 07/31/2024 11:59 PM ET
- Excludes IRAs
- Offer Eligibility: This offer (the “Offer”) is open to brokerage customers in good standing of Webull Financial LLC (“Webull”) who receive a push notification through the Webull website or mobile application (collectively, the “Webull Platform”) to participate in this Offer (such customers “Eligible Customers”).
- Offer Requirements: To receive an Offer Reward (as defined below), an Eligible Customer must (i) click “Enroll Now” on the landing page for this Offer on the Webull Platform, (ii) complete 1 or more Qualifying Transfers (as defined below) in an aggregate amount between $2000 and $5,000,000 to their Webull brokerage account (their “Webull Account”) during the Offer Period, and (iii) maintain in their Webull Account, in cash and/or securities, the aggregate amount (excluding trading losses) of all such Qualifying Transfers until July 30, 2026.
- “Qualifying Transfer” means any transfer initiated after the beginning of the Offer Period by an Eligible Customer to their Webull Account of assets held by the Eligible Customer in a brokerage account at an institution other than Webull or any of its affiliates using the Automated Customer Account Transfer Service that settles before the end of the Offer Period. For the avoidance of doubt, if an Eligible Customer withdraws or transfers assets from their Webull Account or from any other account that the Eligible Customer holds with Webull or any of its affiliates and transfers all or any portion of such assets to their Webull Account after the beginning of the Offer Period, such transfer will not be deemed a “Qualifying Transfer.”
- Deposit Bonus: Each Offer Reward will consist of a cash payment credited to the applicable Eligible Customer’s Webull Account in an amount equal to 2% of their Net Qualifying Transfer Amount “Net Qualifying Transfer Amount” means, in respect an Eligible Customer, (i) the aggregate amount of all such Eligible Customer’s Qualifying Transfers, minus (ii) the aggregate amount of all withdrawals or transfers of assets by such Eligible Customer from their Webull Account during the period beginning on the start of the Offer Period and ending on July 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST.
- Offer Rewards will be paid in installments to the applicable Eligible Customer’s Webull Account in the amounts and on the dates indicated below: July 31, 2025 50% of Offer Reward amount; July 31, 2026 50% of Offer Reward amount.
- PLEASE NOTE: (1) Additional transfers by an Eligible Customer to their Webull Account that take place at any time after the end of the Offer Period will not increase the amount of the Eligible Customer’s Net Qualifying Transfer Amount. Example: Eligible Customer participates in this Offer and makes a Qualifying Transfer in an aggregate amount equal to $30,000 to their Webull Account prior to the end of the Offer Period. One week later, the Eligible Customer transfers an additional $30,000 to their Webull Account. The Eligible Customer will only be entitled to receive an Offer Reward in an amount equal to 2% of $30,000. (2) Any withdrawal or transfer of funds from an Eligible Customer’s Webull Account prior to July 31, 2026. will be deemed to reduce the Eligible Customer’s Net Qualifying Transfer Amount and may reduce the value of any Offer Reward the Eligible Customer is entitled to receive. Example: Eligible Customer participates in this offer and makes a Qualifying Transfer of $100,000 to their Webull Account during the Offer Period. Subsequently, one year following the end of the Offer Period, the Eligible Customer withdraws $20,000 from their Webull Account and maintains the remaining balance until July 31, 2026 (resulting in a balance of $80,000 as of July 31, 2026). Eligible Customer will only be entitled to receive an Offer Reward in an amount equal to 2% of $80,000. (3) In the event that the amount of any Offer Reward to which an Eligible Customer is entitled is reduced as a result of withdrawals or transfers out of assets from the Eligible Customer’s Webull Account between the end of the Offer Period and July 31, 2026, (i) Webull will not be obligated to make any further payments in respect of the Offer Reward in excess of the Offer Reward amount to which the Eligible Customer is entitled following the reduction, and (ii) Webull may, in its sole discretion, rescind the excess amount of any Offer Reward payments made to such Eligible Customer by debiting their Webull Account. (4.) Eligible Customers must maintain the amount of any Offer Reward payment (minus any trading losses) in their Webull Account for at least 90 days from the date on which such Offer Reward payment is credited to their Webull Account. If an Eligible Customer fails to comply with this requirement, Webull may, in its sole discretion, debit the Eligible Customer’s Webull Account the amount of such payment.
- Limitations: Each Eligible Customer may earn a maximum of one Offer Reward in connection with this Offer. Eligible Customers are not entitled to earn Offer Rewards in respect of more than one Webull Account. This Offer is not transferable or saleable.
- Webull reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to decline an Eligible Customer’s request to participate in the Offer or to decline to grant Offer Rewards to an Eligible Customer for any reason or for no reason, including without limitation (i) if any aspect of the operation of the Offer or distribution of the Offer Rewards is prohibited by applicable laws, regulations or rules, including without limitation the rules of any self-regulatory organization of which Webull is a member, (ii) such Eligible Customer’s failure to satisfy any Offer Requirements or any violation of the terms and conditions of the Offer, (iii) actual or suspected fraudulent, deceptive, or abusive activity by such Eligible Customer in connection with any of the platforms or services offered by Webull or any of its owners, affiliates, and/or subsidiaries, (iv) the occurrence of any attempt, whether successful or unsuccessful, to undermine the legitimate operation of the Offer by cheating, hacking, deception, or other unfair or improper conduct (including, without limitation, the creation of multiple accounts), or (v) if such Eligible Customer has violated the terms of any agreement to which it is a party with Webull or any of Webull’s owners, affiliates, and/or subsidiaries
- Webull reserves the right to change the terms of or terminate the Offer at any time without notice. If, for any reason, the Offer is not capable of running as planned including, but not limited to, by reason of tampering, unauthorized intervention, labor dispute, fraud, or any other cause beyond the control of Webull or its affiliates, which, in the sole opinion of Webull, corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct of the Offer, then Webull reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Offer. Webull reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to rescind Offer Rewards if any applicable Qualifying Transfer does not settle, is reversed, or is otherwise determined to be improper or invalid.
- This Offer is valid alongside, although separate from, any promotions offered by Webull. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary herein, employees, contractors, or persons similarly associated with Webull or its affiliate(s); members of their household; Webull referral partners, key opinion leaders (KOLs) and/or influencers; registered representatives of broker-dealers; employees of any securities regulatory organization or exchange; and/or employees of any market maker are not eligible to participate in this Offer. The Offer is only available for personal use and may not be used for commercial purposes. Other restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited.
- No substitution, cash redemption, assignment or transfer of any Offer Reward is permitted, except by Webull, which reserves the right in its sole discretion to substitute an Offer Reward with another prize of equal or greater value.
Our Verdict
Wow, this is an excellent brokerage bonus. They’re modeling this after the (expired) 1% offer from Robinhood, and they are upping the ante with 2% bonus for the same two year hold period. The only advantage of the Robinhood version was the fact that the bonus became immediately available to invest which allows us to benefit from the gains during the two year hold. With WeBull you get half after one year and the other half after the two year time period is complete.
The two-year hold time does weaken the deal somewhat, especially for someone who likes chasing brokerage bonuses. Still, 2% bonus rate without tiers and basically without limit is much better than almost any other brokerage bonus currently available. (For transfers sub-$100k, the TastyTrade deal is better than this WeBull offer.) We’ll add this to our List of Best Brokerage Bonuses.
Personally, I just went about moving my investments to Robinhood and I’m considering doing this deal as well with whatever other investments I have. Maybe I should even dump Robinhood and switch over to WeBull for the larger bonus. I’ll first click through Swagbucks to open a WeBull account, then I’ll look out to make sure I’m targeted/eligible for the offer (I believe it’s showing for everyone, but worth verifying). Then I’ll transfer over my investments to WeBull via ACAT transfer and leave them there for 2 years. I would not necessarily recommend having more than $500,000 with WeBull or Robinhood since the SIPC insurance limit is that amount. Less than $500,000 seems safe to me.
Additional notes, pointed out by readers:
- WeBull will reimburse up to $100 in transfer fees.
- WeBull apparently isn’t great with transferring over cost basis, so you might have to get manually involved for that to process correctly.
Hat tip to reader Terp
Offer History:
- Extended to October 8th, 2024
- Extended to 9/15/24
- Extended to 9/8/24
- Update 8/6/24: This offer was extended through August 31. (Note, the new terms for August are not clear whether the funds need to remain with WeBull for 2 years; the customer service reply I got from WeBull is that funds need to remain until August 31, 2026 or it might affect the bonus. Separately, note, the terms now require keeping the bonus amount there for 90 days past payout.)
Is there currently a promo live or this deal is dead?
I do see a live Promo right now until 5/9/2025.
Can someone clarify if the tier is considered based on initial funding value?
For example- Let’s say transfer $251K worth of stocks and they get settled. But later on after 3 months their value drops to 230K, do I know start getting reduced monthly payments or still based on my initial $251K tier value?
Promo Value is based on the day transfer is received. If it dropped in value and you don’t do any withdrawals during the HD fund period then you are fine.
Has anyone received their distort from the feb promo. Should have been credited by 4/14. Haven’t gotten mine yet.
No, I was expecting a promo payment yesterday as well, but have not received anything 🙁
All 12 cash bonuses are in my Rewards. The first activation date is 4/24. My ACAT transfer was completed on 3/5.
thanks mine showed up this morning there too, mine says 4/24 too though should have been dated earlier, mine was completed by 2/28 but reread the t&C and it says 45 days from end of offer date. That was 3/5 so 45 days would be 4/19, not 4/24. not a beig deal but it also looks like each month you have to activate it and then wait x amount of time to for it to be deposited, and if you dont activate each month within 30 days you lose that months bonus.
The offer period is 3/6/25- 4/6/25, if I enroll in the offer today on 3/22/25, would the withdrawal between 3/6/25 and 3/22/25 be deducted from the newly transferred in amount after 3/22/25 when calculating the “new fund”?
I believe so. They do promos monthly. Just withdraw and wait for the next promo.
Thank you. I’ll wait for the next promo then 🙂
this is kinda confusing. i did the FEB one, i assume i can tranfer 25k and do both promo at the same time again?
So, this promotion is only for existing customers, or could I open an account and immediately enroll?
This offer (the “Offer”) is open to individuals who (i) have a Webull Account (as defined below), and (ii) receive a push notification or other invitation to participate through the Webull mobile application, desktop application, or website (collectively, the “Webull Platform”) to participate in this Offer (such customers “Eligible Customers”).
You may be able to enroll in this promotion shortly after you open your account. If not, they’ll prob send you other offers soon. I’ve had an account for 6 years and Webull sends offers to me very often.
Here’s my current plan:
Are there any better strategies for this offer? Do not have $100k+ to move over to WeBull.
That plan works. the $750 is based on $25100 transferred in. You don’t lose the bonus amount if stock/funds prices fall. You only lose/decrease bonus on the $750 if you withdraw any money during the period.
so you can invest in something other than SGOV if you want. Depending on how you want to use that money
It seems I missed the part about a referral. I got the message “We’re sorry, but you’re currently not eligible for this promotion. If you’d like to learn more or explore how you can participate, please contact [email protected]. We’re happy to assist you!”
How can I get a referral from someone?
Referrals aren’t allowed here but some users have links in their profiles. Reddit should have a bunch too.
This is fine, but you’d be locking in your cash for a year. Do you have stocks in other accounts that you can transfer instead? Webull reimburses you 100 for doing so.
Appreciate the comment. These funds would be sitting in cash for about a year anyways, so I figured moving them over and putting them in SGOV would be comparable to keeping them in HYSA. Moving 25k in index ETFs for this deal seems like too much hussle, given that I have this cash that needs to stay liquid.
I just did this offer and my plan was to leave the money in there for the cash sweep, which was previously 3.75%. However, it looks like they lowered that to 0.5 and created a subscription plan where you can pay to get a 4.1% rate:
https://www.webull.com/trading-investing/cash-management
At $40/ year, you’d still come out ahead. Another option would be to park your money in a money market fund they offer, which may also have tax advantages:
https://www.webull.com/trading-investing/money-market-funds
Is there a way to find out if you are enrolled in the cash bonus promotion? When I tried to sign up for an account through the enroll button, there was a popup that said I was not eligible for the promotion and to email them for other offers. I went back, refreshed the page, and clicked enroll again. Now the popup says “You’re In! Thanks for letting us know you will be participating in the promotion!” I was able to complete opening the brokerage account after that.
I’ll add that
for those who have worked with WeBull, do we expect a bonus confirmation email or something after sign up? So far (a week now), have not received any confirmation
No. I’ve done 3 offers with them so far and haven’t seen one confirmation come through. One paid out on time, still waiting on another but that one isn’t expected until August.
This offer has a monthly payout though, so you can follow up if there are issues. I took a few screenshots just in case.
Is there any referral incentive with WeBull? Also, would it be better to open an account and then enroll, or just click enroll today and open a new brokerage account?
IME, I’ve been bombarded by a bunch of promos, likely because webull is trying to go public and juicing their numbers.
There are a bunch of referral offers based on amounts of the deposits. Here’s one: Fund 500, get 20 fractional shares, each valued between $3 and $3000.
You could likely try to stack with a portal offer, too. YMMV
Thanks! This portal offer appears to be, only for existing customers, any idea how to get around it?
Regarding stacking, if I enroll after enrolling into the portal offer, am I risking the portal offer or referral offer?
This offer (the “Offer”) is open to individuals who (i) have a Webull Account (as defined below), and (ii) receive a push notification or other invitation to participate through the Webull mobile application, desktop application, or website (collectively, the “Webull Platform”) to participate in this Offer (such customers “Eligible Customers”).
So you sign up as a new customer, then wait for the offer. They will come, especially if you have minimal funds in there.
Re stacking risk, I have no idea. I’ve yet to see negative or positive DPs, hence the YMMV warning.
Just to be clear, when I say portal, I meant Rakuten, swagbucks, etc. It just occurred to me that you meant the promotion portal in Webull. No risk in that case, bc you enroll in the offer you want after becoming a customer.
Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying. Yes, I meant the WeBull website’s latest promo.
So, how does this sound?
Open an account with the referral link. Wait for the offer to pop up, and then enroll for the WeBull web offer.
Yes, that will work. Same plan as Dima above except for method of transfer https://www.doctorofcredit.com/webull-2-brokerage-transfer-bonus-up-to-100000-bonus/#comment-2024535
Thanks. I was able to successfully open the account and enroll in the promo. Any idea, if fractional share referral promo would require separate ACH deposit, or would ACATS transfer IN would fulfil the requirements for both i.e. referral fractional share bonus and Deposit or Transfer & Earn Your Cash Bonus
Congrats!
Hm, I don’t know and don’t want to lead you astray by guessing. Maybe something you can verify with support. They discontinued in-app messaging but can be reached via email fairly quickly: [email protected]
Is Webull churnable, I’m not seeing any restrictions on former customers.
Should be…if your account is still open but empty you’ll get bombarded targeted offers.
if we are planning to churn offers, should we keep the account open or close the account once we zero it out?
Probably keep it open or you won’t get targeted offers?
ETA: see Shawn’s comment below about re-opening fails
Negative DPs for churning: #1382811 #1501139