Sharebuilder Costco Bonuses + Promotion Codes!

Sharebuilder and Costco have struck a deal by virtue of which customers desiring to open a new Sharebuilder brokerage account can avail some great bonuses. Read on to see how you can still earn Sharebuilder bonuses even if you do not have a Costco membership.

• Online Link: Deal & Details

• Costco Executive Members: Receive a $90 Costco Cash card after your first transaction plus a 25% quarterly rebate on transaction fees.
• Costco Goldstar & Business Members: Receive a $70 Costco Cash card after your first transaction plus a 10% quarterly rebate on transaction fees.
• Deadlines: Offer only valid for accounts opened between 4th and 23rd Sep, 2007. You must complete your first stock purchase by 30th Nov, 2007.
  

Not a Costco Member?

No problem. Even without the Costco Membership you can open a Sharebuilder Investment Account, and still get $40-50 in sign-up bonuses.

• Bonus: $50 [Courtesy SallieMae]
  
• Expiry date: no date mentioned
• Link to open an account
• Bonus: $50 [Courtesy SunTrust]
  
• Expiry date: no date mentioned
• Link to open an account
• Bonus: $50 [Barnes & Nobel $50 Gift Card]
  
• Expiry date: no date mentioned
• Link to open an account
• Bonus: $50
• Code: IPLANGIFT
• Be sure to enter promo code IPLANGIFT when prompted to receive the $50 offer.
  
• Expiry date: no date mentioned
• Link to open an account
• Bonus: $45 [Courtesy Univ. of Florida Alumni]
  
• Expiry date: no date mentioned
• Link to open an account
• Bonus: $45 [Courtesy Univ. of Wisconsin Alumni]
• Expiry date: no date mentioned
• Link to open an account
• Bonus: $40 [Courtesy Entertainment]
• Expiry date: 12/31/2007
  
• Link to open an account

How to collect the sign-up bonus when you do not want to use Sharebuilder as your regular broker?

If you do not want to use Sharebuilder as your regular broker (and why should you when you can get 100% FREE Stock Trades at Zecco.com) but are interested in collecting the above bonuses, then you can open an account with $5. Purchase a stock with $1 and pay $4 as the transaction fees. Once you get your bonus transfer it online (do not wire else you will have to pay extra fees for it) to your linked checking account and you are done!

Leave the $1 stock in your account forever since there are no minimum balances to be maintained for the account. If you try to close your account, you need to sell the stock. For that you have to pay a real time trading fees depending on the type of account you have opened. This is not worth it since it will eat into your $50 bonus. Moreso considering the fact that you have already spent $4 in fees to buy the stock.

Experience: We have already earned our bonuses from Sharebuilder and our experience with them has been pretty good.

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