KuCoin Referral Code: What It Gives and How to Use It

The code links a new account to a partner link. In return the account can receive a fee rebate: KuCoin returns part of the trading fees you pay. The exchange calculates and pays it. Getref neither sees nor pays it.

A rebate is not the same thing as a fee discount, cashback or a welcome bonus. If the terms blur these, read our guide to rebate, cashback and welcome bonus and the basics in what a fee rebate is.

Here is what Getref's catalog holds for KuCoin today:

Two cautions apply. First, we could not match the rebate share and the bonus amount to a statement on KuCoin's public referral page, so do not treat them as KuCoin's official promise. Check what your own account shows. Second, the bonus is only ever "up to" an amount, and we could not confirm its conditions (what to deposit or trade, by when, for whom). Read them on kucoin.com before you count on it.

Older KuCoin announcements, such as Refer Friends & Earn Cash and the referral program upgrade, describe campaigns we did not check as current. They may have expired.

You enter it while creating the account, in the referral or invite code field. Using the partner link fills the field for you.

Getref may earn a commission from KuCoin if you open an account through its links. This does not change your terms on the exchange.

Getref Rewards are Getref's own points, not money and not a KuCoin payout. The tasks page explains how to submit your UID, and the rewards page explains what the points are. The exchange's partner cabinet shows Getref only that an account was opened through the link, and Getref asks only for the UID. Our review time for a submitted UID is 48.

The key question is whether KuCoin lets you add or change a referral code after the account exists. We did not find a statement on that in the sources we checked, so we do not claim either answer. KuCoin's Referral Program FAQ is the place to look, and your account's support chat is the fastest way to ask.

If KuCoin does allow a late fix, the window for it (to be confirmed) matters, so ask early. Our forgot-referral-code guide lists the steps to try, in order, and what to do if the answer is no.

Do not open a second account to "redo" the sign-up. Exchanges usually forbid duplicate accounts, and you could lose access to the first one.

You can check this only in your KuCoin account, because KuCoin pays the rebate and Getref does not see your trades. Do this:

1. Before trading, look in your account for a referral or invite code attached to it. Take a screenshot if the page shows one.
2. Place a small spot trade and note the fee charged in the order history.
3. Look in the fee and rewards sections of your account for a rebate line or a note about it. Compare it with the fee you noted.
4. If nothing shows up after the exchange's stated payout schedule, contact KuCoin support with your UID and the date of the trade.

A rebate may be credited later or in a separate record from the trade, so a missing line on day one is not proof of a problem. The rebate cap (to be confirmed) and the rebate period (to be confirmed) decide how long and how much you can receive. Read both on KuCoin's pages before you rely on the number.

KuCoin sets the eligibility rules, and they change. We do not list restricted countries or excluded account types from memory. The exchange's referral page and its Referral Program FAQ are the sources to read. Use the exchange's own list of restricted jurisdictions, linked from kucoin.com, rather than a third-party list.

We also could not confirm whether KYC affects the rebate, or whether the rebate is "lifetime". Do not assume either. The period shown above is to be confirmed, and it is only as reliable as its verification date.

The effective fee is the fee you pay after the rebate comes back. The headline fee on its own tells you little, because the rebate changes the real cost.

To test your own volume, use the calculator. The method behind it is in how to calculate trading fee savings, and the data rules are on the methodology page.

Futures fees are separate from spot fees. The futures maker fee is to be confirmed and the taker fee is to be confirmed. We do not know whether futures trades count toward the rebate, so check that before you plan around it.

The code suits someone who wants to trade spot on KuCoin and will check the rebate in their own account. It is a poor fit in these cases:

• You care about a specific bonus amount. KuCoin's conditions for it are unconfirmed here, so another exchange with clearly stated terms may suit you better.
• You trade mostly futures. The futures fees are unconfirmed in our catalog, and the rebate's treatment of futures is unknown.
• Your country is on KuCoin's restricted list.
• You need to attach a code after the fact and cannot confirm that KuCoin allows it.

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