How to open zerodha account online

Zerodha is leading stock broker in India with highest number of customers. Their main attraction is low brokerage for intraday (0.03 or Rs. 20 whichever is lower) and free delivery trades. They have best trading platforms with useful features for both investors and traders.

You can open zerodha account both offline. To open account online you aadhar and mobile must be linked. If it is not linked, you have to download the form, sign it and courier the documents to zerodha ffice. You can use the step-by-step guide below to open zerodha account online.

Zerodha account opening documents required

To open a zerodha a/c online, you need to scan and upload following documents. Income statement is not compulsory. It is only needed if you want to activate F&O or commodity segment.

• PAN card.
• Aadhaar (Only for an online account opening)
• Cancelled cheque/Bank statement to link your bank account.
• A photo.
• Income proof (Form-16/IT acknowledgement copy/6-month Bank statement/Latest salary slip)

Zerodha a/c opening charges

Zerodha charges Rs.300 for account opening (Rs. 200 for equity and Rs. 100 for commodity segment.). 

Zerodha a/c opening online process

1. Visit this page Zerodha account opening page.

• Fill your mobile number and click continue.
• Enter 6 dgit OTP received on tour mobile and hit confirm.
• Enter your email id and verify.
• In next page enter your pan card number and date of birth.

• Pay account opening fee.

• Next step is to connect to digilocker. for that your mobile number and Aadhar card must be linked. You will receive an OTP in registered mobile number. Enter it and allow to share your Aadhar with zerodha.
• Enter your personal information in next page and click continue.
• Next step is in person verification or IPV. as shown in below screenshot. Open camera and record a video as given in instruction.

• Next step, you have to upload the scanned documents I mentioned above. You can also upload clear photo of these documents taken with mobile camera. Income proof is optional. You need to upload it only if you want to trade in F&O or commodity segment.
• Next step is esigning your account opening form and documents with aadhaar. To esign documents, your mobile and aadhar should be linked. You will receive an OTP in your mobile number linked to aadhar. Enter it to e-sign documents.
• E-sign is the last step in account opening process. Account opening process is complete now. You will get your zerodha a/c number or login id and password in your registered email. You can use that id and password to login all zerodha services like zerodha kite, kite mobile and pi.
• You can download and send nominee form if you want to add a nominee in your account. 

You can also check below video from our channel explaining same procedure I explained above.

Check our previous blog post How to use zerodha kite for zerodha review and how to use guide.