Ever looked for a share on EasyEquities and come up empty? Suggest & Vote is how you tell us what you want listed, and how you back someone else's idea. The instruments with the most votes get sent for review, and you'll get an email if one you backed makes it onto the platform.
NOTE: Suggest & Vote is currently available on the EasyEquities website. It's coming to the mobile app soon.
What You'll Find Here:
Finding It and Using It
Open the side menu on the EasyEquities website and go to My Investments → New Listings. Scroll down to the Browse New Listings section and click Suggest an instrument. That takes you straight to the Suggest & Vote board.
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On the In the Pipeline tab you'll see the instruments people have already suggested, ranked by how many votes they've got. Click Vote next to any of them and the button changes to Voted! with the count going up by one. You can also search for a specific instrument and vote from the search results.
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Use the search bar at the top of the Suggest & Vote page and type the name or ticker of what you're after. Anything showing Not in the pipeline hasn't been suggested yet, so click Suggest next to it. Your suggestion goes onto the board straight away with your own vote already counted, so it starts at one.
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Yes. Click the Voted! button again and your vote comes off, with the count dropping by one. You can vote for the same instrument again later if you change your mind. You only get one vote per instrument though, so voting twice won't push it up any faster.
Related: How do I vote for an instrument? · How many instruments can I vote for?
As many as you like. There's no cap on the number of instruments you can vote for or suggest. The only limit is one vote per instrument per person.
Related: Can I remove my vote? · How do I get more votes on my suggestion?
Voting signs you up for updates automatically, so there's nothing extra to click. If the instrument is added to the platform, we'll email you to let you know it's live and ready to trade. For anything already sitting on the In Review tab that you haven't voted on, click Notify me to get the same updates.
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How the Board Works
It's a ranked list of the instruments our clients most want to see on EasyEquities. Every suggestion lands on the board immediately and climbs as other people vote for it. We show the top ten to start with, and you can click Load More to see the rest.
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When you suggest something you'll see a progress bar showing how many votes it has against the number it needs, currently 500. Hitting that target is what sends the instrument to our team for review. Until then it stays on the board collecting votes, and it's visible to everyone the whole time.
Related: How do I get more votes on my suggestion? · My suggestion is sitting near the bottom of the board
In the Pipeline is where suggestions gather votes, ranked from most to least. In Review is where they move once they've hit the vote target and our team is looking at them properly. Voting closes at that point, which is why In Review instruments show a Notify me button instead of a vote button.
Related: How will I know if it becomes available? · I voted for an instrument but it's still not available
Suggest & Vote is starting with US-listed instruments, so that's what you'll find when you search. We've loaded the full US exchange, which means the list is long even though it's limited to one market. Support for more markets is on the way.
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Tell people about it. A suggestion climbs on the strength of how many clients want the same thing, so the more investors you point at the board, the faster it moves. Anyone with an EasyEquities account can find it under New Listings and add their vote.
Related: What does the vote counter on my suggestion mean? · My suggestion is sitting near the bottom of the board
If It's Not What You Expected
A vote is a request, not a booking. Reaching the vote target sends the instrument to our team to look at, and getting something listed depends on things like whether our brokers can offer it and what the regulations allow. We can't promise every suggestion will make it, or say how long a review takes, but you'll be emailed either way once there's an outcome.
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First check your spelling and try the ticker instead of the full name, or fewer words. If it still doesn't come up, it's most likely not something we can offer through our broker network at the moment. Suggest & Vote covers US-listed instruments, so for anything on another market, use the share request form instead. The search screen also has a link to log a ticket if there's an exchange you'd like us to look into.
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That's normal for a new suggestion. The board ranks purely on vote count, so anything that's just been added starts at one vote and sits below everything that's had time to gather support. It's still on the board and still visible to every client browsing it, so it hasn't gone anywhere.
Related: How do I get more votes on my suggestion? · What is the Suggest & Vote board?
Not directly. What you'll find when you search for something like XRP are US-listed ETFs that track a cryptocurrency, which are shares you'd buy in your USD account. Actual coins live on EasyCrypto, which is a separate platform with its own list of supported tokens.
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JSE-listed shares should already be available on EasyEquities, so you don't need to vote for them. Head to Invest Now and search there, trying the ticker as well as the company name, since a share is sometimes listed under a name you might not expect. If you're sure something's missing, chat to Ella and she'll get it to the right team to check.
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What This Article Doesn't Cover
Everything above is about suggesting and voting for instruments you'd like added. It doesn't cover IPOs, private placements or expressions of interest, which also live on the New Listings page but work completely differently - see What are Initial Public Offerings? and US IPO Access for those.