“The one question I get asked the most by new customers is: Does Zerodha charge for equity and mutual fund investments? No, investing in stocks, ETFs, and direct mutual funds at Zerodha is free. We also don’t charge any DP charges for mutual funds and bear the cost ourselves,” Kamath said.
On the issue of DP charges, Kamath said that the company charged DP charges once per stock in a day. “Also, we only charge a DP charge once per day per stock, regardless of the number of sell orders. So even if you sell a stock ten times in a day, the DP charge only applies once,” Kamath added.
He also shared data on what top brokerages in India charged from customers as D charges while warning that he cannot vouch for its efficacy.
“Someone just shared this data with me. I’m not sure about its efficacy, but our team has cross-checked it,: he said.
The one question I get asked the most by new customers is: Does Zerodha charge for equity and mutual fund investments?No, investing in stocks, ETFs, and direct mutual funds at Zerodha is free. We also don’t charge any DP charges for mutual funds and bear the cost ourselves.… https://t.co/ShaTkyD57T“>pic.twitter.com/ShaTkyD57T— Nithin Kamath (@Nithin0dha) https://twitter.com/Nithin0dha/status/1950511236262580333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw“>July 30, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″>His recent tweet was on Zerodha grappling with a demat market share loss even as the assets under management (AUM) continued to grow. The company said that it is addressing the issue by creating content though remains unsure about its impact so far.Zerodha Founder also posed a question for founders and marketing professionals on his X handle if traditional strategies used in the past to acquire customers will be useful now. Kamath also explained how his company was coping up with the problem.
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