Quote from: Webster Trent on January 19, 2018, 07:39:02 AM

this is a very thorough look

I would never recommend coinbase to anyone for getting the coin at startup unless they are not concerned about the short term trading.

I have friends who use cryptopia to buy in and swear by it. I have not personal experience there, but am told it's cheaper than Coinbase.

Also, I have acquaintances who buy their coin privately to not involve a bank at all. This is about a 10% fee on the coin they buy, but they remain more anonymous this way.

Each may have their drawbacks when it comes to fees, but while a fee is a worry, the gain is likely the goal - so if

Hi, and thank you for posting!

I will look into Cryptopia, I know that it is a NZ exchange that has a lot of coins, but I dont know what deposit or buy options they have, yet.

Regarding Coinbase being a good alternative for trading, it is not. Gdax is a better alternative or any other exchange. But its is neither really relevant to me in this matter if it is a good service to trade on or not, what I am focusing on is if it is a good, reliable and relatively cheap place to buy bitcoin for beginners. The bitcoins can be transferred to another exchange or be used as a payment method, or maybe just to save for the future. Whatever the motive is.

Feel free to post more tips or personal experiences!

I will continue to update first post when I add new info.

Update: Cryptopia does not accept FIAT deposits, nor do they accept purchases with Credit Card, PayPal or any other service like that. As far as I can see they only accept deposits in bitcoin and altcoins.