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.