Here are four different places you can go to buy and sell Hive, two of them are just a few simple clicks. And two give you lots of options to pick from. I decided to combine all four of these sites into one post as they all work basically the same way. But its good to have many options in case one goes down or becomes unavailable in your area for some reason.
The four services I will be reviewing today are:
Stealthex.io
Simpleswap.io
Swapspace.co
Swapzone.io
Thank you for all the replies I got in my earlier post talking about how few exchange options I have in the US to use. Based on the relies I feel much more comfortable knowing there are more options I did not know existed.
Using these two services, its very simple. Select the coins you want to swap, enter the addresses where the coins should go and sometimes a refund address.
Using this service was very straight forward, I liked its interface and has worked two for two transactions so far.
The other option for easy exchange is SimpleSwap, it has the same steps as StealthEX just laid out differently.
The funds come from binance, so I know the liquidity should be quite high.
These two methods have more options, you can select the provider for the swap along with seeing their profiles. Details like reviews can be found there along with choices on how fast you want to the swap, along with fee amounts and risk of KYC requests.
Using this service gives you lots to pick from, I chose to use Swapter and when I received Hive it came from the MXC exchange. That is great, I used to have access to them until they closed their doors to US customers. So ordering by through this service seems to work well. I would consider their liquidity "decent" with over $64,000 moved every day. So you could buy quite a bit of Hive or sell quite a bit using this method.
Another option like above, but with a different layout. But basically the same in the way you move through the swap process. Depending who you use, the funds could come from any of the major exchanges that Hive has listings on such as Binance or MXC.
Dont forget your memo keys, they remind you of course.
So it really depends on your comfort level, using the first two are really easy. The other two are good if you want more choices.
I really like these kinds of websites, as they give you access to exchanges you may not otherwise be able to buy on. The fees all seem pretty comparable to each other with the funds I used. I would recommend doing smaller transactions to start with $120 or less. Then try a larger transaction of a few thousand, compare fees. And decide if you want to send smaller payments through over time. Or larger payments less often.
If you are dollar cost averaging small or medium amounts into buying crypto, or selling amounts anywhere from a few dollars upwards of tens of thousands these services may be the ones for you. Always see what exchange the provider is using to better gauge how much to send as a max amount.
Next I will be reviewing Leodex, details on my experience there is soon to come.
