You maybe are already familiar with Bitshares, Steemit's "parent". Maybe you know some of the usual exchanges to buy some BTS. An alternative way to buy Bitshares is through a Ripple "Gateway", that in certain cases means less trading fees and that means you can get more BTS for less money!
One of those gateways that operates in Ripple is called "RippleFox":
So if you have a Ripple account, you just need to trade at the BTS.RippleFox/XRP market and you will be able to buy any BTS.RippleFox with XRP. The RippleFox address on Ripple is: rKiCet8SdvWxPXnAgYarFUXMh1zCPz432Y
So, now you bought some BTS.RippleFox on Ripple using XRP but want those to be converted into "real" BTS on the Bitshares platform. First you need to associate your own Ripple address on Ripple fox, with a "memo-ID". You go to:
https://ripplefox.com/bts/deposit
and enter your ripple address on the "Get memo-id" box.
Once you have your memo-id you are able to withdraw your BTS by sending your BTS.RippleFox IOU's to RippleFox on Ripple using the memo-id:
https://ripplefox.com/bts/withdraw
If anything goes wrong, you are always welcome to write to the support staff at: support@ripplefox.com
TIP:Do you want some 5 FREE BTS? You just need to add a new trustline for BTS.RippleFox (with at least 5 BTS of trust) on Ripple and they will automaticaly send 5 BTS IOU0s to your Ripple account.