Thanks for the reply! Yeah I've only started with sub-$100 amounts to get the feel of it. Kind of scared me at first when I found out you could lose whole amounts of currency if you tried sending to the wrong type of wallet...but once I got everything straight in my head, it's not too bad. Used Shapeshift for the first time last night. Pretty useful!
I forgot about Coin Option...I read about it yesterday and I think I added them to my bookmarks tab, but haven't looked at their interface yet.
I think Coinbase is ok if you need to buy large amounts of BTC, but fees end up being way too big for smaller transactions imo.
Right now I've decided to try Gemini for Fiat to major crypto, then sending to Bittrex, via Shapeshift, for altcoin trades. Unless there's a better way?
RE: Coinbase, Gemini, Bittrex, or...?