# Recommended sites for buying stocks online? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 16, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-sites-for-buying-stocks-online/299642 "2005-04-16T15:51:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-sites-for-buying-stocks-online/299642/1 "2005-04-16T15:51:12Z")
Can anyone recommend a good place to buy or sell stocks online? I don’t plan to invest in a lot of these stocks, so someplace with low overhead fees would be preferable. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-sites-for-buying-stocks-online/299642/2 "2005-04-16T19:22:09Z")
[Scottrade](http://www.scottrade.com) seems to be a popular one… Maybe check out the forums at [Fool.com](http://www.fool.com/) for more opinions and insight. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-sites-for-buying-stocks-online/299642/3 "2005-04-16T21:53:10Z")
I use Scottrade. It’s $7.00 per trade, which is about the cheapest around. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommended-sites-for-buying-stocks-online/299642/4 "2005-04-16T23:23:32Z")
[ShareBuilder.com](http://ShareBuilder.com) will allow you to invest a little at a time.