How to Buy DROPEvery exchange we track that lists DROP, what the buy costs, and what it costs to take DROP with you afterwards.
2 of the exchanges we track list DROP, and 2 of those accept fiat, so you can buy it without holding crypto first. The cheapest place to place the order is MEXC at $0.50 on a $1,000 market buy. But add the fee to move DROP off the exchange and the order changes: Bitrue comes out lowest at $2.95 all-in, against $922840.02 on the cheapest trading fee. The withdrawal fee is flat, so the smaller your buy, the more it decides where you should buy. DROP moves over 2 networks (Solana, XRP Ledger) — pick the same one on the exchange withdrawal screen and in your wallet.
All-in cost is the trading fee on a $1,000 market buy plus the cheapest fee that exchange charges to withdraw DROP. It is the number the exchange’s own “how to buy” page never shows you, and it reorders the table more often than not. The coins column is how many assets each exchange lists in total, from our own sync — not the figure CoinMarketCap prints.
| Exchange | Buy fee on $1,000 | Move it out | All-in cost | Coins listed | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEXCReferralPay with Card | $0.500–0.05% taker | $922,839.52418,718 DROP · Solana | $922840.02 | 9,475 | Visit ↗ |
BitruePay with Card | $2.800.098–0.28% taker | $0.15430.07000 DROP · XRP Ledger | $2.95 | 1,784 | Visit ↗ |
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On 2 exchanges we track: MEXC, Bitrue. The table above has each one with its trading fee, the payment methods it takes and what it charges to withdraw DROP.
Bitrue, at $2.95 to buy $1,000 of DROP and withdraw it — $2.80 in trading fee plus $0.1543 to move it out over XRP Ledger. If you are leaving the coin on the exchange, only the first half applies and a different venue may win. Paying by card adds the card processor's charge on top of both, typically 1.8–4%.
Indirectly, yes. 2 of the exchanges listing DROP accept a card (MEXC, Bitrue), but the card almost always buys a major asset — USDT, USDC, BTC — which you then swap for DROP on the same exchange. That means two fees: the card charge, then the trading fee in the table.
Yes, and it is worth checking before you choose where to buy. It is a flat amount of DROP, set by each exchange per network, so it does not scale with the size of your purchase — the cheapest in the table is $0.1543 on Bitrue. Our full DROP withdrawal fee table compares every exchange and every network.
It is a custody choice, not a safety switch. While the coin sits there the exchange holds the keys: convenient, recoverable if you lose your password, and dependent on the exchange staying solvent and keeping withdrawals open. Moving it to a wallet you control removes that dependency and costs one withdrawal fee — from $0.1543 for DROP. For a trading balance, staying put is reasonable; for a long hold, most people move.
DROP is issued on 2 networks and they are not interchangeable — DROP sent over Solana will not arrive at an address on XRP Ledger. Solana is the one most exchanges use (1 of them). Withdrawal fees differ per network too, sometimes by an order of magnitude, so the cheapest network is worth checking as well as the cheapest exchange.
Exchange coverage for DROP comes from each exchange’s own deposit and withdrawal endpoints (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC); trading fees are the published base tier, no volume discount applied (verified 2026-08-28). Exchanges we have a referral arrangement with appear first and are tagged as such — it changes no number in any row. Nothing here is investment advice; see our methodology.