How to Buy MyShell (SHELL)Every exchange we track that lists SHELL, what the buy costs, and what it costs to take SHELL with you afterwards.
26 of the exchanges we track list SHELL, and 24 of those accept fiat, so you can buy it without holding crypto first. The cheapest place to place the order is KCEX at $0.00 on a $1,000 market buy. It is also the cheapest once the withdrawal fee is added — $0.01 to buy $1,000 of SHELL and move it to your own wallet. SHELL moves over 2 networks (BNB Smart Chain (BEP20), Ethereum (ERC20)) — pick the same one on the exchange withdrawal screen and in your wallet. 2 of them have SHELL withdrawals paused right now — you can buy there, but you cannot take the coin with you until it reopens.
All-in cost is the trading fee on a $1,000 market buy plus the cheapest fee that exchange charges to withdraw SHELL. 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 | $0.022651 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $0.52 | 9,475 | Visit ↗ |
BinanceReferralPay with Card, Bank, Apple/Google Pay | $1.000.1% taker | $0.021520.9500 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.02 | 866 | Visit ↗ |
BitgetReferralPay with Card, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.15676.9188 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.16 | 2,516 | Visit ↗ |
GateReferralPay with Card | $1.000.1% taker | $0.494221.82 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.49 | 2,059 | Visit ↗ |
KCEXPay with Card, 3rd-party | $0.000% taker | $0.0065680.2900 SHELL · Ethereum (ERC20) | $0.01 | 908 | Visit ↗ |
OurbitPay with Bank | $0.000% taker | $0.022651 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $0.02 | 1,980 | Visit ↗ |
Biconomy.comPay with Card, P2P, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.022651 SHELL · Ethereum (ERC20) | $1.02 | 990 | Visit ↗ |
WhiteBITPay with Card | $1.000.1% taker | $0.085393.77 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.09 | 423 | Visit ↗ |
CoinWPay with Card, Apple/Google Pay, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.20689.1324 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.21 | 1,218 | Visit ↗ |
LBankPay with 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.20779.1701 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.21 | 1,890 | Visit ↗ |
BitunixPay with P2P | $1.000.1% taker | $0.226510 SHELL · Ethereum (ERC20) | $1.23 | 993 | Visit ↗ |
KuCoinPay with Card | $1.000.1% taker | $0.362416 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.36 | 2,147 | Visit ↗ |
OrangeXPay with Card, Bank, Apple/Google Pay | $1.000.1% taker | $0.897839.636 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.90 | 599 | Visit ↗ |
DigiFinexPay with Card, P2P | $2.000.2% taker | $0.0₄13590.0006000 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.00 | 1,009 | Visit ↗ |
CoinExPay with P2P, 3rd-party | $2.000.2% taker | $0.0097390.4300 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.01 | 1,018 | Visit ↗ |
KTXCrypto deposit only | $2.000.2% taker | $0.249211 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.25 | 220 | Visit ↗ |
ToobitPay with Card, Apple/Google Pay, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $1.2655.5397 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.26 | 581 | Visit ↗ |
HTXPay with Bank, P2P | $2.000.2% taker | $0.448319.792 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.45 | 1,159 | Visit ↗ |
B2Z ExchangeCrypto deposit only | $2.000.2% taker | $0.664129.32 SHELL · Ethereum (ERC20) | $2.66 | 232 | Visit ↗ |
BTSEPay with Card, Bank | $2.000.2% taker | $0.664129.32 SHELL · Ethereum (ERC20) | $2.66 | 329 | Visit ↗ |
BitruePay with Card | $2.800.098–0.28% taker | $0.12465.5 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.92 | 1,784 | Visit ↗ |
BitMartPay with Card, P2P, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $5.69251 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $6.69 | 3,695 | Visit ↗ |
HitBTCCrypto deposit only | $2.500.1875–0.25% taker | $10.37457.9 SHELL · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $12.87 | 1,786 | Visit ↗ |
BITmarketsPay with Card, Apple/Google Pay | — | $0.646728.55 SHELL · Ethereum (ERC20) | — | 251 | Visit ↗ |
HibtPay with P2P | $2.000.2% taker | withdrawals paused | — | 1,721 | Visit ↗ |
idax exchangePay with Bank, 3rd-party | $2.000.2% taker | withdrawals paused | — | 378 | Visit ↗ |
Showing 1–26 of 26 exchanges listing SHELL
On 26 exchanges we track: MEXC, Binance, Bitget, Gate, KCEX and 21 more. The table above has each one with its trading fee, the payment methods it takes and what it charges to withdraw SHELL.
KCEX, at $0.01 to buy $1,000 of SHELL and withdraw it — $0.00 in trading fee plus $0.006568 to move it out over Ethereum (ERC20). 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. 16 of the exchanges listing SHELL accept a card, but the card almost always buys a major asset — USDT, USDC, BTC — which you then swap for SHELL 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 SHELL, set by each exchange per network, so it does not scale with the size of your purchase — the cheapest in the table is $0.006568 on KCEX. Our full SHELL 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 $0.006568 for SHELL. For a trading balance, staying put is reasonable; for a long hold, most people move.
SHELL is issued on 2 networks and they are not interchangeable — SHELL sent over BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) will not arrive at an address on Ethereum (ERC20). BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) is the one most exchanges use (19 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 SHELL 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.