What i mean, say... your new and you have...50 usd. So ypu make a coinbase account to but btc, then you jave to transfer it out, and pay a nice sized transaction fee sp now your 50 is closer to 30. Now if you working with a few grand seems like itd be worth it... 100 bucks or less seems like itll cost you more in transaction fees than your spending to get a few cheap coins that may or may not jump