the time for buying ETH has passed.
it would be more like a gamble if you buy at this point.
and if you insist on buying at least try to buy at the dips when the price is low and sell if it gets lower. it is being dumped slowly after all.
The price is much higher than a month ago. So there is risk associated with buy ing the coin. But if the coin is developed actively, the price will rise further.
There are clones out there. The most prominent is
Expanse, on Poloniex, which right now is stalled like ETH is. There's also
Shift, on Bittrex, which is climbing nicely. [Disclosure: I own <1
BTC's worth of each.]
If you want to check out something a little quirky, look at
SOIL, also
on Bittrex. It's stalled out too.