I think the Speculation subforum is appropriate for a thread like this because the only people who are up to date and well versed in this matter are those who trade across multiple platforms and also care a great deal about fees. There are also a category of bitcointalk users who probably do not wanted into too many other sub forums. Comparing exchanges across different threads and comments from users who have usually only experience with a handful of transactions at a single site is not really adequate.
I plan to sell a large amount of bitcoins over time if the price keeps increasing and am looking for how to best sell them. Here are the fees for the leading exchanges. Please help me correct my mistakes.
BTC-e
0.2% trading fee, at least 1% or 1.5% withdraw fee (depending on currency), the lower withdraw fees withdraw to payment processors who have their own usually steep withdraw fees
I am not interested in BTC-e because bitcoins sell for generally 1% to 3% lower at this exchange but it seems like the idea place to buy bitcoins from.
Bitfinex
0.1% to 0.2% trading fees, 0.1% withdraw fee
Huobi
No trading fees, 0.3% to 0.5% withdraw fees (I think, I can't read Chinese), Ego pay is an alternative cashout option but it seems that Ego pay's withdraw fee is 1.5% (
https://www.egopay.com/fees/)
Bitstamp
0.2% trading fee and a flat withdraw fee. Tedious account verification methods. I can never know all the previous owners of my bitcoins and I am worried that they may be on a blacklist. The tedious questions have me worried.
To me it seems clear that for large sellers Bitfinex is the best place to sell bitcoins and that barring ridiculous deposit fees BTC-e would be the best place to buy a lot of bitcoins from. Still since I will be selling a large amount, I want to ask your opinions.
One concern I have is that I do not know who operates Bitfinex but they seem to not have too many bad reviews and people don't seem to question their volume. All input is appreciated.
