# Buying a Coin from the Trade Menu

Besides buying a Coin on a creator's Coin page, you can also buy a new Coin from the Trade menu, which is located at the top right of the website (when logged in). You can even buy a new coin from the Trade menu before the creator’s Coin page has been published.

To do so:

1. Log in and click the **Trade** button at the top right of the page.
2. Under Creator Coin, click **Buy** or **Convert**. (Buy allows you to buy with a credit/debit card or cryptocurrency, while Convert allows you to buy with $RLY from your Portfolio. For the latter, you must already have $RLY in your Portfolio.)
3. In the list of coins, scroll or use the search function to find the 3-5 alphanumeric characters that make up the “symbol” for the new coin. (New coins have no designation that they are a new coin.)
4. Complete the transaction.

![Screenshot of trade menu](https://600676515-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MMDJKv2P_lyTyem8WOZ%2Fuploads%2FUOkRmHYwqZpJolpFwfQh%2FScreen%20Shot%202021-12-13%20at%2012.31.47%20PM.png?alt=media\&token=0d52cad7-bff7-458e-9868-15a4ee4df195)

![Screenshot of searching for a Coin](https://files.gitbook.com/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FU1whihjA8bspZBK2NG3p%2Fuploads%2FVyzVCfsMQ5LRs7qQRH8g%2FBuying%20a%20Coin%20from%20Trade%20Menu%202.png?alt=media\&token=fc82f7ca-22a3-48e9-89db-2730f0fee33b)