giving gift of one share

Giving the Gift of One Share

Shannon at Rocks in My Dryer is asking people to share their favorite

internet shopping sites. My favorite, hands down, is Amazon.com, but

several have already covered that one well. Phyllis' post, in

particular, was a great summary of some of Amazon's cool features.

Since I'm not writing about my favorite shopping site, I'll write

about one of the most unique one's I've used: OneShare.com. OneShare

dozens of stock choices, including companies like Disney, Yahoo,

McDonald's, Harley Davidson, and Martha Stewart. This allows you the

OneShare sends you the actual stock certificate and some of them are

quite interesting. The one pictured in this post is DreamWorks

Animation and features Shrek. I chose this stock for my 12 year-old

son's last birthday. He has an interest in the stock market and I

thought this would be a great way to nurture it. His stock certificate

came with a booklet entitled Stock Matters for Kids, which OneShare is

still offering on their website.

Now I feel obligated to point out that OneShare is not the most cost

effective means of buying stock. You'll pay for the stock itself, and

then you'll also pay a $39 transfer fee, which is essentially paying

for the actual stock certificate, which you don't normally get in a

traditional stock transaction. So if you're buying stock for

investment purposes, OneShare is definitely not the way to go. If,

you need to check out!