Sharepeople

I have had experience of sharepeople for just under a year now and would like to "share" (Pardon the pun) with you some of its finer points. I have done this by including ALL the information you need under easy to locate headings. So less waffle and onto the info! What is Sharepeople.com? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Basically Sharepeople.com is a great online stockbroker, owned by american express. What can you do? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Basically you can trade stocks and shares without having to ring up or visit a premises based stockbroker. Plus being online iot is far more efficient and costs less ... more

I am a moderate investor (£3-5k) and enjoy playing the market. I joined Sharepeople.com mid 2000 and have had no real problems with the account. As I put aside a set amount each month to invest I have set up a direct transfer to the Sharepeople.com bank account. This is by far the easiest way of doing it as they bank through Royal Bank of Scotland and finding a branch is about comparable with finding hen's teeth! Registration is simple and very quick. Once the money in you account has cleared trading is easy. The ability to set up a range of "virtual" accounts to either learn on or to monitor ... more

I decided a while ago that it would be fun to dabble in the stockmarket so I took a look around and decided to try Sharepeople out. Setting up my account with them was easy and took only a few days (it is not all done online). Once my account was opened and money paid into the bank account which is set up for you I was free to start trading. Once you have joined you are sent a very helpful brochure as a guide to their services, everything is carefully explained and laid out in an easy to follow way. I have bought 2 different lots of shares to date, both of which have gone up in price which is ... more

I joined Sharepeople after seeing various adverts and I am very impressed with their service. I used to trade using my bank who would charge either £20 or 2% whichever is higher. Well Sharepeople charged £17.50 for a trade (no matter the value of shares bought). What's more this charge has been reduced to £14.50 for trades under £1000 and £17.50 thereafter - pretty good value. Whats more they have waived the annual £50 fee. The service is very efficient and the staff are helpful and courteous. My certificates had been transferred to the nominee account within 3 days. The website is pretty ... more

I've been trading with sharepeople.com for several months now and I can recommend their service. However, users should be aware that virginmoney.com actually links to sharepeople.com but only charges £14.95 per trade, as opposed to £17.95 a trade by sharepeople.com. Trading is executed immediately and a contract note is sent to you by post and also via email. The site is easy to navigate and dealing can be done without certification (ie you can buy and then sell 1 minute later). Although the site is not presented to you in the nicest way, it is still usable. The site doesn't contain much ... more