# Newbie trying to buy XCP to create Tokens

**URL:** <https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-trying-to-buy-xcp-to-create-tokens/2312>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [September 10, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-trying-to-buy-xcp-to-create-tokens/2312 "2016-09-10T19:57:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![flossyflix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@flossyflix](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/flossyflix)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-trying-to-buy-xcp-to-create-tokens/2312/1 "2016-09-10T19:57:06Z")

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Does anyone know how I would buy XCP and how much do I need to buy in order to create tokens? Thanks

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**Author:** ![JPJA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex004/user_avatar/forums.counterparty.io/jpja/32/1324_2.png) [@JPJA](https://forums.counterparty.io/u/JPJA)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2016, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.counterparty.io/t/newbie-trying-to-buy-xcp-to-create-tokens/2312/2 "2016-09-11T06:47:16Z")

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0.5 XCP to register an asset.

You can get XCP at [https://shapeshift.io/#/coins](https://shapeshift.io/#/coins) . Their rate is not the best, but for such a small amount I guess it won’t matter. Shapeshift does not require any registration.