Not sure about direct from Steem. The most traded market for Whaleshares on Bitshares is with BTS. The spread is between 2 and 5 right now (2 to sell, 5 to buy). https://bitshares.org/wallet/#/market/WHALESHARE_BTS
Each whaleshares that you spend gets you a 1% vote. If you spend 5, you still only get 1 vote, but it's worth 5% power.
Thanks for your response. So the only way for us to buy whaleshares via openledger wallet is via bitcoin? whci easy way can I transfer funds there...can I use my steemit wallet? so 100 whaleshares is then 100% upvote, guess it will cost a lot
The exchange is with BTS (bitshares) actually. BTS is around 31-32 cents so could be anywhere from 60 cents to $1.50 per whaleshare.
Great so I can use my wallet for the transaction andsed some steem dollars to Bitshares ...procedure is quite complicated having been trying since last week. Thanks a lot
More complicated than using randowhale or booster, that's for sure. You can probably use shapeshift to convert Steem to BTS.
Do you think that blocktrades will be ok? via wallet , go to steem dollars and then buy ...open to blocktrades
Yeah, that looks like a good option to get bitshares.
Have you tried it? I will give it a try