There is a third-party tool called SteemCreate that accepts credit cards, or BTC to create a Steem account. You do not need to have an existing Stech blockchain account to use the service, but there is a cost above the cost of creating a blockchain account to use the service. There is a third-party tool called BlockTrades that receives bitcoin, Litecoin, STEEM, SBD, BitShares, Dash, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and others to create a Steem account. You can also send an extra token to pre-load the account with additional Steem Power. You do not need to have an existing Stech blockchain account to use the service, but there is a cost above the cost of creating a blockchain account to use the service. There is a third-party tool named AnonSteem that accepts bitcoin, Litecoin, STEEM, or SBD to create an anonymous Steem account. You do not need to have an existing Stech blockchain account to use the service, but there is a cost above the cost of creating a blockchain account to use the service. There is a third-party tool called SteemConnect that allows you to create an account by paying or delegating an account creation fee. There is no additional cost to use this service, but it does require an existing Stech blockchain account to pay the account creation fee for creating an account.