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Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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That... is an unfortunate name. I would really encourage people to google a word before choosing it as a product name.

I'm from the Netherlands and Googling "munt" returns nothing strange.

Reminds me of a colleague who named his new technology "spics" (it easy to pronounce and as an acronym is fitted perfectly)... Only after some weeks he googled it. It's changed now needless to say.

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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post #8
post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"munt" is the Dutch word for coin.

Unfortunately common things in one language often mean other things in another language. The author is clearly trying to share this with the English speaking world, (the site is English after all), so it stands to reason that you would choose your words carefully in English.

That is more difficult than it may appear.

Sometimes you need people that are pretty immersed in a culture to know about these things and avoid shooting yourself in the foot.

Hyundai, for example, almost made the mistake of releasing a vehicle named Kona in Portugal.

Kona is a pretty harmless word in most contexts, but "kona" reads exactly like "cona" for a Portuguese speaker, and "cona" is slag for "vagina".

Oops.

They renamed it Kauai for the Portuguese market, IIRC.

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

#53
post #49

Great - it is good to see competition to GoURL. The Woocommerce integration in particular is great to see. GoURL's woocommerce plugin is functional but the experience is not the greatest. Good luck with it - I will potentially switch one of my products over to this on a trial basis.

I signed up for an account and have some feedback:

* The signup was very easy

* 2FA is missing, considering withdrawals will be made through the account if automatic withdrawals are not enabled, that is an absolute must have.

* Clicking on "Upgrade your Plan" takes me back to the logged out site even though I remain logged in

* I uploaded a logo and I am not sure what it is used for, it's not displayed anywhere.

* I signed up in particular because I saw Woocommerce on the front page. Post login there is no mention of it, and I am not sure there is actually a plugin for it.

Keep working at it guys - it's a good segment to be in.

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately common things in one language often mean other things in another language. The author is clearly trying to share this with the English speaking world, (the site is English after all), so it stands to reason that you would choose your words carefully in English.

That is more difficult than it may appear. Sometimes you need people that are pretty immersed in a culture to know about these things and avoid shooting yourself in the foot. Hyundai, for example, almost made the mistake of releasing a vehicle named Kona in Portugal. Kona is a pretty harmless word in most contexts, but "kona" reads exactly like "cona" for a Portuguese speaker, and "cona" is slag for "vagina". Oops. T…

There’s also the Ford Pinto. In Brazilian (!) Portuguese, “pinto” is close to the male equivalent of “cona”.

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

#55
post #36

So .. how does this actually work? Is it a direct wallet transfer or is it an intermediary? How does it handle unconfirmed transactions? Which cryptocurrencies is it valid for? Does it do refunds? Are there KYC/AML requirements?

Hi there, Munt works as an intermediary, we send the funds to your account when the transaction is confirmed. You can check if the transaction is confirmed with our REST API and PHP library.

We currently support Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ethereum, Dash and Ripple.

Right now we only refund payments that failed for example if the customer pays too much or too little. We do plan to add the functionality to refund payments manually.

Lastly there are no KYC/AML requirements to withdraw in cryptocurrencies.

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

#56

Ignoring the name (which everyone else has commented on), this looks nice. I like the colour scheme too; it reminds me of custard. The simplicity of the dashboard is pretty refreshing and it looks well documented for a new product.

Thank you so much

Re: Show HN: Munt – The simplest way to accept cryptocurrencies

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post #42
post #2

That... is an unfortunate name. I would really encourage people to google a word before choosing it as a product name.

Indeed, imagine the horror all the English speakers have when the come to Netherlands and are offered verse munt thee! How silly those Dutch are for inventing a word before English existed, and then continuing to use it today even when apparently a sliver of the English speakers of the world think it means something bad.

Well, if it's being marketed to an English speaking audience, they will need to consider whether the name has negative connotations regardless of where it originated.

American companies have to be sensitive to this when expanding into new markets too.

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