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How To Accept Bitcoin On Your Website

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Re: How To Accept Bitcoin On Your Website

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post #18

Suggestion: I found the option "Send to a bitcoin address" to be confusing. I would have expected it to say "Send from a bitcoin address." Upon further reflection, it's clear why I expected that. First, when a user goes through a typical online checkout/payment, they are not concerned about where the money is going to , they are concerned about where it is coming from , i.e., putting their credit card info in. Second…

Yes, I agree with the above comment, "Pay using bitcoin" or "Send bitcoins" or something like that would be less confusing I think.

Re: How To Accept Bitcoin On Your Website

#23

Now how about a one button way for my users to buy bit coins. Buying bitcoins is an exhausting user experience

Someone already mentioned how easy it is to buy bitcoins on coinbase.com.

Another option is https://www.bitinstant.com : deposit cash in any CVS/Walmart/etc location and instantly receive your bitcoins.

Re: How To Accept Bitcoin On Your Website

#25
post #14

How does refund work with Bitcoin? Since Bitcoin can have big swing, some users might opt to get the refund of bitcoin after a while.

Are other currencies immune from this?

Most currencies that are dealt with online are more stable than BTC. But no, not "immune".

Re: How To Accept Bitcoin On Your Website

#26
post #20

I'd love to transparently accept BTC on a website I'm building, and have the merchant company send me a check every month.. I'm really hesitant to use (and thus implicitly recommend) Coinbase, since they're asking for Bank username/passwords from users. Even thought it's not necessary, it makes these guys really look rather Shady to me, so I'm really reluctant to use their solution. Has anyone else worked with Bitpay…

Founder here - just wanted to clarify that bank username/password is not required, you can also use deposit verification. But glad to hear you're interested in accepting bitcoin. Thanks!
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