Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card.
We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).
Stripe launches German beta
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Re: Stripe launches German beta
#72What criteria is Stripe looking for to get in the beta? Anyone know?
No criteria per se -- everyone is welcome. We're just rate-limiting it a bit to make sure that everyone has a good experience.
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#73Great to see the acceleration of roll out of counties ! DE does have lower CC usage, but I think it will be more use for DE businesses operating internationally to accept in EUR & USD. btw. I threw together a handy tool for calculating the cost of a transaction. http://www.blackdog.ie/stripe/ edit : clarity
Completely off-topic - but why does a consultancy company in Munich have a .ie domain? :-)
Re: Stripe launches German beta
#74Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).
Debit cards are quite prevalent here, rather than Credit i'd say.
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#75Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).
Well, this statement is wrong. In France, at least, virtually everybody has a debit card and we use cards all the time.
However, closer to the point, Germans are known to use cash a lot, so it's interesting that Stripe launch there.
Re: Stripe launches German beta
#76Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).
While that was true some years ago, right now, in Germany almost everyone I know has a credit card, too. Some popular banks like the DKB hand it to you with no additional cost, perhaps to incentivize the usage of cards away from cash, which is still very prevalent.
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#77Oh hallelujah!
Re: Stripe launches German beta
#78Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).
In Europe, you can't generalise.
The countries that make up Europe are extremely diverse.
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#79Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).
That really depends on the country, Europe is not homogenic like that. Here in the UK everyone has a debit card and almost everyone has a credit card and people use them to pay online a lot. In France paying with your Carte Bleue online is also pretty standard. Online debit/credit card payments are fairly common is Eastern Europe as well. I could go on.
Re: Stripe launches German beta
#80Great to see the acceleration of roll out of counties ! DE does have lower CC usage, but I think it will be more use for DE businesses operating internationally to accept in EUR & USD. btw. I threw together a handy tool for calculating the cost of a transaction. http://www.blackdog.ie/stripe/ edit : clarity
Completely off-topic - but why does a consultancy company in Munich have a .ie domain? :-)
Guessing: "black doggie"?