Bitcoin and your business
How your business can accept Bitcoin as payment. A practical guide for businesses.
There are several things you can do to use Bitcoin to boost your business.
The number of people using bitcoin as payment is steadily rising around the world. By offering your customers the option to pay with bitcoin, you'll stand out and become visible to a growing group of people who prefer to pay with an instant, cost-effective, and worldwide payment method — namely, bitcoin.
By accepting bitcoin as payment, you gain increased visibility, no chargebacks, and — since only a very small share of your customers will likely choose this form of payment for now — the need to convert your bitcoin to local currency is probably quite small. A strategy that has proven very good for many over the years.
See Bitcoin in practice
Joe shows how several shops and others accept bitcoin as payment on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
Watch a video about Bitcoin City in Arnhem, Netherlands, where you can use bitcoin as payment in many places.
Get visible on BTCmap
On BTCmap you can list your business and make it easy to find for those who want to pay with bitcoin.
Lightning Wallets
There are many good Lightning Wallets, and you can see a list with a short description of the most well-regarded ones on this page. All of them can be used to receive bitcoin as payment, and for many smaller businesses some of these will be sufficient.
If you need a bit more — for your accounting, or the ability to manage different employees, locations, and payment terminals, and perhaps also accept bitcoin in a web shop — there are several good solutions for that too.
Payment solutions
Swiss Bitcoin Pay is a service that makes it easy to receive payment via bitcoin, either on-chain, via Lightning, or both. You can be up and running right away, it's incredibly easy to set up, and it has good options for integrations and more.
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PaywithFlash offers several different solutions, including a super easy way to set up a simple web shop with bitcoin payments. They also have a long list of other solutions such as Point of Sale, payment links, invoicing, and more, as well as integrations with WooCommerce, Shopify, and others.
There are plenty of good solutions! Depending on what you want and how much help you need, there's something that works for your business.
Marketing
Make the most of accepting bitcoin as payment in your marketing. Make sure to get visible on btcmap.org, and show it in your business with a sign or stickers.
There are also several options for running campaigns, building customer loyalty, and more. Feel free to reach out to us if you're interested in a helping hand, or hop into the Telegram group telegram.enogtyve.org to learn more.
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