The website uses cached values for the exchange rate which are only periodically updated.
During checkout when you get to the BitPay payment screen it will have a live rate.
Topic: [ANN] BitcoinStore.com (Beta) - Electronics super store with over 500K items! - page 9. (Read 75370 times)
February 11, 2013, 05:17:42 PM
February 11, 2013, 05:14:50 PM
I'm currently seeing a 17%+ excess cost due to BTC exchange rates.
Is this normal?
The price seems to be using around $20.5 instead of somewhere near $24
Sorry if this has been discussed - but where is the explanation for how & when the exchange rate is calculated? Is it a 30 day average or something?
Is this normal?
The price seems to be using around $20.5 instead of somewhere near $24
Sorry if this has been discussed - but where is the explanation for how & when the exchange rate is calculated? Is it a 30 day average or something?
The site miscalculates the exchange rate.. you'll get the real price in BTC at checkout. It's a bug that they said they would fix..
February 11, 2013, 05:09:01 PM
I'm currently seeing a 17%+ excess cost due to BTC exchange rates.
Is this normal?
The price seems to be using around $20.5 instead of somewhere near $24
Sorry if this has been discussed - but where is the explanation for how & when the exchange rate is calculated? Is it a 30 day average or something?
Is this normal?
The price seems to be using around $20.5 instead of somewhere near $24
Sorry if this has been discussed - but where is the explanation for how & when the exchange rate is calculated? Is it a 30 day average or something?
January 28, 2013, 03:39:26 PM
I would like to see on site Chromebooks + WorldWide shipping.Thx
World wide shipping has been available for several weeks now.
We actually had an interesting inquiry from a Bitcoiner in Iran who wanted to buy a hard drive yesterday.
Forcing me to browse first, add to cart etc. just to find out that the shipping is far too high for my taste is not a nice user experience. Maybe add a page where I can set my location and from then on show the cheapest shipping option for each item + the whole cart.
January 28, 2013, 06:00:24 AM
Curious why is this thread still in the bitcoin discussion thread?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Because being able to buy 500k+ items with bitcoins is a very significant development for Bitcoin.
LOL right...so then every other development for bitcoin should be listed here. Your logic makes no sense. Where is the cut off for being a "significant" development as opposed to an insignificant one?
Even if the cutoff were ten times lower, BitcoinStore would still be the only one here.
January 26, 2013, 08:24:09 PM
I would like to see on site Chromebooks + WorldWide shipping.Thx
World wide shipping has been available for several weeks now.
We actually had an interesting inquiry from a Bitcoiner in Iran who wanted to buy a hard drive yesterday.
January 26, 2013, 08:34:35 AM
Oh, and an I-dare-you-to-add-this product, that I think might have a niche bitcoin market: solar panels.
Promise to buy at least one
Promise to buy at least one
I'm glad to say that someone has answered your wish!
http://www.gogreensolar.com/
Bitcoin for Solar panels!
I think I misread this - are you going to be selling these on your site?
Or does the company plan to accept bitcoin directly?
They've started press releases covering them "accepting bitcoin" and I wasn't sure if it was through bitcoinstore.com or if it should be setup on their site...
January 26, 2013, 05:56:41 AM
Curious why is this thread still in the bitcoin discussion thread?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Because being able to buy 500k+ items with bitcoins is a very significant development for Bitcoin.
LOL right...so then every other development for bitcoin should be listed here. Your logic makes no sense. Where is the cut off for being a "significant" development as opposed to an insignificant one?
January 26, 2013, 05:49:36 AM
I would like to see on site Chromebooks + WorldWide shipping.Thx
Even better if the Nexus tablets/phones were available. Please? 
January 26, 2013, 05:47:15 AM
I would like to see on site Chromebooks + WorldWide shipping.Thx
January 26, 2013, 05:27:59 AM
Curious why is this thread still in the bitcoin discussion thread?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Because being able to buy 500k+ items with bitcoins is a very significant development for Bitcoin.
January 26, 2013, 04:57:51 AM
Curious why is this thread still in the bitcoin discussion thread?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
Shouldn't it be moved to the Marketplace? Or service discussion?
January 26, 2013, 01:36:09 AM
A simple technical solution to how to update the price would be for instance to have a cron job running every n minute. For instance, every 3rd minute. Then writing this value to a database or a file. Database would probably be best.
Then, when script executes server side, fetch this number from the database and display it in the web store.
Then, when script executes server side, fetch this number from the database and display it in the web store.
* mrb puts optimization hat on head
Personally I would just store the exchange rate in a js/json file, and have the browser calculate the Bitcoin price on the client side with javascript code multiplying the exchange rate with whatever USD price is in the html page.
That opens up the possibility to update the Bitcoin prices in the page almost in real time with zero load on the web server.
January 25, 2013, 09:01:59 PM
"case sony prs-t2 light navitech". Almost 3k results were returned.
Maybe the search catches all words, so you get everything that match 'case' and 'ligth' too, so that should be plenty of hits.
Perhaps an advanced search function would be an idea, where you could search for an entire phrase or only in certain catagories etc.
January 25, 2013, 06:44:16 PM
January 24, 2013, 02:53:48 AM
Just a tip: you should try to improve the search function.
I noticed you had these slightly cheaper than in Amazon. So I wondered whether you also had a low-cost version of it.
I typed "case sony prs-t2 light navitech". Almost 3k results were returned. Obviously, most of them were not really related. The official cover for Sony was among the first results though, so I suppose the low-cost cases just aren't available, otherwise they'd be among the first results... am I right? (I confess I didn't browse through the 3k results)
Anyways, thank you for this great site. It's awesome to see lower-than-amazon prices, and realize they can only be thanks to Bitcoin (and, of course, the great hard work of the people behind BitcoinStore).
I noticed you had these slightly cheaper than in Amazon. So I wondered whether you also had a low-cost version of it.
I typed "case sony prs-t2 light navitech". Almost 3k results were returned. Obviously, most of them were not really related. The official cover for Sony was among the first results though, so I suppose the low-cost cases just aren't available, otherwise they'd be among the first results... am I right? (I confess I didn't browse through the 3k results)
Anyways, thank you for this great site. It's awesome to see lower-than-amazon prices, and realize they can only be thanks to Bitcoin (and, of course, the great hard work of the people behind BitcoinStore).
January 24, 2013, 01:36:14 AM
BitcoinStore review update:
- My order was filled, shipped, and arrived today
- One item, Victorinox mini-knife, was backordered.
- I was notified within 24 hours of the backordered item, via zendesk support interface. They offered to refund, or let me wait for the item. Opted to wait for the item (while the remainder of the order shipped immediately).
- The rest of the items arrived in a single box, marked "MemoryDealers", via FedEx Ground to my North Carolina/USA location.
- Everything packaged well, and functioned as expected. Purchased two LED mini-flashlights, a clock, a knife and a set of Wine Enthusiast beer glasses.
- Accurate packing list was enclosed with package
- Notified via both email and zendesk support personnel of USPS/FedEx tracking numbers.
January 23, 2013, 09:57:08 AM
I think the btc price on site, should be the same on checkout.
I agree, and soon it will be. (Or very very close depending on the market depth)
January 23, 2013, 09:52:42 AM
On topic 3,
I mean bitcoin price. (not dollar).
I think the btc price on site, should be the same on checkout.
I mean bitcoin price. (not dollar).
I think the btc price on site, should be the same on checkout.
January 23, 2013, 09:48:35 AM
1- The bitcoin prices I see on bitcoinstore is exactly the price I'll pay? Hope yes.
All prices are in USD in the database and are updated to the equivalent BTC price every 5 minutes based on the feed from Bitpay.com2- I would like to see on Bitcoinstore the usd value of 1 bitcoin. (the value used by bitcoinstore)
Great idea! This will be implemented soon.3- I would like to see on site, something like: (the bitcoinstore prices will be refreshed in 5 minutes)
The USD prices don't change. The final BTC price is calculated at the moment of checkout.I will give some thought on the best way to make this clear on the site.
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