BTCinch Merchant Services and Wallet

bearbones

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Quote from: THCGroup on January 17, 2012, 02:07:23 AM

Hmm, I never got that email.

I have been trying to sign up for a couple weeks to be able to use their oscommerce plugin to accept BTC.

That was the only plugin I heard was working.

Sorry about the delay. You have been PMed.

Thanks for pointing this thread out to me again, 2weiX!

2weiX

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pointed ira to this thread, hth

THCGroup

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Hmm, I never got that email.

I have been trying to sign up for a couple weeks to be able to use their oscommerce plugin to accept BTC.

That was the only plugin I heard was working.

2weiX

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I got this afterwards, tho:

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As noted in my earlier email, BTCinch will be closing down. I hope to make this
a pretty smooth transition. Rest assured that you will be able to continue
accepting payments through BTCinch, while I work with each of you to get
alternate solutions in place.

For the immediate future (2 weeks), the BTCinch payment gateway will continue to
operate with a different transaction server. Withdrawals and conversions will
continue to process as usual. By the end of the month, however, I will have
replacement plugins for every cart that BTCinch supported. I will be happy to
assist the new plugin installation in any way possible.

I believe strongly in Bitcoin, and am not leaving the community. On the
contrary, I see this is an opportunity to strengthen my software offerings. Look
forward to stronger, better tools to replace everything you liked about BTCinch
and more.

If you have any questions or concerns, do not hesitate to email, phone or skype
me. Thank you for all of the support.

THCGroup

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Been trying to get in touch with them for a couple weeks and then got this today.

THCGroup,

We are sorry to say that we will be shutting down our service immediately. It has been a good run, but BTCinch is simply not a viable business in the US.

All customer deposits will be distributed via a third party, in the coming days.
In the meanwhile, outgoing transactions will continue to be processed.
Registration and deposits will be disabled immediately. We are working out a transition plan for Merchants, who will be emailed specifics later today.

Your account has the following balance:

0.000000BTC - 0.000000USD

Thank you all for using our service, and we wish you the best in your future Bitcoin endeavors. If you have any questions, please contact Ira Miller at [email protected].

BTCinch Admin Dept.
[email protected]

2weiX

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Quote from: edd on January 14, 2012, 03:15:23 PM

Quote from: 2weiX on January 14, 2012, 02:41:23 PM

is this still being developed / maintained / watched / replied?

Still working for me.

Or were you referring to the thread?

I am using BTCinch without any troubles, just couldnt get ahold of anyone recently.

edd

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Quote from: 2weiX on January 14, 2012, 02:41:23 PM

is this still being developed / maintained / watched / replied?

Still working for me.

Or were you referring to the thread?

2weiX

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is this still being developed / maintained / watched / replied?

BTCcommodities

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hi, loving the service.
still, would like to be able to work the currencies and the cart callbacks from outside of my system, ie without a cron service on my side (if you remember, we went on about this in great length via email).

if you could just give me an iddy-biddy update, that'd be grand.

netrin

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I'd suggest flattening the directory. Just one page of logos, short descriptions, and links. You could have ten times as many associated merchants and I'd still think the flat presentation would be cleaner.

I just made a donation by way of your service. After I sent coins to the address provide your service states: "This bitcoin address can be reused as you like." I think that's a little ambiguous. Perhaps you should instead state: "This bitcoin address can be reused to send to the same entity as you like."

Minor UX: A user can click on the "about" menu to see a page (with no links), but that same menu title displays a sub-menu of two entries. That's a no-no. Either the top menu links to a section page which contains links (and description) to the sub-items, or the "menu" button does nothing and only the sub-menu items are active.

Anyway, your changes today give me confidence, even if your legalese makes no liability guarantees, at least you're up front about it. I wish you the best of luck, security, and look forward to seeing your new features and inevitable success.

bearbones

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Quote from: netrin on October 15, 2011, 05:22:39 PM

Hi Ira,

Your service and open nature here in the forums seems positive. We all look forward to a reliable, trust worthy and free ewallet service. Considering a large email distribution using your service this week, I would like to get the community's feeling about your service and give you an opportunity to comment on a few constructive critiques.

~~Two of your pages return 404 (Privacy and Terms of service)~~. Your forum and directories could use a some love. ~~There is no identifying information on your site, though~~ your whois appears to be legit: Irenaeus Miller (i...m... at gmail.com) Broomfield, CO, USA. ~~No description of your security measures, insurance, nor legal/financial plans should you be successfully attacked~~.

Cheers.

EDIT: Ira responded to me directly and addressed my most pressing concerns to my satisfaction.

Thanks for the feedback, netrin. We're definitely still working on a lot of this, so it is greatly appreciated! I'm looking forward to addressing some of your other concerns, particularly the forum and directory.

Quote from: repentance on October 15, 2011, 05:32:13 PM

I think that a lot of people would like clarification of your association with Bruce Wagner before they'll even consider using your services.

BTCinch has no formal association with Bruce Wagner. I have been on his show a couple of times, and don't believe what has libelously been written about him. I intend to continue to assist Bruce in his efforts to educate the public about Bitcoin. I will extend my help to anyone who can constructively use it for that goal.

repentance

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I think that a lot of people would like clarification of your association with Bruce Wagner before they'll even consider using your services.

netrin

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Hi Ira,

Your service and open nature here in the forums seems positive. We all look forward to a reliable, trust worthy and free ewallet service. Considering a large email distribution using your service this week, I would like to get the community's feeling about your service and give you an opportunity to comment on a few constructive critiques.

~~Two of your pages return 404 (Privacy and Terms of service)~~. Your forum and directories could use a some love. ~~There is no identifying information on your site, though~~ your whois appears to be legit: Irenaeus Miller (i...m... at gmail.com) Broomfield, CO, USA. ~~No description of your security measures, insurance, nor legal/financial plans should you be successfully attacked~~.

Cheers.

EDIT: Ira responded to me directly and addressed my most pressing concerns to my satisfaction.

bearbones

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Thanks for the kind words, fellas! Glad you're enjoying the service.

I have another update on BTCinch progress.

Opencart plugin now available here: http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route=extension/extension/info&extension_id=3456
Zen-cart plugin: I submitted it, and they're reviewing. They say this can take over a week. :/
osCommerce plugin: http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/8176

Up to date API documentation is now published to the following location: https://btcinch.com/api/docs/BTCinch_Merch_API_doc.pdf.
This documentation is not 100% yet, but should be enough to get started. As always, I'm available to answer any questions regarding integration.

The wallet service updates (address book, tags, etc.) are a bit behind, but should be available by the end of the week. I may also knock out an Ubercart plugin this week.

cypherdoc

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Ira does seem like a great developer.

Absentis

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I learned about BTCinch in another thread when Bearbones generously donated to TrueCrypt even though they don't currently accept Btc as a currency. When I tried it out I found the service to be fast and intuitive.

I posted what I found to be a unique aspect in another thread but I want to repeat it here. The menu has hotkeys so one can navigate using the keyboard. Since I almost always keep my left hand on the keyboard home row I can go through the website without having to use my mouse for everything. For instance, if I want to open up the account menu I just have to press "A" and the account menu opens up.

bearbones

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Production server is up. So far, transactions are processing 27x faster. Anyone want to try the wallet service? Leave your email at btcinch.com.

Also, merchants can now generate printable QR registers by clicking on a QR code on the QR codes page of the Merchant menu. An example:

Coming soon: upload your logo for ^^^

Fallen a bit behind on OpenCart and Magento plugins, as we were working on getting the server up. Back to it tomorrow, so I should have something for the OpenCart users soon.

bearbones

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Another update:

BTCinch Zen-cart plugin is complete. Zen-cart store operators can try it out by PMing me, or emailing admin(at)btcinch.com.
OpenCart plugin should be ready tomorrow afternoon.

cypherdoc

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thanks for the answers and i wish you the best of luck. Cheesy

nanotube

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glad to see the good news, bearbones!

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