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You can use BTC if the merchant is accepting crypto.
Here's the most recent list:
  • KFC Canada
  • Overstock.com – A company that sells big ticket items at lower prices due to overstocking
  • Subway – Eat fresh
  • Microsoft – Users can buy content with Bitcoin on Xbox and Windows store
  • Reddit – You can buy premium features there with bitcoins
  • Virgin Galactic – Richard Branson company that includes Virgin Mobile and Virgin Airline
  • OkCupid – Online dating site
  • Namecheap – Domain name registrar
  • CheapAir.com – Travel booking site for airline tickets, car rentals, hotels
  • Expedia.com – Online travel booking agency
  • Gyft – Buy giftcards using Bitcoin
  • Newegg.com – Online electronics retailer now uses bitpay to accept bitcoin as payment
  • Alza – Largest Czech online retailer[/span]
  • The Internet Archive – web documatation company
  • Bitcoin.Travel – a travel site that provides accommodation, apartments, attractions, bars, and beauty salons around the world
  • Pembury Tavern – A pub in London, England
  • Old Fitzroy – A pub in Sydney, Australia
  • The Pink Cow – A diner in Tokyo, Japan
  • The Pirate Bay – BitTorrent directories
  • Zynga – Mobile gaming
  • 4Chan.org – For premium services
  • EZTV – Torrents TV shows provider
  • Mega.co.nz – The new venture started by the former owner of MegaUpload Kim Dotcom
  • Lumfile – Free cloud base file server – pay for premium services
  • Etsy Vendors – 93 of them
  • PizzaForCoins.com – Domino’s Pizza signed up – pay for their pizza with bitcons
  • Whole Foods – Organic food store (by purchasing gift card from Gyft)
  • Bitcoincoffee.com – Buy your favorite coffee online
  • Grass Hill Alpacas – A local farm in Haydenville, MA
  • Jeffersons Store – A street wear clothing store in Bergenfield, N.J
  • Helen’s Pizza – Jersey City, N.J., you can get a slice  of pizza for 0.00339 bitcoin by pointing your phone at a sign next to the cash register
  • A Class Limousine – Pick you up and drop you off at Newark (N.J.) Airport
  • Seoclerks.com – Get SEO work done on your site cheap
  • Mint.com – Mint pulls all your financial accounts into one place. Set a budget, track your goals and do more
  • Fancy.com – Discover amazing stuff, collect the things you love, buy it all in one place
  • Bloomberg.com – Online newspaper
  • Humblebundle.com – Indie game site
  • BigFishGames.com – Games for PC, Mac and Smartphones (iPhone, Android, Windows)
  • Suntimes.com – Chicago based online newspaper
  • San Jose Earthquakes – San Jose California Professional Soccer Team (MLS)
  • Crowdtilt.com – The fastest and easiest way to pool funds with family and friends
  • Lumfile – Server company that offers free cloud-based servers
  • Museum of the Coastal Bend – 2200 East Red River Street, Victoria, Texas 77901, USA
  • Gap, GameStop and JC Penney – have to use eGifter.com
  • Etsy Vendors – Original art and Jewelry creations
  • Fight for the Future – Leading organization finding for Internet freedom
  • i-Pmart (ipmart.com.my) – A Malaysian online mobile phone and electronic parts retailer
  • curryupnow.com – A total of 12 restaurants on the list of restaurants accept bitcoins in San Francisco Bay Area
  • Dish Network – An American direct-broadcast satellite service provider
  • The Libertarian Party – United States political party
  • Yacht-base.com – Croatian yacht charter company
  • Euro Pacific – A major precious metal dealer
  • CEX – The trade-in chain has a shop in Glasgow, Scotland that accepts bitcoin
  • Straub Auto Repairs – 477 Warburton Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 – (914) 478-1177
  • PSP Mollie – Dutch Payment Service
  • Intuit – an American software company that develops financial and tax preparation software and related services for small businesses, accountants and individuals.
  • ShopJoy – An Australian online retailer that sells novelty and unique gifts
  • Lv.net – Las Vegas high speed internet services
  • ExpressVPN.com – High speed, ultra secure VPN network
  • Grooveshark – Online music streaming service based in the United States
  • Braintree – Well known payments processor
  • MIT Coop Store – Massachusetts Institute of Technology student bookstore
  • SimplePay – Nigeria’s most popular web and mobile-based wallet service
  • SFU bookstore – Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada
  • State Republican Party – First State Republican Party to accept bitcoin donations
  • mspinc.com – Respiratory medical equipment supplies store
  • Shopify.com – An online store that allows anyone to sell their products
  • Famsa – Mexico’s biggest retailer
  • Naughty America – Adult entertainment provider
  • Mexico’s Universidad de las Américas Puebla – A major university in Mexico
  • LOT Polish Airlines – A worldwide airline based in Poland
  • MovieTickets.com – Online movie ticket exchange/retailer
  • Dream Lover – Online relationship service
  • Lionsgate Films – The production studio behind titles such as The Hunger Games and The Day After Tomorrow
  • Rakutan – A Japanese e-commerce giant
  • Badoo – Online dating network
  • RE/MAX London – UK-based franchisee of the global real estate network
  • T-Mobile Poland – T-Mobile’s Poland-based mobile phone top-up company
  • Stripe – San Francisco-based payments company
  • WebJet – Online travel agency
  • Green Man Gaming – Popular digital game reseller
  • Save the Children  – Global charity organization
  • NCR Silver – Point of sales systems
  • One Shot Hotels – Spanish hotel chain
  • Coupa Café in Palo Alto[/p]
  • PureVPN – VPN provider
  • Foodler – North American restaurant delivery company
  • Amagi Metals – Precious metal furnisher
jr. member
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You can buy bitcoin from someone else. After acquiring bitcoin, you can use it to buy dollars (i.e., "withdrawal") and other goods. In essence, these activities are the transfer of bitcoins between different accounts.
newbie
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I dnt think one can use btc as internet banking account,But one can use it to trade on certain website if that is what mean buying and selling
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The first thing that you need to do is just buying a ledger wallet, by this way, you are going to protect all your cryptos, doesnt matter what.

Security is the first, and it is upto you about how are you going to manage your wallets and for what kind of purposes.
full member
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hey bro
yes you can do it but dont use blockchain, and try to use hardware wallets
i loose 0.01btc in last year, because my blockchain account was hacked
newbie
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atomic swaps are coming this year and evolving fast, note this. So sooner or later you will have f.e. mastercard with multicryptocurrency wallet attached to it and let's say you have some neo on it, you'll be able to pay for something even if they are only accepting btc or eth. So future is bright in this regard
newbie
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as of today only limited markets are accepting bitcoin payment online, the other still prefer cash from banks or credit cards...
legendary
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https://merel.mobi => buy facemasks with BTC/LTC
I am new one who uses bitcoin so I am wondering that can I use bitcoin as an internet banking account to pay for online goods?  Roll Eyes

I wanted to add some extra info, other than the info given by previous posters:
1) don't use bitcoin as an internet banking account, meaning: don't use online wallets... Get yourself a decent desktop wallet on a clean PC, be your own bank Smiley
2) altough previous posters are right: there aren't a lot of resellers accepting BTC, and the fees are really high at this point, you can still use BTC for larger purchases: For example, overstock, casekings, dell, fasttech, bitgild,... are all accepting btc. If you use BTC to buy a new laptop, you shouldn't care to much about a relatively large fee... I actually bought a new laptop last month using some of my funds, it's all pretty easy and straightforeward if you buy from a reputable seller and make sure you add a decent fee.
newbie
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I saw a guy paid with a credit card from ripple wallet, if it is what u mean. Other than that there's not much instant connection with real world at the moment (however do not even doubt, cryptos will be part of everyone's life in the next 2-3 years already)
jr. member
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I am new one who uses bitcoin so I am wondering that can I use bitcoin as an internet banking account to pay for online goods?  Roll Eyes

Your biggest limitation at this point in time is the number of merchants who accept bitcoin payments.  Theoretically, your wallet has btc which is a "currency".  With the fees as high as they are and with so few merchants accepting btc, you'll probably have limited success for now.
newbie
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I do not fully understand you but I can tell you some things you can and can not do with bitcoin.
You can pay for services and goods as far as the provider accepts bitcoin as payment.
You probably can not pay day to day common goods with bitcoin because usually people/businesses are not familiar with it at the moment.
I hope my words have help you.
 Wink
newbie
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I am new one who uses bitcoin so I am wondering that can I use bitcoin as an internet banking account to pay for online goods?  Roll Eyes
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