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Topic: Earn 0BTC for getting shops/organisations to accept Bitcoin! - page 4. (Read 98294 times)

full member
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I have contacted a customer service agent at blizzard's World of Warcraft's billing department trying to convince them to start accepting bitcoins as an alternate method of payment for people who have no credit card and are not entirely interested in going out to buy time cards. The agent I talked to didn't seem to know about bitcoins, so I'm not sure if blizzard may have already been considering or not. He told me that he would bring it up when he talks to his boss, who will have to talk to his boss, etc etc. I think I am going to try to contact someone a little bit higher up so that I can get more info on whether or not they've heard about/considered this payment option.

Just imagine if blizzard actually goes through with this.. I wouldn't be surprised if bitcoins userbase doubles or triples.
newbie
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I just wrote to the german amazon, if they already accept Bitcoins and what they answered was nice in my opinion.

They said something in the sense of: We are not accepting Bitcoins now, but we are keeping an eye on new currencys. And the person that answered me sent a copy of my request to the right department of amazon.

I guess if people ask often enough, they will really consider it. But please be carefull to not appear as spammers Wink



Also i wrote to some other companys where i was thinking about purchasing goods. Thats something we all can do.
If you want to buy something, then ask first if they already accept Bitcoins.
When enough people have asked, the shops will consider it, since it might give them more customers.


Keep on the good work Wink
legendary
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Am in contact with Colonial Acres, a Canadian coin, paper money, & numismatics store., about accepting bitcoin payments.

http://www.colonialacres.com/home.shtml
donator
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I just go my yubikey from mtgox. It's awesome.

I wanted to use it with online password store lastpass.com, but they want USD 12 / year to become premium member.

I suggested they should accept bitcoin payments. Would be a nice fit, since they're already heavily into crypto and they could really grab up some security-aware bitcoiners with yubikeys.

Not expecting any bounty.
sr. member
Activity: 294
Merit: 250
Success!  I have successfully convinced www.abugames.com to accept Bitcoin.  The logo is posted directly below their other payment option logos for credit card and paypal.  Prices on the site are still listed in USD, but bitcoin is now a payment option during the checkout process.  When selected, a new order total is computed in BTC.  At the end of the ordering process, the customer is presented with a unique payment address that corresponds with each order ID.

My bitcoin address for the reward is: 1AgZgDq77Ahux1K7LdoYUJdYXT8fQanwn4

Thank you to all those who have sponsored this challenge.  Is this reward offer available more than once per applicant?  (I might know of a few more stores who would go for it.)

I will also post in another thread some tips that might help others who are working to convince more shops.
And now we wait until Abugames becomes a Bitcoin exchange... Smiley
newbie
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Is there no early adopter willing to spend some bitcoins for cheap bitcoin lobbyists?

100btc for 100 shops to accept bitcoin is a good ratio i think.
sr. member
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Every saint has a past. Every sinner has a future.
Guys, just to let you know I am not paying any pledges any more and also, I haven't been maintaining the spreadsheet for a long while. For the third time I am looking for some trusted person here to take over from me. Please PM me if interested.
newbie
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full member
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Merit: 100
firstbits: 1kwc1p
Success!  I have successfully convinced www.abugames.com to accept Bitcoin.  The logo is posted directly below their other payment option logos for credit card and paypal.  Prices on the site are still listed in USD, but bitcoin is now a payment option during the checkout process.  When selected, a new order total is computed in BTC.  At the end of the ordering process, the customer is presented with a unique payment address that corresponds with each order ID.

My bitcoin address for the reward is: 1AgZgDq77Ahux1K7LdoYUJdYXT8fQanwn4

Thank you to all those who have sponsored this challenge.  Is this reward offer available more than once per applicant?  (I might know of a few more stores who would go for it.)

I will also post in another thread some tips that might help others who are working to convince more shops.

That's pretty impressive, ABU Games are a big company in terms of MtG players!
newbie
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I'm staying with what I already posted... we need billing companies that do the credit card/ wire payments for paysites (like porn etc) to accept btc. It would multiply the number of people using btc since noone wants that shit on their credit card bill.

full member
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TACNAYN - destroyer of worlds
hmm, so i havent had a reply yet from all the companies, is this common?

edit: i've received an e-mail from shopto saying that they might consider it. the e-mail got stuck in my junk box so i didnt see it right away
also, ive sent an inquiry to the game lord of ultima, part of EA, don't think a huge company like that would accept them on a large scale right away, but who knows what happens if a smaller part of them accepts them...
snowball effect ftw
sr. member
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Merit: 250
It doesn't sound like it, but does the reward apply to start up businesses? I have some friends who are starting up an embedded systems deisgn company and I am going to help them get set up to accept bitcoins.
member
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Merit: 12
Success!  I have successfully convinced www.abugames.com to accept Bitcoin.  The logo is posted directly below their other payment option logos for credit card and paypal.  Prices on the site are still listed in USD, but bitcoin is now a payment option during the checkout process.  When selected, a new order total is computed in BTC.  At the end of the ordering process, the customer is presented with a unique payment address that corresponds with each order ID.

My bitcoin address for the reward is: 1AgZgDq77Ahux1K7LdoYUJdYXT8fQanwn4

Thank you to all those who have sponsored this challenge.  Is this reward offer available more than once per applicant?  (I might know of a few more stores who would go for it.)

I will also post in another thread some tips that might help others who are working to convince more shops.
full member
Activity: 160
Merit: 100
TACNAYN - destroyer of worlds
tomorow im going to start working on these:

http://www.onepcbsolution.com/
http://www.sparkfun.com/index
http://www.shopto.net/
http://www.taydaelectronics.com
http://www.alternate.com/

im guessing some are already mailed, but im guessing that the more questions they get about it the sooner they'l accept bitcoins Cheesy
newbie
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Merit: 0
Here is another one I will try to convince:
http://questionablecontent.net/
Pagerank 7
Very nice and high quality web comic.

As before, rewards go to 1MigJb1hJeDc2xY4EkLeVhmx2RStbHrxSH
newbie
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Merit: 0
So I'll take my run at Radio-Paradise: http://www.radioparadise.com/
A great internet radio IMHO.

If its successful, send the reward to 1MigJb1hJeDc2xY4EkLeVhmx2RStbHrxSH Cheesy

Edit: Google Pagerank: 6
hero member
Activity: 812
Merit: 505
The Last NXT Founder
got bitterfilms (makers of rejected and many other cult classics) to accept btc for donations!
sr. member
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Merit: 250
GbVault
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member
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Merit: 12
I would like to participate in this reward offer.  I will convince ABUgames (www.abugames.com) to start accepting Bitcoin as one of their accepted payment methods.  Their site has a Google PR of 4.  They sell Magic the Gathering trading cards, board games, and other gaming accessories.  MtG cards were one of the first products sold online in the early days of the web, so it seems fitting that it would be among the first products sold for bitcoin.

Please add my name to the spreadsheet.  My bitcoin address is: 1AgZgDq77Ahux1K7LdoYUJdYXT8fQanwn4

Whether I succeed or fail, I will announce it either way.
newbie
Activity: 14
Merit: 0
Does it count if a website accepts BTC as a donation even if they do not sell anything?  For example, if I convince my son's Boy Scout Troop to accept BTC if someone want to donate to them.
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