Topic: I now accept bitcoin payments in my Beauty shop - page 3. (Read 1140 times)

I have been motivated by every person here who has in one way or another promoted bitcoin in their locality. This year, there’s been more bitcointalk members teaching bitcoin outside the forum and accepting bitcoin payment in their businesses. I’m happy I am ending the year trying something new and unique in my business.
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We are a beauty, cosmetic and personal care shop ( pedicure and manicure, lashes extension, facials, micro blading) in Nigeria.

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To be honest, I was hesitant to do this because I thought it wouldn’t work in my profession. But there’s no downside to trying, so I did. After browsing the internet for a good bitcoin sign, I settle for this one. The sign is on my Secretary/cashier’s desk next to the card that has my bank account details. Placing the two together was deliberate because I put a discount on bitcoin making payments in bitcoin cheaper to attract people. The only challenge I face right now is 99% of our customers are female, and most do not have any prior knowledge of bitcoin or cryptocurrency, the ones who do either heard about bitcoin from their partner or social media campaigns but they haven’t given it much thought. It’s popular among the male folk here, I am yet to have a customer pay in bitcoin but it’s good enough to start the conversation. I placed a 10% discount for those who pay in bitcoin and that I think that move prompt my clients to begin asking how they can do so. I’ve had clients ask me to explain to them how Bitcoin works which I am always glad to do. Even my neighbor is curious and is likely to join the crypto fam soon. Though I haven’t had a bitcoin sales, this new addition to my business has added value and a closeness to my relationship with my clients.
Happy new year guys. See you in 2023

Choosing a stable coin is not a easy choice, USDT, BUSD, USDC are scary to me because I worry they may lose their peg.

Global adoption of bitcoin is taking place in a faster way than past days. In most cases they look for legal framework that makes the adoption little difficult. However few of the African countries are quite strong in cryptocurrency usage. As we were able to see QR code generated through banks for payments we can see bitcoin payment through scanning in most of the stores. What our forum members were doing is really big thing.

That's just a sign that Bitcoin is becoming more adopted into the society and we do hope the adoption rate continues to increase because it's surely going to affect the grow of Bitcoin ecosystem as a whole.
And if the growth continues to increase with experiencing any decline in a couple of years Bitcoin will become accepted globally and might even become popular than the Dollar. 

I am going to try to make this thread go viral, in Ecuador there is a great need for a beauty salon that can be paid with Bitcoin, because in my case I have a wallet on my phone, and I have not used it yet, and this would be the best for me. maximum, because the equivalent in dollars can be collected in Bitcoin and with that I save myself from not spending the cash that is sometimes so necessary to move to other places and put them to better use. If you were to do something like that here, it would be the best solution for everything, and I think wives would tell their husbands to send them a bitcoin transfer to pay for their hair and nails.

Nice decision OP, since the government is seriously working to make bitcoin legal in the country for the users to use it to improve their businesses and other things in the country. You don't have to worry yourself about the few female customers you are seeing around your business because, from this 2023 there will be improvement from female and male customers in your business because, many people prefer to use Bitcoin as a payment than fiat in the country.

I was very lucky to see this post. There are several places near my home where BTC can be exchanged for US dollars. There were none last year. I think this is the process of the encryption industry that happened around me.

I am going to try to make this thread go viral, in Ecuador there is a great need for a beauty salon that can be paid with Bitcoin, because in my case I have a wallet on my phone, and I have not used it yet, and this would be the best for me. maximum, because the equivalent in dollars can be collected in Bitcoin and with that I save myself from not spending the cash that is sometimes so necessary to move to other places and put them to better use. If you were to do something like that here, it would be the best solution for everything, and I think wives would tell their husbands to send them a bitcoin transfer to pay for their hair and nails.

I've learned many inspiring stories about Nigeria on this forum. It seems that there are many small businesses there, and entrepreneurs quite often try to adopt Bitcoin one way or another, despite shaky governmental attitude to it. This is yet another inspiring story. I personally think it's especially cool that you accept Bitcoin now, even though the vast majority of your customers are women who aren't familiar with Bitcoin. This creates a good ground to empower Nigerian women, educate them on using Bitcoin (in case customers express interest, of course), as well as promote the usage of Bitcoin more generally. I think that as time passes, you will certainly have Bitcoin sales. Good luck in 2023!

As I said, your idea will definitely attract some of your customers to pay you in bitcoins for a 10% discount. I really think it's a good strategy to increase the number of your customers to use bitcoin as a means of payment, and it's a good idea to limit it to an entire month only.

If I were you, I might also consider some other crypto with less volatility instead of bitcoin. Honestly someone out there is too honest to say these bitcoin fluctuation are scary, and they are reluctant to buy them and keep them other than as an investment.

I've learned many inspiring stories about Nigeria on this forum. It seems that there are many small businesses there, and entrepreneurs quite often try to adopt Bitcoin one way or another, despite shaky governmental attitude to it. This is yet another inspiring story. I personally think it's especially cool that you accept Bitcoin now, even though the vast majority of your customers are women who aren't familiar with Bitcoin. This creates a good ground to empower Nigerian women, educate them on using Bitcoin (in case customers express interest, of course), as well as promote the usage of Bitcoin more generally. I think that as time passes, you will certainly have Bitcoin sales. Good luck in 2023!

You’re partially right, I may lose 10% profit so to speak but I boost sales and gain a stronger customer relationship. This is common business practice, I would normally give discount at the end of the year. This year is different only because the discount are only on bitcoin sales. Also the discount isn’t limited to a number of customers, I plan on running it for a month straight.