To begin with I would like a basic store where people could log in, having a shipping cart and purchase using their c rypto.
check https://example.coingate.comCan anyone help o point me in the right direction?
It is better to trust a party to make your payments and facilitate access to them.you can try this site: https://coingate.com & https://coingate.com/accept-bitcoin 1% processing fee.
this is them API overviewhttps://developer.coingate.com/v2/docs/api-overview
Quote from: https://developer.coingate.com
With our solution, each and every business owner can start accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment using our API or API-based ecommerce modules. To all of our merchants, we offer a simple framework for payment settlement. Whichever currency the customer pays with, it is settled either in Bitcoin or in Euros. This way, we maintain things convenient for the seller, but flexible for the buyer.
Some news:https://www.reuters.com/brandfeatures/venture-capital/article?id=31920
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