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Topic: New Indicator: Number of sites accepting bitcoin - page 7. (Read 16387 times)
As many deem business acceptance of bitcoin one of the -if not THE- major indicator for bitcoin's future prospects and well-being, I decided to monitor the number of sites accepting bitcoin as payment for their services/goods. I will also pursue the number of sites accepting bitcoins for donations. Continued data can be found here.
If a rising number of professionals accept bitcoin as legitimate tender, it can be seen as an indicator for future stability and possible rise of the exchange rate. On the other hand a decrease or stalemate in accepting business numbers will indicate a lack of confidence in bitcoin on the businesses site and therefore loom future decay of price and confidence.
This is the current data*:
*currency exchanges not counted; count starting from indent "4 Internet & Mobile services" to the end
The total numbers are results from additions and deletions to/from the list in between the intervals. Continuous evaluation is in progress by the many active users of bitcoin.it/wiki, although the entries on the list may not be totally up to date, due to businesses vanishing, changing their minds on accepting bitcoins or being not listed yet.
Help in evaluating the correctness of list entries is highly appreciated!
Thanks to everybody who has contributed to the correctness of the list! During my last random check I noticed some old or abandoned domains that want to be deleted from the wiki list. Keep up the good work guys (so will I
)!
Download:
I will publish here the raw data used and archived for conducting the census (includes more detailed information):
Table: Merchants_&_Donations.ods
Adobe Illustrator file (graph): No. of Traders4.ai
Tasks:
Please sort out sites that SELL stuff for bitcoin and those that only ACCEPT DONATIONS in bitcoin but not as pay and therefore belong to the list of donation accepting projects/organiszations
*Results of current census biased by all multiple listings
News:
16.10.12
A BTCIG THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN WEEDING OUT THE WIKI!
It seems only currently bitcoin accepting sites are still on the list now. That makes the whole directory much more valuable when you look for places to spend your bitcoins.
On the other hand there is a big difference between the 1100 merchants accepting bitcoin that bitpay claims to have in its client base and what's on our list.
The big decline in numbers must not give any false impressions as the bitcoin economy is still growing with new entries and whole categories (like "Film/Movies" in "7 Physical Products" or "Insurance" in "8 Professional Services") on the list this time. Some vendors seem to have tried out bitcoin to satisfy their curiosity or pay tribute to the idea and on the fly may have discovered that their business is just not ready yet for bitcoin adoption. Others may have just liked the extra attention to their business from the bitcoin crowd but seized to use bitcoin when it didnt yield the anticipated results. They may have lacked enthusiasm and the right strategies also. Other businesses however seem to prosper with this new source of revenue. Categories such as "Decicated Virtual Servers" and "Electronics" have even grown in numbers, while nearly all others have significantly decreased after the weeding out (see spread sheet in Download section above for details).
My 3 favorite entries this month:
Judge.me provides easy and swift arbitrage of disputes of all kinds. Faster then any court and binding in 149 countries. If you are arguing with someone (maybe with your latest ponzi provider), why not give it a go with judge.me to come to a quick agreement with your counter part on the other end of the world instead of pursuing him physically? Give it a look at:
www.judge.me
Are you engaged in dangerous/potentially illegal activity that could get you in trouble, such as whistle blowing, hacktivism, human rights, leaking sectret information or similar? Then shildmutual might be the right address to aid your cause and provide you with support, once things go wrong. This young enterprise claims many years experience in public relations and campaigning for just causes, mostly for individuals like you might be. For only 4$/month they promise to ring the big bell for everyone to hear once you get yourself in trouble. And if you are unsatisfied with their work: They also offer a 12 month money-back-guarantee
Naturally shieldmutual accepts bitcoin and is proud to join the revelution. Pay a visit, because a friend in need is a friend indeed!
www.shieldmutual.com
Armory reloaded? - This online shop takes bitcoins and buys the desired gun parts for you and organises the shipment to your desired address. The inventory seems quite spartan atm but surely the friendly shop keeper may order any gun parts of your fancy if nicely asked for it. To get in touch with him/her seems the best option atm anyway, because when I tried to put something in my cart it gave me an error message. Nevertheless, to my knowledge the only place on the internet that sells guns for bitcoin atm.
Happy hunting!
www.bitcoingunparts.com
18.08.12
This time I did some browsing among the entries and look what I found:
The Church of BITCOIN! Ever wanted to know more about the allmighty and plentyful teachings of Satoshi Nakamoto (hallowed be Thy name)? Do you feel like to entering into the bond of marriage under the fullmoon of bitcoin?? Reverend Jim makes it possible for a small BTC donation. He is fully licensed by the state of Ohio to solemnize weddings or alternatively handfastings.
http://www.bitcoinchurch.org/
A kind of kickstarter that accepts bitcoin to start projects of all kinds. Not much going on right now, but in a creative community like ours, it cant take long till we see some activity on those pages. A little advise for the owner: Please link to the fee schedule, so that people know what they pay before they create projects here. Also, maybe some promotion in the development subforum would be a good idea?
https://bitcoinfunding.com/
The Holton Gallery offers great painting by Maui born Artist Matt Holton. Take a look.
http://www.holtongallery.blogspot.de/
Will be updated..
If a rising number of professionals accept bitcoin as legitimate tender, it can be seen as an indicator for future stability and possible rise of the exchange rate. On the other hand a decrease or stalemate in accepting business numbers will indicate a lack of confidence in bitcoin on the businesses site and therefore loom future decay of price and confidence.
This is the current data*:
*currency exchanges not counted; count starting from indent "4 Internet & Mobile services" to the end
The total numbers are results from additions and deletions to/from the list in between the intervals. Continuous evaluation is in progress by the many active users of bitcoin.it/wiki, although the entries on the list may not be totally up to date, due to businesses vanishing, changing their minds on accepting bitcoins or being not listed yet.
Help in evaluating the correctness of list entries is highly appreciated!
Thanks to everybody who has contributed to the correctness of the list! During my last random check I noticed some old or abandoned domains that want to be deleted from the wiki list. Keep up the good work guys (so will I
)!Download:
I will publish here the raw data used and archived for conducting the census (includes more detailed information):
Table: Merchants_&_Donations.ods
Adobe Illustrator file (graph): No. of Traders4.ai
Tasks:
Please sort out sites that SELL stuff for bitcoin and those that only ACCEPT DONATIONS in bitcoin but not as pay and therefore belong to the list of donation accepting projects/organiszations
*Results of current census biased by all multiple listings
News:
16.10.12
A BTCIG THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT PARTICIPATED IN WEEDING OUT THE WIKI!
It seems only currently bitcoin accepting sites are still on the list now. That makes the whole directory much more valuable when you look for places to spend your bitcoins.
On the other hand there is a big difference between the 1100 merchants accepting bitcoin that bitpay claims to have in its client base and what's on our list.
The big decline in numbers must not give any false impressions as the bitcoin economy is still growing with new entries and whole categories (like "Film/Movies" in "7 Physical Products" or "Insurance" in "8 Professional Services") on the list this time. Some vendors seem to have tried out bitcoin to satisfy their curiosity or pay tribute to the idea and on the fly may have discovered that their business is just not ready yet for bitcoin adoption. Others may have just liked the extra attention to their business from the bitcoin crowd but seized to use bitcoin when it didnt yield the anticipated results. They may have lacked enthusiasm and the right strategies also. Other businesses however seem to prosper with this new source of revenue. Categories such as "Decicated Virtual Servers" and "Electronics" have even grown in numbers, while nearly all others have significantly decreased after the weeding out (see spread sheet in Download section above for details).
My 3 favorite entries this month:
Judge.me provides easy and swift arbitrage of disputes of all kinds. Faster then any court and binding in 149 countries. If you are arguing with someone (maybe with your latest ponzi provider), why not give it a go with judge.me to come to a quick agreement with your counter part on the other end of the world instead of pursuing him physically? Give it a look at:
www.judge.me
Are you engaged in dangerous/potentially illegal activity that could get you in trouble, such as whistle blowing, hacktivism, human rights, leaking sectret information or similar? Then shildmutual might be the right address to aid your cause and provide you with support, once things go wrong. This young enterprise claims many years experience in public relations and campaigning for just causes, mostly for individuals like you might be. For only 4$/month they promise to ring the big bell for everyone to hear once you get yourself in trouble. And if you are unsatisfied with their work: They also offer a 12 month money-back-guarantee
Naturally shieldmutual accepts bitcoin and is proud to join the revelution. Pay a visit, because a friend in need is a friend indeed!
www.shieldmutual.com
Armory reloaded? - This online shop takes bitcoins and buys the desired gun parts for you and organises the shipment to your desired address. The inventory seems quite spartan atm but surely the friendly shop keeper may order any gun parts of your fancy if nicely asked for it. To get in touch with him/her seems the best option atm anyway, because when I tried to put something in my cart it gave me an error message. Nevertheless, to my knowledge the only place on the internet that sells guns for bitcoin atm.
Happy hunting!
www.bitcoingunparts.com
18.08.12
This time I did some browsing among the entries and look what I found:
The Church of BITCOIN! Ever wanted to know more about the allmighty and plentyful teachings of Satoshi Nakamoto (hallowed be Thy name)? Do you feel like to entering into the bond of marriage under the fullmoon of bitcoin?? Reverend Jim makes it possible for a small BTC donation. He is fully licensed by the state of Ohio to solemnize weddings or alternatively handfastings.
http://www.bitcoinchurch.org/
A kind of kickstarter that accepts bitcoin to start projects of all kinds. Not much going on right now, but in a creative community like ours, it cant take long till we see some activity on those pages. A little advise for the owner: Please link to the fee schedule, so that people know what they pay before they create projects here. Also, maybe some promotion in the development subforum would be a good idea?
https://bitcoinfunding.com/
The Holton Gallery offers great painting by Maui born Artist Matt Holton. Take a look.
http://www.holtongallery.blogspot.de/
Will be updated..
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