Topic: Please dont let bitcoinstore fail, your action is needed just about now. - page 9. (Read 24195 times)
March 10, 2013, 05:51:38 PM
Sadly I really don't see them hitting their target by March 31st. Best of luck to them although.
March 10, 2013, 04:20:20 PM
A european warehouse would be nice indeed 24% vat in my neck of the woods.
An European warehouse would not solve the 24% VAT problem, in fact it would only guarantee that you pay it.
The only reason I (and most eu businesses) will not buy hardware from outside of eu zone is because in most cases I (they) can't deduct the 'vat' added by customs from my (there) vat account. An eu front would definitely add b2b possibilities within eu zone to the store.
March 10, 2013, 03:51:35 PM
It´s funny you know...back in the days of Alpaca socks we dreamed about a site like this. If only we could have a store to buy all kind of things with BTC...hehe...
March 10, 2013, 03:43:38 PM
I just ordered an USB keyboard...it was so cheap! The shipping actually cost more than the keyboard haha. I think it's important to keep the coins flowing in an actual economy of goods, which is why I decided to support the website even though I doubt they'll reach their target.
March 10, 2013, 02:45:47 PM
I would like to make a few clarifications in regards to Bitcoin store.
1. $850K is the Quarterly target in order to stay in the best pricing tier.
2. If Bitcoinstore.com doesn't reach this goal, it will continue in businesses, but with slightly higher prices.
3. I'm aware that the site still needs a lot of polishing, specifically regarding the searching and filtering options.
4. The goal widget on the fron't page doesn't currently update automatically, but you can monitor our progress at http://blockchain.info/address/1JqjoFF8QZwidrTbfnihGHDeu16pbLia1q
5. I previously negotiated with the distributor to let us start off with the best price tier for Q1 2013.
Everything with the Developers has taken MUCH longer than planed. Time was running out, so I had to launch the site before it was truly ready in order to have any chance of meeting the sales target for this quarter.
6. I think if we can hit close to $300K, I will have a good chance of getting the distributor to allow us to continue in the best price tier since 98% of the sales will have been from March.
7. If you are a professional Magento developer and would like to help with Bitcoinstore.com (Search, Filters, data import, etc) Please contact me.
(You will be paid in BTC)
With everyone's help, Bitcoin is well on it's way to changing the world for the better!
1. $850K is the Quarterly target in order to stay in the best pricing tier.
2. If Bitcoinstore.com doesn't reach this goal, it will continue in businesses, but with slightly higher prices.
3. I'm aware that the site still needs a lot of polishing, specifically regarding the searching and filtering options.
4. The goal widget on the fron't page doesn't currently update automatically, but you can monitor our progress at http://blockchain.info/address/1JqjoFF8QZwidrTbfnihGHDeu16pbLia1q
5. I previously negotiated with the distributor to let us start off with the best price tier for Q1 2013.
Everything with the Developers has taken MUCH longer than planed. Time was running out, so I had to launch the site before it was truly ready in order to have any chance of meeting the sales target for this quarter.
6. I think if we can hit close to $300K, I will have a good chance of getting the distributor to allow us to continue in the best price tier since 98% of the sales will have been from March.
7. If you are a professional Magento developer and would like to help with Bitcoinstore.com (Search, Filters, data import, etc) Please contact me.
(You will be paid in BTC)
With everyone's help, Bitcoin is well on it's way to changing the world for the better!
I won't be back until 3 is addressed. I tried to find two very basic things, got frustrated and gave up. You would have been $300 closer to your goal if I could have found what I was looking for.
March 10, 2013, 02:36:55 PM
This is crazy....bitcoin is still in its infancy and does not have the user base to support these numbers. We should not be blindly supporting this shotgun tactic. Bitcoin is the free market at its greatest, we should only support businesses when they provide a service that we want better or cheaper than someone else. No other reasons period. If not we will only be support a poorly run business with an unsustainable business model. They will just keep coming back for more, how many flash drives are you willing to buy.
They sell 500,000 different things, not just flash drives. While it's hard to estimate the userbase, some estimates are over a million users. So, I think we do have the user-base.
I can't speak for everyone but I am NOT "blindly" supporting anything. I love having a large online store with competitive pricing. I occasionally buy many of the things they sell, previously from Newegg or Amazon. If Amazon/Newegg starting losing a noticable amount of business to BitcoinStore, they will have to start accepting Bitcoin. This is big, that would be huge.
I don't think this reaction from people makes much sense....I guess it's from the dramatic wording of the OP. OP, I agree with your sentiment but I think you chose the wrong way to go about it.
March 10, 2013, 02:30:46 PM
Well, yeah, the warehouse itself is not enough if the products would have to be shipped from US to EU. The products are shipped from China to US, so they would need to be shipped from China to EU.
March 10, 2013, 02:28:22 PM
A european warehouse would be nice indeed 24% vat in my neck of the woods.
An European warehouse would not solve the 24% VAT problem, in fact it would only guarantee that you pay it.
Ordering from the US maybe you still have the chance of it not being stopped by customs and not charged with VAT.
Maybe in your country nothing enters without going trough customs, but where I live 70% of the time I order something from the US it comes straight to my house with no customs payments whatsoever because it didn't even stopped there.
But, I'm not ordering from them because the shipping cost is very expensive and makes the prices almost the same as the prices of a regular european store with shipping and VAT included. Now with the added risk of it stopping in customs and me being charged 23% VAT on the merchandise+shipping, well, you see it's not worth it at all, and you must be in the same situation as me.
March 10, 2013, 02:19:00 PM
This is crazy....bitcoin is still in its infancy and does not have the user base to support these numbers. We should not be blindly supporting this shotgun tactic. Bitcoin is the free market at its greatest, we should only support businesses when they provide a service that we want better or cheaper than someone else. No other reasons period. If not we will only be support a poorly run business with an unsustainable business model. They will just keep coming back for more, how many flash drives are you willing to buy.
March 10, 2013, 01:55:38 PM
I would like to make a few clarifications in regards to Bitcoin store.
8. When will you open a warehouse in Europe so people can buy with normal shipping costs and avoid the extra taxes (20-35%) that are imposed on top of the final price due to EU protectionism?
March 10, 2013, 01:43:34 PM
I still see the huge shipping costs to Europe as biggest obstacle for the success.
This shipping cost basically cut away ~50% of potential customers.
Even a temporary solution could give Bitcoinstore a huge push.
This shipping cost basically cut away ~50% of potential customers.
Even a temporary solution could give Bitcoinstore a huge push.
March 10, 2013, 01:39:51 PM
I would like to make a few clarifications in regards to Bitcoin store.
1. $850K is the Quarterly target in order to stay in the best pricing tier.
2. If Bitcoinstore.com doesn't reach this goal, it will continue in businesses, but with slightly higher prices.
3. I'm aware that the site still needs a lot of polishing, specifically regarding the searching and filtering options.
4. The goal widget on the fron't page doesn't currently update automatically, but you can monitor our progress at http://blockchain.info/address/1JqjoFF8QZwidrTbfnihGHDeu16pbLia1q
5. I previously negotiated with the distributor to let us start off with the best price tier for Q1 2013.
Everything with the Developers has taken MUCH longer than planed. Time was running out, so I had to launch the site before it was truly ready in order to have any chance of meeting the sales target for this quarter.
6. I think if we can hit close to $300K, I will have a good chance of getting the distributor to allow us to continue in the best price tier since 98% of the sales will have been from March.
7. If you are a professional Magento developer and would like to help with Bitcoinstore.com (Search, Filters, data import, etc) Please contact me.
(You will be paid in BTC)
With everyone's help, Bitcoin is well on it's way to changing the world for the better!
1. $850K is the Quarterly target in order to stay in the best pricing tier.
2. If Bitcoinstore.com doesn't reach this goal, it will continue in businesses, but with slightly higher prices.
3. I'm aware that the site still needs a lot of polishing, specifically regarding the searching and filtering options.
4. The goal widget on the fron't page doesn't currently update automatically, but you can monitor our progress at http://blockchain.info/address/1JqjoFF8QZwidrTbfnihGHDeu16pbLia1q
5. I previously negotiated with the distributor to let us start off with the best price tier for Q1 2013.
Everything with the Developers has taken MUCH longer than planed. Time was running out, so I had to launch the site before it was truly ready in order to have any chance of meeting the sales target for this quarter.
6. I think if we can hit close to $300K, I will have a good chance of getting the distributor to allow us to continue in the best price tier since 98% of the sales will have been from March.
7. If you are a professional Magento developer and would like to help with Bitcoinstore.com (Search, Filters, data import, etc) Please contact me.
(You will be paid in BTC)
With everyone's help, Bitcoin is well on it's way to changing the world for the better!
Update the goal widget more often! (or get someone at the store to do it)
I think people will want to contribute more to this cause as they see other people contributing to the cause... also, I have a sneaky feeling that if you got 80% of the way there, that would trigger a big push.
March 10, 2013, 01:30:13 PM
When will you start selling ASICs?
March 10, 2013, 01:26:54 PM
I would like to make a few clarifications in regards to Bitcoin store.
1. $850K is the Quarterly target in order to stay in the best pricing tier.
2. If Bitcoinstore.com doesn't reach this goal, it will continue in businesses, but with slightly higher prices.
3. I'm aware that the site still needs a lot of polishing, specifically regarding the searching and filtering options.
4. The goal widget on the fron't page doesn't currently update automatically, but you can monitor our progress at http://blockchain.info/address/1JqjoFF8QZwidrTbfnihGHDeu16pbLia1q
5. I previously negotiated with the distributor to let us start off with the best price tier for Q1 2013.
Everything with the Developers has taken MUCH longer than planed. Time was running out, so I had to launch the site before it was truly ready in order to have any chance of meeting the sales target for this quarter.
6. I think if we can hit close to $300K, I will have a good chance of getting the distributor to allow us to continue in the best price tier since 98% of the sales will have been from March.
7. If you are a professional Magento developer and would like to help with Bitcoinstore.com (Search, Filters, data import, etc) Please contact me.
(You will be paid in BTC)
With everyone's help, Bitcoin is well on it's way to changing the world for the better!
1. $850K is the Quarterly target in order to stay in the best pricing tier.
2. If Bitcoinstore.com doesn't reach this goal, it will continue in businesses, but with slightly higher prices.
3. I'm aware that the site still needs a lot of polishing, specifically regarding the searching and filtering options.
4. The goal widget on the fron't page doesn't currently update automatically, but you can monitor our progress at http://blockchain.info/address/1JqjoFF8QZwidrTbfnihGHDeu16pbLia1q
5. I previously negotiated with the distributor to let us start off with the best price tier for Q1 2013.
Everything with the Developers has taken MUCH longer than planed. Time was running out, so I had to launch the site before it was truly ready in order to have any chance of meeting the sales target for this quarter.
6. I think if we can hit close to $300K, I will have a good chance of getting the distributor to allow us to continue in the best price tier since 98% of the sales will have been from March.
7. If you are a professional Magento developer and would like to help with Bitcoinstore.com (Search, Filters, data import, etc) Please contact me.
(You will be paid in BTC)
With everyone's help, Bitcoin is well on it's way to changing the world for the better!
March 10, 2013, 01:26:11 PM
He should work on those prohibitively expensive shipping costs to Europe. $53 dollars for shipping a CPU? With their price it makes it as expensive as in my country. With VAT, excise, and all taxes I will be paying at least 23% more.
To be competitive in Europe, it would be really necessary for them to have a warehouse in Europe, so they can cut the shipping cost. I guess there are a lot of folks ready to order - the biggest hurdle are the shipping costs and to the same extent the shipping time. March 10, 2013, 01:11:59 PM
He should work on those prohibitively expensive shipping costs to Europe. $53 dollars for shipping a CPU? With their price it makes it as expensive as in my country. With VAT, excise, and all taxes I will be paying at least 23% more.
March 10, 2013, 01:05:34 PM
I just checked, but any item I would like to buy is just too expensive to ship to Germany, so I guess US customers are on their own to turn this thing around 
March 10, 2013, 01:01:12 PM
It is up to US customers I'm afraid.
I went there, found some good stuff and pretty cheap, but the shipping price to Europe is killing me.
As much as I want to support this and spend my BTC, buying from European stores is much cheaper.
That's a damn shame, because the site is a dream come true (at least for me).
I went there, found some good stuff and pretty cheap, but the shipping price to Europe is killing me.
As much as I want to support this and spend my BTC, buying from European stores is much cheaper.
That's a damn shame, because the site is a dream come true (at least for me).
March 10, 2013, 12:45:23 PM
To achieve the 800k goal, it would be easier for him to pump up the price of bitcoin to $400/btc and payoff the distributor.
March 10, 2013, 12:21:52 PM
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