Topic: The Best Way To Encourage Offline Store To Accept BTC - page 4. (Read 2623 times)
I think this will be pretty hard considering that not everyone knows what bitcoin is. Some people might even think its a scam plus it doesn't have a short confirmation time. But I think this will be great in the future
I don't think it's ever gonna be a comfortable fit for real world transactions.
Maybe in a few years everything'll be slicker but fees will be too high for that mythical coffee.
Maybe in a few years everything'll be slicker but fees will be too high for that mythical coffee.
When buying at the till i would ask if they accept bitcoin if they say no then i usually dont bother explaining but if they ask what is that i tell thell the benefits to there business.
@calkob," ..When buying at the till i would ask if they accept bitcoin..."
☞You just got another tip's from your comment;
walk up to offline store(s) as a customer who is interested in breakfast,dinner or whatsoever,
before ordering for menu; just slice the question in this manner to the attendent;
Pls, do you accept bitcoin here?
.... Oh no, we don't.. or what is that..? they may ask. explain to them when necessary alternatively just say, I'm sorry i'll ONLY like to make payment via bitcoins before you walk away.
*If same request is made by one or more customer's, the serious manager will love & eager to know more about bitcoinsBTC⚐.
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Bitcseo
This can be challeging but, i have tried the strategy below:
walk into any offline store i.e (restaurant) and ask one of the staff that you will like to speak with the the management of the restaurant.
Most people will direct you straight to the management, other's might want to know the reason behind such request.
just be prepare for follow-up response;
If, you are given the opportunity, open your presentation in this manner;
I'm interested in promoting your services/product's on bitcoin related forum!
Do you know you'll be losing 35%-45% of your customer's (tourist) who uses bitcoins?
At this point be prepared to tell them more about bitcoin.
Close your presentation, try to be brief as possible.
Remember to make reference to bitcointalk forum, because it offer's more information (foundation) with comprehensive lesson about bitcoin & the use of bitcoin.
Creation & distribution of short flyer's with same message will work fine for those who dislike meeting one-one with the management of offline stores.
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Bitcseo
walk into any offline store i.e (restaurant) and ask one of the staff that you will like to speak with the the management of the restaurant.
Most people will direct you straight to the management, other's might want to know the reason behind such request.
just be prepare for follow-up response;
If, you are given the opportunity, open your presentation in this manner;
I'm interested in promoting your services/product's on bitcoin related forum!
Do you know you'll be losing 35%-45% of your customer's (tourist) who uses bitcoins?
At this point be prepared to tell them more about bitcoin.
Close your presentation, try to be brief as possible.
Remember to make reference to bitcointalk forum, because it offer's more information (foundation) with comprehensive lesson about bitcoin & the use of bitcoin.
Creation & distribution of short flyer's with same message will work fine for those who dislike meeting one-one with the management of offline stores.
Thanks
Bitcseo
Please make a video while you do this. I'm sure it will be really entertaining. Try this on more than one restaurant and differentiate all the reactions in the Chinese, Japanese, Italian and all the other restaurants.
How about no? If the manager or everybody that works on the store doesn't know anything about bitcoin, then that would be a lot of work to someone who would be assigned to make their store accept bitcoins. You can do stuffs like persuading/manipulating/convincing the manager to accept bitcoin but it's actually bugging me off because there's a lot of work that should be done before the whole thing could be implemented on their store.
Bitcoin isn't like a product that you could introduce to someone and if they liked it, you would just give it to them or sell it to them and then they can use it right after. You have to understand the whole bitcoin thing before you could actually use it on your store as a mode of payment.
There's no harm trying to explain the stores about the use of bitcoins. Many stores already are tired of paying taxes and I've also seen medical stores escaping to print bills as they need to pay tax. If they get to know about bitcoins, they would at least give it a thought. By not trying, they would too not be aware of this currency.Bitcoin isn't like a product that you could introduce to someone and if they liked it, you would just give it to them or sell it to them and then they can use it right after. You have to understand the whole bitcoin thing before you could actually use it on your store as a mode of payment.
@katrimans, YES, i think there are people who are curious when it comes to experimenting new system especially if, it has to do with an increase sale (customer's)
Most manager's would'nt mind investing few hour's of their time in order to learn something new.
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Bitcseo
When buying at the till i would ask if they accept bitcoin if they say no then i usually dont bother explaining but if they ask what is that i tell thell the benefits to there business.
How about no? If the manager or everybody that works on the store doesn't know anything about bitcoin, then that would be a lot of work to someone who would be assigned to make their store accept bitcoins. You can do stuffs like persuading/manipulating/convincing the manager to accept bitcoin but it's actually bugging me off because there's a lot of work that should be done before the whole thing could be implemented on their store.
Bitcoin isn't like a product that you could introduce to someone and if they liked it, you would just give it to them or sell it to them and then they can use it right after. You have to understand the whole bitcoin thing before you could actually use it on your store as a mode of payment.
There's no harm trying to explain the stores about the use of bitcoins. Many stores already are tired of paying taxes and I've also seen medical stores escaping to print bills as they need to pay tax. If they get to know about bitcoins, they would at least give it a thought. By not trying, they would too not be aware of this currency. Bitcoin isn't like a product that you could introduce to someone and if they liked it, you would just give it to them or sell it to them and then they can use it right after. You have to understand the whole bitcoin thing before you could actually use it on your store as a mode of payment.
OP proposes some sort of Bitcoin evangelism 
"Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about Bitcoin - our lord and savior?"
Seriously though, it's better to discuss it on the internet on some business forums, because you will have better chances to find people with understanding of the technology or willing to learn.
"Excuse me sir, do you have a moment to talk about Bitcoin - our lord and savior?"Seriously though, it's better to discuss it on the internet on some business forums, because you will have better chances to find people with understanding of the technology or willing to learn.
No one will want to wait 20-30 min for a confirmation. People who earn Bitcoin can always pay offline by using a debit card or an exchange.
And then clients need to wait 6 hours for transaction to confirm because network can't handle all transactions.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
Then they might want to use an altcoin like ether for shorter confirmation periods.
Well I think there is no best way to encourage offline store to accept BTC. I said this since the transactions now are slow and if more joins in I think the network couldn't handle it. Maybe in the future bitcoin can handle it but not now. For now just let time tell what will happen in the future and let's wait and see if someday many offline stores will accept BTC.
I think the best idea for slow transaction of bitcoin better to release a bitcoin atm so that we can use bitcoin atm card just like a normal credit cards .So no need to wait for confirmation and i think you can incourage them to accept it..
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Remember to make reference to bitcointalk forum, because it offer's more information (foundation) with comprehensive lesson about bitcoin & the use of bitcoin.
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Thanks
Bitcseo
Remember to make reference to bitcointalk forum, because it offer's more information (foundation) with comprehensive lesson about bitcoin & the use of bitcoin.
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Thanks
Bitcseo
Do "we" make a good first impression?
Is Bitcointalk forum the type of place you send people, if they are not prepared for a certain level of "uncomfortable issues", some of them potentially, seriously disturbing?
Oops... Love you guys, have a great day.
Well I think there is no best way to encourage offline store to accept BTC. I said this since the transactions now are slow and if more joins in I think the network couldn't handle it. Maybe in the future bitcoin can handle it but not now. For now just let time tell what will happen in the future and let's wait and see if someday many offline stores will accept BTC.
Once bitcoin transactions become instant, this will be a possibility. but having to wait anywhere from 15 mins to 4 hours for confirmations makes it impossible.
They could use bitcoin for online services, like reservations or something like that though. or maybe some sort of "pre paid" meal where you pay online before actually ordering at the restaurant?
Bitcoin is best suited for online transactions and I agree that confirmations would be a pain. No store would like to wait and they prefer instant payment like debit/credit card or cash payments. There are many negatives that affect its acceptance but since bitcoins are mined, I don't think it would ever be an instant method of payment. They could use bitcoin for online services, like reservations or something like that though. or maybe some sort of "pre paid" meal where you pay online before actually ordering at the restaurant?
It's a good idea, however I don't think that such a presentation, talking to most businesses, would mean anything to them since they would likely see a very, very small amount of revenue increase that might not be worth setting up the wallet system and exchanging everything, including the additional work their employees would have to do.
It doesn't work as I've tried to explain bitcoins to my friend and the major drawback is the price fluctuations. We kept discussing about what should be a rate that would be preferable and profitable for his business and we couldn't achieve that stable rate. This is the major reasons that many stores don't accept bitcoins.
And then clients need to wait 6 hours for transaction to confirm because network can't handle all transactions.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
lol that's just bummer. offline store would still prefer fiat.
they will sure accept you as a marketing partner maybe take advantage of it but they may not accept btc in the end. if a customer come and wants to pay btc, they'd just say, they accept btc later.
Yeah, now it's 99.99% offline store anywhere to prefer and use fiat as a means of payment, since they may be bound by the regulations of each country or maybe they want to get profit in sight. for now to only a small fraction of offline stores accept the BTC, but I believe that in the future all offline store or company will use the bitcoin in any transaction conducted
Time is a good reason to choose for bitcoin, but if you look f.e. towards online vs offline you see many stores are working on a online presence.
With bitcoin they will be able to offer their products to millons of extra people.
The only way for you to convince these people, is for you to show them that there are a new untapped source of income for them. I did this with a pub and I generated repeat business by hosting some
Bitcoin meetups at this pub. We gather there every second week and we only pay with Bitcoin. The worst thing that will happen, is if you convinced him/her that Bitcoin is this wonderful new currency,
and after 1 or 2 months he only received like 10 to 100 transactions. So once the door is open, you have to make sure people know about it, and they use that service or merchant regularly.
Bitcoin meetups at this pub. We gather there every second week and we only pay with Bitcoin. The worst thing that will happen, is if you convinced him/her that Bitcoin is this wonderful new currency,
and after 1 or 2 months he only received like 10 to 100 transactions. So once the door is open, you have to make sure people know about it, and they use that service or merchant regularly.
And then clients need to wait 6 hours for transaction to confirm because network can't handle all transactions.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
lol that's just bummer. offline store would still prefer fiat.
they will sure accept you as a marketing partner maybe take advantage of it but they may not accept btc in the end. if a customer come and wants to pay btc, they'd just say, they accept btc later.
Yeah, now it's 99.99% offline store anywhere to prefer and use fiat as a means of payment, since they may be bound by the regulations of each country or maybe they want to get profit in sight. for now to only a small fraction of offline stores accept the BTC, but I believe that in the future all offline store or company will use the bitcoin in any transaction conducted
And then clients need to wait 6 hours for transaction to confirm because network can't handle all transactions.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
Bitcoin is not to be used in that way.
lol that's just bummer. offline store would still prefer fiat.
they will sure accept you as a marketing partner maybe take advantage of it but they may not accept btc in the end. if a customer come and wants to pay btc, they'd just say, they accept btc later.
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