Ziftr CEO Bob Wilkins: ‘The Ideal Way to Get Wider Cryptocurrency Adoption is to Incentivize Users’
Ziftr CEO Bob Wilkins thinks his e-commerce platform could be poised to introduce the next wave of adopters to cryptocurrency technology. Ziftr itself predates cryptocurrencies, having been founded in 2008 as a way to make online shopping more user-friendly. Among the company’s first tools was a browser plug-in that compared prices across different e-commerce sites, sending users an alert when there was a price drop on something they were thinking of buying. But in the last year, Wilkins has gone from hobbyist miner to crypto-evangelist. “If you believe in the future of cryptocurrency and....
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A New Hampshire-based shopping services company is taking a bold new step by introducing an API that enables online retailers to accept cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and litecoin. Ziftr's API comes at not charge, and was developed in-house by the company's software engineers. "At Ziftr, we truly believe we have what it takes to change the shopping experience for the better, and the API is a huge step toward getting retailers to be part of our shopping revolution," says Bob Wilkins, CEO of Ziftr. "Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have proven that they're here to stay, and it's easy to....
Welcome to the news bits, the weekly informing program of Bitcoinist.net. Let’s take a good look at Ziftrcoin, Stellar and Stripe and the gambling news. Interview with Robert Wilkins ZiftrCOIN CEO. The Ziftr team has been revolutionizing the shopping experience for both consumers and retailers, since 2008. They come to the conclusion, that a couple of key problems standing in the way of mainstream cryptocurrency adoption. People don’t know how to get coins and they don’t have many places to use them. They set out to create a solution to these problems with ziftrCOIN and the tools that....
ZiftCOIN, the crypto-commerce altcoin from internet shopping companion Ziftr, recently launched its coin presale with a goal of making cryptocurrency a mainstream payment option. Although more than a month remains in the presale, Ziftr is very pleased with the early returns. Also read: Gems Presale Launches to Take Crypto Mainstream. ZiftrCOIN Presale Launched With a Bang. ZiftrCOIN's presale launched with a bang, as many customers-including a notable venture capitalist firm-contributed to the future development of the altcoin. ZifterCOIN's key selling point is that the company has....
Online shopping startup Ziftr has officially closed the pre-sale of its own altcoin, ziftrcoin, raising over $850,000 in under two months. Aimed at creating an alternative digital currency for use by merchants and consumers, the project launched on 9th December and formally ended its sale on 23rd January having sold 4.1 million ziftrcoins. Founded in 2008, Ziftr is a US startup that also offers e-commerce solutions, such as a browser add-on and mobile app. Project funds will now be used to fund the creation of a suite of tools for merchants in the Ziftr ecosystem, including a merchant API....
What is your background Bob? I’m an executive entrepreneur with more than 29 years of experience creating, marketing, and selling products to consumer and business customers. Before Ziftr, I spent 11 years as President and EVP with PC Connection, a Fortune 1000 reseller of high tech equipment. I’ve done 6 startups to date, 2 IPOs and I hold multiple patents. I created Ziftr in 2008 and have assembled a team of about 35 talented software engineers, marketers and product managers. Ziftr’s first set of tools, a browser add-on and mobile app that connect shoppers with the best deals at their....