Fancy.com Joins Bitcoin Bandwagon
If news that TigerDirect.com (a major electronics retailer) accepting bitcoin on their online store wasn't quite enough for you, yet another online presence is joining the bitcoin bandwagon. It's Fancy.com, a social sharing e-commerce platform launched in 2009 that allows consumers to purchase what they find directly from the Fancy website, as opposed to going directly to a retailer's webpage. Aside from paying with the usual credit card, the site's 2+ million user base can now complete their purchases using bitcoin, thanks to a partnership with Coinbase - who is processing the digital....
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Fancy is an online store for some really...well..fancy and often hipster stuff. The site boasts a "crowd-curated catalog of amazing goods, wonderful places and innovative stores." For instance, you can buy this Salvador Dali Melting Wrist Watch at Fancy. Instant surrealism. No psychedelics required. And now, you can buy any item on the site with Bitcoin. CEO Joe Einhorn stated, "We are excited to play a small part in the next chapter for BitCoin, the one where people are able to exchange BitCoin for goods and services... Fancy has some of the coolest merchandise available for purchase with....
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New York-based social e-commerce website Fancy has removed bitcoin payments from its iOS app at the request of Apple. The announcement was made in conjunction with its release of Version 3.3.0 of its iOS app on 5th March, and was visible under the "What's new" portion of the App Store where app updates are displayed. Fancy has been accepting bitcoin since 23rd January, when it revealed the news to customers via email, thereby becoming one of the largest and most well-funded merchants to accept bitcoin. The company announced that it would add a bitcoin payment option for both its Android....
New York-based social e-commerce platform Fancy, a website known as the "Pinterest for shopping," is now accepting bitcoin. The news was revealed in a 23rd January email from Fancy to its customers, which provided a basic introduction to bitcoin as well as simple directions on how bitcoin users can make bitcoin purchases. "Bitcoin is a cutting-edge digital currency that can be converted into cash," the email explained. "The checkout process works the same as you're used to. Simply select 'Pay with Bitcoin' as your payment method." Fancy also revealed that the option to pay with bitcoin is....
Back in late January, social sharing e-commercial platform Fancy.com included the option to pay for products in bitcoin. That capability carried over to the company's mobile application - but as of today, the pay-in-bitcoin feature in Fancy's iOS app is no longer available. In version 3.3.0 of the app, released March 5th, the change-log says: "Removed Bitcoin per Apple's request". Certainly interesting, but surprising? Not in the least. Cupertino-based Apple has started an all-out offensive against any applications that allow bitcoin payments (informational apps, on the other hand, are....