Why Bitcoin Will Hurt eBay More Than Amazon
Amazon's distribution centers allow it to exist in a Bitcoin world. The disruptive nature of the Bitcoin technology is going to wreak havoc on many different online industries, and one area of disruption that needs to be talked about is online marketplaces. eBay and Amazon, at least in the United States, are the kings of the Internet when it comes to connecting a buyer to a seller. Sellers like these platforms because they can sell their products on a centralized database of goods, while buyers enjoy the fact that the centralized marketplace also acts as an escrow agent. If something goes....
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eGifter recently added eBay to its list of gift cards you can buy using Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies. eBay is one of the brands along with Amazon that people want the most to be able to shop at using Bitcoin. eGifter's easy to use service bridges the gap for eBay and many more. Tyler Roye, the CEO of eGifter, has been working hard to bring more and more cards to the digital realm. Also read: Interview with Tyler Roye, CEO of eGifter; eGifter and eBay. CCN had an opportunity to speak with him about adding eBay. eGifter Now Has eBay. How did the deal come about to be able to sell the....
The VeChain Foundation has announced a partnership with Shopping.io, an e-commerce platform of international scope that has been integrating crypto payments. From today July 9th, consumers can use VET tokens to purchase at Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and Etsy. In addition, VET holders can benefit from a 2% discount on all items, from electronics, novelty, everyday […]
OpenBazaar. OpenBazaar is a decentralized marketplace that seeks to become a privacy-centric and censorship-resistant alternative to online marketplaces such as eBay and Amazon. The open-source project-which is currently in beta and has been working on improving its GUI-could become the go-to option for the privacy-conscious if it succeeds at building a core user-base. However, one of eBay's strongest selling points is convenience. Users can access their eBay account from any internet-enabled device. Of course, there are many negative aspects to eBay and Amazon. They are centralized, so....
Read the full story here. There's a new start-up based out of San Francisco that is providing a service to Bitcoiners that up to now hasn't existed on such an institutional scale. Users are reporting that snapCard works for international shipments of United States goods sold through the magic of the internet as well. This is great news as Bitcoin spending is the solution for Bitcoin hoarding and there is nothing better than ordering items off of Amazon or Ebay. It is unfortunate that the big name stores that snapCard allows Bitcoiners to shop at do not yet accept Bitcoin directly. However,....
An interview with Brian Hoffman, Project Lead at OpenBazaar, on the new and first-ever decentralized online marketplace. CoinTelegraph: How does OpenBazaar differ from eBay or Amazon? Brian Hoffman: Well most of how it works is under the hood. In order for the network to be decentralized without a slew of Amazon or eBay datacenters hosting a single application, we use peer-to-peer software similar to BitTorrent. “It's almost like running your own independent business rather than being part of some central ecosystem. This connects everyone directly to each other dynamically, which means....