Free, Unlimited, Forever - BitPay's New Pricing Plan

Bitcoin payments processor BitPay hopes to bring one million merchants on board with its new free and unlimited pricing model. Bitcoin merchants don't necessarily have to use third-party payments processors like Coinbase and BitPay. Using APIs such as Blockchain's Receive Payments API (or by creating one's own), it's possible to accept bitcoins without trusting a third party or paying them fees. However, most Bitcoin merchants still use services like Coinbase because getting set up is a lot easier. Coinbase has recently grabbed headlines for partnering with companies such as Dell and....

One of bitcoin's leading merchant processors, BitPay, has introduced a new pricing plan that makes its basic level of service free and unlimited. The new plan allows merchants unlimited use of any plugin, API or app from the BitPay library and access to the company's email support. BitPay executive chairman Tony Gallippi framed the announcement as one that would support the company as it seeks to meet its ambitious merchant enrollment goals: "We have set a goal to enroll 1 million merchants by the end of 2016. When we started BitPay in 2011, we saw an opportunity to finally give merchants....

BitPay will no longer offer its "free and unlimited" introductory service to new merchants looking to accept bitcoin as payment. First introduced in July 2014, the plan sought to help the startup reach its goal of enrolling 1 million merchants by 2017. At the time, executive chairman Tony Gallippi described the plan as "free and unlimited", stating that such a pricing scheme would continue "forever" in a bid to entice merchants to the platform. The announcement marks a break from the 0% transaction fee model BitPay has sought to market since late 2013 when it introduced a Professional....

Atlanta, Georgia-based bitcoin is taking a huge step forward in making it easy for merchants to sign up with their payment processing service. Today, the company has announced a new pricing plan, or we should probably say the lack thereof. BitPay's going partially free. Basic payment processing will cost merchants nothing, no matter how many transactions they handle. And this isn't a one-time/limited-time promotion. BitPay says it's the model they're going with from now on. By doing so, BitPay is effectively obliterating the barrier to entry for new merchants. They currently offer....

Bitcoin payment processor BitPay has announced three new pricing plans ranging from $30 per month to £3,000 per month. All of the plans come with 0% transaction fees and will be available from November, with the cheapest - the Professional plan - costing $30 per month. This can be used on one domain and offers "easy" eCommerce tools, retail POS tools, 20 shopping cart plugins, daily bank deposits to 30 countries and email support. The Business plan costs $300 per month and can be used on three domains. It comes with all the features of the Professional package, plus it enables users to....