Coinbase Unveils Flexible Pricing for Merchants as Market Diversifies
Coinbase has announced its merchants are now able to set Bitcoin price ranges for goods and services in a bid to tackle user error in submitting incorrect payment amounts. Coinbase User Errors ‘Not Fun For Anyone’. The update, announced on the Coinbase’s blog and Twitter feed Monday, also features a partial refund feature for merchants, allowing them to....
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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....
Amid trouble with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), global cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase unveils its plan to raise $1.5 billion by selling bonds.
Coinbase Plans to Issue $1.5 Billion in Bonds
Coinbase Global Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) announced Monday “its intention to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of its Senior Notes due 2028 and 2031 in a private offering.”
The company explained that the notes “will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Coinbase Inc.” and....
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....
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....
Merchants using Coinbase's services to accept bitcoin payments may be particularly interested to know that the San Francisco-company has improved their checkout payment pages, giving them a refreshed look and improved functionality, while allowing merchants greater flexibility when customizing these pages. For customers already logged into Coinbase, two-click purchasing has not been affected, and sending bitcoin payments is still quick as ever. Some new items however include the ability for merchants to add cover pages. Merchants can get really creative here, and make their checkout pages....