Coinbase Makes Bitcoin More Attractive to Merchants
Prominent bitcoin exchange and platform Coinbase has revealed new features that it says will make it “even easier for merchants to accept bitcoin.” Digital currency exchange and bitcoin services provider Coinbase has rolled out a handful of new features that it hopes will help further bitcoin acceptance among merchants. The new features, while simplistic in their nature provide practicality and merchant-friendly additions that inevitably helps raise the profile of bitcoin payments when compared to traditional fiat payments that are made electronically or otherwise. In fact, some of the....
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Merchants using Shopify as their e-commerce platform now have the opportunity to accept bitcoin payments thanks to an integration with San Francisco-based Coinbase's merchant services starting today. The way it works is simple: the merchant signs up for an account on Coinbase, enables the integration on the Shopify backend, and then enters their credentials to complete the process. From there, it's bitcoin madness. Already, four merchants have decided to use the integration. They are: Leap Motion, Boosted Boards, Soylent, and iOgrapher. A statement from Soylent on the integration: We have....
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....
Braintree has responded to questions about US merchant adoption of its development kit and clarified that customers can only pay in bitcoin through a Coinbase account. Merchants who use the payments software platform Braintree in the US can enable bitcoin payments through Coinbase starting today. Braintree said that it had integrated Coinbase into its software development kit, which it calls v.zero. This means that merchants who use the kit can now enable bitcoin payments quickly, Braintree said. "Bitcoin is growing in popularity for consumer and merchants alike ... the number of companies....
Article updated on 28th August at 11:59 BST. Coinbase, the bitcoin merchant service, has announced it will scrap processing fees for merchants until they make $1m worth of sales. Coinbase claims it is doing this to aid the adoption of bitcoin as a payment method by merchants. "We wanted to lower all barriers for new merchants to get started, and help highlight some of the economic benefits of accepting bitcoin." Coinbase said in its latest blog post. The removal of the transaction fee will clearly appeal to small-scale businesses who don't imagine they will reach $1m in sales for some....