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Questions tagged [merchant-services]

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Is there a service that alerts about attempted double spends for merchants accepting 0-confirmation transactions?

I often come across merchants accepting payment in bitcoin, who require several confirmations on transactions, but where the probability of a successful double spend doesn't justify the waiting time for the user. A good example is membership payment…
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What percentage of merchant Bitcoin receipts are immediately converted into fiat?

Does anyone have access to this data from Bitpay or Coinbase perhaps? If so please break down the data by country and industry if available and how these statistics have changed over time.
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I need Fiat -> BTC merchant service

Hello bitcoin community. I'm running startup and we think how to accept payments. Our customers are far not geeks and they don't know what BTC is. However, I'd prefer to collect BTC on may wallet, not fiat. I've solved all tax issues in my country…
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Is there a service that automatically "sweeps" funds to another address whenever they are sent?

There's the sweepprivkey proposal from 2011 which was not accepted, that would have allowed one to instruct her bitcoind client to listen to transactions and sweep funds whenever they are transferred from one address to another. There is also this…
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How to retrieve POST data that contains JSON

I have never used JSON before and am trying to retrieve the values POSTed to my site from coinbase. But I have no idea how to. Information about the IPN and callback can be found here: https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/callbacks To be more…
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How would an artist be able to sell their own music for Bitcoin?

What options are there for artists to market their Music in exchange for Bitcoin? How would an artist be able to directly sell his work to his fans?
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Are there any POS (point of sales) machines that accept BTC?

We would like to know if there are any POS in the market that accept BTC or any other Cryptocurrencies? How do you think if these kinds of POS will be the trend in future?
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Receive payments in BTC or USD, but get paid in Bitcoin?

I need to receive payments on my site. I wish to give users the option to either send money in bitcoins or US Dollars. However, I always want to get paid out in bitcoins. So I need to have an auto-converter for the USD payments to my Bitcoin…
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Is there a way to accept fiat currencies online without having a credit card and having the fiat automatically converted to Bitcoin?

Is there a way to accept fiat currencies online without having a credit card and having the fiat automatically converted to Bitcoin? I know services such as BitPay and so on let's you accept Bitcoin payments on your site but what if you want to do…
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E-commerce invoice in USD & receive payment in Bitcoin

Is there an e-commerce plug-in or payment processing platform that facilitates the sequence detailed below? Merchant accepts customer's online order Customer's credit card is charged accordingly The dollar amount of credit card charge…
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Are there actually merchant services for "outgoing" processing?

I read this extremely informative QA: My raw transaction destroyed 0.0284377 BTC. What did I do wrong? For those of us new to the BTC universe, there can be confusion between BTC, exchanges, wallet service providers, BTC-related SAAS providers, and…
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How can PayPal merchants accept bitcoin?

I've heard PayPal allows merchants to accept bitcoin; however, I can't find any documentation showing how PayPal merchants can do this. How can a PayPal merchant accept bitcoin?
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Is how can I enable my wifi router to accept Bitcoin for adhoc/ anonymous usage?

I want to find a WiFi solution where I can sell my internet service with anyone who needs to use it... ideally paying in an altcoin or Bitcoin. Are there any router modifications, or infrastructures that support a wallet service? (e.g. the user…
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What's the advantage of bitpay over coinbase for a merchant solution?

I'm trying to figure out why a merchant would ever choose bitpay over coinbase as an integration solution. It seems they offer very similar services (accept bitcoin payments, exchange for dollars automatically daily and deposit into your bank…
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Is it possible to generate a pool of lightning transaction invoices in advance?

When dealing with normal on-chain transactions, we can generate a large number of bitcoin addresses that can then be stored separately and used to receive payments at a later date. I am aware that a lightning node must be reachable when a sender…
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