Re: We Need a Real Bitcoin Online Store, not "retailers" who just price gouge 15-20%
In order to overcome this, we need good producers to make goods and offer them in btc. This can be a little hairy for them, though because they would probably buy their inputs in their local currency, and then it's hard to know what kinds of things people people in the btc economy would want to buy.
My wife sells coupons on ebay, but I'm not really sure there are enough couponers who also use btc, so we haven't even bothered to offer them.
My wife sells coupons on ebay, but I'm not really sure there are enough couponers who also use btc, so we haven't even bothered to offer them.
That's what I am building. My GF crafts jewellery and I plan to sell them online... If that works I'll try to convince friends to sell their works too.
The issue is for non-techies to set up the store front-end and btc compatible carts. And in the end it's the non-techies who are more likely to sell hand-made or interesting things
Exactly!
Example: This one-of-kind oil painting of a chicken is for sale for $120 but only 10 BTC (approximately $100) if you order today:
Every single stand-alone shop can now enjoy more traffic to their site simply by accepting Bitcoin and listing their site here: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Trade