Quote from: Detritus on September 14, 2022, 12:42:00 PM

POS (Point of sales) business is a major lucrative business in my region.
in my region, Bank ATMs is usually crowded with people trying to cash out or cash in (withdrawal/transfer). this become a challenge to most people who can not undergo the stress of joining a long que or having to wait under the sun, stand for long time or being patient until it's turn to carry out their transactions. in some cases bank is not close to some residential area and people living in the area would have to pay for transportation fee to get to a close by ATM and carry out their transactions, some times you get to the ATM and find out there is no cash (unable to dispense or out of service). Due to this reasons lots of people are now into POS business which is actively saving people Bank/ATM transaction stress.
the service offered by a POS business Agent is to save individuals the stress of going to the Bank/ATM to make cash withdrawal or send money to their loved ones, another stress it saves individuals is to help them pay for their cable subscribetions like (DSTV, Startimes) without having to drive down to the network providers office, they can also recharge airtime (VTU) to their desired network.
Another thing it does is assist individuals pay for their electric bill, they need not go through the stress of going to the NEPA office before they can pay their bills.
there are lots of people doing this Same business in my region but I did not find any one with the idea of accepting and exchanging Bitcoin and other crypto for their customers. So I decided to Open this same business with a different idea of accepting Bitcoin, i think am the first person with this move in the POS business.
I am happy I now have Two business in different areas that accepts Bitcoin. Thanks to the things I have learned in this forum about Bitcoin payment, I am being practical of things I learned in this forum.
I just Opened the business on 1st/September/2022 and on the 2nd/Sep/2022 I was surprised to receive a call from my employee that a customer wants to take #18,000 (Nigeria Naira) and pay in Bitcoin, I did the calculation and added $3 fee for my business charge and sent the details across and the customer sent 0.00155 BTC. I asked my employee to give cash to the customer when she confirms the transaction is processing, so the customer initiated the transaction and receive the cash he needed.
It took over 35 minutes before the transaction was finally successful and arrived in my wallet. Due to the delay, I started thinking 🤔 its a scam but I was also convinced that it might be a congestion in the Bitcoin network.

Apart from a short explanation I have given to my employees on how to receive payment in BTC from customers, I have decided I will organize a special class to teach all my employees things they need to know in details About Bitcoin. The fact that I want to teach my employees things about Bitcoin and also accepting and exchanging Bitcoins for customers, do you think it's a risk am taking and should i discontinue the Business?

I think this is a really good idea for a business you run using Bitcoin. If you have employees who don't understand how Bitcoin works, you should really tell them or teach them how to send Bitcoins as well as receive Bitcoins, so they can understand how Bitcoin works. If you don't teach your employees about Bitcoin, the business you run using Bitcoin will be in vain and everyone will be at risk of losing money.