I cannot imagine walking into a gun store in East Texas and trying to explain to them why they should accept GUN instead of USD - getting over that hurdle would be a LOT easier if you could hand them a book or white paper that tells them all about it and how to use it - Just my 3 cents worth. I can supply the info on the guy who did our manual and can cut you a deal before he gets flooded with orders.....Good luck guys!
I tend to agree with this sentiment. We have already discussed how the algo would help bring attention from the crypto side, but a supplying information to merchants is a different front that may prove to be a larger success.
Typically a white paper would explain the technology behind coin and its "new" algo and how it will revolutionize the crypto-world...However, Guncoin's whitepaper should/could be wrote with a more specific purpose. From the beginning this coin was generated to specifically help with gun auction sites; however there is no clear sequence of operations for a merchant to follow on how to implement it into their current sales system or anything that clearly describes the benefits of using it.
1.) How does it help current small businesses and merchants?
2.) If I use it what more do I have to do?
3.) Do I have to change my payment process to reflect current GUN prices.
These to me are the simple questions that a gun auction website is going to ask...Similar to what was said previously walking into a gun shop and trying to explain this to a clerk or asking them to hit up our website won't be enough. It just plainly will be too confusing for them and frankly they will lose interest less then minute into it. We need to sell it more upfront with the benefits and keep them interested. Force them to ask a questions...
Well. all good points. One thing for sure, the gun merchant community is most likely NOT going to come to GUN, unless you have everything laid out for them - Whether in a detailed white paper or a users guide like these.....
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=720523.msg8164999#msg8164999 There are links to two user guides there and I am told they have one for Fluttercoin and one other in the works.
I think creating some GUN banners and running them on sites like Gunbroker.com or GunAuction.com would at least generate some interest and traffic to the main site. After all, the vast majority of potential end-users and merchants have no clue what GUN or crypto currency is. A lot of them would download a white paper or users guide just to see what GUN was and how they could use it. Guides and banners are cheap and well worth the increased visibility they would bring. I think expanding the potential market to include international gun enthusiasts and hunters, etc. would be a good thing too - but can save that for another discussion.