Since Openbazaar is no more, how do you sell stuff without relying on Shopify or a self-hosted Wordpress server?
121 sats \ 4 replies \ @kr 7 Feb 2022
the fact that there are 5 comments with 5 different answers tells me the winning solution here probably doesn't yet exist.
Big opportunity for someone to build self-hosted merchant tools for billions of people.
Could also see Square making some big moves in this arena soon.
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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @phaedrus 7 Feb 2022
Or Stacker.news making some big moves into this arena;-)
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @earnbitcoin 7 Feb 2022
Slide #7 of SN Pitch deck:
[RFC] Stacker News Pitch Deck Draft #2
#5033
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rOl2I1nXOz0DR7W6M8aSb054wF3m57ZUjUSZ8-AvruA/edit?usp=sharing
But I've no idea if there's anything in progress. Do you? Or does @k00b have anything to add?
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 7 Feb 2022
Nothing in progress yet, but it's definitely something we'll be exploring.
My first crack at this will be when I start selling SN merch. We'll see.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @earnbitcoin 7 Feb 2022
It exists. It's called Amazon, it's called Shopify, it's called eBay, and it's called Alibaba.
They just aren't onboard with bitcoin and LN yet. Shopify is the closest, as they allow some bitcoin payment processors. The others, don't hold your breath.
The problem with self-hosted is ... where are your customers coming from? The online cart and payments are pretty much the tiniest problem for e-commerce. Getting listed in the search results on Amazon, eBay, Alibaba, etc. are why merchants use them.
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5 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 6 Feb 2022
Don't shopify and the other SaaS e-commerce sites have plugins for bitcoin/lightning payments? If so, why not use them?
You could use pleb pay? On the other side of the paywall you have a google form for the person to put their mailing address ... They'd have to trust you to actually deliver your product but it'd work.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @phaedrus 7 Feb 2022
LNBits plugin for WordPress: https://wordpress.org/plugins/lightning-payment-gateway-lnbits/
You can start with custodial LNBits.com (very easy to set up), and later switch to your own LNBits (ie on Umbrel), just by pointing it to a different url.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @earnbitcoin 7 Feb 2022
Shopify Help Center > Alternative payments > Cryptocurrency
https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/payments/alternative-payments/cryptocurrency
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @earnbitcoin 7 Feb 2022
None of those support LN. Coinbase and BitPay are anti-bitcoin, and LN cuts into Coinbase's business model (where they would rather have you trade your BTC into shitcoins than to spend it) so don't expect LN support from them anytime soon.
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5 sats \ 0 replies \ @cointastical 6 Feb 2022
No LN support (yet), but there is:
- Bitify [BTC, and LTC]
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5 sats \ 1 reply \ @cointastical 6 Feb 2022
Paid.co ⚡
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @earnbitcoin 24 Feb 2022
Another e-commerce tool with LN support:
Demo of LightningStrike ⚡ -- the zero config, self-managed, bitcoin lightning marketplace | @CypherToad
#12533
http://159.203.147.32
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @notgeld 21 Mar 2022
Not the easiest, but it is Lightning
https://simple-auction.etleneum.com/
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nout 7 Feb 2022
One option is to create a private group with your friends to buy and sell stuff for bitcoin, e.g. like #7424
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @samsamskies 6 Feb 2022
I've never done it before, but I'd probably go with BTCPay Server on Voltage if I wanted to create a store. https://voltage.cloud/btcpay
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