0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Jon_Hodl 19 Jul 2023 \ parent \ on: What is your main reason for not paying with bitcoin? bitcoin
That's awesome to hear that your local economy is booming however I am speaking more generically.
Every time I ask a merchant that "accepts bitcoin" if I can pay with sats, they usually don't even know how to do it anymore or don't really have the infrastructure set up and maintained to accept them.
Glad to hear merchants are accepting where you live but almost every time I ask, the staff doesn't know how to accept sats as payment or it's a big technical problem to get it to work.
Looking forward to things advancing.
I should probably clarify that I am directly responsible for on-boarding most of the merchants in my area
I would recommend starting with smaller, owner operated merchants when orange pilling in your vicinity. And offer to help with the configuration and setup (and support) of their POS system.
Furthermore, to visit regularly and pay with sats so they can see that it's a worthwhile service to keep up.
Once you get to around 10 merchants, start on the bigger stores and restaurants.
A good way to on-board a cafe or restaurant is to host your local bitcoin meetup there, in return accepting sats for one night, and offer to buy back the sats at the end of the evening.
Likely they'll research things and want to keep the sats, and keep accepting them after the event...
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"A good way to on-board a cafe or restaurant is to host your local bitcoin meetup there, in return accepting sats for one night, and offer to buy back the sats at the end of the evening."
That is probably one of the best strategies I have ever heard of. Thanks so much for your input. I will give this a try.
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Nice 👏
Where do you operate? Do you have more information what works good and what doesn't?
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I find it's best to visit a few times so they can see you are a regular, then bring up the Bitcoin topic
Also helps to show them BTCMap and mention the other businesses in the area
Having a BTC user group really helps as you can literally bring a whole bunch of customers to their door (if they will accept BTC as payment, of course)
In addition, go to a print shop and make some flyers, and stickers, for your newly on-boarded merchant(s). Stick them on BTC Map. And write a trip advisor review for them, mentioning bitcoin!
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