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Bitcopia.com (http://Bitcopia.com) is bitcoin's newest buyer and seller of bitcoins providing instant quotes based on live Mt Gox prices.

Buy bitcoins with cash deposit at Wells Fargo.
Sell bitcoins for:

Cash in Mail (USPS Express Mail)
Cash Deposit (Wells Fargo)
ACH Bank Transfer (Wells Fargo / Bank of America)
Check
Money Order
Dwolla


Bitcopia's philosophy is that when it comes to buying and selling bitcoins:

1.   Instant quotes should be given and honored.
2.   Third party payments should be an option, not a requirement.
3.   Bitcoin transactions should be offered in an anonymous manner.

Instant quotes based on real time Mt. Gox prices are the backbone of our philosophy. When you place an order, you know exactly what you're going to get and when you're going to get it. All transactions are made as anonymous as possible and can be completed in cash.

Bitcopia went live at 12:00 AM EST tonight. We are glad to announce that we will accepting all "Sell" orders immediately, followed shortly by "Buy" orders. Please check us out! www.bitcopia.com (http://www.bitcopia.com)

You should put a link in your post somewhere. I know people can just go type in bitcopia.com into their address bar but you should make it as easy as possible for passing eyeballs to land on your site.

Good idea Zeeks. I'm on it!

Today was a success! A big thank you to those who placed their first orders with us.

We are now accepting Buy orders as well!

Please check us out and spread the word about your experience with Bitcopia.

Good warning from subSTRATA.


Bitcopia accepts sell orders from as low as $20, and there is no minimum limit for buy orders. If you would like to place a sell order and are uncomfortable with our minimum for a specific payout method, send us an email. We will be happy to make some exceptions as we strive to build our credibility.

I like the site design :)  So nice to see some good design work finally happening in bitcoinland.

Thanks, I appreciate it! We still need to put some final touches on it, but we're happy with the way it came out.

Wonderful. Another "exchange" with no contact information but a gmail adress and an anonymified registration.

Have fun getting your stuff stolen, kids.

Ouch...

We are registered with the City of Richmond, VA as Bitcopia, and have a business checking account at Wells Fargo DBA Bitcopia. I paid a lot of money to have the site developed. I chose gmail over the email at my server because I am familiar with it. I chose private registration because godaddy recommended it.

I don't know how to prove that we're legit other than waiting for more people to try us out. Any suggestions on how to gain credibility are accepted and appreciated. Thanks.

Strange how the Virginia State Corporations Commision has no record of this: https://sccefile.scc.virginia.gov/Find/Business?SearchTerm=bitcopia

I wonder why that is.

Registered with the City of Richmond with a fictitious business name. Bitcopia is not a corporation or an LLC. When we start making significant income to necessitate the formation of such an entity, we plan on doing so. If you don't like the way we look, then please give us a chance before you accuse us of being scammers. You can just buy 1 BTC.

You keep saying "we". Am I right in assuming that this exchange is being run by more then one person?

No it's owned solely by myself, but I have contracted a developer and a designer.

That's very misleading, don't you think?

Only love.

A few years ago, I read a book called the 4 hour work week by Timothy Ferris. He recommended always referring to yourself as "we" for your sole ventures because it gives people a better image of your company. I got in the habit of referring to my old personal training company as "we." And maybe now I have an ever so slight case of schizophrenia. I kid, I kid. But you're right. It is misleading, even if only in the slightest way. As I remain a sole proprietor for the foreseeable future, I shall no longer refer to Bitcopia as "we."

greyhawk, you're not making this easy for me! I just hope more people will give me a chance and place small orders and leave feedback on this forum.

I almost wrote, "I just hope more people will give us a chance..." This is going to take some active effort.

If one of your first acts is to lie to a government agency, I don't hold much hope of you being successful.   :(

It's quite the opposite of lying to a government agency. It's registering myself with the county clerk to operate under an assumed or fictitious name.

http://www.scc.virginia.gov/clk/befaq/fict.aspx (http://www.scc.virginia.gov/clk/befaq/fict.aspx)

"What is a fictitious name?

A fictitious name is a name that a person (individual or business entity) uses instead of the person's true name, usually in the course of transacting or offering to transact business. It is sometimes referred to as an "assumed name" or "trade name," and it is often identified after a person’s true name with the abbreviation "t/a" ("trading as"), "dba" ("doing business as"), or "aka" ("also known as")."

You guys are quite a tough crowd.  ;) I know better than to lie to the government.

Hello ! This exchange (as Mt Gox) or trade with leverage (as Bitcoinica) ?
I'm a gambler and I feel drug withdrawal symptoms when I can not trade (or calm in the market) :P

Hi there! Bitcopia offers no leverage as we are simply a buyer and seller of bitcoins. Our prices are quoted based on a live Mt Gox feed. If you would like to get more familiar with the order process before actually committing to our service, you can always place an order and simply leave it unfunded. However, if you do this, please let us know by writing "testing" in the "Notes" field. Let me know if you have any more questions.

I performed a small order with bitcopia and everything went well and he held up his end of the deal.
Still is new, so can't guarantee he will be legit for long term, but I will probably do another transaction with him again.

I had temporarily suspended buy orders due to unexpected volume. I have repositioned my cash flow and Buy orders are back up again with much more funds available than before!

Buy away!

Thanks for bringing this issue to my attention. I will contact my designer and try to get it taken care of ASAP!

Site down?

Unfortunately it is. Our hosting server has been down for about 7 hours now. It's quite frustrating. If what they are telling me is true, then it should be back up some time tonight.

After dealing with a server issue, Bitcopia is back in action!!

Now that this thread is a few weeks old, how about moving it to the Service Discussion board to serve as the main Q&A, support , etc thread.
 - http://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=85.0   <-- Service Discussion board.

Incidentally, another announcement in this forum has been posted:

Mandatory see here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=124441.0) notice.

Uh-oh.

And thanks for dropping the "we" thing.  It's right up there with awarding yourself important sounding titles when it comes to damaging your credibility.

Also, your website refers to Bitcopia as an "exchange" whereas the way you've described your service sounds like you're actually a dealer.  Can you clarify that a bit because it's actually fundamental to the risks involved in operating and using your service.  Are people trading with you or are they trading with other users through you?

I am trading with people directly. There are no funds stored with Bitcopia, so there is no worry of losing an account or getting hacked. I decided to call it an exchange 1) because the bitcoin enwiki article calls such services "fixed rate exchanges," although pegged-rate exchange might be a better term and 2) because although it's not a true peer to peer exchange like Mt Gox or CampBX, I am still exchanging bitcoins for USD and vice versa.

This sounds like a good idea. I need a moderator to do that, right?