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Title: Implementing Bitcoin Checkout on My Blog
Post by: Troutner on January 28, 2013, 05:04:27 PM
Hey all,

I want to implement a checkout feature on my blog to allow people to purchase my San Juan Island field guide (http://sanjuansufficiency.com/gunkholing-in-the-san-juan-islands/) with bitcoins. I've heard good things about Bitinstant and I also saw the Mt. Gox has a checkout API. Rather than going through my own trial-and-error I thought I'd solicit advice from the community.

Can you guys point me to a good place to learn about the pros and cons of existing merchant programs? I use Wordpress, so ideally, I'd love to install a plugin that can handle bitcoin transactions.

I also plan to sell several other things off my site, like fishing lures and electronics. My book is just the first thing for now.


Title: Re: Implementing Bitcoin Checkout on My Blog
Post by: John (John K.) on January 28, 2013, 05:15:46 PM
The existing cart plugins are from MT.Gox, Walletbit and Bitpay. There's a few other download hosters like coindl too.


Title: Re: Implementing Bitcoin Checkout on My Blog
Post by: Troutner on January 28, 2013, 06:38:53 PM
I guess what I really meant to ask is: has anyone tried these different options? What worked best, in your experience?


Title: Re: Implementing Bitcoin Checkout on My Blog
Post by: ninjaboon on February 04, 2013, 07:28:29 AM
Try BitPay at https://bitpay.com/bitcoin-shopping-cart-plugins
They have the most merchants using their API now.