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Chronocoin.com (http://Chronocoin.com) allows you to purchase just about every kind of consumer product in existence for Bitcoins. Snacks, electronics, books, music, jewellery, office supplies, appliances, kitchen stuff, medical supplies, toys, video games, cell phones, computers, PC parts, and even more. We've just started expanding our beta publicly a bit further than we have in the past, and are now pumping more goods out to Bitcoiners via two-day shipping than ever before.

Be sure to use the power search on the home page if you don't find the exact item you want in stock already. This will search our available inventory via our supply chain network and make your desired products available for purchase instantly.

Thanks for participating in the beta, and happy shopping!

Yummy

Nice, but you could add inexpensive simple (USPS Priority Mail or even First Class) international shipping, as I am not willing to spend for expensive "Expedited Shipping" which seems to be the only international option.

MYR31 just for shipping. ops, not for me now.

i dont understand the chrono part

Hi folks!

Thanks for your interest in Chronocoin.com and your feedback. I'll answer all of your questions individually below this reply. Keep the suggestions coming, and thanks again.

Unfortunately, due to weight and value restrictions imposed by USPS over the last year or so we are unable to utilize First Class and Priority mail on the vast majority of our orders. We wish there was something that we could do about it, but to be totally blunt USPS has been starting to get really mediocre in terms of overcharging for basic services as well as implementing a lot of tricky rules to force you to spend more on shipping service for no reason. That said, you'll find that the $25 give or take that it costs to ship via our expedited two-day service is actually quite reasonable especially if compared to USPS Priority Mail International($40ish).

This refers to the speed of processing and receipt of your goods. Usually people seem to have their goods delivered and in-hand within around 3 days after order submission, so the name seemed fitting.

Well, I remember the days when USPS Priority Mail International envelopes where 9$ or 12$, now I see they are all 23.95$. Although for items like a small memory stick you can still post a fist class package for 16.75$ which is better then the 30$ worth of coins I get quoted for a small memory stick. But it seems with these insane increases - prices almost tripling within just a few years it doesn't make much sense to buy from the US any more, especially that SwissPost.com offers very cheap shipping from Hong Kong to Europe, I was surprised they can ship a Registered Letter with a small item from Hong Kong to Europe cheaper then it'd cost to ship that from within EU.

Did they (USPS Priority) just recently made everything 23.95$, cause I think they where not that expensive even last year?
Seems almost like they base their dollar prices on the price of a Bitcoin, LOL! Maybe its just the US dollar became a lot less valuable?

Yeah, they're really starting to hike up prices both domestically and internationally. Flat rates, normal Priority, and First Class have all gone up a TON in the last year, but mainly the issue is the tricky crap they do now. For example, only shipping service which costs in excess of $40 is able to deliver any goods valued at more than $400: this means that as soon as you hit the $400 mark the price you pass on to the customer goes up 10%. On the bright side, our shipping rates are flat for your entire cart so once you buy a decent number of products at once the value goes up substantially and you don't have to deal with USPS nonsense. Anyway, I hope that makes things a little bit more clear re: USPS and shipping costs. The key is really in the bundle, gives you a lot of bang for your buck shipping-wise if you do it that way :)

I hate the usps, they make it almost IMPOSSIBLE to use first class anymore, let alone first class intl.

That's exactly why we can't use it, even though it used to be great for small items. :(

Especially with the 2013 update, you now have to pay a high subscription to stamps.com or endicia to get access. I can't return items to china anymore without applying stamps manually. Other countries have dhl and such. We have no more international mail.

I decided to price match some random items to random retailers and see how Chronocoin stacks up for value:

$15 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/hansen-beverage-diet-black-cherry-soda-12-ounce-cans-pack-of-24.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/hansen-beverage-diet-black-cherry-soda-12-ounce-cans-pack-of-24.html)
$23 http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM7574062311P?ci_src=184425893&ci_sku=SPM7574062311&sid=IDx20130125xMPALLx028 (http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM7574062311P?ci_src=184425893&ci_sku=SPM7574062311&sid=IDx20130125xMPALLx028)
$41 http://www.amazon.com/Hansens-Soda-Black-Cherry-12-Ounce/dp/B000FD5T6M (http://www.amazon.com/Hansens-Soda-Black-Cherry-12-Ounce/dp/B000FD5T6M)



$18.50 http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM7430315811P?ci_src=184425893&ci_sku=SPM7430315811&sid=IDx20130125xMPALLx028 (http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_SPM7430315811P?ci_src=184425893&ci_sku=SPM7430315811&sid=IDx20130125xMPALLx028)
$12.81 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/bare-fruit-100-organic-cinnamon-apple-chips-14-ounce.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/bare-fruit-100-organic-cinnamon-apple-chips-14-ounce.html)



$349 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230394&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Tablets-_-N82E16834230394&gclid=CKa029WT2bYCFW6CQgodbXMAbw (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230394&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Tablets-_-N82E16834230394&gclid=CKa029WT2bYCFW6CQgodbXMAbw)
$415 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2413909&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CK3Jz9eT2bYCFYiDQgodjwgAwQ (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2413909&SRCCODE=WEBGOOPA&cm_mmc_o=mH4CjC7BBTkwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CK3Jz9eT2bYCFYiDQgodjwgAwQ)
$374 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/pc-hardware-wireless-accessories-alpabetically-organized-categories-of-products-available-for-purchase-using-bitcoin/pc-hardware-available-for-purchase-using-bitcoin/asus-transformer-tf300-t-b1-bl-10-1-inch-32-gb-tablet-blue.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/pc-hardware-wireless-accessories-alpabetically-organized-categories-of-products-available-for-purchase-using-bitcoin/pc-hardware-available-for-purchase-using-bitcoin/asus-transformer-tf300-t-b1-bl-10-1-inch-32-gb-tablet-blue.html)


$599 http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini?afid=p219|GOUS&cid=AOS-US-KWG-PLA (http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/mac_mini?afid=p219|GOUS&cid=AOS-US-KWG-PLA)
$629 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/apple-mac-mini-md387ll-a-desktop-newest-version.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/apple-mac-mini-md387ll-a-desktop-newest-version.html)


$13.49 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239003 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239003)
$13.19 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/kingston-digital-datatraveler-se9-16gb-usb-2-0-flash-drive-dtse9h-16gbz.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/kingston-digital-datatraveler-se9-16gb-usb-2-0-flash-drive-dtse9h-16gbz.html)

$139 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/apparel-electronics-alpabetically-organized-categories-of-products-available-for-purchase-using-bitcoin/apparel/samsonite-luggage-delegate-ii-aluminum-attache-computer-bag-gunmetal-4-inch.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/apparel-electronics-alpabetically-organized-categories-of-products-available-for-purchase-using-bitcoin/apparel/samsonite-luggage-delegate-ii-aluminum-attache-computer-bag-gunmetal-4-inch.html)
$221 http://www.sears.com/samsonite-luggage-delegate-ii-aluminum-attache-computer-bag/p-SPM7190657408P (http://www.sears.com/samsonite-luggage-delegate-ii-aluminum-attache-computer-bag/p-SPM7190657408P)


$44 http://www.target.com/p/dickies-men-s-lined-eisenhower-jacket-assorted-colors/-/A-14156429 (http://www.target.com/p/dickies-men-s-lined-eisenhower-jacket-assorted-colors/-/A-14156429)
$37 http://chronocoin.com/index.php/dickies-mens-lined-eisenhower-jacket-dark-brown-small.html (http://chronocoin.com/index.php/dickies-mens-lined-eisenhower-jacket-dark-brown-small.html)


Looks about even to me!

Oh, interesting.... I had no idea they shut down normal access to the label generation systems. I did, however, know about the racket stamps/endicia and other such Linux-unfriendly companies have negotiated with USPS considering that generating USPS labels as a Linux using shipping customer can be nearly impossible.

Also, yeah, it would be GREAT if we had DHL here! Our international shipping options suck in the USA. You can pay FedEx or UPS $100 for a letter-weight envelope overseas... or pay USPS $15 for the same pleasure....but either way it's horrible trying to do global commerce in the USA sometimes.

Where do you get all this stuff?

Ummm.....

No https on the order page? That's insane.

Where are you located and do you have a business license?

what are you entering your cc? lol

Privacy and security are generally important if you're putting it any personal info on a website.

There's no good reason not to have one. I mean if you're lazy about setting it up sure but...

If someone capable of it is doing DPI on your bitcoin-related transactions, they won't glean any information that they don't already have from your Chronocoin transaction except perhaps your taste in beef jerky or something. Since we don't take credit cards, SSL is less of a concern for us than traditional merchants - we're going to add it soon anyway.

Chronocoin is a fully licensed company based in Delaware, USA

Unfortunately I'm not able to discuss our supply chain at this moment, but we work with some very huge names to enable Bitcoin acceptance in this medium.

It's lower on the priority list than ensuring that transactions process smoothly during our beta period, but it will be added soon.

Well I'm not a merchant and I highly value my privacy and security of the website i use. Are you protected against hacking or ddos? How do you store user info?
Where is your office located?

We also value your privacy and security :)
We're protected against hacking and ddos, and store user info in a protected database. Our location is in Lewes DE.

ssl from https://www.cheapssls.com/ is only $25 for 5 years

I already have certificates set up, but it conflicts with our DDOS protection schema. When volume increases a bit, adding SSL will become a higher priority but understandably the focus of our efforts at the moment is primarily fleshing out the platform. It's a highly advanced system which interacts with a LOT of data to enable all of the cool functionality on the site, and making sure it's 100% vetted before I can move past a quiet public beta is my utmost goal right now. The system itself has processed thousands of dollars of transactions at this point, but hunting down edge cases is crucial for any release process so that's what I'm focusing on.

ok

Good to hear you say that. ;)

I give you credit for answering these questions without any attitude.

How long do you store user data? Do you sell to 3rd parties? Protected aka encrypted truecrypt folder or? For ddos and hacking protecting who are you guys using? I didn't see any mention of it on the site.

Thank you.

Thank you for your feedback :)

We store user data for now in perpetuity, primarily to make the process of checkout + order tracking easier with our front end for users. We never sell your data. I can't discuss the exact details of the protection schema, but it's quite secure. For DDOS, we're currently on Cloudflare- as far as hacking protection, I have a background in systems engineering that is quite extensive and in fact built the entire system that processes transactions from scratch. I also did a lot of testing to ensure that the system is safe for use. It's not something that previously came to mind for mention on the site, but I'm happy you brought it up. Perhaps I'll add something to that end to the FAQ page based on your questions, thanks for helping.

I give you credit for answering these questions without any attitude.

PS great way to spend btc without getting taxed.

My pleasure, and I'm happy to do so considering it's part of the beta process and helps the company evolve in a positive direction :)

Actually, we're 100% compliant with all tax laws in both the USA and abroad. However, we make it a totally clean process for you during check out so that you can see your tax rate being applied in real-time, if you're in a zone in which it applies, and it is automatically paid to the appropriate tax authorities by our systems at checkout for you so you don't have to deal with it.

I meant if we cashed to usd, we pay gains tax.

Oh, I get your point now. The nuance was lost on me, heh.

Thanks to everyone who placed orders today, it's great to see some fresh new faces participating in our beta. Any feedback is welcome!

Have fun everyone.

Samsung 840 512GB ssd $541.84 on chronocoin, on Amazon $346.76.  A $195.08 difference, that must be a bug in your system.

I just checked, I'm not sure where you found that item on Amazon for $346 but that's a great deal! Read the description carefully as it may be refurbished or an incorrect listing, though. As far as what I'm seeing as standard pricing, Chronocoin is about on-par.

http://chronocoin.com/index.php/samsung-electronics-840-pro-series-2-5-inch-512-sata-6-0-gb-solid-state-drive-mz-7pd512bw.html is $539

http://www.serversupply.com/products/part_search/pid_lookup.asp?pid=191781&gclid=CO-ApNyG_LYCFceDQgod3gEAFQ $530

http://www.memory4less.com/m4l_itemdetail.aspx?itemid=1468453021&rid=94&origin=pla&gclid=CKbg5uiG_LYCFQ5xQgodiTEAGQ $699


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147194 is $519

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electronics-2-5-Inch-SATA_6_0_gb-MZ-7PD512BW/dp/B009NB8WTI is $484

By the way, I added a real-time inventory display to count what the system is currently adding to inventory based on your power-searching.

It's added around 500 products in the last week:
"There are currently 4885 products in stock, available to ship immediately!"

Need some condoms

You'll notice a lot of nice shiny high-resolution images have been added to the site, and we're now stocking almost 6,000 different products ready to ship immediately.

Lots and lots of progress this month, but let me know if there's any other features you'd like to see. All feedback is welcome!

Soon, perhaps :P