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As in if I were going to start a new business TODAY that took BTC (no alts for this sry) what should it be?

Or if there is something already here but it is just still so needed that it's MORE IMPORTANT that counts too

Household consumables. Food and drink, bathroom and kitchen items. Light bulbs. Furniture. Clothing has some representation, but nothing like enough variety.

whorehouse.

Light bulbs are available at CVS, Kmart, and Lowe's via Gyft.

a gas station accepting bitcoins would be really awesome for car drivers.. !!! :)

Gift-Cards for android appstores!!!!

I have a tablet and I just want to make notes in pdfs - but I can't, cause I need a premium version, and I don't have a fucking credit card.

If someone finds a clue to make this, I would be the first consumer!

Gift cards for amazon.de.

$$$ is all it needs ;D

We need thousands of buyers that support bitcoin, they don't need to actively buy bitcoins, but they always accept bitcoin in exchange for local currency, at least at a bitstamp price

I found out that currently on localbitcoins.com, there are not enough buyers, mostly sellers. If there are lots of buy order there, then bitcoin can exchange to local currency wherever you go, then you can really live on bitcoin

If there are 3 guys providing cash exchange for bitcoins (small amount below $500 each time) in each major city,  then it is done!

Ironically how about a power company? lol

Ammunition, Firearms, Parts, accessories, etc. Can't think of many fun stores that will take my BTC.

i don´t think it´s purchasing goods. bitpay and all4btc take care of this.

Bakery, supermarket, convenience store, steakhouse.... actually almost everything you can name on the street

In Hong Kong, not a single friggin shop is accepting Bitcoin.  :-\

If gas stations and supermarkets ever adopted Bitcoin, I might just convert a "monthly living expenses" portion of my paycheck directly to BTC via some sort of automated process in the future. Sure, it's volatile, but losing a month's worth of living expenses isn't a huge deal, IMHO.

How about a travel service that takes bitcoins and sets up airfares, hotels, cruises, etc.

Itunes and App Store should accept btc :) apple accepting BTC would make an example for the world to accept BTc as they are one of the biggest companies around :)

Manufacturers (in any "genre" of business). I saw that one guy had gotten his manufacturer to accept bitcoin, but we need more.
How are we supposed to build an economy if the most important part of the chain still only takes fiat? We don't have anything with the manufacturers.

Insurance companies. Then we'll now the shit is real.

I think it would be nice to pay rent or buy gas in bitcoin.  I mean its so much more simple than using a credit card and all you would need with you is your phone.  Maybe it even gets to the point where we can pay credit card bills with bitcoin to save some time.

Well, aside from brick & mortar shops...

Internet Service Provider, Utility Company, (Health/Car) Insurance Provider.

That's the main ones for me.

Internet service provider would be a huge step for Bitcoin. I think it would be revolutionary for Bitcoin.

Selling/Buying internet domains.

I have some btw :)

communication compnies.. IE: internet service providers, cellular phone carriers... but of course, they are oligopolies in the U.S.

But filling up would take over 20 minutes for 6 confirmations.

Not sure if serious...

Gas stations already accept zero conf payments in the form of debit/credit card swipes. Those payment methods can take 90 days to become irreversible.

This is super easy to work around. Either do something like a reloadable debit card, where you can fill it up with BTC, and empty it in brick & mortar stores (like gas stations) and as long as the debit card issuer is trusted, 0 confs are needed, or, just accept the 0 conf transactions (places like primedice do it anyway) for smaller transactions because reversing it isn't worth the time.

I wish some of the big online companies like Amazon/ebay etc would start accepting....that would really make BTC explode

Gyft has Amazon.com, but I don't know if you can sign up from Germany.

How about education?

Someone get the Ron Paul curriculum to accept BTC!!!

BTC is anti middle man (and thus reduces corruption). IMO, people should start looking into a way to decentralize those parts that fucks up most of society and eliminate the human middleman from these industries: insurance, healthcare, court system, banking, government, energy industry and the weapons industry. Solve those issues and it seriously jeopardizes the power of the corrupt rich families.

Have some of these at http://fs.thebutterzone.com but it's a liquidation, not a business.

Lets' make the list easier.
What we have now paying with bitcoins ?
And remove bitpay , it's just like using cc cards , another middleman.

Cavirtex is about to come out with a BTC debit card. Probably could solve all of the day to day payment issues with BTC.

I've always felt that BTC should be primarily an internet currency. Buying stuff at Amazon and Ebay, paying for website hosting, games etc. Anything you need online should be a click away with BTC, no risk of identity theft and no interest.

You can buy domains with NMC but it would be nice to pay for their hosting by BTC or NMC. Not too sure how NMC .bit works.

The best business would be a paypal type that can effectively connect BTC with fiat making it easy to buy BTC with credit cards. It is sad that a internet currency cannot be bought directly on the internet the same way you buy movies and items.

Apple will be the last one will accept BTC because they charge 30% commission in their payment system.

Bitcoin polliceman!!!

That is not quite as convenient as paying at the POS.

Yet that is encouraging.

So maybe it is only the concentrated distribution of Bitcoin that is holding us back.

if ya wanna make cash with BTC , just like the early adopters did .. then u need to start a BTC business venture .. ie be an early adopter in the business section...

and i dont mean gambling,alcohol,tabaco,porn, etc..  :P

lol +1

Haha, miners could pay in btc and realise their 0 profits

We're slowly getting there, many seller's are now accepting BTC at checkout.

It'd be quite easy, too (... well - for an existing ISP). Super-low maintenance compared to accepting cash. If there isn't payment on due date, the gateway user software simply locks the the user out. Pay monthly rate later, you're able to use the network again -- no fussing with CSRs.

Would be great with a WISP, and allow a dramatically more frictionless on-demand service.

As for needs, insurance is probably toward the top of the list. Insurance and an exchange serving the US which isn't always on the verge of being hacked or shut down. The cheap, easy-to-do reselling stuff is already covered.

I'm amazed nobody said whores until now..

One branch of Subway in Slovakia is already accepting bitcoin. So food and drink has made a good progress with bitcoin as a currency! But as you wrote, it's nothing like enough variety. :D

Why just go onto Tor, they all take Bitcoin :P

I am working on that now:

http://www.skidarmory.com

Gun accessories, grips, magazines, ammunition, spare parts, reloading components. Straight out of the great state of Texas.

Businesses solely working with BTC.

Brick-and-mortar exchanges, supermarkets, hardware stores, gas stations...

We're getting there, but there's a way to go yet.

This is legit, like FFL and all, right? This sounds way better than all the "dirty" weapons coming from Tor.