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Want to buy U.S.-only products with Bitcoin?
Need a U.S. address and/or credit card to do so?
Coinsfer.com can help (http://coinsfer.com/).

There are services that help you buy U.S.-only products. There are services that help you buy products with Bitcoin. Now there is a service that does both (http://coinsfer.com/)!

There are many large U.S. retailers which will only ship to the U.S. Many of them also require a U.S. credit card. But you don't live in the U.S. or have a U.S. credit card, and you want to buy with Bitcoin. That's where we come in (http://coinsfer.com/).

How It Works

•    You send us your email and links to products you wish to buy
•    We calculate the cost of your order, including shipping to your door, and then email you an itemized payment link showing each cost
•    You complete your order, including your shipping address, via a secure Coinbase payment page (none of this information is ever stored on our website)
•    We pay for your order, it ships to our U.S. address, then we complete the customs declaration and ship it to you - providing tracking info all the way
•    You love our service so much you come back for more, and the cycle repeats!

We have tried to answer any questions on our FAQ page (http://coinsfer.com/faq/). If you have one not listed, please post here or contact us (http://coinsfer.com/contact/).

First customer pays no Coinsfer.com tip in exchange for a quick review here!

We believe in the power of Bitcoin to transform international commerce. Let's do it (http://coinsfer.com/)!

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Coinsfer.com (http://coinsfer.com/) is a venture of Infinite Schema LLC – a Florida, U.S.-based company.

UPDATE: Short/partial list with examples of companies which don't ship internationally from the U.S. and only accept payments by U.S. issued credit cards:

• http://amazon.com/ (many products)
• http://www.walmart.com/
• http://www.target.com/
• http://www.bestbuy.com/
• http://www.newegg.com/
• http://www.thinkgeek.com/
• http://store.apple.com/us/
• http://www.kohls.com/
• http://www.pacsun.com/
• http://www.rakuten.com/ (formerly Buy.com)
• http://www.nike.com/us/en_us/
• http://www.ralphlauren.com/home/index.jsp?ab=global_cs_us_UK
• http://www.qvc.com/
• http://www.dsw.com/
• http://www.zappos.com/
• http://us.levi.com/home/index.jsp
• http://www.coach.com/
• http://www.oakley.com/
• http://www.bathandbodyworks.com/
• http://www.6pm.com/
• http://www.nautica.com/
• http://www.urbandecay.com/
• http://www.swimoutlet.com/
• Have another one? Please let us know!

Just a note that this opening promotion is still available as of right now! It takes just a couple minutes to send us your order (http://coinsfer.com/)...

How are you going to establish trust with your users?

Hi, thanks for your question. We realize we are newcomers to this market, so we will establish trust the old-fashioned way: by providing an excellent service which leaves our customers happy. Ultimately, just like any other company which provides a service in exchange for payment (Bitcoin OR fiat), the only way to really establish trust is to actually begin accepting payments and providing our service. This is why we're offering the opening promotion above. We're in it for the long haul, so we want to leave our customers happy so you'll come back for more and tell all your friends. If you like, just try a smaller order to start with. You'll see how great our service is! :)

Since we are physically located in the U.S. we are able to provide a service which, to our knowledge, no one else currently offers: shipping items from the many U.S. retailers which require a U.S. shipping address (and/or U.S. credit card) AND accepting payment for these items in Bitcoin.

Just updated original post with short/partial list with examples of companies which don't ship internationally from the U.S. and only accept payments by U.S. issued credit cards (and if you have more sites to add please let us know!).

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks mate.

Well that would save me a PITA of buying expensive Canadian Textbooks and getting cheap US ones lol :)
So keeping this under observation

We had a big influx of traffic yesterday (mostly from reddit), and received a good number of orders, and well over 2.5 BTC (~$1600) in orders already paid and in progress. And we're ready for more!

Always good to know that our service is in demand! Looking forward to working with you.

Indeed! We'd love to help you with that.

I REALLY suggest you ask your customers to post about their positive success either in this thread or in some kind of subreddit. It helps a TON with building reputation and getting people to fucking love you.

By the way, we are totally working on this. Of course, Bitcoin buyers love their anonymity, not to mention that the process of purchasing U.S.-only items, waiting for them to ship to our U.S. address, then waiting for them to ship overseas can take a week or two. But, all in due time :)

I'll give this a try (and review the service afterwards for CryptoCoinsNews), let's see how it pans out :)

Hey, thanks so much! Looks like your order came in during those few hours where we're asleep (;)) but we're on it now!

 Order Total $189.99
Estimated Shipping (to you): [Shipping Weight 2 lbs] via DHL Express (1-4 business days): $28.08  (this is to Europe)
Subtotal: $218.07
Coinsfer.com Tip (5%): $10.90
Handling: $10

Total price : 238.97$

50$ more expensive for S&H? It's a bit over the top if you ask me....I'll think this over, but by the current look of it, I'll have to pass :)

Well, the shipping ($28.08) we unfortunately have no control over, that's just how much it costs to ship your item international. The handling ($10) is approximately what it actually costs us to order your product, ship it, etc. Lastly the 5% tip ($10.90) is our actual profit on the whole order. $10.90 is not really a ton of profit in USD, just enough to make it worthwhile really, but a big part of the reason we're doing this is just to further the cause of Bitcoin to transform international commerce (because screw the fiat protectionist bankster system ;)). But, it's up to you :)

Don't get me wrong, I figured where these costs were coming from :)

Shipping to and from EU is just....ridiculously expensive, I've had to cancel some "sell item x for Bitcoin" plans because of that (50$ for a box under 2 kg to US, takes at least 2 weeks to arrive, seriously?)

Your profit margin is indeed fairly low, and it wasn't my intention to criticize it :)

The only other cost to factor in, for me, would be import fees, which can run up to another 35 euro or more, so it wouldn't be worth it, if you factor everything in....

As I said, I'll think about it :) I just posted the details to give people an idea of what to expect :)

Very happy that this service exists. I sent you guys a small order with some replacement parts for a TV.

Indeed, happy to have you do so :)

Thanks for your order!

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In addition to our normal purchasing service, we now support subscriptions as well. For example, we recently had a customer inquiry about purchasing a subscription to http://ustvnow.com - a service which provides U.S. TV channels overseas. We are providing this subscription for just $39/mo! If you're interested in a subscription to other online services, please let us know and we will provide a quote.

Important note: for the time being we are only taking a limited number of subscription accounts. We currently have 3 subscription accounts remaining, so contact us now!

How can you expect it to be cheap for a US company to ship something internationally?

I sent a PM, but then thought I'd ask publicly, too, in case others have similar questions.
 
I see in your FAQ a list of prohibited items, but is that list a "no matter what" list or just by final destination?
 
For instance, here in Kansas it's completely legal for me to have firearm accessories shipped to my door, like say I want to buy a new AR-15 upper half.  (not a complete gun, the lower half (lower receiver specifically) has the serial number and requires a FFL transfer).
 
I'm not sure of Florida gun laws, but I think you Floridians can have various firearm accessories shipped to you, too?
 
So are you just taking a "we won't do these no matter what" purchases, or are you willing to have wiggle room for states that it is legal to do so?
 
I've had my eye on a new Spike's upper for a while, but since Amazon doesn't do those kinds of items, I've been having to wait. :)

I think this is a great idea. I apologize if this was mentioned in the FAQ and I missed it, but I imagine you'd also be willing to ship to US-based addresses if someone wanted to anonymize a purchase?

d*sh network?

Can you facilitate domestic BTC -> Western Union/Vanilla Reload/Bank Of America Deposit/ETC currency conversions? (To facilitate paying bills with BTC, For example.)

Also, You should simplify in your OP that your service specializes in being a purchasing proxy. Perhaps post in the title "U.S. based purchasing proxy service" to make that more clear. ;)

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes, unfortunately we must strictly adhere to our prohibited and restricted items policy, in this case "Firearms, weaponry and their parts". While Coinsfer.com is as pro-gun as can possibly be (in fact, we own many of them :)), if we don't make every effort to comply with the arbitrary laws of the gang of highway robbers calling themselves the "U.S. government", they will throw us in cages (or worse). And you can bet that the "U.S. government" is just itching to take down people like us who provide an alternative to the entrenched payment systems of their banker bosses... if you catch my drift ;)

Again, sorry that we cannot help on this specific purchase, but we would love to work with you on other purchases.

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes, we certainly can do this! Just submit the form on our site to get started :)

Absolutely! Just submit the form on our site to get started!

Thanks for your question and feedback! We can indeed facilitate paying bills with BTC. However, in order to avoid FinCEN issues we can't convert directly to other currencies.

Your post gives us a good opportunity to announce that we have exciting changes coming to our website and services offered. Stay tuned for updates coming soon!

We have posted the news about all our new services in this new thread (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=417547.0), so we'll refer everyone there and lock this thread now. Thanks!