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Economy => Trading Discussion => Topic started by: hihog11 on December 23, 2011, 03:02:14 AM



Title: World Bitcoin Market-suspend business
Post by: hihog11 on December 23, 2011, 03:02:14 AM
II am sad to see them go http://bitcoinworldmarket.com


Title: Re: World Bitcoin Market-suspend business
Post by: adamstgBit on December 23, 2011, 05:55:09 AM
 :'(
Spend your coins, people!


Title: Re: World Bitcoin Market-suspend business
Post by: GoWest on December 23, 2011, 06:25:44 AM
http://www.thebitcointrader.com/2011/12/bitcoin-and-conventional-business-do.html

Bitcoin and Conventional Business do not Mix

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It's time to be truly honest about what we're up against in terms of motivating the adoption of Bitcoin.

Imagine the best-case scenario where Bitcoin exchanges accept credit cards, directly. There is absolutely no way they will be able to drop a credit card deposit fee below a very generous 2%, and that's assuming that chargebacks won't happen, which they will.

Add the additional 0.5%, or so, that you would have to pay for actually buying the Bitcoins on the exchange, and you're looking at a minimum of 2.5% in fees from the get-go. That 2.5% already negates any savings that a merchant could offer for someone willing to pay with Bitcoin. Right there, we know it makes absolutely no sense to offer a product or service for Bitcoin when the same thing can already be acquired with credit cards or PayPal. Now you understand why Cheaper-in-Bitcoins made almost no sales whatsoever, and why you'll never see Amazon adopt Bitcoin.

I will add that, yes, there are ways to purchase Bitcoins without credit cards, but they are inconvenient and the savings would not be sufficient to motivate someone to go out and buy Bitcoins so they can buy conventional goods online.

The rest of my post talks about where Bitcoin will succeed.


Title: Re: World Bitcoin Market-suspend business
Post by: Matthew N. Wright on December 23, 2011, 06:30:47 AM
:'(
Spend your coins, people!

Offer something worth buying!

If I could buy orange juice, cereal, pay my rent and utilities and go to a theme park with bitcoins, why would I ever hold on to them?


Title: Re: World Bitcoin Market-suspend business
Post by: NothinG on December 23, 2011, 06:45:11 AM
:'(
Spend your coins, people!

Offer something worth buying!

If I could buy orange juice, cereal, pay my rent and utilities and go to a theme park with bitcoins, why would I ever hold on to them?
How about Steam games?


Title: Re: World Bitcoin Market-suspend business
Post by: robocop on December 23, 2011, 09:00:10 AM
If I could pay with Bitcoin then I would use it.

But the problem is that the most public shops donīt accept Bitcoin and the small shops donīt have the suitable products which I want or the price is too high because any shops and trader try to make the big money and become public with Bitcoin.

So I donīt see the problem of hoarding or speculation because what the Bitcoin owner should do else with Bitcoin?

Play poker and make the owner of that sides rich ;-) ?
Donate projects?  But hundred of Bitcoins?
Buy things what he doesnīt need or want?

Patience is it what we need and then Bitcoin will accepted more and more. ;-)