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Title: Accepting bitcoin on my website - Questions Post by: cheapster on May 31, 2012, 03:51:30 AM I have some pretty newbie questions about accepting bitcoin as payment.
I want to create a single point-of-sale, no-frills webpage for order entry. Enter your address and send payment to this btc address, 'GO'. I have existing customers so all I want is to streamline the process for them with an online order-form which would send me an email every time a new order comes in. I'm not a developer. I have a friend who will help me but he isn't very familiar with bitcoin yet. So here is what I want to know: 1. Should I accept payment directly to my wallet? Or should I use a 3rd party? 2. Are there any security issues with broadcasting the bitcoin addresses in my wallet to the world? 3. How do I get my website to update with a new BTC address every time an order comes in? (I'm assuming it's a good idea to use unique addresses for every order, right?) 4. Is there a decent guide/faq on how to incorporate btc as payment on a website? Thanks in advance Title: Re: Accepting bitcoin on my website - Questions Post by: Garr255 on May 31, 2012, 03:53:22 AM I have some pretty newbie questions about accepting bitcoin as payment. I want to create a single point-of-sale, no-frills webpage for order entry. Enter your address and send payment to this btc address, 'GO'. I have existing customers so all I want is to streamline the process for them with an online order-form which would send me an email every time a new order comes in. I'm not a developer. I have a friend who will help me but he isn't very familiar with bitcoin yet. So here is what I want to know: 1. Should I accept payment directly to my wallet? Or should I use a 3rd party? 2. Are there any security issues with broadcasting the bitcoin addresses in my wallet to the world? 3. How do I get my website to update with a new BTC address every time an order comes in? (I'm assuming it's a good idea to use unique addresses for every order, right?) 4. Is there a decent guide/faq on how to incorporate btc as payment on a website? Thanks in advance 1. Yes, I recommend bit-pay 2. No, just don't send out your private keys (http://private keys) :P 3. #1 4. #1 5. Profit :D Title: Re: Accepting bitcoin on my website - Questions Post by: austonst on May 31, 2012, 04:36:56 AM I've also come across http://www.paysius.com/ (http://www.paysius.com/) recently, which offers similar services as bit-pay. I'm not sure about the differences between them, but I think both are known for being good tools. You should read up on both.
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