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Using http://www.bitwage.co I am getting paid 100% in Bitcoin so most of my spending is in Bitcoin. As I find more useful sites I will post the links and write up a quick review. Post here if you have some useful sites for every day Bitcoin spending (not obscure "you can buy knitting needles at this place online" links).

http://www.purse.io (https://app.purse.io/?_r=W44SlA)
http://www.bitwa.la
http://www.cheapair.com
http://www.expedia.com
http://www.steampowered.com
http://www.localbitcoins.com
http://www.gyft.com
http://www.egifter.com
http://www.anxpro.com
http://www.bitronictech.net
http://www.takeaway.com
http://www.bit-x.com
http://www.bitrefill.com
http://www.billpayforcoins.com DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!!!

Purse.io
I love this site when I need to buy most things online. If you can buy it on Amazon.com you can use purse.io. Purse.io allows you to buy anything on Amazon and get around 8% to 30% off, every time. Even if you don't use Bitcoin for anything else, it is a no brainer if you are going to buy something on Amazon to use purse.io.
How can they give such big discounts? Amazon has this thing called Mechanical Turk, people all over the world can do simple tasks that computers cannot yet do and get paid a small wage. People in poor countries will do this and make a few dollars a day. But they get paid in Amazon points. It takes months for them to get those points turned into their local currency.
Purse.io allows people to buy your Amazon order for you and they get paid when the shipment arrives. If you're worried about people using stolen credit cards or anything for the purchse, Purse.io has a $10,000 guarantee that they will put toward any problem with your order.

Bitwala
Pay your bills with bitcoins in Europe. It allows you to make a SEPA transfer paying with bitcoins and the recipient receives the payment in euros. They charge .5% for the payment and the exchange rate they use is close to the EUR/BTC rate on most exchanges. You can send up to 200 euro per month, 500 with a simple e-mail verification and 2000 euro with utility bill scan and passport scan. I used it to pay 500 euro of my rent and am waiting on verification of my documents to pay the rest. I will also be able to use this to pay the many speeding tickets that the cameras like to send me.

Cheap Air
I use this site all the time for booking my flights. I have compared the prices to other sites and their price is usually within one or two dollars of the cheapest site. It's easy, convenient and you can pay with bitcoins. One cool feature they have is that if your fare drops any time after you buy the tickets before your flight, they will give you a voucher for the difference (up to $100). I used it once and was quite pleased.

Expedia Hotels
Though I do like using airBnB for some of my stays, they do not accept Bitcoin so I tend to go with Expedia. You can book a hotel room and pay with bitcoins. There are some hotels that do not have Bitcoin as an option (I'm not sure why) but about 90% do accept it. I've built up gold status on there and while it gives me a few perks on hotels it is not as good as some hotel reward programs that I have used (like Holiday Inn and Marriot rewards programs). But I did get a $150 coupon for a hotel stay by reaching that status and some hotels have VIP status that gives me stuff like a free bottle of wine or candy in my room.

Steam
Haven't used this myself yet but it appears to be working well for people to top up their steam accounts using bitcoins. You can't pay exactly for the game, you choose your amounts (like a gift card) but it should get you close enough. Great place to buy video games.

LocalBitcoins
This is very useful for me, my paycheck is in dollars converted to bitcoins through BitWage but I live in Germany where they spend euros. By selling my bitcoins on localbitcoins I am able to have some cash to pay for local things like food and restaurants. LocalBitcoins is actually banned in Germany but I still talk to one or two guys that are willing to trade so I have enough spending money for rent and food.

Gyft
I used this site to buy an eBay gift card. It was pretty easy to sign up and buy a card with bitcoins. Right after I bought the card I received the coupon code. I then went onto eBay and plugged in the code and got the discount (the site says to wait up to 4 hours but it took it right away). On eBay I still had to "pay" the $0 charge with PayPal but that was just a matter of signing in and accepting the $0 fee. Everything beyond that was just like buying something on eBay. For that card I could only choose $5 increments up to $50, then the increments increased. I actually chose an item based on the fact that it was $43.97 instead of a more expensive version over $60 because of this. I received some "points" for using bitcoins which I assume will go toward a discount on a future purchase. I believe it is 3% back for bitcoin purchases.

Gyft and Egifter have around 100 or so businesses they sell gift cards for from Home Depot to Applebees, Chilis, Lowes, Amazon, TJ Maxx, Burger King and on and on...if I was in the US I would use this a lot.

Egifter
Egifter is similar to Gyft but I was able to buy an eBay gift card in $1 increments, I purchased a gift code for $95. With this one it took a few hours before I could use the code on eBay but it worked the same as Gyft taking the purchase price to $0 before asking me to pay with my PayPal account. Gyft and Egifter appear to have about the same amount of stores, they could be off by a few I'm sure. Egifter gave me some points, more than Gyft but I have not explored how to use them yet.

BitWage
If you are working in the US and you get your salary direct deposited you should try this site. They work with payroll companies to convert your paycheck to bitcoins. Most companies allow you to break your paycheck into multiple direct deposit accounts with a percentage in each account. I suggest you try the site and at least do 5-10% of your paycheck converted to bitcoin to see how convenient it is and useful for having bitcoins to spend.

ANXPro
ANXPro is an exchange but they offer a debit card that you can fund with bitcoins. I received my card and am a bit disappointed by the charging cost and the delay. When I received and activated my card I went to the site and chose the option to fund my card with bitcoins. The site converts your bitcoins to dollars, the bitcoin dollar price when I went to charge the card was about $246. They charged the card at a rate of $235/BTC. So they are basically taking 5% to charge the card. So then I went to the store and tried to use it and it was declined. It was not until about 3 days later that I received an e-mail that said that my card had been funded. So as of right now, though they offer a solution, I do not see it as very useful. I would rather not lose 5% in purchasing value, and needing to charge the card several days in advance means I am not really converting my bitcoins to pay for a purchase, but instead just converting my bitcoins to dollars and funding a debit card (which could likely be done quicker and cheaper another way).

Bitronic Tech
I use this site for my hosting service. They have good rates, they do a lot of different hosting configurations giving you a Linux server of whatever variety you might want. I like that I can pay their monthly bill in bitcoins because throughout the month if the price goes up a lot I just pay my monthly hosting bill before the price settles down. And the fact that I pay in bitcoins means I can drop them at any time (just by not paying) and they won't keep charging my card until I jump through hoops on the phone to get them to drop me.

Takeaway.com
Takeaway.com is a great website for finding a local restaurant (mainly pizza) that delivers or offers take-out. You give them your zip code and it gives you a list of all of the restaurants in the area they support. It has reviews of each restaurant and the minimum required purchase for delivery. It even has a good timer to show if it is open or how long from right now it will be open. When you click on a restaurant it gives you a simple menu to choose from. You choose your food just like you would buy anything else online, putting it into your cart. When you check out you give your address and phone number which you can create an account to save for you. Then you just choose payment in bitcoin and send your bitcoins. Very simple. I ordered a hamburger and some dessert last night from a local burger place. Everything went smoothy, I received an e-mail when my bitcoins were received and one acknowledging that the restaurant was working on my order. I'm in Germany so I was redirected to www.lieferando.de but they have sites all over the world doing the same thing. My order went well, I won't critique the meal because that has nothing to do with the site. But I like that I can buy food with bitcoins. Update: used this a second time, for both orders I tried to add a message to the "remarks" box and both times the remarks were ignored (no onions on pizza, etc), just an FYI.

Bit-x
Bit-x is a debit card where you load bitcoins and upon purchase with the card the charge is converted to the currency used by the merchant. As of right now I only used it for one purchase so I will go by that. When setting up the card you choose the currency you want the card denominated in. Being in Europe I chose euros. I have not yet used the card in europe but when I was in the US I was at a restaurant that did not accept cash so I pulled out this card hoping it would work. Surprisingly it did even though I forgot the PIN (used it as a credit card). From a quick glance at the balance the card converted my total from bitcoins to euros to dollars. The euro/dollar conversion looked legit (not an outrageous conversion rate) but I did not check for exact numbers so I'm not sure if they add an exchange rate per purchase. I will likely start using it more and check the numbers for rates. But all around it is a decent card and works as advertised.

Bitrefill
The phone plan I use uses prepaid cards. My carrier is 02 but this site covers dozens of prepaid phone choices. It conveniently just asks for your phone number then finds your carrier for you. Then you provide your email address and choose the card amount you want to buy. Simple QR payment and 10 minutes or so later your phone is topped up. I used to have to go to the store, buy the card, get the number on the receipt then go home and go the the 02 website to give the card number and wait for the phone to top up. This so much easier.

BillPay For Coins
This is a bill pay website where you enter the address of your payee and they send the payment for you. I am still in the process of trying my first payment, I will give more information on how it goes. The current fee is 1.99%
DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE!!!

Suggested websites in the thread:
http://cardflip.com - huge discounts on some gift cards, plus 3% more with bitcoin
http://egifter.com - similar to gyft
http://whollyhemp.com - soap and other products
http://inyfootprintcoffe.com - coffee
http://bitbrew.net/ - coffee
http://www.bitcoinshop.us - several items
http://bitstickers.net - stickers
http://allthingsluxury.biz/ - luxury goods
https://www.namecheap.com/ - hosting service
http://www.9flats.com - rooms for nightly rent
http://www.newegg.com/ - computer stuff
http://www.tigerdirect.com/ - computer stuff
http://www.dell.com/ - computers
http://www.microsoftstore.com/ - microsoft products
http://www.overstock.com/ - online store
http://www.rakuten.com - online store
http://www.pexpeppers.com - hot sauce and honey
http://www.cryptosextoys.com - sex toys

Canada:
https://bylls.com/ - pay your bills

Phillipines:
http://rebit.ph
http://bills.ninja
http://mobileshop.ph - top up your phone
http://piiko.com - top up your phone

cardflip.com - huge discounts on some gift cards, plus 3% more with bitcoin
egifter.com - similar to gyft
whollyhemp.com - soap and other products
tinyfootprintcoffe.com - coffee
All are favorites of mine that I use all the time and would confidently recommend to others.

has anyone used http://www.bitcoinshop.us/index.php ?

they have the widest selection of stuff ive seen from most online BTC stores...

to add to the list, Ive used http://bitstickers.net/ and they were very good.

This is one that I came across the other day but I haven't really tried it myself

http://allthingsluxury.biz/

If you are into online marketing, you definitely shouldn't miss out https://www.namecheap.com/ where you can get domains and hosting

Yes, NameCheap is good. I included the hosting service I use in the OP.

Thanks for the good links, I'll be sure to try some out if I'm looking for something they provide.

I really like this too
Never tried any other than LBC but this

I did see this: https://billpayforcoins.com/

A Bitcoin Bill Pay service but I think their 3% fee is a bit steep. But it might be useful for someone.

Update on this site:

Purse.io has been the go to site for me too. I wonder how they are able to offer such good discounts

For Canadian user, we got https://bylls.com/ to paid bills!  ;D

rebit.ph and bills.ninja are AWESOME sites from the phillipines that I wish were available to utilize stateside.

I also offer stickers on my own storefront.

I was hoping to hear what its like working for independently on bitwage.

I have used Brawker several times now, and I like it. Generally you get a discount rate of 5-8% on whatever you buy. I had a few issues with some orders but Brawker was always fair and refunded my BTC from escrow promptly.

The thing to consider when using Brawker is that you need to add at least 3 extra days of order processing time to physical goods you buy, so don't use it if you're in a hurry, and beware of merchants that might have low inventory levels of the thing you want. I imagine things that might be potential returns (like shoes or clothes) might be avoided as well, just due to the hassle.

Thanks, I just used the site for the first time and was pleased.

Just saw that you can rent from http://www.9flats.com for something like AirBnB. I haven't used it but it looks promising.


Got that from this link from a guy living just on bitcoins:
http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/2w4dnw/ama_i_have_been_living_almost_exclusively_on_btc/

I noticed they lowered it to about 2.5%, which is still way too high. I'll start using them after they offer a low flat rate.

Yeah...they should offer flat rates as promotion at least..Ill try it if they do.

There was a .ph website for mobile recharge. I can not exactly recall the name. If you get to know about it, that might worth listing.

you've forgotted to post about pesobang.com (site under construction now to add some things)
this is an online shopping website which accept bitcoins only as a payment method... ;) and delivers worldwide... And i've bought some thing on this website ;)

you're trying say this website -> mobileshop.ph
but i prefer piiko.com <- coz of faster payment with coinbase and good user interface ;)
have done mobile recharges worth more than Rs.1000 and still counting...

What about computers, parts, electronics, software, and miscellaneous?

http://www.newegg.com/

http://www.tigerdirect.com/

http://www.dell.com/

http://www.microsoftstore.com/

http://www.overstock.com/


Thought these would be among the first on the list!   :D

 I have used localbitcoins and Gyft , they really are great!
Haven't tried any other and bitwage seems interesting , i might give it a try in future

Thanks to Elwar I just started using Bitwage.co and I highly recommend it. Great customer service, only took about a day and a phone call (and an email essay) to get setup. They did want an image of my driver's license and passport, but who doesn't. My first transaction came through today and it worked perfectly.

There is also no fee for using Bitwage right now, so it's really the best deal going to get more BTC.

 8)
No fee?
Wow! that could turn out the best way to buy btc
Are they international ?

>best way to buy btc
I agree! Now I'm just waiting for Coinapult to implement multisig for Locks and all my troubles are over.

> international
They currently service Europe and the US, but as I understand it they are expanding to other areas as well.

I will wait for the to go international , this could really bring a big change

This was the most interesting thing for me, i already knew of most ways to spend my coins but did not know of a way of getting my paycheck in coins. Anymore insight into using bitwage? Which exchange rates do they use?

I've found that a great place to actually get Bitcoin in the first place. It's called Gebbit.com. I have tried the service, and it works excellently. The exchange offers a sleek new interface for all users. I found trading to be super easy! I managed to get a profit trading Bitcoin, because the fees were so low.

I highly recommend the site to everyone!

Best Regards,
Eric

Hi there,

Thanks for your comment.

We are mobileshop.ph your leading bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin mobile and dth tv recharge provider.

in austria (and some more EU countries, guess england too) you can order food (pizza & more) at

http://www.lieferservice.at/

and pay with BTC

 :)

Thanks for the links :) purse is the best service I think and good solution too for me.
Also I know some site which accept bit coin for purchase a game but I forget the link.

This is the English version!

http://www.takeaway.com/

I bought my first ever donar kebab with bitcoin through them!

Updated with my AnxPro debit card review. Looks like I need to consider other cards.

You might also update it to reflect the death of Brawker :(

My guess is that they are buying XBT off exchange somewhere from a wholesaler. The rate I have received is what I would consider reasonable and they charge no fee at all, so I'm completely satisfied in that department.

They are very customer service oriented and great to work with, but it takes time to get an account established.

I applied for the XAPO card a few days ago, I'll report back if/when I receive it and whether or not it works. I read some reviews that sounded chipper but they could be paid for. Right now XAPO appears to be a customer service black hole, so I have my doubts. I sure as hell am not sending any XBT to them until I get a physical debit card from them first.

I found you can apply for the card through the XAPO site as well as through Bitwage.co, I did both but I'm not sure I understand how that process works and if I duplicated the request or not.

This site is pretty awesome. They have service here in my small town in Germany too. They will even deliver beer. I will definitely give it a try this weekend.

Thank you guys, I used the service and updated the OP. Pretty cool ordering food with bitcoins.

This isn't an every day site but I used it so I'll give it a review here.

http://www.pexpeppers.com

Living in Germany they think ketchup is spicy. I like some of my food to be spicy. I have Tabasco but that's just a flavoring.

I ordered the Killer Swarm:
https://www.pexpeppers.com/k0ntent/uploads/2014/11/961113_1024776354214663_1447653518_n-600x640.jpg
https://www.pexpeppers.com/product/pexpeppers-killerswarm/

It does the job. Made with scorpion peppers it has a good kick to it. I added it to some wing sauce and it was quite tasty, I just added a few squirts to about 12 wings to it wasn't too hot. But I tried a plain finger dab when I first got it. At first I didn't feel it but then it kicked in good. Some good burn, but not overwhelming.

How comes localbitcoins is banned in Germany?

How is it banned?
The ISP blocks access?

And does that work for them?  ::)

You can get an endless supply of sex gadgets from www.cryptosextoys.com

Hey, this might be a bit late for Mother's Day, but here goes : http://olga-star.com/ {Best jewellery site around, to spend BTC}

Others we might add :

https://bitcoingeneralstore.com/ and for some coffee ---> http://bitbrew.net/ {Just check with small orders first... or contact the owner.. this is a old site, and I did not order any coffee lately}

Hey cool thread Elwar.
How the hell have I never seen this before, this is going straight on my watch list.
Mods can we flag this thread & make it a sticky.

Really helpful man, very informative too because I sometimes feel uneasy thinking about using random sites incase I get scammed.
This is cool though, word of mouth & recommendations are so important for us all as a community.

Looks like an IP block. I can still access it from work on a US system.

I will not advertise how that is working out for them ;)

I'm gonna try BitWage...

Thanks for this thread!  ;)
should be a sticky, so it could be updated....

for Australians, this service which allows you to pay BPay bills(all utilities practically, often rent, fines, credit card bills, loads of bills have a BPAY code) w/ Bitcoin: https://www.livingroomofsatoshi.com

this makes it a lot easier for a person in aus to almost live off BTC alone..

closed for a while but has re-opened now  :)

Yes, I agree. Can we leave this thread on top? It's very useful for newcomers and everyone else.
Thanks

Updated my takeaway.com review after using it a second time.

Has anyone else used this service and had something you put in the "remarks" box ignored? It might be a German thing or just based on each restaurant's system.

Added review of Gyft and added egifter.

Thanks a lot. May be the 20 best Bitcoin sites would be the optimum for daily use  ;D

Just an FYI for takeaway.com which points to lieferservice.de in Germany. lieferservice.de has stopped accepting bitcoins but said they plan on bringing it back.
They merged with another company that didn't accept them and used the new company's payment processor.

IMO, https://atriark.com is a great site for acquiring large sums of Bitcoin without having to give away all your personal info.

How is it different from all of the other exchanges?

AWESOME!

I wish Opening Post was updated frequently. I checked some links and I some of them are unfortunately dead now, for example: http://www.tigerdirect.com/ (http://www.tigerdirect.com/) or http://www.cryptosextoys.com  (http://www.cryptosextoys.com)

Tiger Direct is alive and well and should go on for a while. As for the second link...not touching that one right now at work.

The ones below my reviewed links are just ones posted in the thread, not day to day spending. I do use them frequently and update if they go away.

hey it seems that g2a is accepting bitcoin, i just discovered it recently, it appear to be in current since 1 week at least, probably more, news report it from 13 of this month

Thanks for your great job and opening that thread,will be very useful

Check out Rakuten, they have Bitcoin payments for a while now, I have done some shopping and the experience was good. They are going to have a Halloween special where they will have offers. If you want something like a videoconsole or games or a smartphone I think they have good prices


http://www.rakuten.com/loc/Bitcoin/82406.html

we here at PexPeppers are back at it! https://www.pexpeppers.com

Ok they eliminate international fees and comissions for themselves.

But when the employee wants to spend his bitcoin, he has to turn it into fiat, which will then make it subject to those costs later.

So what they did was they just outsourced the employer costs to the employee.


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Now when bitcoin becomes accepted by more merchants, they wont have to change it, but so far this is not useful for 99% of the population.

But still nice to see innovation like this.

Huh? Are you talking about BitWage?

When I want to spend bitcoin I either spend the bitcoin or get paid a percentage when someone buys it from me for fiat. And when I use it in places like Amazon I get a 20% discount. Having bitcoins puts you in the advantaged position when spending money.

I'd suggest that if you want to add a link to a site, it would be a good idea to clarify
whether they are in NYC - because of the bitlicense thing.

I had an account frozen for two years because of FACTA so I'm a bit paranoid about these things.

How does one get a bitcoin account frozen?

These sites are all for spending bitcoins. Bitcoin does not care if it is being sent to NYC.

Any thoughts on Bitwa.la ?

My work blocks it due to "Mal Ware site".

Its been reported in some of the press but I cant find any volume of reviews on it.

Anyone have any experience of it? It would suit my rental payments. BTC to GBP transfer.

Ahh, I see. A SEPA bill pay service in Europe. I'll have to check it out when I get home. This could have saved my co-worker from getting a bank account just so he can pay his electricity bill here. I'll definitely use it the next time I get a speeding camera ticket (inevitable).

Update: Just used bitwa.la to pay my rent. Pretty sweet site for those in Europe. Review added to the OP.

I just checked their site.

Both paypal and sepa transfers. That's nice.

The site looks trustyworthy too with a phone no. + design.

Thanks mate, i will send it to my european friends who owe me money:)

Nice lists you guys made here. Really helpful and will help me out with future transactions and buying some good stuff with my bitcoins.

I will save them in my handy list of btc sites too.

Finally used my Bit-x card. Pretty decent. Updated the list with my review.

Elwar this has to be one of the most useful threads on the forum. Great service to the community, nice one bro!

Great info provided and some great reveiws, many thanks for that  ;D

That's some really useful information, especially the service that allows you to pay for sepa transfers in Bitcoin.
I had no idea that even existed. I wish this thread could be stickied, I'm definitely bookmarking it!

Thanks for the list and information mate, that's very complete and nice review. maybe i will try purse.io to buy something. and the promotion quite good there.

Added Bitrefill.com for topping up phone cards. Amazingly simple site, I only regret not finding it sooner. Very handy for prepaid phone plans.

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Added Steam to the list.

Haven't used it yet personally, will update when I do.

Bump for those that haven't seen this list since the price increase.

And again for this increase. Don't sell, spend.

Hi all,

Not sure if you have seen our new website Bitkoyn.com - we offer Bitcoin Top up Service.

Feel free to check us out to see all our services.

Have a happy holidays!  :)

For those new to Bitcoin.

Great list, I don't spend too much bitcoin but when i do, i just spend it on the steam to buy some games and sustain the things that i need there. I think i will try the purse site because it says that i can use it to buy things on amazon which i will get a few discount. Thanks to the list, great help! ;D.

I didnt really try any of this site but this is really cool that there are site that accepting bitcoin this site i already this one of the site just a minute a go and it looking good so far thanks for the info.