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Bitcoin => Bitcoin Discussion => Topic started by: BitPay Business Solutions on October 16, 2012, 08:30:09 PM



Title: [ANN] BitPay Tablet point-of-sale now working in San Francisco
Post by: BitPay Business Solutions on October 16, 2012, 08:30:09 PM
Cups and Cakes Bakery in San Francisco now accepts bitcoins!

They are already using an iPad point-of-sale, they added bitcoin and BitPay for zero additional cost.

(original topic https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117786.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=117786.0) )

Cups and Cakes announcement here:

http://cupsandcakesbakery.com/2012/10/buy-cupcakes-with-bitcoins/ (http://cupsandcakesbakery.com/2012/10/buy-cupcakes-with-bitcoins/)

BitPay announcement here:

http://www.howtoacceptbitcoin.com/2012/10/accept-mobile-payments-from-any-mobile.html (http://www.howtoacceptbitcoin.com/2012/10/accept-mobile-payments-from-any-mobile.html)

http://cupsandcakesbakery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/bitpaybitcoin.jpg


Title: Re: [ANN] BitPay iPad point-of-sale now working in San Francisco
Post by: casascius on October 16, 2012, 08:36:00 PM
Is this an actual iPad app on the app store?  Or is it a web app, or one that requires a jail break?  This would be a very exciting breakthrough, given that the credit card machine is starting to get displaced by headphone jack credit card readers for mobile devices.  How convenient that iPad and iPhones already have a QR code scanner built in, and could also be made to accept paper bitcoins and bitcoin gift cards.


Title: Re: [ANN] BitPay iPad point-of-sale now working in San Francisco
Post by: BitPay Business Solutions on October 16, 2012, 08:49:47 PM
Mike it is a webpage designed for use on a phone or tablet. Right now it's just a large screen version of our Mobile Checkout. But we will add new features to it soon. The banknotes are something we would like to support.  No extra scanner required!


Title: Re: [ANN] BitPay iPad point-of-sale now working in San Francisco
Post by: ArticMine on October 16, 2012, 10:43:16 PM
Mike it is a webpage designed for use on a phone or tablet. Right now it's just a large screen version of our Mobile Checkout. But we will add new features to it soon. The banknotes are something we would like to support.  No extra scanner required!

So it avoids the whole Apple censorship issue for those merchants who wish to use Apple products as their POS. 


Title: Re: [ANN] BitPay Tablet point-of-sale now working in San Francisco
Post by: sethsethseth on October 18, 2012, 07:42:06 PM
Are you doing point-of-sale processing for anyone who is not appearing on the Real World Shops wiki?
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Real_world_shops (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Real_world_shops)

The map is showing seven restaurants/cafes in the USA.


Title: Re: [ANN] BitPay Tablet point-of-sale now working in San Francisco
Post by: BitPay Business Solutions on October 21, 2012, 06:37:14 AM
great pictures!  I will mail them a sticker for their window.  I got a handful from CryptoAnarchy.