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OK. So I compleeeetely misunderstood. See? That's why I posted 


Yes! This is exactly what I wanted. So services such as Coinbase and BitPay are in case where [my] customer already owns Bitcoin and wants to purchase my product via Bitcoin - correct?
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I started a small business with a retail location and would like to accept Bitcoin for purchases (via customer credit card). I've read about services such as BitPay, Coinbase, Coinify, etc... and I still don't understand how the actual, physical process works. Since most people in regular communities are new to Bitcoin, they will want to know the details and I need to be able to explain it to them in a way that will make them feel comfortable with the process.

Currently, when a customer wants to pay via credit card:

1. I plug the little card reader into my phone
2. Launch the processor's app
3. Enter amount of sale
4. Swipe customer's credit card
5. Get approval and customer signs
6. Processor takes money from customer's credit card and directly deposits the amount into my linked bank account.

- How does this work with a Bitcoin processor? Do I launch their app. and key in the customer's credit card info?
- How does the conversion work? Does the processor take money from customer's credit card in fiat, convert to Bitcoin at current rate and deposit Bitcoin into my wallet?
- I'd like to stop taking credit cards being linked to a bank account. I'd like to take customer payment via their credit card and get Bitcoin into my wallet ... no more banks!
- I'd like to be able to do this in several countries and prefer a processor that is non-U.S. based. Is this possible?

Many thanks to all in this community for helping me understand this.

You might have looked at the "big" symbol quotes. That's actually what's great about ProfiFX. They have 4 different sets of quotes for each currency that you can pick from to accommodate your trading style. Example (as of right now):

EURUSDecn - spread:  0.4 pips  (ecn account)
EURUSDv     - spread:  0.9 pips  (variable spread account) - the spreads are actually very low
EURUSD      - spread:  2.0 pips  (fixed) - good for news traders as spread doesn't increase at news time and off-peak hours
EURUSDbig  - spread: 10.0 pips (not sure what this is... never asked... don't care... it's too big)

Sorry Mod... Can you please delete this thread. I'm new and tried posting a reply in a different thread but instead accidentally started a new thread. Sorry about that. Thanks.

Hi all;

I posted a long one with reviews of 4 brokers and my session timed out and I don't feel like re-typing all that again...

Briefly, the thread is missing one of the top 3 (in my experience) brokers... ProfiForex (www.profiforex.com)

I can also vouch and say nothing but praise for SimpleFX and Trader's Way.

I'm a full-time day-trader/account manager and have numerous client account with all 3 of the above with 2+ years with each broker. If anyone has specific questions about them, I'll be happy to help.

Hi all;
I posted a long one with reviews of 4 brokers and my session timed out and I don't feel like re-typing all that again...

Briefly, the thread is missing one of the top 3 (in my experience) brokers...  ProfiForex (www.profiforex.com)

I can also vouch and say nothing but praise for SimpleFX and Trader's Way.

I'm a full-time day-trader/account manager and have numerous client account with all 3 of the above with 2+ years with each broker. If anyone has specific questions about them, I'll be happy to help.