I'm publishing my first book late spring if all goes as planned, and if not, then by the end of summer. I'm curious how people feel about using
BTC for purchases like that, and if they would make direct purchases through my site for the eBook copy, prefer hard copies + shipping costs, or would rather just throw cash at something like Amazon.
Currently I was thinking of using
https://bitpay.com/ on my site to facilitate sales, but then I noticed that one exchange shows
BTC at something like $950, where BitPay was at least $100 lower, at something like $820 (I write 'almost' because I did not record the discrepancy - just made a mental note and moved on).
So - anyone have any input on this and why it is? Obviously BitPay is doing a little underwriting in a volatile market - but charging 10% more for a book - or anything else really, seems like it would scare people off.
Is there another payment method, or should I just accept direct payments from people?
(add - I will probably use PayPal or something similar for my site - I was just curious about the
BTC)
Thanks.