[ANN] Mt.Gox launches the definitive bitcoin checkout solution.

[franky1]

i think MTGox missed the crucial selling point in their video which turned people off of it..

using an instant access media store as the bases of the demonstration is not a good selling point as it then emphasises bitcoins woes (the confirms)

either risk processing orders with no confirms or change the video to represent a clothing/gadgets delivery website, or something that would atleast hide away the requirement for customers to sit and wait for confirms just to get what they want. but allow them to get on with their lives and just receive an email that says the order has been confirmed later that day. knowing the product should now be on its 3 day journey through a warehouse, postal service and to their door.

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[giszmo]

The video doesn't convince me at all. Ok, the french accent (WTF is a mongos account??) is fixed but the checkout page with the "pay with mtGox or with bitcoin" is over-complicating things. MtGox should rather honor all kind of green addresses with 0-conf and treat Mongos' payments as "green" no matter what sending address was used.

Is it a competitor for BitPay? I don't think so as the merchant will not get rid of the Bitcoin related hassle. BitPay promises the merchant does not need to know a thing about Bitcoin in order to use their service. Offering the same most likely is more a marketing/political decision than a technical issue for Mongos though.

[marnie]

Well this is just stupid now, I guess I'm going to switch to bitpay.
I did another test order, about seven hours ago. After about six hours, and like 15 confirmations, the amount was sent back to me.

[adamstgBit]

Well this is just stupid now, I guess I'm going to switch to bitpay.
I did another test order, about seven hours ago. After about six hours, and like 15 confirmations, the amount was sent back to me.

let us know how bitpay works out for you