jchysk (OP)
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July 18, 2011, 11:38:42 PM |
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I have a new website: shirtsby.me that I'd like to accept bitcoin payments on. Browsing the forums I've found utilities like bitcoinpayflow which I could use to handle the actual processing, although I'm sure I'd rather handle all that myself. My main concern is fluctuation in the currency's value. I see there's a JSON-api from bitcoincharts.com with some weighted prices. Is this generally what businesses are using to calculate their exchange rates?
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TheHeroMember
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July 19, 2011, 06:44:03 AM |
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Cool, good luck mate.
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Rob P.
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July 19, 2011, 01:27:16 PM |
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Magneto is a web-site payment system with integration into a bunch of platforms, you can get it here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/A forum member wrote a Megneto payment module that accepts BTC: https://github.com/ticean/magento-bitcoinIf I wanted to accept Bitcoin payments on a website, the above is how I would implement it. If you'd like this setup for you, PM me, I'm available for consulting. I accept USD or BTC as payment. |
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Soak
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July 19, 2011, 01:48:00 PM |
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Or if you are crazy and like to write code (and if you have coded the website yourself) : - Install the bitcoin client on your server for create a wallet and run the daemon for make transactions.
- Deal with Mt.Gox API (curl only with PHP, json_decode don't work) for check the current price of last trade in dollars. For example, make a CRON that will check the price and convert all prices on the website or stock the current price and convert in live products prices.
- For payments, give an new payment address for each transaction and wait the customer pay by check how many bitcoins sent to new address and at least 1 confirmation (average, 10 minutes).
- I do almost the same thing for my gambling website. Good luck!  |
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DBordello
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July 19, 2011, 03:10:17 PM |
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Doesn't the constant fluctuation make BTC hard to use for retail?
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Soak
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July 19, 2011, 03:24:03 PM |
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Doesn't the constant fluctuation make BTC hard to use for retail?
Not if you update the price a few times per day, with the value of the bitcoin in dollars on the market. (convert in BTC the products price in dollars with the Mt.Gox API for example). |
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July 19, 2011, 03:30:01 PM |
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Magneto is a web-site payment system with integration into a bunch of platforms, you can get it here: http://www.magentocommerce.com/A forum member wrote a Megneto payment module that accepts BTC: https://github.com/ticean/magento-bitcoinIf I wanted to accept Bitcoin payments on a website, the above is how I would implement it. If you'd like this setup for you, PM me, I'm available for consulting. I accept USD or BTC as payment. Oh neat, a Magento module.  I'll have to see about getting that installed at work. |
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jchysk (OP)
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July 20, 2011, 03:20:11 AM |
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Or if you are crazy and like to write code (and if you have coded the website yourself) : - Install the bitcoin client on your server for create a wallet and run the daemon for make transactions.
- Deal with Mt.Gox API (curl only with PHP, json_decode don't work) for check the current price of last trade in dollars. For example, make a CRON that will check the price and convert all prices on the website or stock the current price and convert in live products prices.
- For payments, give an new payment address for each transaction and wait the customer pay by check how many bitcoins sent to new address and at least 1 confirmation (average, 10 minutes).
- I do almost the same thing for my gambling website. Good luck! I think this is how I'll go about it, but it's probably better to use bitcoin chart's numbers than MTGox, right? Maybe both for a sanity check. |
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