What are some effective/reliable ways to buy goods and services with bitcoin?

[Lucius]

@zabzob, to begin with, you should know that you can add a virtual card to your smartphone in apps such as Google/Apple/Samsung Pay, and that if you have NFC in your device, you can pay with that card at all (physical) points of sale that have POS devices and accept Visa and MasterCard. In some cases, you can pay with the same apps online if you see that the store supports these payment methods.

Of course, you can pay for all online services and buy things with the same cards, the only thing to keep in mind is whether online stores ask for additional verification in the form of a 3DS, which some cards have, while others do not.

As for the cards, look at this list and pay attention to Stealths, who also has his own topic where you can find out more - they have been on the forum for some time and so far there are no complaints.

Keep in mind that each service has its specificities and that there are countries that are on the prohibited list. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with all the details before buying any card.

[zabzob]

@zabzob, to begin with, you should know that you can add a virtual card to your smartphone in apps such as Google/Apple/Samsung Pay, and that if you have NFC in your device, you can pay with that card at all (physical) points of sale that have POS devices and accept Visa and MasterCard. In some cases, you can pay with the same apps online if you see that the store supports these payment methods.

Of course, you can pay for all online services and buy things with the same cards, the only thing to keep in mind is whether online stores ask for additional verification in the form of a 3DS, which some cards have, while others do not.

As for the cards, look at this list and pay attention to Stealths, who also has his own topic where you can find out more - they have been on the forum for some time and so far there are no complaints.

Keep in mind that each service has its specificities and that there are countries that are on the prohibited list. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with all the details before buying any card.

Thanks for this info, I'll check out these options.

[Lucius]

Thanks for this info, I'll check out these options.

No problem, take your time and see which options are best for you. What is important is that there are enough options to convert crypto to fiat even without KYC and that you can then use those funds to pay online or in physical stores. Of course, all of this applies if you are not in a country that is on the banned list, but you should still blame a certain country because of its laws regarding cryptocurrencies or the use of cards, rather than those that enable such services.

[icalical]

You may check https://foldapp.com/ and https://paywithmoon.com/,

on Fold you can buy amazon gift cards, and they give up to 20% cashback in exchange for using the Lightning Network to pay. Moon provide the service to pay on Amazon using bitcoin or any other crypto via a browser extension, supporting Lightning too. In both variants, simplicity and no KYC come along. There is also Alagoria, which is pretty similar to Purse.io in that it would let you shop at Amazon via Bitcoin while keeping it free of KYC.

[Cryptohygenic]

I'm always looking for new ways to use bitcoin to pay for stuff. Not looking to buy a Lambo or a mansion, mostly just useful everyday stuff. I don't live in El Salvador so my options are limited. Two of the best services I've come across are Travala.com for hotels and flights, and bitrefill.com for gift cards. Purse.io was great for spending on Amazon, but they went out of business recently.

Any other good options out there? I only consider options with no KYC, so that means debit cards are out.

In my place just few exotic institutions accepts bitcoin for payments and that has not been fair enough for me because the retailers within my local places are not accepting this system of payments yet due to economy fear that they might loose values of their goods and services profits with the fact that bitcoin is highily volatile.
So, we basically hold for investment here while anticipation a viral adoption of this technology where it most people are used to it, so also it could be flexible for alternative means for payments.

[bullrun2024bro]

Did you check ShopinBit?

They got a huge selection of various good (e.g. electronics, fashion and other stuff). You can pay in Bitcoin and they offer free shipping from orders over $21. Using their premium service you can get basically every item yu want. Several users from the German board used it already.



Source: https://shopinbit.com/

I used their service once few years ago and it worked well.

They also have a Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5397142.0

[NotATether]

Source: https://shopinbit.com/

I used their service once few years ago and it worked well.

They also have a Bitcointalk thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5397142.0

What is this message I'm seeing from my antivirus?



It says that the shopinbit site I'm on is a phishing page? I wasn't expecting that too be honest.

I was going to ask, do they ship worldwide. Including to P.O. boxes. Because where I'm at right now, nobody really uses precise addresses, and a P.O. box is the only way you can get packages delivered internationally to you.

[dkbit98]

What is this message I'm seeing from my antivirus?

It's something called false positive, and you should finally stop using wind0ws OS if you want to stop seeing messages like this.
You don't need any antivirus with good linux OS, they are a waste of time and all they do is spy on you together with wind0ws.
If you want to stop malware online than uBlock origin and DNS blocking are much better option.
I visited shopinbit.com website many times and I never had any issues whatsoever.

[bullrun2024bro]

I visited shopinbit.com website many times and I never had any issues whatsoever.

This. Very likely a false positive.

However, it's quite interesting. I also tried to visit the website from a Windows computer with Malwarebytes Premium on and didn't get the warning.

I was going to ask, do they ship worldwide. Including to P.O. boxes. Because where I'm at right now, nobody really uses precise addresses, and a P.O. box is the only way you can get packages delivered internationally to you.

They ship to the following countries: European Union, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA and Canada.



Source: https://shopinbit.com/Service/Payment-Shipping/