Am just curious, how would I go about this

[Barikui1]

Bitcoin as the first cryptocurrency was not just created for investment purpose, it was actually created as a means of payment and to be honest, the adoption process isn't as fast as expected, but one thing that am very curious about and I have been thinking on how to go about it as a business man while accepting it as a means of payment is it volatility, though it might be advantageous for holders, but am not that certain for a business men.

In a situation whereby you accept it as a means of payment while selling off your goods, then when  you are out of stock, so you decide to restock your shop, so by then price of Bitcoin has dip so much that you can't buy all the goods needed in your shop, due to the fact that your money has depreciate in value because of the dip, what is the way forward in such a situation if your emergency funds can't cover up for the shortage?

[hugeblack]

It varies depending on the store and the number of daily Bitcoin transactions. Some stores rely on processors to transfer cryptocurrencies to the bank account once they are accepted, while others consider Bitcoin as an investment and since Bitcoin transactions may not exceed 10% of the total transactions, they are good as a medium or long-term investment. Some sell Bitcoin on a weekly or daily basis as the price of Bitcoin may not differ much on a daily basis.

[Plaguedeath]

Just like someone who decide to invest in Bitcoin, they should only use idle money, which mean they have emergency funds.

In business is same, you also need to have emergency funds too instead of going all in and having no money to prepare with the future. If the business have no money left and all of them are in volatility assets, the business has a bad money management.

If a business has money management problem, the owner should recruit financial planner.

[bitzizzix]

Maybe for ordinary Bitcoin users this feels quite difficult and can be stressful if the price of Bitcoin is falling because there is no profit from selling using Bitcoin as a means of payment, plus not preparing an emergency fund that can cover if this happens and it will definitely happen because the price of Bitcoin is not easy to predict and only fools will do this because it risks causing frustration if they don't think and make a very mature strategy and plan for the future to anticipate if this happens. If not, I think the store will not be able to buy back the item to sell, and will not convert it to fiat to be able to buy it because it will be a loss.

Only people who have a lot of money or are indeed very rich can do it and also love Bitcoin who can do it, and do it with very mature planning, have a good strategy and also have a large emergency fund if this happens. And besides that, the person took the initiative because of his love for Bitcoin, aiming for everyone to know that Bitcoin can be used as a means of payment, and know and also have a strong belief that if that happens in the end the price of Bitcoin will rise again which will provide extraordinary benefits in the end.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

In a situation whereby you accept it as a means of payment while sell off your goods, then when  you are out of stock, so you decide to restock your shop, so by then price of Bitcoin has dip so much that you can't buy all the goods needed in your shop, due to the fact that your money has depreciate in value because of the dip, what is the way forward in such a situation if your emergency funds can't cover up for the shortage?

Beforehand you need to see the government regulations in the country where you live, whether bitcoin is legal for transaction processes and if not then I am sure you will have problems with the law. Doing something that is prohibited will not be profitable even though we know that bitcoin has provided many benefits and you need to review this first before deciding to accept or pay for something using bitcoin. If you are just a small investor then using bitcoin as a means of payment will not be profitable because of volatility.

The simple logic is like this, when you run out of bitcoin stock to pay and the value of buying bitcoin at that time is high then when the price drops and you have to pay for purchases using bitcoin you will most likely lose. My understanding is that it would not be profitable for small investors to condone bitcoin as a means of transaction but it is much better for investment.

[FatFork]

I've thought about this myself, and I believe the crucial thing is to hedge your funds.  If you take Bitcoin, get ready to swap some of it for a more stable currency right when you get paid.  That'll help soften the blow of any price changes. Also, to my understanding most places that take Bitcoin use some form of payment processor to automate everything.

So, whether some businesses or individuals choose to invest in Bitcoin and hold it for a longer period is unrelated to whether they accept Bitcoin as a payment method for services and products.

[Findingnemo]

what is the way forward in such a situation if your emergency funds can't cover up for the shortage?

The possible solution is to use bitcoin payment processors which means even if the customers pay you in bitcoin or in any other crypto the payment processor will convert them into fiat at that time of payment and you can withdraw them as fiat in your end so by doing this customer can pay with crypto and you don't have to worry about the volatility.

Another suggestion:

If you're really a bitcoin enthusiast but also don't want to take too much risk then take the safe path of only converting your profits into bitcoin and let the remaining funds to cover the expenses, salary, and restocking so by this you don't have to worry about restocking when there's a dip and you also have your bitcoin that's coming entirely from your profit.

Let's say if your monthly revenue is $50000 and 20% is your profit

then use the payment processor to convert 80% which is $40,000 to convert into fiat

Keep the remaining 20% which is $10,000 in bitcoin itself.

[ethereumhunter]

You don't have to use Bitcoin as your main payment system because you still have fiat so your customer can use fiat to pay while you can holds Bitcoin until the price increase and you can sell it to take a profit. As a business man, you need to watch and adapt the current situation so you can running your shop without a problem and if you see Bitcoin price is down, you can still buy all the goods needed in your shop.

You must allocate an emergency funds to cover up for the shortage so you will not have a problem if you want to buy something for your shop. As a business man, you need to think if you are in that situation so you can solve the problem immediately and nothing happen to your shop.

[fuguebtc]

Bitcoin as the first cryptocurrency was not just created for investment purpose, it was actually created as a means of payment ...

No, if you have read the Bitcoin's White Paper, you will know that Satoshi never mentioned creating Bitcoin and using it for investment purposes. The sole purpose he created it for was to be a peer to peer currency but we turned it into an investment from day one and maintain it to this day. We have turned bitcoin into a volatile asset class, which is good for investment purposes but has inadvertently made it difficult to use as a means of payment.


That's why I don't really welcome or like the idea of ​​using bitcoin as a means of payment for businesses. Because if we don't have a specific plan and strategy, rushing to adopt bitcoin as a payment method will cause a lot of difficulties for our business. People in the position of customers or buyers may support this idea but if they are in the position of business owners, they will realize that there are many challenges they face with the volatility caused by bitcoin.

Some people came up with the idea: as soon as we receive bitcoins, we will immediately exchange them for fiat. That way we can avoid the volatility of bitcoin, but if we do that then what is the point of using bitcoin as a means of payment?

[shield132]

Bitcoin as the first cryptocurrency was not just created for investment purpose, it was actually created as a means of payment and to be honest, the adoption process isn't as fast as expected, but one thing that am very curious about and I have been thinking on how to go about it as a business man while accepting it as a means of payment is it volatility, though it might be advantageous for holders, but am not that certain for a business men.

In a situation whereby you accept it as a means of payment while sell off your goods, then when  you are out of stock, so you decide to restock your shop, so by then price of Bitcoin has dip so much that you can't buy all the goods needed in your shop, due to the fact that your money has depreciate in value because of the dip, what is the way forward in such a situation if your emergency funds can't cover up for the shortage?

The adoption process is faster than it was expected. It's a brand new currency compared to gold and fiat but has a market cap that's higher than 1 trillion dollars.
There are two options for you if you are in e-commerce:
1) Integrate Coinbase Commerce on your website - When someone pays with Bitcoin on your website, then Coinbase will automatically convert crypto into USD and you won't have to worry about volatility.
2) Integrate BTCPayServer on your website - When someone pays with Bitcoin, you'll have total access to your wallet and you manually send coins from your wallet to an exchange, convert and then withdraw fiat.

If I were you, since the volume of Bitcoin transactions is low in every store, I would HODL coins that I'd receive via my website. HODL means long-term holding, for example 3-4 years.

[Solosanz]

Business is full of uncertainty and you only have Bitcoin instead of currency with stable price, it's like taking double risk. Similar to taking a loan to invest in business or Bitcoin, either you go big or you go home. Most sellers that accept paying in Bitcoin, they're using third party and they will receive in fiat since the third party will convert Bitcoin to fiat.

However, if you have in such situation, just sell your Bitcoin even you're sell it at loss because you have no choice and selling Bitcoin at cheaper price isn't always bad.

[asriloni]

Bitcoin as the first cryptocurrency was not just created for investment purpose, it was actually created as a means of payment and to be honest, the adoption process isn't as fast as expected, but one thing that am very curious about and I have been thinking on how to go about it as a business man while accepting it as a means of payment is it volatility, though it might be advantageous for holders, but am not that certain for a business men.

In a situation whereby you accept it as a means of payment while sell off your goods, then when  you are out of stock, so you decide to restock your shop, so by then price of Bitcoin has dip so much that you can't buy all the goods needed in your shop, due to the fact that your money has depreciate in value because of the dip, what is the way forward in such a situation if your emergency funds can't cover up for the shortage?

When a merchant accepts bitcoin as one of their payment. They should have the best way to settle with bitcoin's fluctuation. They can avoid this by using a scalable payment system. It will process their bitcoin transactions in seconds, then convert them to fiat. This is because the price of bitcoin can fluctuate even more than cc's processing fees.

And based on your illustrations, i'd blame the merchant. They should have converted their bitcoin to fiat in a matter of seconds instead of holding it.  

[pooya87]

It really depends on the person, their business and how much of their revenue is going to come from bitcoin payments. For example I knew someone some years ago who had a computer shop and was accepting bitcoin payments. They barely received any bitcoin payment and they saw that as an investment itself. They basically said they were going to buy bitcoin with the profit from their business anyway so why not receive it directly like this and avoid the hassle of buying bitcoin later.

[Japinat]

Bitcoin is for HODL, not meant for spending...Eventually if the price reach at the level of your goal, that will help you retire young.

[rhodelmabanal]

Bitcoin as the first cryptocurrency was not just created for investment purpose, it was actually created as a means of payment and to be honest, the adoption process isn't as fast as expected, but one thing that am very curious about and I have been thinking on how to go about it as a business man while accepting it as a means of payment is it volatility, though it might be advantageous for holders, but am not that certain for a business men.

In a situation whereby you accept it as a means of payment while sell off your goods, then when  you are out of stock, so you decide to restock your shop, so by then price of Bitcoin has dip so much that you can't buy all the goods needed in your shop, due to the fact that your money has depreciate in value because of the dip, what is the way forward in such a situation if your emergency funds can't cover up for the shortage?

With this situation you can possibly loss when you use your bitcoin when it is on dip, if you have fiat you can use it instead of btc when it is on dip because its value will go up in the future, but if you don't have a reserve money to used in the times of dip then you can possibly loss.

[Oshio-man]

All you need to do, if you find yourself in such situations, is to apply wisdom to have some emergency money you can use to buy goods to refill your store back because if you leave your store empty, and you don't want to sell your bitcoin just because of the dip, it will make you to lose plenty customers at that moment, but if you have emergency money at that moment, it will be easy for you to make use of the emergency money to refill your store and continue holding your bitcoin till the price hit profit point. Bitcoin is created to break down transaction delay not for profit making, but since many countries has made it illegal for any kind of transaction in their country, it has pushed many youths to discovered how to invest fiat money on bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and hold for some months or years before they can trade to earn income which is the major thing that is changing other countries minds to unbanned bitcoin to boost their economy.

[martinex]

It varies depending on the store and the number of daily Bitcoin transactions. Some stores rely on processors to transfer cryptocurrencies to the bank account once they are accepted, while others consider Bitcoin as an investment and since Bitcoin transactions may not exceed 10% of the total transactions, they are good as a medium or long-term investment. Some sell Bitcoin on a weekly or daily basis as the price of Bitcoin may not differ much on a daily basis.

Yes, that's right and market players are not only those who have large assets continuously holding these assets but those who are retail traders also participate if someone comes to buy in small amounts. As you said if their asset stock is already in deficit, they just deposit again to meet the demands of their customers.

[Ararbermas]

Very true Op the volatility of Bitcoin is the question if it's for business purposes. Wherein how it becomes safe and not affected on the market situation ?.  i think much better to use stable crypto rather than Bitcoin to make sure it's safe from the volatility if its all about fast transaction and privacy of costumers.

[Frankolala]

I think it will be better if you are accepting bitcoin as an alternative payment method, after payment you can convert your capital to stable coin and then keep your profit in bitcoin so that when you are short of stock, you can easily buy whatever you are lacking in your business.

However, anybody accepting bitcoin will also accept fiat and I believe that majority of customers will pay with fiat and not bitcoin. What I think will be the challenge when you are accepting bitcoin for payment will be high transaction fee that do happen once in a while. In such case, you will only accept fiat currency.

[FatFork]

Bitcoin is for HODL, not meant for spending...Eventually if the price reach at the level of your goal, that will help you retire young.

If it is not meant to be spent, then what is its purpose? And if no one is selling it, who are you going to buy it from to HODL?

Bitcoin needs both sellers and buyers. That's the only way it works.