Spent the afternoon at my brother-in-law's chocolate shop. He's the head chocolatier, and watching him hand-pour caramel and temper chocolate... it's an art. He's been wanting to do his own thing for a while.
I know
@Avi Burra claimed nostr is ded, but is there enough interest here for a bitcoin and Nostr based chocolate company? I showed my BIL what
@SoapMiner is doing and he’s genuinely interested. Pay in sats, handmade by a craftsman. He's not even on Nostr yet, I guess the first step is to try and onboard him!
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*dead-ish
This would be a great idea to get him on board
I’d be down to brainstorm some ideas. And under no circumstances can we allow this to be called Chocstr! 😆
Very cool! Real craftsmanship 🤩 PoW chocolate!
Probably a good idea to both at the same time. Start small, build reputation and prove that there is a market. Scale up from the kitchen level production once demand exceeds it.
I blame every “-str” app for this Nostr bear market
Nostr isn't ded. It's just in a rut right now. Same as Bitcoin, when it was as old. Tell him to do it! You're not losing anything by trying.
Success comes to those that take chances. Not the ones that sit on the sidelines. If he needs any help, have him reach out to me.
Yep, exactly what I did.
That would be an awesome name! 🤣
We have to keep building 💪🫂
Nostr Marketplaces?!
I will! I think he’d enjoy how grassroots it would be here. Are you only Nostr or do you sell other places? I hear your zapvertising on RHR? How does that work out?
I got my start here. Once it grew, I did go to Xitter, and I try to advertise a little.
Started my own site, and now I work for myself.
Bitcoin is money, doesn't matter where you're at, it's still the tool of money.
He would absolutely slaughter here.
Wonkstr
I need samples to be able to really decide.. #chocstr
(Dark chocolate only pls)
Wen #Clave OG chocolates?
a real art
😂 that’s the best part about visiting him. I always QC
I'm already a customer of Bitcoin Beans, would love to try some of this stuff too.😊 More Chocolate, yeah baby!
Would buy some
Where’s he getting his cacao from? Maybe we could team up!
@Bitcoin Beans we have access to single origin cacao, proof of provenance, and our cacao is independently lab tested for heavy metals which come out well below the USD and EU levels. We would be very happy to speak further.
Conglomeration is coming to Nostr
Heck yea! Not sure, I'll ask him. I know it's not a bean to bar business, but they do use high quality ingredients.
can never have enough!
Not to be confused with #wankstr
Wicked man.
Send us a DM if you/ he would like to talk further.
Just so you know, we are a bitcoin only company, we pay our farmers in Bitcoin and receive sats. Additional bonus for working with us!!
So your brother in law is basically Willy Wonka
I'll buy gifts for family if he accepts bitcoin
Hey DOC! This post reminded me and I looked back at our DMs (yeah they actually worked lol) but back in late 2023 you messaged me about this. Do a quick thought exercise to show your brother in law what could have been if he did [fill in the blank] amount/percent of volume over the past 2.5 years and saved in bitcoin through the volatility etc. Always happy to help if you have questions but my setup is similar to others. Only bitcoin & run btcpayserver... With the FOSS tools today you can start small, scale, and not need to spend a ton of infrastructure if he's already up and running. Can't wait to buy some chocolates with sats!
lol you are right .str could be a curse
I know, he could have been stacking this whole time 😭 Life happened though and he had a baby in that time so got super busy. But he’s in a great spot now and I feel like I could manage the store and payments for him so it’s time to revisit. If you were starting again, would you still go with BTC pay server? Or are there better solutions at this point?
How is this even a Y/N question? Get him on here and #TakeMySats
This is exactly the kind of business that would absolutely THRIVE on a Bitcoin standard.
I'd like and subscribe and definitely order some chocolate 🍫
He can record or stream his work and sell on
@Shosho – Live Stream on Nostr – would be amazing to see his work and finished product together.
The startup costs are so low at this point it’s not really a valid question anymore. What stack do you recommend? I’ve seen btcpayserver but I remember that being pretty complicated to setup
That’s sweet. I’ve never seen
@Shosho – Live Stream on Nostr before! Does this stream to
@Nostur @primal @Amethyst etc?
Yes. Live streams are shown on every app that shows Nostr live streams and at shosho.live – creators can go live or post clips, and sell products on a shop attached to their lives. Take a look at
Shosho
Shosho — Live Streaming Marketplace
Shosho — Live Streaming Marketplace. Back the people behind the shows. Connect with real creators, shop their sales, and discover what's live now...
I always recommend BTCpayserver. It’s gotten much easier with things like
@Umbrel ☂️ and
@Start9 now to get set up and manage. New version of Start9 allows for configuring tunnels and exposing to clearnet super simple. At the base you can connect that to a simple Wordpress site (one click plugin) or
@Oshi vibe coded his slick custom website around a BTCpayserver backend on his start9 box.
I think btcpay is the GOAT for sales and automation and it just works once set up. It's also one of the most sovereign. I think it's best if you want a full end to end solution.
It would be hard not to use the take my sats website if just starting out as proof of concept.
Then in parallel, if going well, build your site and integrate btcpay.
I'm not chocolate fan but my wife certainly is. And if I can buy her treats for Bitcoin. All the better!!
I’m still learning how to buy coffee with sats. With enough zaps I would buy chocolate with sats too, but I’m far from there now.
Also the chocolate company has to be legally registered and all, so people don’t accidentally fall into a trap of buying smth random they don’t know what they’re getting themselves into🪤
+1
You can get him set up selling on
Milk Market
Milk Market - Sell Local Products Online. Zero Platform Fees.
List your products in minutes and keep 100% of every sale. No $200 a month subscriptions and no one can shut you down. Built for food producers, fa...
! Supports normie friendly sign-in options and fiat payments (if he wants them) while still being Bitcoin and Nostr native. Also gives you the ability to customize your storefront and connect personal domains on top of the general marketplace. Happy to grant him a lifetime account if he decides to stick around with it!
Really cool!
@Oshi just in case you haven’t seen, or no one tagged you in it.
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Nostr is doing just fine. Carve your own path, offer something unique! Chocolate boy here myself so I love to see this!!
