Orange-Pilling Costa Rican merchants
Total time: 5 minutes
ACT 1, SCENE 1
me: do you accept Bitcoin payments?
them: no
me: why not?
them: I don't know... I don't have the app
me: do you have a phone or tablet with you?
them: yeah
me: can I show you how it works quickly?
them: sure (shrugs)
me - I take the phone and download the Bitcoin Jungle, we add their phone number, and hand it back to them
me: here is how to receive Bitcoin, click receive enter the amount
them - they do as I say and the QR code pops up
me - use ninja speed to pay the invoice
me: congratulations you now accept Bitcoin payments
me - I show them the advanced settings and how to convert Bitcoin to local currency in a bank account with the Bull Bitcoin
me: you're all set. here is our phone number if you need help
them: cool, thanks
END
P.S. - When dealing with the owner of the shop the success rate is very high. Failure is usually do to the fact that they are not the owner of the shop. ACT 2 of this story is showing the owner how to use the Point of Sale feature and explaining how to make sure employees don't steal the money which takes another ~3-4 minutes.
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FOR GOD'S SAKE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESERVE THEY WILL GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE BY THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN LATER
Why the phone number? (of the merchant)
that is how users access/recover their Bitcoin jungle account
I’m going to onboard the nearest streetfood seller to the Bank of England 💀
Awesome onboarding exercise. 💯 this is critical that owner / decision maker is the one seeing the demo. Qualify before embarking.
Next steps after tx #1 - communication to local plebs. Btcmap the new merchant, go back and visit them soon.
Be prepared that often hired help isn't keen on learning new processes. Owners need our repeat business and encouragement when the employee struggles. Patience and gratitude go a long way.
Go fucking kill it!
We've had a lot of success in YVR following this exact method.
Thank you @FRANCIS - BULLBITCOIN.COM and @Bitcoin Jungle your work on this is amazing 🙏
What are the pros and cons about Bitcoin Jungle for small daily stuff?
HAHAHA
yeoman's work FP - godspeed
Wil there be a Cad currency option at some point? Or another pos solution for a non technical business owner? Great App
😹 fr
Just need to onboard one cafe owner near me and a butcher and I’d be sorted! The technology for easy merchant adoption is here!
@El Gorila 🇦🇷 it is similar to your procedure
Isn't that dangerous? 👀
Great app, used both lightning and sinpe with bitcoin jungle over the past month in CR, highly recommendend for tourists that doesn't have access to sinpe othervise. Thanks!
Accepting Bitcoin is quite easy to teach, but they still need to convert it to fiat, and that is the hard part, not everywhere is made easy and available for a small sum
coming there next week to put some more sats in the circulation 🥳
Nice work!!
Great work!
Good work 🫡