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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LL62 11 months ago
Why the phone number? (of the merchant)
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 🙏
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Fabian 11 months ago
What are the pros and cons about Bitcoin Jungle for small daily stuff?
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satskew 11 months ago
yeoman's work FP - godspeed
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RyanJ 11 months ago
Wil there be a Cad currency option at some point? Or another pos solution for a non technical business owner? Great App
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Deleted Account 11 months ago
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!
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LL62 11 months ago
Isn't that dangerous? 👀
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redsun 11 months ago
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