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by pwdisswordfish4 2013 days ago
Nice job. A suggestion: support alternative payment processors besides Stripe.

I paid with cryptocurrency for the first time today when I realized my webhost accepted it in lieu of cash and that it had the lowest fees among all payment options. For example, right now my webhost's calculator says that for a $10 deposit there's a 20 cent fee for a net deposit of $9.80 if I use "Bitcoin". (I actually have no Bitcoin and managed to pay anyway, because my webhost is using BitPay as a processor, which seems not to limit you to Bitcoin only.)

A product on Flurly right now using Stripe at the same price looks like it would be $10 - (2.9% + $0.30) - 1% for a net of $9.31 after net $0.69 fees. Considering the example on Flurly's homepage is $1, for this and the $10 example I gave and for other small payments, it's obviously a better deal for sellers if buyers avoid using Stripe. And it turned out to be easier to log in to Coinbase and pay with some giveaway coins I'd received than it would have been to pull out my credit card and fill in the info.

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100% agree. Working on adding Bitcoin and PayPal over the next few days :)
Stripe already has Bitcoin support, but you have to enable it and set it up for how you want your cash out.
Has there been an update after this announcement ending bitcoin support https://stripe.com/blog/ending-bitcoin-support?
Wow, that shows I exited the Bitcoin space a while back in 2016. It was the best payment system for Striope.