Show HN: Buy anything from any website using Bitcoin

Y	Hacker News new \| ask \| show \| jobs

12 points by michaeldunworth 4617 days ago

We've applied to this intake of YC.

We're a streamlined product which allows people to connect a coinbase account (or another payment method) and visit all their favourite online stores and checkout with one click and pay by bitcoins. Regardless of whether or not the merchant accepts bitcoins. Works on Amazon/Best Buy/Anything...

Would appreciate the feedback!

www.joinsnapcard.com

2 comments

booruguru 4616 days ago

It would be nice if your website provided a bit more information about this service actually works....on a technical level. I mean do you guys provide some kind of virtual credit card number or something? I'd be very interested in a service like SnapCard if I had a meaningful understand of how it works--not just how to use it.

link

michaeldunworth 4616 days ago

Yeah, we're working on that. At the moment it's still private to selected users for testing etc... I've got to update the site and make it more informative. Thanks for the heads up, I'll get onto that asap.

We don't provide a virtual credit card, we connect your coinbase account to our service and allow you to buy things on all websites, your coinbase account is then debited for the amount of your purchase. We then process the amount and transaction on our server to the merchant site.

link

charlesism 4614 days ago

That looks excellent!

How have your experiences been so far with the banks and credit card companies?

Are you worried they will close your account, seize funds?

link