{"id":6411,"date":"2021-08-03T16:52:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coincharge.io\/accept-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2022-03-14T16:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T15:17:40","slug":"accept-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Accept Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Accept Bitcoin as a payment method<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]This way you can accept Bitcoin as a payment method in your retail store or online store.<\/p>\n<p>In this article we will describe how you can easily accept Bitcoin without much effort and without any costs.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the respective business model, we offer further information.<\/p>\n<p>With this tutorial you can integrate Bitcoin by yourself.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to do the integration yourself, you can ask Coincharge to do it for you.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3864&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]For the following business models, you can find detailed instructions on how to accept Bitcoin here:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627824813500{margin-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin-in-online-store\/\">Accept Bitcoin in online store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/bitcoin-im-geschaeft-akzeptieren-2\/\">Accept Bitcoin at the store, restaurant or as a service provider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin-for-digital-goods\/\">Accept Bitcoin for digital goods, products and services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin-donations\/\">Receive Bitcoin as financial support or as Bitcoin donation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Regardless of which of the above business models you want to accept Bitcoin for, you will need:[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627825020374{margin-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li>a BTCPay store<\/li>\n<li>a Bitcoin Wallet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627829086772{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>BTCPay Store<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]A BTCPay store is required for Bitcoin payment processing.<\/p>\n<p>If a customer wants to pay with Bitcoin, the BTCPay Store calculates the corresponding Bitcoin price based on the respective conversion rate.<\/p>\n<p>A Bitcoin payment checkout page is created, which is displayed to the customer in the form of a QR code.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]When the customer pays, the BTCPay Store verifies that the payment was properly executed. It checks if the expected bitcoin amount has been received and credits the merchant&#8217;s bitcoin wallet with the equivalent amount.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the merchant receives feedback about the successful Bitcoin payment in order to make the delivery of the goods and services.<\/p>\n<p>In order to use a BTCPay Store, the use of a BTCPay Server is required.<\/p>\n<p>To operate a BTCPay store, you can run your own BTCPay server or share an existing BTCPay server.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-infomessage clearfix\"><div class=\"hb-notif-box info\" ><div class=\"message-text\"><p><i class='icon-lightbulb'><\/i><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Instead of using the Coincharge BTCPay server, would you rather use your own BTCPay server for your BTCPay store?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then set up your own BTCPay server.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information about your own BTCPay server in the article:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/btcpay-server-hosting\/\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>BTCPay Server Hosting<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]Coincharge operates a BTCPay server that you can share for free. Create an account on the Coincharge BTCPay server at: <a href=\"https:\/\/btcpay.coincharge.io\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/btcpay.coincharge.io\/<\/a> and create your own BTCPay store.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Bitcoin Wallet<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]The Bitcoin paid by the customer will be credited directly to the Bitcoin wallet at the merchant.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]As a trader, you need your own Bitcoin wallet to which the incoming Bitcoin are credited.<\/p>\n<p>If you create a BTCPay store, you can also use it to create your own internal Bitcoin wallet.<\/p>\n<p>Only you have access to this Bitcoin wallet, because you receive the private key in the form of 12 words that only you know.<\/p>\n<p>You can transfer your Bitcoin balance from this Bitcoin wallet to another Bitcoin wallet at any time.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<div class=\"shortcode-wrapper shortcode-infomessage clearfix\"><div class=\"hb-notif-box info\" ><div class=\"message-text\"><p><i class='icon-lightbulb'><\/i><strong>Further information:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do you already have your own Bitcoin wallet?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then you can store your existing Bitcoin address as an xPub key in your BTCPay store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How you can determine the xPub key of your Bitcoin wallet, you will learn in the article:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/xpub-where-can-i-find-the-xpub-key-from-my-wallet\/\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>How can I find my xPub Key?<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627829139452{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Accept Bitcoin now<\/h2>\n<p>To accept Bitcoin, you only need your own BTCPay store and a Bitcoin address or a Bitcoin wallet to which your incoming Bitcoin will be credited.<\/p>\n<p>We have explained in four steps how you can set up and share a BTCPay store on Coincharge&#8217;s BTCPay server:[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627998803490{margin-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/create-btcpay-store\/\">Create BTCPay Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/set-up-btcpay-store\/\">Set up BTCPay Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/administer-btcpay-store\/\">Administer BTCPay Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/btcpay-shop-einstellungen\/\">more BTCPay Store settings<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After you create a BTCPay store and add your Bitcoin wallet, you can already accept Bitcoin.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the business model, there are more advanced applications that you can connect to your BTCPay store. Thus, you can accept Bitcoin payment for the particular business model.<\/p>\n<p>We have written further articles on this subject:<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1628850332046{margin-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;]\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin-in-online-store\/\">Accept Bitcoin in online store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/bitcoin-im-geschaeft-akzeptieren-2\/\">Accept Bitcoin at the store, restaurant or as a service provider<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin-for-digital-goods\/\">Accept Bitcoin for digital goods, products and services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/accept-bitcoin-donations\/\">Receive Bitcoin as financial support or as Bitcoin donation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1627993465252{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Coinpages for stores that accept Bitcoin<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]If you accept Bitcoin in your store, then add your store to the Bitcoin directory of <a href=\"https:\/\/coinpages.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coinpages<\/a>.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;12082&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;custom_link&#8221; link=&#8221;https:%2F%2Fcoinpages.io|&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]<a href=\"https:\/\/coinpages.io\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coinpages<\/a> is a Bitcoin directory of all stores that accept Bitcoin.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Accept Bitcoin as a payment method [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]This way you can accept Bitcoin as a payment method in your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitcoin-lightning-akzeptieren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6411"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12802,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6411\/revisions\/12802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincharge.os24.work\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}