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  • bitpay
    Registered User
    • Jul 2011
    • 23
    #1

    STARE accepts bitcoins, fully automated

    STAREmagazine.com accepts payment in bitcoins side-by-side with credit cards.

    staremagazine.com/Store/PurchaseIssue.asp?IssueID=115

    It was a real bitch to get automated. There is NO automation in the C++ bitcoin client. That code is a mess. But we figured it out.

    You can now join the website, pay with bitcoins (it pulls the current exchange rate) and get instant access with the username/password you picked.

    The awesome part is the buyer does NOT have to disclose their name or address (which the website has no use for anyway). it's pretty slick, better than I thought it would be.

    If any other webmasters are interested in looking at this, email me at [email protected]
    Last edited by bitpay; 07-22-2011, 03:08 PM.
    Tags: bitcoin, bitcoins, stare, stare magazine
    • alias
      aliasx
      • Apr 2001
      • 19010
      #2
      Looks cool, that url redirected to the index. This might work: https://www.staremagazine.com/store/...art_type=ISSUE

      Also, go fuck yourself.
      https://porncorporation.com

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        • bitpay
          Registered User
          • Jul 2011
          • 23
          #3
          thanks. that's the checkout page, you need something (anything) in the cart to actually checkout. I'd like to tell Visa - go fuck yourself. we don't need you anymore.

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            • Serge Litehead
              Confirmed User
              • Dec 2002
              • 5190
              #4
              I know you did beta test on btc forum before deciding to put pay with bitcoin option along with CC on your main join page. How are your sales with bitcoins? Do people subscribe with it?

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                • D Ghost
                  null
                  • May 2006
                  • 9820
                  #5
                  nice man

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                    • bitpay
                      Registered User
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 23
                      #6
                      Originally posted by holograph
                      I know you did beta test on btc forum before deciding to put pay with bitcoin option along with CC on your main join page. How are your sales with bitcoins? Do people subscribe with it?
                      Yeah we get about 1 order a day. Not gangbusters but then again this isn't widely used yet. partly because the bitcoin client sucks. but alot of very smart people are working on that.

                      I think it has more benefit for international sales, places where accepting credit cards are too "high risk". like Russia. or pretty much all of Asia for that matter.

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                        • Serge Litehead
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 5190
                          #7
                          Originally posted by holograph
                          I know you did beta test on btc forum before deciding to put pay with bitcoin option along with CC on your main join page. How are your sales with bitcoins? Do people subscribe with it?
                          bitpay, I think I mistook you for the guy who runs Stare, I apologize if that's the case, if I'm not mistaken you are the one who helped him with setting up to get payments via bitcoins. Would be nice to hear what Stare has to say how is acceptance of bitcoins working out for them, I'm sure it currently a low volume due to bitcoins being so new and not many people aware of bitcoins yet. But nonetheless it is great alternative payment method for those who would not prefer adult site showing up on their CC statement.

                          Edit: typed before sow your reply =)
                          Last edited by Serge Litehead; 07-22-2011, 04:01 PM.

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                            • alias
                              aliasx
                              • Apr 2001
                              • 19010
                              #8
                              Lots of potential as far as anonymous payment and different applications, you should package and sell the script.
                              https://porncorporation.com

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                                • bitpay
                                  Registered User
                                  • Jul 2011
                                  • 23
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by holograph
                                  bitpay, I think I mistook you for the guy who runs Stare
                                  I do own STARE. but I've invested so much into this bitcoin payment system that I now am part owner of bitpay too. So you're not confused

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                                    • bitpay
                                      Registered User
                                      • Jul 2011
                                      • 23
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by alias
                                      Lots of potential as far as anonymous payment and different applications, you should package and sell the script.
                                      We may do that down the road. For how we're doing a hosted checkout (like Paypal) where the shopper has 2 clicks on the payment site, and the merchant gets a secure POST back when the order is paid.

                                      Eventually we want to offer this as an API that would allow the merchants to process the sale without the shopper ever leaving their website. We're not there yet, but that's definitely the direction we want to go.

                                      The advantage we see is that many webmasters don't want to deal with bitcoins at all, they just want to see dollars in and dollars out. And until the currency really takes off that might be what most people prefer, we'll have to see.

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                                        • Serge Litehead
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Dec 2002
                                          • 5190
                                          #11
                                          Bitpay, good stuff man, hopefully it picks up and drives more people to use and accept bitcoins. This industry is not eager to jump on something new and radical such as bitcoins, simply because of misunderstanding and misconception.

                                          The other day I was thinking heads will be turned here once someone comes and says I made $100 $1000 or whatever amount maybe by accepting bitcoins on my sites. And surfers once they start seeing "pay with bitcoins" options they will be looking into it especially if they are given good reasons why and maybe a discounted price when paying with BTC.
                                          Last edited by Serge Litehead; 07-22-2011, 04:45 PM.

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                                            • munki
                                              Do Fun Shit.
                                              • Dec 2004
                                              • 13393
                                              #12
                                              Love to see what bitcoins could muster on the cams side.... we will have to get something moving on this.

                                              “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde

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                                                • bitpay
                                                  Registered User
                                                  • Jul 2011
                                                  • 23
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by munki
                                                  Love to see what bitcoins could muster on the cams side.... we will have to get something moving on this.
                                                  munki email me, there is alot of information that's not yet up on the bit-pay.com website that I can share.

                                                  [email protected]

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                                                    • mayabong
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jan 2010
                                                      • 1952
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by munki
                                                      Love to see what bitcoins could muster on the cams side.... we will have to get something moving on this.
                                                      Yes please do!
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                                                        • InfoGuy
                                                          80/20 Rule
                                                          • Apr 2010
                                                          • 3052
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by alias
                                                          Lots of potential as far as anonymous payment and different applications, you should package and sell the script.
                                                          Playing devil's advocate, how would an anonymous payment system be beneficial to a sponsor offering that payment? If someone currently rips content from a paysite and uploads that content, there's a chance of tracking him/her down. If payment is completely anonymous, then there's no chance of tracking down the pirate and puts sponsors in an even worse position with fighting piracy.
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                                                            • Serge Litehead
                                                              Confirmed User
                                                              • Dec 2002
                                                              • 5190
                                                              #16
                                                              Originally posted by InfoGuy
                                                              Playing devil's advocate, how would an anonymous payment system be beneficial to a sponsor offering that payment? If someone currently rips content from a paysite and uploads that content, there's a chance of tracking him/her down. If payment is completely anonymous, then there's no chance of tracking down the pirate and puts sponsors in an even worse position with fighting piracy.
                                                              Not like piracy haven't ruined this industry already
                                                              Unless site owner stamps all content delivered to a user with some identifiable data, how is he able to track who pirated it even if all members supply all their info?
                                                              Last edited by Serge Litehead; 07-22-2011, 07:25 PM.

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                                                                • Internet Guy
                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                  • May 2006
                                                                  • 402
                                                                  #17
                                                                  This is only the tip of the iceberg. Great work

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                                                                    • Chosen
                                                                      VIPPay.com | AdultWebSponsors.com
                                                                      • Aug 2001
                                                                      • 63151
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Cool

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                                                                        • u-Bob
                                                                          there's no $$$ in porn
                                                                          • Jul 2005
                                                                          • 33063
                                                                          #19
                                                                          nice

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                                                                            • seeandsee
                                                                              Check SIG!
                                                                              • Mar 2006
                                                                              • 50945
                                                                              #20
                                                                              nice, people will mine like crazy now
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                                                                                • Serge Litehead
                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                                                  • 5190
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by seeandsee
                                                                                  nice, people will mine like crazy now
                                                                                  you are so clueless about this whole thing and too lazy to learn.

                                                                                  who ever didn't get into mining at least few months before recovered their costs invested in more hardware and recovered their costs again has no reason to mine now. I stopped mining few weeks back but the value I mined still is over double of what I've put in to purchasing mining gpu's

                                                                                  entry level barrier into mining has risen significantly. unless you have few 5970s or 6990s laying around and hardware needed you won't be making much to recover hardware costs and electricity ATM with current rates. there are no shortcuts to get these bitcoins out of nowhere. you think if bitcoins were truly such easy or worthless money like you still think they are people would be accepting them as a form of payment or buying them for $13+ now?

                                                                                  of course it is easy to make uneducated assumptions based on lack of knowledge what you think is stupid/worthless/ponzi shit

                                                                                  While you be laughing, more people will be adapting bitcoins and more threads like these will be posted here. Many of people have invested significant time/money/resources into projects related to bitcoins or into themselves and let me tell you most of who I seen and came across on boards although maybe amateurs in website building and running things are smart and intelligent people. keep laughing and watching that youtube YTkilledRawdog brainless redneck from whom I think you are getting your education about bitcoins.
                                                                                  Last edited by Serge Litehead; 07-23-2011, 08:36 AM.

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                                                                                    • munki
                                                                                      Do Fun Shit.
                                                                                      • Dec 2004
                                                                                      • 13393
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Originally posted by bitpay
                                                                                      munki email me, there is alot of information that's not yet up on the bit-pay.com website that I can share.

                                                                                      [email protected]
                                                                                      Will do this Monday... can't wait to hear about what you've got running.

                                                                                      “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.” -Oscar Wilde

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                                                                                        • halfpint
                                                                                          GFY's Halfpint
                                                                                          • Jun 2007
                                                                                          • 15223
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          Nice job and I am seriously thinking of adding bitcoin to MMORPG game site which I run. The only thing which is stopping me is how the hell to implement it into the site as a payment gateway

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                                                                                            • bitpay
                                                                                              Registered User
                                                                                              • Jul 2011
                                                                                              • 23
                                                                                              #24
                                                                                              Originally posted by halfpint
                                                                                              The only thing which is stopping me is how the hell to implement it into the site as a payment gateway
                                                                                              halfpint email me [email protected] I can show you the process of how its done.

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                                                                                                • Serge Litehead
                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                                                                  • 5190
                                                                                                  #25
                                                                                                  bit-pay is introducing interesting and unique solution, so check with him

                                                                                                  there are bitcoin online wallets that allow or may allow easier acceptance of bitcoin payments on websites such as www.instawallet.org & www.mybitcoin.com (some users have reported some problems with this service after hack of major bitcoin exchange, mtgox)
                                                                                                  additionally, exchanges offer or may offer easier acceptance of bitcoins through their API service, check with mtgox.com api page and tradehill.com api's as well

                                                                                                  I'm thinking about looking into php integration solution sometime in the near future although no promises on this one at the moment.


                                                                                                  disclaimer: i can't vouch for any sites and services listed above, i just mentioned what i've learned and heard about. I have used mtgox exchange for purchasing some BTCs direct on their site. their APIs are used widely for reporting and tracking trades, executing trade orders by traders and their bots, and should be suitable for merchant's sites as well.

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                                                                                                    • halfpint
                                                                                                      GFY's Halfpint
                                                                                                      • Jun 2007
                                                                                                      • 15223
                                                                                                      #26
                                                                                                      Originally posted by bitpay
                                                                                                      halfpint email me [email protected] I can show you the process of how its done.
                                                                                                      Thanks I will send you an email tomorrow as I have just finished a 10 hour show and im pretty much knackered lol


                                                                                                      Originally posted by holograph
                                                                                                      bit-pay is introducing interesting and unique solution, so check with him

                                                                                                      there are bitcoin online wallets that allow or may allow easier acceptance of bitcoin payments on websites such as www.instawallet.org & www.mybitcoin.com (some users have reported some problems with this service after hack of major bitcoin exchange, mtgox)
                                                                                                      additionally, exchanges offer or may offer easier acceptance of bitcoins through their API service, check with mtgox.com api page and tradehill.com api's as well

                                                                                                      I'm thinking about looking into php integration solution sometime in the near future although no promises on this one at the moment.


                                                                                                      disclaimer: i can't vouch for any sites and services listed above, i just mentioned what i've learned and heard about. I have used mtgox exchange for purchasing some BTCs direct on their site. their APIs are used widely for reporting and tracking trades, executing trade orders by traders and their bots, and should be suitable for merchant's sites as well.

                                                                                                      Thanks for the info

                                                                                                      Get FREE website listings on Cryptocoinshops.net

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                                                                                                        • BareBacked
                                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                                          • Feb 2007
                                                                                                          • 3685
                                                                                                          #27
                                                                                                          What are bit coins?
                                                                                                          Some anoymous paypal thing?
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                                                                                                            • BareBacked
                                                                                                              Confirmed User
                                                                                                              • Feb 2007
                                                                                                              • 3685
                                                                                                              #28
                                                                                                              Let me know if you get it working with NAts.. I will test it out for sure
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                                                                                                                • mayabong
                                                                                                                  Confirmed User
                                                                                                                  • Jan 2010
                                                                                                                  • 1952
                                                                                                                  #29
                                                                                                                  Originally posted by BareBacked
                                                                                                                  What are bit coins?
                                                                                                                  Some anoymous paypal thing?
                                                                                                                  Yeah sorta, except its has no central location and its its own currency in itself.
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