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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FOR GOD'S SAKE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE FEDERAL RESERVE THEY WILL GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE BY THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN LATER

HAHAHA

😹 fr

There's another one in Jaco - https://stacker.news/items/847350/r/nout ☺️

Why the phone number? (of the merchant)

that is how users access/recover their Bitcoin jungle account

Isn't that dangerous? πŸ‘€

:myman:

I’m going to onboard the nearest streetfood seller to the Bank of England πŸ’€

Awesome onboarding exercise. πŸ’― 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 nostr:nprofile1qqs94rjcrut2qyhzf54xgq2j44tzqkxtqe0pmu5wjp7ph75zc9gv3wspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wvh8xmmrd9skctc8jacfd and nostr:nprofile1qqs254dy0xkkjdxsl4u08k7cs52u689q67s3pqfwwyfcp4va7avcjdgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3jamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarjwe5k2aewvdhk6qgewaehxw309amk2mrrdakk2tnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0hs7rtx your work on this is amazing πŸ™

What are the pros and cons about Bitcoin Jungle for small daily stuff?

yeoman's work FP - godspeed

Wil there be a Cad currency option at some point? Or another pos solution for a non technical business owner? Great App

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!

Great app, used both lightning and sinpe with bitcoin jungle over the past month in CR, highly recommendend for tourists that doesn't have access to sinpe othervise. Thanks!

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

coming there next week to put some more sats in the circulation πŸ₯³

Nice work!!

Great work!

Good work 🫑