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Cash has no chargebacks, which is why merchants will often offer a small discount for using cash (or charge a .50 fee) when using a credit card. Bitcoin is just like cash, but digital. Some merchants even offer discounts for customers who use bitcoins since the risk is mitigated, as with physical cash.

Coinbase does ACH for Bitcoin, they usually hold the funds for 6 days to prevent fraud.

Use digital cash- no chargebacks, no middlemen.

The best option today if you don't want chargebacks is adopting Bitcoin for payments (like how Reddit did for Reddit Gold with Coinbase).

http://blog.coinbase.com/post/40131065845/hosted-payment-pag...

I'm betting it's PG ;-)

Bitcoin?

They already did! You just need to buy a bitcoin, and wait 30 days. Coinbase does this to limit fraud.

You go to their website, and say how much you want to deposit (lets say $100). They will give you a final deposit amount that is pretty similar, but different (e.g. $99.86), which allows them to identify your deposit. Once the deposit is made, they verify it, and if there are any problems, they will request your receipt.

There are other options available for people in Europe:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/in/europe/

Hope it helps!

Paypal is always super expensive... I really recommend using cash at an ATM with Bitme:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/bitme/

Instead of what, gold?

Check out our guide here:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/in/united-kingdom/

Edit: Why the downvote?

If you have used coinbase, please write a review of it for us!

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/coinbase/

If you want to deposit cash at a Chase ATM, you can do so with BitMe:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/bitme/

..and if you don't live in the united states, we have guides for you too: http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/in/

Looking to buy bitcoins?

Here are guides + ratings on how to buy bitcoins, in the united states, europe, and around the world:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

Let me know if you have any feedback! We're always trying to improve!

If you want to find out how to buy bitcoins (it's hard to mine them now), there are a set of online guides at:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

tl;dr use coinbase (just like paypal / 1%) or bitme (chase deposits / 0.75%)

If you're interested in buying bitcoins, check out this guide:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/in/united-states/

Also, I recommend these companies:

- Coinbase (1% charge) http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/coinbase

- Bitme (0.75% charge) http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/bitme

Namecheap is so awesome, sopa, eff, great customer service- I wouldn't be surprised if their next move was to start accepting bitcoin as a payment method.

Talk about a tech-savvy business!

Points for mention the merkle tree. Merklelicious!

One word: Chargebacks.

If someone decides 60 days later that they want to contest the purchase, they can. Usually this screws over the seller, leaving them in the negative.

Here's a free guide on how to buy bitcoins in America:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/in/united-states/

Hope it's helpful. Please let me know if it can be improved.

I'll buy you coffee AND hear what you have to say.

:-)

/me registers balancedpayouts.com

(just kidding, but this is why you probably should put all your products under one domain)

Check out http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

I recommend Coinbase personally, it's very easy! Come buy a cupcake at Cups and Cakes in SF too :)

I really think Coinbase is the Paypal for bitcoin. Paypal should be worried... they are growing VERY quickly.

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/coinbase/

For those who are interested, Cups and Cakes Bakery in San Francisco uses Bitpay to allow customers to buy cupcakes with Bitcoins instantly. Here's an article and video showing what it's like:

http://cupsandcakesbakery.com/2012/10/buy-cupcakes-with-bitc...

If you're interested in buying bitcoins, check this out:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

We have regional guides, as well as company reviews+ratings so you can buy with trust.

If you are interested in buying bitcoins, please check out a guide I help maintain called "How do you buy bitcoins?". It's 100% free, and we are on a quest to provide custom guides for every country. It's really easy to buy bitcoins these days, especially in the United States.

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

Yes, they were funded by both YCominator (YC S12) and FundersClub (>$600k)

For what it's worth, Coinbase has no reported cases of fraud. We are tracking these kinds of things here:

http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/

For example, Bitfloor (which had 250K USD stolen): http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/bitfloor/

Verses Coinbase, which has no such history: http://howdoyoubuybitcoins.com/from/coinbase/

I replied to your post, although if your bank takes 10% off the top to begin with, the issue isn't with bitcoins, it's your bank's deposit fee.