BECOMING A BITCOIN MERCHANT
Become a Global Bitcoin Merchant

Bitcoin payments can be integrated through:
- hosting a BTCPay server
- a third party payment processor
“Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency."
- Elon Musk, Richest Person in the World (at time of writting), CEO of Tesla, Founder of SpaceX
Did you know companies like Microsoft, Tesla, Dell, NewEgg, AT&T, Overstock, PayPal, Foodler, Rakuten, Wikipedia, Twitch, Zynga, Humblebundle, Dish Network and many other large, medium and small businesses accept bitcoin?
Benefits of accepting bitcoin:
- global reach
- save on fees
- no charge backs
- collect less customer personal info
- safer than physically holding cash since the receiving wallet doesn't have to be located in the actual store.
Benefits of accepting Lightning payments:
- better all around user experience
- designed for coffee payments
- greatly reduce transaction fees
- instant and secure transactions
- can be more private than bitcoin payments
BTCPay: Self-Hosted Server
“Tesla is using only internal & open source software & operates Bitcoin nodes directly."
- Elon Musk, Richest Person in the World (at time of writting), CEO of Tesla, Founder of SpaceX

Supports Bitcoin only code to reduce attack surface of altcoins.

Supports Lightning payments.

- If you are not tech savvy consider hiring a developer to setup BTCPay.
- Enable Lightning payments.
- Disable all altcoin payment options. They are unprofessional and confusing.
- More BTCPay Video Guides
3rd Party Payment Processors

Supports Bitcoin only code to reduce attack surface of altcoins.

Supports Lightning payments.

Lists altcoins. Poses security risk.

- Enable Bitcoin Lightning payments.
- Disable all altcoin payment options. They are unprofessional and confusing.
Simple Method: Static Bitcoin Address
- Provide a bitcoin address generated from your wallet. Users can send bitcoin to the address.
Example: 35JZ72myPm2HUNLHq2ozA6Z2dvbmSCFV3W - Provide a bitcoin address in QR-code format. The receiver can use a barcode scanner like on a smartphone to scan it to autofill in the bitcoin address and/or amount requested.
Example:

- Not recommended for professional / business use. Address re-use is bad for sender & receiver privacy.