Amazon soon to accept Bitcoin/Litecoin!

in news •  8 years ago 

At first, I was sure this was fake news, but many people have jumped on and started to ask Amazon support about this. It looks like it really is coming! Earlier this week we found out Burger King Russia was going to add Bitcoin support, and now Amazon? It's a great time for cryptocurrency acceptance around the world.

This is a chat from /u/ChippaCrypt from the LTC reddit.

Another successful chat from /u/FiveStarFacial55

My personal chat with Amazon UK ended up with a possibly confused support agent, it sounded promising but nevertheless they took my feedback.

I recommend everyone reading this post to contact Amazon, and ask them about this. Post your response in the comments so everyone can see!

The more people who ask them, the more likely it will be added. There are already a few promising reports, but the more they hear our feedback, then every support agent will be talking about it at their meetings :)

There have been only a few people to publish their responses, so if you'd like to help to verify my story, please do contact Amazon and post a screenshot in the comment.


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I honestly think it is sad how the zombies on here just write a comment to try and get upvoted by just reading the headline! You guys need to start reading articles to actually know what it is about. He is saying if enough people put in a request with amazon this might happen!

True...but you have to give credit to @someguy123 for picking a great title

lmao, no one READS the articles, people just fly down to the bottom and comment, ive seen people post comments 12 seconds after something was posted lol

LMAO! And yet @paulyaces76 upvoted every self comment on here. @moderninvestor

It's a shame. This is all over the place. People read a headline, comment, share, etc. and never read it.

There was something done by NPR a bit ago that showcased this. Check it out here:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaysondemers/2016/08/08/59-percent-of-you-will-share-this-article-without-even-reading-it/#2dbb3d852a64

That's why we need Zappl. Most of the people are coming from Facebook and Twitter. We are used to one-liners status and images.

I will say people only having the attention span for only one-liners and images is going to kill good, thoughtful and focused work. :)

Hi @DanMurphy & @FreedomNation... Please kindly consider the comments I made earlier...

Not to go against your opinions but have You heard of https://purse.io ? ?

Check it out... it's been around for about 2 years & allows people to purchase quite of few products on Amazon at a Discount...Using BitCoin !!

So perhaps Amazon is actually considering going forward with "directly" accepting Bitcoin. It certainly seems plausible.

Thank You Dan & FreedomNation... Have a Good Weekend !!

I agree. Zombies are sad. Very good comment! ; )

Do they actually get any upvotes doing that lol

supply and demand....such a new wave theory.

WOWW that would be sooo BULLISH for the whole crypto indusrty if AMAZON allows Bitcoin....Lets all jump on this rocket ship!!!!!

^^^UP! UP! AND AWAY!!^^^

People try to make money by creating rumors.

I was looking forward to this and have mentioned it in some of my comments. This will send both of these coins to the moon. 5k bitcoin by the end of the year is 100%. Amazon has tens of millions of users. Blockchain going mainstream. Hope we can see some news for our beloved Steem currency soon. :)

They said the amazon rep didn't know what they were talking about!

@PaulyAces76... With all due respect, please kindly read my comment a little bit further down... here's what I wrote:

@PaulyAces76...Not to go against your opinion but have You heard of https://purse.io ? ?

Check it out... it's been around for about 2 years & allows people to purchase quite of few products on Amazon at a Discount...Using BitCoin !!

So perhaps Amazon is actually considering going forward with "directly" accepting Bitcoin. It certainly seems plausible.

Thank You Pauly... Have a Good Weekend !!

ok

Very good sign this become real deal opportunity for us. Finally ,I will buy with my coins ,soo good.
Time is now ,thats for sure. Thank you for your time to writing this.. super quality blog and stuff you have

They said the amazon rep didn't know what they were talking about!

That is amazing news for all crypto lover. This will bring lots of volume in the market that means not only litecoin will boim but other coins will also see good growth.

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It's exciting to see this!

It's cool that small independent operators start accepting BTC and alt coins... but the big step towards more "mass market" adoption of cryptos will come when millions of people start seeing the "Bitcoin accepted" on their checkout pages.

I'll certainly add my voice, and can even do so (as an amazon marketplace seller) with the additional incentive that "Our customers are asking for this, so you're potentially losing sales not having it as a payment method." I'd encourage any other amazon sellers to do the same!

@SomeGuy123... WoW... This really IS Great News !!

Have read about so many Good things You have done here at Steemit, especially helping our Witnesses setting up as a Witness.

UpVoted, Following & Voted You as Witness previously. Thanks Again !!

I'm joining the BandWagon... I just ReSTEEMed Your Post also !!

Have a Great Weekend !!

They said the amazon rep didn't know what they were talking about! So, clearly fake news!

@PaulyAces76... Not to go against your opinion but have You heard of https://purse.io ? ?

Check it out... it's been around for about 2 years & allows people to purchase quite of few products on Amazon at a Discount...Using BitCoin !!

So perhaps Amazon is actually considering going forward with "directly" accepting Bitcoin. It certainly seems plausible.

Thank You Pauly... Have a Good Weekend !!

Nice, This looks pretty promising. I may contact them myself on monday :)

  ·  8 years ago (edited)

@someguy123 This is a great New for Cryptocurrency. Have Amazon accept Bitcoin/Litecoin that will take us to another level. I will believe, the small company will follow.

I want them to add steem and steem dollars too as a mode of payment. I believe that it will happen in the future. Blochchain technology is here to stay. Upvoted and following you for more, lets stay in touch

Yes, Steem is the future! I agree.

Thats going to be great. But its also going to effect businesses like BitCart who sell these gift cards for Bitcoins. Guess they are counting their last days (Unless they pivot)

thats great news

Will this become their new logo?

I have upvoted and resteem your post. You was sure this was fake news, but many people have jumped on and started to ask Amazon support about this. It looks like it really is coming! Earlier this week you found out Burger King in Russia was going to add Bitcoin support, and now Amazon? It's a great time for cryptocurrency acceptance around the world. Nice share Mr. @someguy123

I like your post.
That your word make me motivate to post a blog like yours.

Followed you nice article hop u follow back and upvote my comment

This is awesome news! A company like Amazon to endorse Bitcoin is huge for the community! I personally have mostly invested towards Ethereum, but this might change my direction!

Resteemed and upvoted!

litecoin popular already.

i still dont get the mechanism, since crypto today is extremely volatile. i mean, i pay 0.01 bitcoin for stuff, it equals 30$ today, but tomorrow it crashed, so...wont it seriously hit the industry?

@someguy123 this really is great news.
I have upvoted and resteem your post.

You know when something is about to blow up and there's always that one guy says something obvious...

I'll be that guy.

IT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN STEEM FAM!

What?! the Futur of Bitcoin can begin.

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Nice one man soon bitcoin will be placed everywhere, Such a pitty i didn't buy one when IT was 25$
Cheers

Wow cryptocurrencies are future 100%. I am so sorry for myself living in third world country

I wonder.

THIS IS BIG NEWS! They must be the first major online retailer to go crypto right? Someone please enlighten me? :) So many good things happening. It's nice to be hearing it over steemit. Reliable is all I'd say. Thank you for sharing. Cheers!

#upvoted #follow4follow

Well, that would be awesome if it happens.

If this happens, btc and ltc are going to go F'n nuts! Hop on board the train to moon town!

That is amazing.
I can't wait the few months until they accept BTC
BTC is going to go to the moon

That's great news thanks for sharing bro thumbs up for this post #upvoted

My only concern is that this will end with anonymity because it will be possible to make the link between a bitcoin address and an Amazon account. Despite this, that will be a huge step forward for cryptocurrencies.

This is HUGE if it turns out to be true

STEEM On !!

Dave

Thats awesome news, now all I need is some Bitcoin to spend lol

That's super good news. Wasn't there a petition for this for a while now?

It is a normal step that has to be done, hopefully from now on we will have only good news. Cheers.

Wow, this is great news! I can't wait to see the faces of the people I tried to get into bitcoin when it was $250 and litecoin was $2. Once Amazon does this, the price will make a big jump up and then it will exponentially increase as more Amazon uses get into crypto as well as when other companies and institutions start to accept cryptos!

I hope they are serious about it. Litecoin and Bitcoin for Amazon, that would sure be a huge advance for cryptocurrencies!

Nice, waiting for it now! :D

If is not fake news is good news ... Upvoting and resteem.

Cryptocurrency on amazon would be great. It will make online payments so much cheaper and faster. No more paypal, mastercard, or visa fees. Good news for customers. Thanks for posting

woow !! I hope so :D

The best news I ever heard

Wonderful news. Amazon shopping with BTC is a massive massive deal and will bring crytos to the unknowing masses almost instantly. Great stuff. Thanks!

Upvoted and resteemed.

I totally agree Cassiel. More gains for participating business we will be on board with Cryptocurriencies.

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Cool that's really an amazing news if leader take into account cryptocurrencies ! :)

This is going to be so big, if this happens. Looking forward to see how this goes.

oh this is gonna be great. i love amazon

Hello, nice article, thanks for it, it will be great if amazon approve bitcoin.

Thank you @someguy123. I've only just found this article thanks to a resteem. A very important "Economic Indicator in the Crypto Economy" showing wider acceptance of Bitcoin and cryptos in general.

When teamed with the wider real world acceptance of cryptos in places like economic powerhouse Japan, I think we could be in for an exciting 12 months in the crypto-economy.

Resteemed upvoted and all that. Thanks again legend. Glad I've stumbled accross you.

Wow... that's amazing if true, from one of those chats.
Upvoted & resteemed :)

I think lite coin will be a game changer, especially with smaller priced purchases. This will be amazing for the crypto community and help with mass adoption. Very exciting times!

get out of town....i dont believe that for a second... that seems a bit too good to be true

They're gonna have no choice anyways. The dollar is a walking dead zombie just waiting to get a Daryl Dixon arrow to the skuLL.

The rate at which these coins are developing and going mainstream is superb. If there is a time to start investing, it's now

Thanks for putting us on. I can't wait for Amazon to start accepting payments. Hopefully they can pay their merchants everyday (like me) in bitcoin. Upvoted & Resteemed . The public needs to know!

gotta buy me some more LTC real soon

Wow, this is GREAT news. I have always wanted Amazon to take bitcoin. Hopefully this is truly legit!

Would be nice to spend some Bitcoin at Amazon.

So it was expected. Who, if not online stores, should have been the first to recognize the crypto currency?

enough said!!

Wow!, Thats some great news :D

There is a charge.org petition going around with a request to Jeff Bezos to accept bitcoin on Amazon. A few people on steemit posts a link to it. I even went ahead and signed it. Not sure if that is what's helping make headway but probably doesn't hurt!

Great news :)

I actually contacted them both my email and chat because I'm suspicious about anything originating from 4chan. From this email and the chat transcript it sure does sound like they're planning on implementing Cryptocurrency. Now what we should really be worried about is Amazoncoin or Googlecoin. That would really be catastrophic for altcoins. Good news is that is seemingly a little far away.

Link to email: http://imgur.com/a/xboAv
I can upload the chat transcript too if requested though it is much the same

oh that would be decent.

Hmm people who thought about investing right now:

ohhh...The first think I said after i noticed this post, and the title , was--- OMG, this is to good to be true. Amazon !?

But...maybe I'm wrong. Time will tell

It's fun that some other brands like Dell supported Bitcoins at first and then stepped back! But yea, it's about time!! Thanks for sharing, upvoted and followed:)

Even if this were true, at this point I think it would be neutral for Bitcoin at best. Bitcoin miner fees are way too high for consumers to use BTC, and unless Amazon wants to stack bitcoins, it would just put sell side pressure on Bitcoin and drive the price down. Big merchants are a much later piece of the 'Bitcoin Domination' puzzle IMO.

Litecoin is Life

@parvelous check it out!

This is interesting. If Amazon is willing to adopt BTC/LTC, it may also be willing to adopt others like Siacoin.

I am ready for this. This will definitely pump up the price of BTC. More adoption is all we need to push back the harsh regulations. Can't wait.

Good on you for contacting support and encouraging them to support cryptocurrencies. If they accepted even just one cryptocurrency, this would be by far the biggest piece of positive news for cryptocurrency and lots of us would make a LOT of money.

Please please tell me though, how did you create a hyperlink in your article? :D I googled it and searched on steem but didn't find out how to do it. If anyone else knows or wants to make a post about it I will gladly resteem it and upvote it.

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This would be so cool- can't wait for this

Well it's about time dammit! How is it that an average investor can understand the power of a ew opportunity but a corporate idol takes 5 years to finally decide to incorporate it into what they do.

Imagine if Amazon decided to accept crypto 2 years ago.. LOL!

Good news for the bitcoin and other currencies. I think bitcoin will grow to 6000 by the end of this year!

ohhh...The first think I said after i noticed this post, and the title , was--- OMG, this is to good to be true. Amazon !?

But...maybe I'm wrong. Time will tell

Great news,hopefully cryptocurrencies will be used everywhere soon.
Upvote,following and voted you as witness,keep up the good work.

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Cool! Big steps for crypto

Whatever you might think of Amazon, having them accepting Bitcoin and Litecoin are huge steps, almost like landing on the moon! 🙌

Mainstream sites like these and bigger more global companies are exactly what cryptocurrency needs for major adoption.

These are interesting times ahead for sure. I just hope that Bitcoin can find a good way of handling the payments that the network should pass around for this. That's one of the problems that I see coming, as many companies may just be jumping on because "it's the right thing to do cause crypto is the future" without actually understanding the underlying concepts of how they work.

Thanks for sharing this @someguy123!

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I'm waiting for the time where blockchain n ethereum gets integrated into drone delivery services. Would be pretty sure Jeff Bezos has his hand in it already and is just waiting for his move. As he has is hand in other interests such as automation (duh) and AI and such. FUTURISTS man, they just cant see other than their potential.

wow!

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I asked Alexa if Amazon was accepting Bitcoin.. her response "I don't know how to answer that question"

Try it if you have one. lol

Not really related, but is it worth buying into LTC at the current price?

The next time I need to contact amazon support I will mention it. If amazon gets on board the rest will follow! I also just voted for you as a witness @someguy123

Ok! Read and commenting. Not so sure about Amazon beginning to accept bit and lite coin as payment methods. In fact, I am concerned about the impact this may have on our economy. Not sure if the general public is prepared for change at this rapid pace. 🐓🐓

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Here's hoping this actually happens!

you can use Purse.io to buy Amazon stuff at a discount using BTC

6 month old post but VERY RELEVANT today. I was researching litecoin and amazon. Word has it that Amazon will soon partner up with Litecoin. Found this on Google. I am now following your blog @someguy123 .

This is phenomenal. Time to start loading the boat!

Then I must say that being an Amazon product listing specialist, this will give rise to my business. https://www.urtasker.com/how-to-be-an-amazon-product-listing-specialist/

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