The Startup We Accept Cryptocurrency has recently launched with a mission to improve merchant adoption of cryptocurrency globally. Their site features a directory of online merchants and services that accept cryptocurrency as payment, updated daily.
Users can search all merchants that accept cryptocurrency, or filter by coin. The top nine crypto projects are featured. We asked the team if they plan to add more coins to their listing, and they responded that they would add more coins based on merchant adoption. If a coin gets a growing community behind it with 50+ merchants accepting it as payment, they will consider adding a page for that coin.
We Accept Cryptocurrency aims to improve the cryptocurrency ecosystem by making it easier for internet users to find places to spend their crypto. If you search where to spend crypto on search engines like Google or Bing, what you find is mostly years-old articles that are outdated. The merchants listed may not accept cryptocurrency anymore or the links may be broken.
If users trying to find places that accept their favorite crypto coin can find an updated listing site, it will be better for all members of the cryptocurrency ecosystem: the merchants, the news sites, the users and the crypto coin projects.
The end goal of this project is to increase the number of merchants globally that accept cryptocurrency. If there is a strong monetary incentive to accept cryptocurrency, then more merchants will do so. If We Accept Cryptocurrency can achieve a strong brand presence and organic search visibility, it will become worthwhile for more merchants to accept cryptocurrency to get listed on the site and drive new business from crypto enthusiasts.
One feature of the We Accept Cryptocurrency website which makes it unique from other cryptocurrency listing sites is that it links out to the crypto policy of the merchant site, rather than just to the homepage. Often, webmasters unintentionally make it a challenge to find a website’s payment policy. Either it’s missing from the navigation/footer, or it can’t be viewed until items are added to cart. To make the process as easy as possible for its users, We Accept Cryptocurrency researches and locates the crypto policy document of every website listed on their site (if one exists), and points users there. If a document exists outlining a discount for cryptocurrency purchases, We Accept Cryptocurrency links to that document.
When asked about whether they plan to add local listings, the founders of We Accept Cryptocurrency stated that they plan to focus exclusively on online merchants: “We can’t personally verify whether a local merchant truly accepts cryptocurrency unless we go to their location, which would be impossible in most cases since cryptocurrency is used worldwide. Our concern with listing local merchants is that merchants would be likely to reach out to us to be listed on our site for SEO value, even if they didn’t accept cryptocurrency as a payment method. Focusing exclusively on online merchants and services has no similar issue, since we can determine whether they truly accept cryptocurrency with a quick visit to the merchant’s website.”
We Accept Cryptocurrency is committed to being unbiased in its listings, which is why there is no fee for merchants to become listed, and no affiliate links are used. Although affiliate links would be an easy way to monetize the traffic, it would cause the site owners to be economically incentivized to favor certain websites over others, which would reduce the value to the end-user. For now, the site relies exclusively on cryptocurrency donations to fund its continued work. The platform is currently ad-free, but the founders stated that they would consider partnering with an ad network in the future if cryptocurrency donations didn’t make the site at least break-even in terms of operating expenses.
Questions or suggestions about the platform should be directed to the company’s official email: [email protected]
Official company social media accounts:
Twitter: @weacceptcrypto_
Instagram: @weacceptcryptocurrency
Reddit: u/WeAcceptCrypto
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