Bitcoin payments is currently a ‘good to have‘ payment option for both online and offline businesses. Setting up a bitcoin payment gateway doesn’t take much time, money or paperwork compared to payment gateways and PoS terminals. And, having a bitcoin payment option allows the businesses to increase their conversion from anywhere between a small fraction to a decent whole number.
Following the same logic many shops are now including bitcoin as an additional payment option. Latest among these businesses is Netherlands renowned ecommerce portal, fonQ.nl. FonQ.nl is known for its online collection of gifts, home appliances and toys and hobby articles. The award winning portal has now included bitcoin as an addition payment option.
Currently the bitcoin payment option is made available only on the company’s Netherlands portal and the remaining portals catering to Belgium, France and Germany are yet to get the add-on payment option feature. FonQ became a well-known name after it won the ThuisWinkelAwards last year to be recognized as the best ecommerce portal in the Home, Hobby and Gift segment.
The announcement regarding inclusion of bitcoin payments comes at the holiday season when people spend extravagantly on gifts for their friends and family. Incidentally, Netherlands has a large bitcoin community and is the home for some of the well-known bitcoin startups including BitFury, BlockTrail and more. Netherlands also has the world’s most bitcoin friendly city — Arnhem which is part of the Bitcoin City project.
While fonQ.nl integrates bitcoin payments during the holiday season, the Bitcoin Black Friday movement in United States is also gaining a lot of audience on Black Friday. The website has lots of great stuff selling at great discounts, which as the name suggests is applicable only for those who pay with bitcoin. If your holiday shopping is not done yet, now you know where to go!