Stripe for Crypto?
Is there a 'Stripe' of crypto?
I'm looking for a way to add crypto payments to an app. Specifically, I'd like to add subscriptions. Anyone using a crypto payments API or building one? I'd like to check it out.
P.S How do you deal with the 'push' (crypto) vs 'pull' (credit cards) difference. Do you send a monthly email and the user sends you crypto by hand?
Hey, I lead product for Circle. Would love to hear feedback on Circle APIs - we're right in this space. https://www.circle.com/en/developers
Thank you, Reginatto. Circle looks promising for my needs.
Do you have an email I can get in touch with you about this?
Hey, sorry for the delay - I missed the notification. Get in touch via joao [at] circle.com.
I work at Stripe and follow the crypto space with huge interest :)
I've heard good things about utrust.com, and check out trustswap.org for subscriptions.
Interledger Protocol is becoming pretty standard for web payments. I would check out open payments docs
What about Coinbase Commerce?
Thank you. I had not come across Coinbase Commerce. Have you used it?
+1 on Coinbase Commerce, can't go wrong with Coinbase.
I used it with Shopify and it was incredibly easy to integrate. Unfortunately, that store made very few sales, none of which were with crypto, so I can't comment beyond the integration.
The only crypto payment processor I have heard of is CoinGate.
As far as how to manage payments I think some sort of invoicing system would work well. Each month send your user an invoice with a link to pay using your payment processor (like CoinGate). They can then pay within a certain period, similar to a utility bill.
Thanks. A sort of antiquated subscription. The lower fees (vs CC) are attractive though.
Right, lower fees are super attractive. I imagine that the type of customer who wants to pay with crypto regularly wouldn't have a problem using "non-standard" ways of paying for the privilege of using crypto.
Depending on how comfortable you are in the space, this might also be a gap in customer value that you could look into filling. I wouldn't be surprised at all to learn of other founders asking the same question.