I made something that I think will help me when I’m trying to get merchants to accept Bitcoin on their Square Terminal.
I struck out pretty hard at my local coffee shop yesterday. Total non-starter. I’ll write about that separately.
But it made me realize something:
I didn’t have a simple way to show the owner what my weekly coffee habit would save them in card fees. And then it would be nice - if they're curious - to have them just scan a QR code and read a quick overview of why they can easily accept it, rather than read some flyer...which I tried in the fall.
So I built a simple app that does this.
The default is $10 purchase for 2 times a week.
If somebody spends $10 twice a week at a Square merchant, that is $50 a year on credit card fees the merchant saves.
If somebody buys a $5 coffee every day, the $0.15 Square charges the coffee shop adds up...to the tune of $100 for the year.
The tool is simple - you just put in the sale amount, pick one purchase or repeat visits, and it shows:
- Credit card fee
- Bitcoin fee in 2026
- Bitcoin fee in 2027+
- What a regular customer adds up to over time
At this point we hope we've gotten their attention, and if so, you click the QR code toggle.
The merchant scans it and gets a short page explaining the fees they save, common questions, and links to Square’s resources for turning Bitcoin Payments on.
There is a link to Square's onboarding video. I'm not sure it's been updated, and it's not as quick process, unless one of use is helping them, but again, I might have found an older video.
The merchant will want to know if this gets automatically converted to USD. The docs I found say merchants can receive Bitcoin Payments as USD or BTC, yet recent Square release notes say USD is the default for new sellers, but the video made it look like they had to choose. It'd be great if we could get clarity on that.
The bottom line is for people here care about merchant adoption, and I think this is useful...and not ai slop, but you be the judge.
https://orangedaddocs.github.io/square-bitcoin-savings-calculator/
@Cash App @miles 🌞
#merchantadoption #bitcoin
I struck out pretty hard at my local coffee shop yesterday. Total non-starter. I’ll write about that separately.
But it made me realize something:
I didn’t have a simple way to show the owner what my weekly coffee habit would save them in card fees. And then it would be nice - if they're curious - to have them just scan a QR code and read a quick overview of why they can easily accept it, rather than read some flyer...which I tried in the fall.
So I built a simple app that does this.
The default is $10 purchase for 2 times a week.
If somebody spends $10 twice a week at a Square merchant, that is $50 a year on credit card fees the merchant saves.
If somebody buys a $5 coffee every day, the $0.15 Square charges the coffee shop adds up...to the tune of $100 for the year.
The tool is simple - you just put in the sale amount, pick one purchase or repeat visits, and it shows:
- Credit card fee
- Bitcoin fee in 2026
- Bitcoin fee in 2027+
- What a regular customer adds up to over time
At this point we hope we've gotten their attention, and if so, you click the QR code toggle.
The merchant scans it and gets a short page explaining the fees they save, common questions, and links to Square’s resources for turning Bitcoin Payments on.
There is a link to Square's onboarding video. I'm not sure it's been updated, and it's not as quick process, unless one of use is helping them, but again, I might have found an older video.
The merchant will want to know if this gets automatically converted to USD. The docs I found say merchants can receive Bitcoin Payments as USD or BTC, yet recent Square release notes say USD is the default for new sellers, but the video made it look like they had to choose. It'd be great if we could get clarity on that.
The bottom line is for people here care about merchant adoption, and I think this is useful...and not ai slop, but you be the judge.
https://orangedaddocs.github.io/square-bitcoin-savings-calculator/
@Cash App @miles 🌞
#merchantadoption #bitcoin
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