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Who Accepts Bitcoin as Payment?

By: Ofir Beigel | Last updated: 1/7/21

Bitcoin has taken over the cryptocurrency market. It’s the largest and most well-known digital currency today. Many large companies are accepting Bitcoin as a legitimate source of funds. This post will cover them all.

Who Accepts Bitcoin Summary

A 2020 survey by HSB reveals that 36% of small-medium businesses in the US accept Bitcoin. The most popular companies accepting Bitcoin payments worldwide today are:

Or, you can use this search engine that allows you to search for vendors by products.

If you want a detailed list of companies who accept Bitcoin keep on reading. Here’s what I’ll cover:

1. Major Companies Who Accepts Bitcoin as Payment

Wikipedia

Wikimedia, the company that operates the world’s largest open-source encyclopedia, Wikipedia, accepts donations in Bitcoin. Payment is done through BitPay.

Microsoft

The company allows the use of Bitcoin to top up your Microsoft account. In the past, the company halted its acceptance of cryptocurrency but shortly after resumed their service.

AT&T is the first major U.S. mobile carrier to provide a cryptocurrency payment option to customers through BitPay.

Burger King

According to local news reports, Burger King outlets in Venezuela announced a partnership with Cryptobuyer to accept cryptocurrencies as a mode of payment. Customers can pay in Bitcoin, Dash, Litecoin, Ethereum, and Tether.

Additionally, the German branch of Burger King has begun accepting Bitcoin on its website and mobile app on September 3, 2019. However, this was more of a marketing gimmick that doesn’t enable you to buy at an actual brick and mortar store.

You can only pay with Bitcoins and Bitcoin Cash by ordering delivery online through the Lieferservice delivery service, which works with restaurants throughout the country.

KFC

KFC Canada decided to accept Bitcoin for a limited time in exchange for the “Bitcoin Bucket”. The company processed payment through BitPay and the bucket was to be delivered straight to the customer’s home address.

Overstock

Overstock, a famous American online retailer that sells big-ticket items at lower prices due to overstocking, partnered with Coinbase in order to allow Bitcoin payments for their online orders.

Subway

Several Subway branches accept (or used to accept, the current status is unknown) Bitcoin as payment for their sandwiches. You can see an example in this video:

Twitch

Amazon owned leading game streaming platform accepts Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash as payment for its services. The company removed this option on March 2019 but then re-enabled it in June.

Pizza Hut

As of November 2020, the giant pizza franchise Pizza Hut can be now purchased and paid for with Bitcoin in Venezuela. This is following the economic sanctions imposed on the country that drove cryptocurrency acceptance to new heights. While this step is far from being global, it could be an indication of things to come.

Miami Dolphins

The Miami Dolphins intend to give home game attendees the ability to pay with Litecoin and Bitcoin when purchasing tickets for the team’s 50/50 raffle, where half of the proceeds benefit the Miami Dolphins Foundation and its charitable causes.

Dalls Mavericks

The Dallas Mavericks now accept Bitcoin as a method of payment for both game tickets and merchandise. BitPay will process all Bitcoin payments through the team’s website.

Virgin Galactic

Richard Branson company that includes Virgin Mobile and Virgin Airlines allows you to pay for space travel with Bitcoins.

Norwegian Air

Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian), Scandinavia’s largest airline and Europe’s third-largest budget airline, plans to provide a payment solution enabling customers to pay for tickets with cryptocurrency.

Namecheap

One of the leading domain name registrants start accepting Bitcoin back in 2013 since it has been requested by the company’s tech audience.

CheapAir

An American online travel agency, established in 1989 has started accepting Bitcoin through Coinbase and later on changed their payment processor to BTCPayServer.

Buy & send gift cards online for retailers like Amazon, Starbucks, and iTunes. The company accepts Bitcoin as payment without any additional fees.

NewEgg

An online retailer of items including computer hardware and consumer electronics. The company is one of the first to accept Bitcoin payment.

The Internet Archive

A San Francisco–based nonprofit digital library with the stated mission of “universal access to all knowledge” accepts Bitcoin donations. Its web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures.

The Pirate Bay

An online index of digital content of entertainment media and software. The site accepts Bitcoin and cryptocurrency donations since 2013.

4Chan

A beloved site among crypto users, 4Chan is an imageboard website. Users generally post anonymously, with the most recent posts appearing above the rest.

4chan is split into various boards with their own specific content and guidelines. Registration is not possible. The site accepts Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin as payment for a 4Chan pass.

Mega.nz

A cloud storage and file hosting service launched on January 19, 2013, by Kim Dotcom, who had previously founded Megaupload. The site accepts Bitcoin for account upgrades.

Amazon (not directly)

While Amazon, the biggest online retailer today, doesn’t accept Bitcoin directly you can use Purse.io to shop for anything on the site and pay with Bitcoin. The site connects people who have Bitcoin and want to buy on Amazon with people who want to get Bitcoin in return for fulfilling an order.

ExpressVPN

One of the largest virtual private network service that allows you to surf online securely and privately. ExpressVPN is a subscription-based service that accepts Bitcoin.

Benfica

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, commonly known as Benfica is an extremely popular sports club based in Lisbon Portugal. The company accepts Bitcoin for game tickets and merchandise.

1. Stores that Accept Bitcoin as Payment

Aside from the big companies I’ve mentioned in the previous chapter, there are many small and medium businesses (SMBs) that accept Bitcoin as well.

• Alza – Largest Czech online retailer
• Alternative Airlines – A flight-search website that offers ways to book flights using a range of cryptocurrencies.
• Bitcoin.Travel – a travel site that provides accommodation, apartments, attractions, etc.
• Pembury Tavern – A pub in London, England
• Old Fitzroy – A pub in Sydney, Australia
• The Pink Cow – A diner in Tokyo, Japan
• Zynga – Mobile gaming
• EZTV – Torrents TV shows provider
• Lumfile – Free cloud base file server – pay for premium services
• Etsy Vendors – 93 of them
• PizzaForCoins.com – Domino’s Pizza signed up – pay for their pizza with bitcoins
• Bitcoincoffee.com – Buy your favorite coffee online
• Grass Hill Alpacas – A local farm in Haydenville, MA
• Jeffersons Store – A streetwear clothing store in Bergenfield, N.J
• Helen’s Pizza – Jersey City, N.J., you can get a slice of pizza for bitcoin.
• A Class Limousine – Pick you up and drop you off at Newark (N.J.) Airport
• Seoclerks.com – Get SEO work done on your site cheap
• Fancy.com – Discover amazing stuff, collect the things you love, buy it all in one place
• Humblebundle.com – Indie game site
• BigFishGames.com – Games for PC, Mac, and Smartphones (iPhone, Android, Windows)
• Suntimes.com – Chicago based online newspaper
• San Jose Earthquakes – San Jose California Professional Soccer Team (MLS)
• Crowdtilt.com – The fastest and easiest way to pool funds with family and friends
• Lumfile – Server company that offers free cloud-based servers
• Museum of the Coastal Bend – 2200 East Red River Street, Victoria, Texas 77901, USA
• Gap, GameStop and JC Penney – have to use eGifter.com
• Fight for the Future – Leading organization finding for Internet freedom
• i-Pmart (ipmart.com.my) – A Malaysian online mobile phone and electronic parts retailer
• Curryupnow.com – A total of 12 restaurants on the list of restaurants accept bitcoins in San Francisco
• Dish Network – An American direct-broadcast satellite service provider
• The Libertarian Party – United States political party
• Yacht-base.com – Croatian yacht charter company
• Euro Pacific – A major precious metal dealer
• CEX – The trade-in chain has a shop in Glasgow, Scotland that accepts bitcoin
• Straub Auto Repairs – 477 Warburton Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 – (914) 478-1177
• PSP Mollie – Dutch Payment Service
• Intuit – an American software company that develops financial and tax preparation software.
• ShopJoy – An Australian online retailer that sells novelty and unique gifts
• Lv.net – Las Vegas high-speed internet services
• Grooveshark – Online music streaming service based in the United States
• MIT Coop Store – Massachusetts Institute of Technology student bookstore
• SimplePay – Nigeria’s most popular web and mobile-based wallet service
• SFU bookstore – Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada
• State Republican Party – First State Republican Party to accept bitcoin donations
• mspinc.com – Respiratory medical equipment supplies store
• Shopify.com – An online store that allows anyone to sell their products
• Famsa – Mexico’s biggest retailer
• Naughty America – Adult entertainment provider
• Mexico’s Universidad de las Américas Puebla – A major university in Mexico
• MovieTickets.com – Online movie ticket exchange/retailer
• Dream Lover – Online relationship service
• Rakuten – A Japanese e-commerce giant
• Badoo – Online dating network
• RE/MAX London – UK-based franchisee of the global real estate network
• T-Mobile Poland – T-Mobile’s Poland-based mobile phone top-up company
• Stripe – San Francisco-based payments company
• WebJet – Online travel agency
• Green Man Gaming – Popular digital game reseller
• Save the Children – Global charity organization
• NCR Silver – Point of sales systems
• One Shot Hotels – Spanish hotel chain
• Coupa Caféin Palo Alto
• PureVPN – VPN provider
• That’s my face – create action figures
• Foodler – North American restaurant delivery company
• Amagi Metals – Precious metal furnisher

While many companies are very excited to let us know when they start accepting Bitcoin they don’t bother to update if they stop. Therefore this list can be somewhat outdated, so take it with a grain of salt.

Additional SMBs that accept Bitcoin can be found here and here. Also, many people have started advertising their SMBs in the comment section of this page.

3. Frequently Asked Questions

Can Bitcoin be Converted to Cash?

Yes, you can convert Bitcoin to cash at a Bitcoin ATM or through a Bitcoin exchange.

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Who Accepts Bitcoin? 11 Major Companies

In 2021, your company is a status symbol if they are daring enough to test the status quo and accept Bitcoin. Whether it is for marketing purposes or to stay up with the times many companies have benefitted by being early adopters. Here are a few major companies that are currently accepting Bitcoin, as credit cards become less and less used online.

Note: You can also use Spendabit to find places to buy most items with Bitcoin.

Major Retailers

Microsoft

Microsoft has been accepting Bitcoin for use in its online Xbox Store since 2014. They temporarily took a pause from accepting it due to the volatility and now again are accepting it strictly for the Xbox store credits.

Bill Gates has commented on Bitcoin many times saying things such as “Bitcoin is better than currency”.

Overstock

Overstock is currently leading the way in the shopping and cryptocurrency field. Overstock goes as far to accept multiple kinds of cryptocurrency, not just bitcoins.

Not only is Overstock accepting bitcoin but they are holding it too! Theses are the types of vendors that serve the bitcoin community in the best possible way! They are clearly in it for the long haul and not simply using Bitcoin as a marketing ploy.

Just make sure to choose Bitcoin as your payment method during the checkout process. Here is what that will look like:

The next time you need household goods or furniture, make sure to go support overstock.

Home Depot

Home Depot is the largest Hardware Store Chain in the United States.

Home Depot’s acceptance is huge because it means you can essentially build you entire house by purchasing materials using Bitcoin.

Home depot accepts Bitcoin payments via Flexa’s checkout systems installed in their stores. This makes it super simple to checkout using Bitcoin since Geminis partnership with Flexa has taken out all of the friction traditionally involved with Bitcoin payments.

Namecheap

They are a pro internet freedom company used to purchase domain names and is a favorite in the cryptocurrency community for their willingness to accept bitcoin and fight for freedom.

You can receive a credit on your Namecheap account by easily sending in Bitcoin.

Starbucks

Starbucks initially disappointed the Bitcoin world when it was prematurely reported that Starbucks would begin accepting Bitcoin payments directly in stores in 2019. However, Starbucks later clarified that the reports were wrong on a couple of fronts. First, they would not be accepting Bitcoin payments directly. Instead, they would be partnering with future’s exchange Bakkt and second, no Bitcoin payments would be accepted until mid-2020 when the Bakkt app launches

Thankfully that app has finally launched, which means you can make Bitcoin payments in Starbucks right now!

Whole Foods

Whole foods is partnered with Winklevoss Flexa spending app ‘Spedn’. Using the Spedn app, you can buy all your whole food groceries using Bitcoin, Litecoin, or the Gemini dollar with no problems. The Spedn app doesn’t just limit you to whole foods though. Regal Cinemas, Gamestop, Jamba Juice, and Baskin Robbins are among the many other merchants now willing to take the jump into Bitcoin.

NewEgg

Newegg is a company well known in the cryptocurrency community for purchasing cryptocurrency mining hardware. They sell all sorts of computer hardware on all ends of the spectrum.

Recognizing their popularity in the cryptocurrency community, NewEgg started accepting bitcoin for their hardware.

Lolli

Lolli lets you get free Bitcoin just by spending money at the store you use everyday!

You use your credit card, and get paid Bitcoin for free.

These stores include major brands like Walmart, Jet, Groupon, Overstock, Godaddy, Macy’s, CVS, and nearly any other websites.

Fold App

Fold is similar to Lolli in that it lets you earn Bitcoin by spending money at your favorite stores.

You can link up your credit cards to the app and it will award your free Bitcoin whenever you made a purchase at a participating store or restaurant.

Try Purse.io

Purse.io is sort of the opposite of lolli. You spend Bitcoin to buy from places like Amazon and various other online retailers AND you get 5-15% off the price advertised. Purse works like this:

1. You select a product on a site that you want to buy from.
2. Purse finds someone with points or a gift card to that store.
3. That person buys the product for you.
4. You send purse the bitcoin to pay for it.
5. Purse gives the Bitcoin to the person who bought the product for you.

And that’s it — everyone wins!

For while, new users could not sign up because Purse was shutting down operations, but they have since decided to keep the company going.

If you want to buy from Amazon using Bitcoin, purse is the best way, so keep your eyes out for sign ups to reopen!

Gift Card Services

Many stores have yet to add support for Bitcoin directly, which is why a few services have stepped in to fill in the gap while we wait for wider adoption. These services essentially take your Bitcoin and turn it into credit with the store of your choice. Coincards and Bitrefill are the biggest.

CoinCards

With Coincards, you can buy gift cards from over 140 merchants using Bitcoin. You can also use CoinCards to pay up your phone cards as well.

CoinCards is really handy if the store you want to buy from does not support Bitcoin. With gift card services like CoinCards, nearly everyone accepts Bitcoin. And since CoinCards is the one buying the gift cards, your identity stays hidden, so you can purchase from any of their supported merchants (even in store) without exposing your identity.

CoinCards has both an USA site (for US brands) and a Canadian site (for Canadian brands).

Bitrefill

Bitrefill is a service very similar to CoinCards. With Bitrefill, you can buy gift cards from over 750 merchants.

Like CoinCards, it’s handy to use Bitrefill to remain private when shopping online or in person.

Bitrefill also accepts lightning payments if you want to experiment with Bitcoin’s latest technology.

Specific Needs

For full coverage of most of your Bitcoin shopping needs, try the websites listed below.

Green Energy

Massachusetts Solar announced in February it would be accepting Bitcoin as payment for its off-grid solar panel systems.

Electronics

Purse.io and Overstock rule this category due to the sheer number of electronics you can find on their sites.

Newegg.com is a runner up in this category. They carry most of your electronic needs.

Household Items and Kitchen

Overstock.com is the best place to find items for household items and the kitchen.

KFC Canada — They are one of the newest additions to the food companies that are accepting Bitcoin. They strategically have taken it upon themselves to join the twitter Bitcoin community by memeing their way to many cryptocurrency followers.

KFC Canada presents The #Bitcoin Bucket. Sure, we don’t know exactly what Bitcoins are, or how they work, but that shouldn’t come between you and some finger lickin’ good chicken. https://t.co/2OKuCHk5Hb pic.twitter.com/UwaduB8toi

Whether this is just a marketing ploy, or they are actually in it for the long haul hasn’t been clear yet.

Why order anything else when you can just buy steaks with Bitcoin? This is all the you need to survive the cryptocurrency jungle.

Pex Peppers offers some super spicy hot sauces for Bitcoin!

Bees Bros have a great selection of honey, lip balm and soap.

If you are in France, Just Eat now accepts Bitcoin when you order food through their service.

Sports Teams

Lots of sports teams are waking up to the Bitcoin revolution and are trying to beat the rest to adoption as a way to stand out from the competition. Support these teams!

• Dallas Mavericks

Mark Cuban, famed Shark Tank investor and owner of the Dallas Mavericks Basketball team is also a staunch Bitcoin Bull. Anyone who attends a game at the Dallas Mavericks stadium can buy anything using Bitcoin as well as tickets to future games on their website.

The Dallas Mavericks have been an outspoken advocate for Bitcoin, opening up opportunities for the team as it starts to accept Bitcoin for ticket sales and merchandise.

The Mavericks aren’t the only sports team supporting a cryptocurrency. The Miami Dolphins have also decided to jump in the crypto waters and allow its patrons to buy tickets and food using Bitcoin clone, Litecoin.

This collaboration propels Litecoin in front of an audience of millions of people around the world at a time where adoption of cryptocurrencies continues to gain momentum and the ecosystem is able to support real world use cases in ways previously not possible. We see this as a powerful way to raise awareness and educate people about Litecoin and cryptocurrencies on a tremendous scale.

Sleep, Bed and Bath

Overstock.com has the largest selections for bed and bath. There are also many ways to buy furniture.

Mattresses are something many bitcoiners have used their earnings on. Purse.io is a good option since major mattresses like the Purple, Tuft and Needle, and Casper are available on Amazon.

Ghostbed apparently accepts Bitcoin directly for its mattresses.

Cell Phone Carriers

Of the major US & UK cellular network providers, AT&T is the first one to accept Bitcoin. Shortly after, Virgin Mobile also started supporting Bitcoin payments.

Travel

Expedia.com — Expedia is currently the easiest way to purchase flights and forms of travel with Bitcoin.

cheapair.com — Cheap Air accepts Bitcoin for flight purchases.

ScubaOtter has tips on how to buy scuba gear with bitcoin.

Alternativeairlines.com is a flight-search website that offers ways to book flights from over 600 global airlines.

Education

You can actually now use Bitcoin to buy your PhD from Curtain University, Western Australia’s largest University.

Banks

Blockfi accepts Bitcoin, which can then be used to earn interest like a savings account.

Beauty and Health

Overstock.com and Purse.io is your best bet when it comes to beauty and health. You can also get cleaning services with Bitcoin.

If you need cosmetics, Bitrefill offers gift cards for Ulta and Coincards offers cards for Sephora.

Twitch

There is a wide overlap between people are are into Bitcoin and people who enjoy playing video games.

Twitch is an online streaming platform for all sorts of activities, but mostly it is used for gamers to stream their play sessions to other enthusiasts.

Using Bitcoin to pay for your subscriptions is a great way to support your favorite streamers while staying private.

Does Amazon Accept Bitcoin?

Amazon does not accept Bitcoin. But you can buy Amazon gift cards at Bitrefill with bitcoin and then spend on Amazon.

You are also able to buy from Amazon using purse.io and you get from 5-15% off your purchase if you do.

Does Walmart Accept Bitcoin?

Walmart does not accept Bitcoin. But you can buy Amazon gift cards at Bitrefill with bitcoin and then spend at Walmart.

Non-Profits

Wikipedia

The worlds largest collaborative encyclopedia now accepts Bitcoin for donations. This amazing organization relies on all of us to support their efforts, and Bitcoiners around the world can contribute by sending them some Bitcoin every month.

Wikileaks

Slightly more controversial, Wikileaks (EU) also accepts Bitcoin. In fact, they are famous for being one of the first organizations of any kind to accept Bitcoin ever.

As an organization who’s sole purpose is to leak state secrets, such as Edward Snowden’s revelations about PRISM and the NSA’s spying on its own citizens, its no wonder that all of Wikileaks traditional banking was shut down, forcing him to lean on Bitcoin.

Julian Assange even mentioned how he made 50,000% return on Bitcoin thanks to the US government.

My deepest thanks to the US government, Senator McCain and Senator Lieberman for pushing Visa, MasterCard, Payal, AmEx, Mooneybookers, et al, into erecting an illegal banking blockade against @WikiLeaks starting in 2010. It caused us to invest in Bitcoin — with > 50000% return. pic.twitter.com/9i8D69yxLC

— Defend Assange Campaign (@DefendAssange) October 14, 2017

In July of 2020, Wikileaks also announced that they are now not only accepting Bitcoin payments but also lightning network payments for their store.

Whether you support Wikileaks or not, we had to add it to this list, considering it such a famous example, not only of an organization that accepts Bitcoin but also as one that proves Bitcoin is capable of doing what it claims to be able to do: be a permissionless, censorship-resistant medium of exchange.

What can you buy with ethereum

You can use Ethereum and other altcoins at a few of the merchants mentioned on this page, such as Overstock.com and JM Bullion. However, there is no doubt that Ethereum is accepted at far fewer merchants than Bitcoin, so it’s really not a good use case for ethereum and using Bitcoin will be much easier.

Restaurants that Accept Bitcoin

Wondering where you can find a meal in exchange for a few of your sats?

We’ve got you covered in this in-depth guide.

Find out the top spots to spend Bitcoin at restaurants below!

Subway

Subway was the first major food chain to accept Bitcoin.

The first Bitcoin purchase at a Subway happened all the way back in 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

This purchase actually marked the second time ever food had been purchased with Bitcoin (the first being at a Papa Johns in Jacksonville, Florida).

Not all or even most Subways accept Bitcoin today, but keep your eyes peeled and you may spot one.

Coffee Shops

Starbucks was the first big restaurant chain to began accepting Bitcoin via payments app SPEDN by Flexa.

Flexa is a subsidiary of Gemini, and they have since added other coffee shops to the Spedn app, such as Caribou Coffee, Jamba Juice, and Baskin Robbins.

Starbucks has also partnered with Bakkt to support BTC payments at the register, allowing users to forgo the Flexa app and pay directly to Starbucks.

Burger King

In 2016, some Netherlands Burger King locations began to accept Bitcoin, but the adoption didn’t stop there.

In 2019, Burger King Germany and Burger King Venezuela began accepting bitcoin payments through orders on its website. Not long after that, some locations in the Netherlands

Conclusion

If you are willing to look hard enough, these days you can basically spend your Bitcoin anywhere (although you will pay a tax); if not directly with the merchant then through a third party gift card purchaser. While some of these methods are little unconventional, they do help make Bitcoin more useful today and easier to adopt for tomorrow.

Let us know if you find any other merchants that should add to this list!

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