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@ Darren Honeysett
2023-08-15 19:32:27Accepting Bitcoin
To accept bitcoin all you need is a bitcoin wallet.
You share your customer the receive address orQR code and get paid!
Bitcoin Wallet limitations when invoicing
Using a bitcoin wallet gives access to the user to steal your funds, if you are the business owner this is no problem. But you would not want to give access to your accountant, book-keeper or employee.
Businesses want an invoice of custom line items, taxes, addresses and PDF copies. This is not possible with a bitcoin wallet.
The solution
Zaprite
Zaprite is an accounting tool to invoice your customers. You can get paid in Bitcoin, the Lightning Network, Liquid, Stripe and much more all on one invoice.
I have used Zaprite to invoice and want to share with other business owners.
Brief overview
Pros
- No KYC
- No Fees
- xpub and change addresses
- Integration with Stripe, Strike, IBEX, Lightning network, Liquid, IBEX, E-transfer, ACH, and more!
- Customizable company invoice
- Expenses and tasks
- Contacts
- Payment notifications
- Multiple languages
Cons
- Need to have a bitcoin wallet knowledge to a receive address or xpub.
- Not a full accounting software replacement yet.
Getting Started
Zapright is available to anyone in the world in multiple different languages.
All you need to get started is: 1. email 2. password
Zaprite takes no KYC information unlike competitor Opennode.
Company Set Up
First step is set up your account.
Your company information is what will appear on your invoices for your customer.
The company profile section is where you can customize your branding for Zaprite users and checkout page.
This includes a username that can also be used as lightning address for lightning payments.
Checkout Page
Next step is to configure your checkout page by configuring all connections.
This is an optional step as you can just provide a bitcoin payment address per invoice.
All configured connections will show on your checkout page.
Configuring Bitcoin:
Again this is an optional step but a great privacy practice.
To protect your privacy on-chain its recommend you connect your Extended Public Key (xpub).
An xpub is a master address for your receive addresses within your wallet. It's not available on all wallets, check if your wallet has it first.
It will then ask you to confirm your address.
Invoicing
First step is to add a contact including their business information.
You can then change the invoice title add a PO, number, payment terms and currency.
You can choose already created items under tasks or input a unique line item.
Within each line item you can change the tax, price, and description.
Under payments you can choose what your customer sees at checkout by selecting what you have configured. Or put in a bitcoin receive address.
The invoice is then saved as a draft.
Sending
You can send an invoice via email or share link.
Once an invoice is sent it can no longer be edited. Make sure you have everything correct prior to sending.
Your customer will see your checkout screen when paying an invoice.
You can also download a PDF version of the invoice.
Thats it!
Get Started with Zaprite today!
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