Bitcoin payments with QR codes: grow your business with one click

Cryptoprocessing.com allows you to code payment links as QR codes. What’s the advantage of this? And how do QR codes even work, anyway? Read on and find out.

What’s so special about QR codes?

We’ve been living with regular, one-dimensional barcodes for 50 years now. But in the past 5 years, the technology made a leap — barcodes 2.0 have arrived. They are two-dimensional, meaning that data is coded both vertically and horizontally.

The correct name for this tech is actually 2D barcode. QR code is a trademark patented by a Japanese company called Denso-Wave. It’s the most common type and the one we use at Cryptoprocessing.com. But it’s useful to know that there are several types of 2D barcodes.

You can squeeze over 2000 characters into a QR code, which is many times more than in a regular barcode. Here are some of the types of data you can code:

- URLs;

- Payment links

- Images and greeting cards;

- Ads;

- Short texts;

- Links to social media accounts;

- Phone, address, email etc.

Why use QR codes for Bitcoin payments?

A rising share of crypto users prefers mobile wallets. They may not be as secure as desktop wallets, but they are much more convenient when you want to pay and transfer Bitcoin quickly.

Now imagine this situation: what if a potential customer is browsing your site on their laptop, but their wallet is on the smartphone?

When the customer wants to buy something on the site and clicks on Pay, a link appears. Now the visitor has to perform a tedious sequence of actions:

- Copy the link (address), send it to themselves so that they can access it on the phone (for example, on Telegram), copy again and insert it into the mobile wallet.

This is just too much work. Of course, the alternative is even worse: typing the address into the wallet manually, character by character.

Don’t presume that the user has another wallet installed on their laptop for such cases. You need to let the customer pay in the way that is best for them.

Using QR codes with Cryptoprocessing.com

With Cryptoprocessing.com, you can seriously streamline the payment process for both desktop and mobile crypto users. You can set your payment links in such a way that, when the visitor clicks ‘Pay’ on their desktop, the site displays TWO payment options at the same time:

1) A QR code that contains the payment link (that is, the blockchain address);

2) The same address, but in the form of a clickable URL.

This should cover all users. Those who prefer a mobile wallet will take out their smartphone and scan the QR code. Their crypto wallet will open, and the user will only need to hit Authorize.

Those customers who have a browser extension wallet (such as MetaMask) will be able to click on the link, and the wallet will open automatically. In this scenario, paying requires just 2 clicks.

Finally, those with a less wieldy wallet like Electrum can simply copy and paste the address like they always did.

Of course, this setup requires a little bit of coding on your part. But it also produces many more conversions than a bar address that you have to copy and paste.

If you are still wondering if your site needs QR-enabled payments, you can forget your doubts right now. In crypto, QR codes are one of the best ways to grow your business at no additional cost at all.

QR Bitcoin payments are just one of many things that make Cryptoprocessing.com special. We also offer unmatched fiat support, instant transactions, on-the-fly exchange and more. Check out our site right now and see how crypto payments will benefit your business!