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Buying and Selling with crypto: Balkan Candles is open for business

matthewdavidPosted for Everyone to comment on, 5 years ago2 min read

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One of the topics that I am most interested in exploring here on Whaleshares is peer-to-peer business with crypto; simply buying and selling things with crypto-currencies as the payment. I also love to hear people share their experiences with small business.

I'm happy that one of my fellow @met members, @immortal-tongue, messaged me and let me know about @balkan-candles. Two people from our Whaleshares community have started a small business making beeswax candles and selling them. The exciting thing is that they are accepting crypto as payment.

As I read more about it, I realized that they were funded with a creative loan with repayment of that loan being Whalestake earned from writing update posts about the business. More information about how that came about and an account of the first candles being made can be found here:

https://whaleshares.io/balkancandles/@microloans/balkan-candles-our-future-is-brighter-together

We are in the beginning stages of crytpo adoption

It's small business like this that are at the forefront of crytpo-currency adoption. They are willing to experiment, try new things and accept crytpo as payment. Right now this works because the founders of this business are both active in the Steemit and Whaleshares communities and they will have some customers who will buy from them using crytpo because of the social blockchain connections and reputation.

I chatted with @crazybgadventure, one of the owners of Balkan Candles and he let me know that at least one person had paid with STEEM. I'm very pleased to hear this. Right now, shipping from their location to the United States is expensive, so I probably won't be purchasing from Balkan Candles right away. But consider it! Especially if you are in Europe.

More info

Here are a few posts with more information:

I invite you to follow @balkan-candles and wish the co-owners @ravijojla and @crazybgadventure success in their new venture!

-- @matthewdavid


I write about business and business books. If you are interested in business opportunities and entrepreneurship, check out my other posts. I'm also an Engagement Leader for the @met project, encouraging discussions on business related topics here on Whaleshares.

If you are interested in purchasing books or a laptop computer with crypto-currency, reach out to me to find out more. I'm on Discord and I also use the encrypted Wire messaging app. My username is @matthewdavid there, too.

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