In The Market For New Eyewear, Coastal.com Will Let You Use Bitcoin

BY: 

Dave Forde
January 20, 2014

CoastalOnline glasses and contact lenses retailer Coastal.com , has announced they will soon accept Bitcoins as a form of payment for their products.  Coastal.com will be the first eyewear retailer to accept the digital currency as payment for products.

“As an e-commerce company, we’re excited to see digital currency gaining momentum,” said Roger Hardy, Founder and CEO of Coastal.com. “We’re continuously looking for new innovative approaches in order to best service our customers.”

Bitcoin “a peer-to-peer payment system and digital currency introduced as open source software in 2009 by pseudonymous developer Satoshi Nakamoto. It is a cryptocurrency, so-called because it usescryptography to control the creation and transfer of money” (Source: Wikipedia)

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Dave Forde


Dave “The Connector” Forde has been involved in the marketing, public relations and technology industry across Canada for over 20 years in various sales and marketing roles, he launched The Connected One network of business sites which connects buyers to the right sellers. Profectio and PR In Canada covers news about the marketing and public relations industry each day helping professionals advance their career and businesses. He also serves as an advisor to a number of businesses across the country. Find Dave on LinkedIn and Twitter.


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