There is a way to make everyday purchases with cryptocurrency without selling it for fiat currency. You can buy food, clothes, sports goods, airline tickets, book hotels, and top up mobile phones with Bitcoin and Altcoins.
In this article, we will find out who makes purchases with crypto in Russia, why they do that and learn about Bitrefill gift cards & products you can buy with them.
Who lives on crypto?
Living on crypto is for those who:
- Want to avoid using banking platforms. Living on crypto eliminates going through all the banking procedures, verification, bureaucracy, and provides a high level of confidentiality and practicality.
- Earn partially or totally in Crypto. This is a growing segment of freelancers, traders, crypto scrappers and startup employees that need to use their income to pay for everyday needs.
- Don’t have another choice for e-commerce, as they are unbanked or living in another country.
Why living on crypto?
There are two ways to spend crypto: selling it on an exchange/in-person, or making direct purchases.
The first option is cumbersome: if you want to sell crypto on an exchange, you have to go through the KYC process. Exchanges, merchants, banks, credit card companies and banking intermediaries require your personal data — one of your main assets which you’d prefer not to share with anybody if possible.
Direct purchases with crypto help to avoid sharing your personal information into dozens of databases, of which at least one will likely get hacked.
This is faster and more convenient than selling coins on an exchange and then making purchases with fiat currencies.
How to Make Everyday Purchases with Crypto?
Your email is all you need to make purchases on platforms like Bitrefill.com — no registration needed. You can purchase gift cards in three easy steps: add a product to the cart, provide your email and pay the required amount to the specified address. Bitrefill will email and display your gift card which you’ll be able to redeem for the product you need in seconds.
Creating an Account with us is optional, and requires only an email and password (takes a few seconds to have one) and turns on many useful features:
- Keeping a balance with Bitrefill in BTC, USD or EUR. It can be used to purchase products or services multiple times, instantly, and without having to pay blockchain transaction fees and wait for payment confirmation every time. Great option for recurring customers.
- Bitcoin rewards for purchases. All products offer a 1% sats-back at least, which can be used in future purchases.
- Order history and gift cards storage.
- Referral Program link, for which you and your friends can get 5 USD after they spend 50 USD.
What can you buy with gift cards?
Bitrefill offers a wide range of gift cards for those who live in Russia: you can pay for food, entertainment, clothes, jewelry, home goods, cosmetics & spa, hotel rooms. You can also recharge your mobile phone: you simply need to provide your phone number and pay the required amount.
Now, let’s take a closer look at what Bitrefill offers.
Food. Imagine you are finally home after a hard working day. You open your fridge and find out it’s empty. You can go to a nearby shop but feel too tired. Besides, the nearby shops don’t sell your favorite food products. Is there a way to spend some crypto on food in this situation? Bitrefill offers gift cards for Sbermarket and Yandex.Eda. These services allow you to easily order delivery from various shops in your city with a promo code. Perekrestok gift cards allow you to buy your favorite food in the Perekrestok retail stores. If you want to treat yourself or your beloved, go to Delikateska.ru and order something special. Need to recharge or celebrate a special occasion? Decanter.ru offers a wide range of alcohol.
Entertainment. A new episode of your fav series is released? You can pay for Amediateka, Megogo or Ivi subscription with crypto and watch it in the evening with your friends and family. If you are a fan of video games, Bitrefiil will also make you happy as there are gift cards for World of Tanks, Battle.net and Fortnite. With gift cards for iTunes you can buy apps, games and subscriptions for video and music apps. For book lovers Bitrefill offers Litres, Storytell and Respublika gift cards.
Smartphones and Home Appliances. When a new model of your smartphone is released, you can buy it with a gift card in one of the Svyaznoy retail stores. They accept cards for all smartphones, except the Apple products. Svyaznoy also offers a wide range of other technical devices and home appliances: laptops, tablets, PCs, earphones, cameras, vacuum cleaners, coffee machines and so on. You can buy all of that with cryptocurrency today.
Sports. Need to upgrade your sports equipment? Use gift cards to buy sports apparel, equipment in Sportmaster, Decathlon and Traektoria shops.
Traveling. The pandemic gave us a great chance to explore different parts of our huge country. Furthermore, you can buy tickets and book hotels with crypto. Simply purchase a gift card for tutu.ru and Hotels.com websites and hurry to pack your bags!
Clothes. There are a couple of apparel shops that accept Bitrefill gift cards. You can buy some exclusive T-shirts, hoodies and jackets in the Black Star Wear shop or designer clothes by Vassa&Co. Your kids would be glad to dress up in new clothes and play with toys from Detskiy Mir and Dochki-Synochki.
Mobile Phone Top Ups. Recharging mobile phones with Bitrefiil is even easier than shopping with gift cards. You can top up your Megafon, Beeline, MTS, Yota or TELE2 phone in minutes. Simply click the Refill Phone button, enter your phone number and send crypto to the provided address. Your phone balance will be recharged in minutes. The minimum amount is from 1 to 74 roubles, maximum — 15 000 for some providers.
Gift Cards. Not sure which gift card to choose? Buy a Giftery card — you can exchange it for a gift card of top brands in Russia. Take a look at the full list of shops for exchanging Giftery cards.
Living on crypto is a reality now. With Bitrefill gift cards you can pay for almost all aspects of your life. All you need is some crypto (BTC, USDT, ETH, LTC, DOGE or DASH). Join the parallel economy!
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