Dell Subsidiary Alienware Opens Up to Bitcoin Payments
Dell-owned Alienware is now accepting bitcoin, proving that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. The popular power computer manufacturer announced Thursday that they were beginning to accept the digital currency for their array of available systems, even offering customers the opportunity to save up to $150 to encourage its use at checkout. Alienware has chosen Coinbase as the preferred payment processor, which will allow them to instantly convert the digital currency to United States dollars. Alienware now accepts Bitcoin! For a limited time, get up to $150 off when using this....
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Gaming computer specialist Alienware has announced that it is now accepting bitcoin payments. The company, a subsidiary of Dell, Inc., announced the move on its official Twitter account today. In addition to the bitcoin integration, Alienware is offering a promotional discount worth up to $150 on orders purchased with bitcoin. The decision by Alienware to take digital currency represents yet another high-profile bitcoin integration by a technology company. Alienware specializes in high-performance gaming hardware, including desktops and laptops. Originally founded in 1996, Dell later....
Multinational computer technology specialist Dell has announced it is now accepting bitcoin through a partnership with Coinbase. With annual revenue approaching $57bn, Dell is roughly four times the size of DISH Network - the previous biggest bitcoin-accepting business. Following today's announcement, consumers and small business owners are able to purchase all items on Dell.com using bitcoin. To promote the news, the company is offering a 10% discount on all Alienware-brand products to bitcoin buyers. Dell also sells personal computers, servers, data storage devices, cameras and printers.....
Updated with comment from Dell CIO Paul Walsh. Dell has announced it has expanded its bitcoin payments program to consumers in the UK and Canada. The announcement was revealed today at eTail West, an annual e-commerce conference, during a keynote address by CIO Paul Walsh. In remarks, Walsh suggested that the decision was prompted by customer demand and the positive feedback the company had so far received for its US offering. Walsh said: "We're hearing from our customers around the world that they want the option to use bitcoin when buying Dell products, so we are excited to deliver....
In what seems to be the big news (and more importantly, validation that bitcoin is being seen as currency among big businesses), Dell has recently announced that it is expanding its bitcoin payments option to all customers in the UK and Canada. Company CIO Paul Walsh made the official announcement last week at eTail West (an annual commerce conference), and West cites customer enthusiasm for bitcoin payments as the "primary prompter" behind the company's decision to expand its bitcoin payments program: "We're hearing from our customers around the world that they want the option to use....
Dell was among the very first major companies to experiment with Bitcoin payments at an early stage. Over the years, a fair amount of Bitcoin users have been using digital currency to pay for their Dell orders, but it looks like the company has removed to pay in BTC altogether. Earlier this year, various Reddit users had reported similar issues when paying in Bitcoin. As soon as major companies started accepting Bitcoin, the entire digital currency ecosystem received a tremendous boost. Community members were over the moon regarding the news of Dell accepting Bitcoin payments, even though....