This guide is split into two parts. First, you’ll need to buy Bitcoin with your favorite payment method. Once done you want to place an order in our shop. Though it maybe seems complicated it is fairly simple and just takes about 15 minutes.
How to buy Bitcoin
Step 1. Register
Register an account with LocalBitcoins. You get a free and secure online bitcoin wallet. No additional apps are needed. If you already have an account, skip to the next step.
Step 2. Search for advertisements
Go to the main page and in the search box fill in the form with the amount you want to buy in your currency, your location and choose a payment method. If you’re unsure how you want to pay, choose “All online offers” as your payment method. The site will list bitcoin traders available in your region.
Step 3. Select an advertisement
From the list of advertisements, choose one from a trader with a good reputation score and a high amount of trades. The response time indicator shows if a trader replies within five minutes (green), within 30 minutes (yellow) or slower than 30 minutes (grey). You can click the ‘Buy’ button to view more information about an advertisement.
Step 4. Pay the seller
After you press the ‘Buy’ button you’ll see more information about the advertisement, including the terms of the trade. Read through them before submitting the trade request, if you don’t agree with them you can go back to the previous page and choose another advertisement.
To start the trade, type in the blue box how much you want to buy, enter a message for the seller and click the Send trade request button to the start the trade. Be sure you’re ready to pay when clicking the button, if you don’t pay before the payment window is over, the trade will be automatically canceled.
Step 5. Mark payment complete
Once you have made the payment, click the I have paid button. Once the trader has verified that your payment has been received your Bitcoin will be released from escrow and they are instantly available in your LocalBitcoins wallet.
And that’s all there is to it, congratulations on your first Bitcoin trade!
How to pay with Bitcoin
Step 1. Check account balance
First, please make sure that you have no ongoing trade on localbitcoins and that you have btc available in your localbitcoins wallet. you can check your spendable funds, by clicking on the Bitcoin icon on the top row.
Step 2. Place order and pay with Bitcoin
Our shop generates a receiving bitcoin address just for your order. also it gives you the exact amount of BTC you have to pay.
You want to copy & paste the receiving address and the amount in BTC into the form on localbitcoins.
Click “Continue” and confirm the transaction with your password.
Also, you can click the “I have sent the payment”-Button our site.
Congratulations – you just placed your order and paid with bitcoin!