The checkout opens with the invoice reference, the lines and the Total. Check the amount, then choose how to pay.
Option 1: Crypto or Cash App
On the Crypto or Cash App card, press the Pay button showing the amount.
You are taken to MakePay's secure checkout. Choose bitcoin, USDT, USDC, another currency from the list, or Cash App.
Send the payment as the checkout tells you. You come straight back to your invoice page.
This way of paying is usually confirmed within minutes. On hosting invoices it carries a processing fee, and the card shows the fee before you pay.
Option 2: Bank transfer
On the Bank transfer card (ACH or wire), press Show bank details.
Use the Copy buttons to copy the amount, the beneficiary, the account details and the Memo / reference.
In your bank, send US dollars to NMine LLC, the company behind Firsthand Bitcoin.
Put the reference in the memo of the transfer. That is how the payment is matched to your invoice.
A bank transfer has no fee from us and is matched automatically, usually within one business day.
Careful: Sending from outside the United States? Send the full amount in US dollars. Wire fees taken on the way leave the invoice short. The checkout shows the extra details an international wire needs.
Option 3: USDT sent directly
Open the invoice and scroll to How to pay. It lists USDT on the Ethereum network (ERC-20), with no fee. Send the exact amount on that network only, then email the transaction hash with your invoice number to hello@firsthandbitcoin.com.
Compare the options
Way to pay
Fee
Confirmed
Crypto or Cash App
A processing fee, shown at checkout
Usually within minutes
Bank transfer (ACH or wire)
None
Usually within one business day
USDT on Ethereum, sent directly
None
After you email the transaction hash
After you pay
The checkout shows Payment in progress while the payment is on its way. The page updates by itself.
Once it is confirmed, the status changes to Paid and your receipt is emailed to you.
On the Invoices page, the month changes from Due to Paid with the date.
If the app's Payment received alert is on, your phone tells you too.
If the status reads Partly paid
Partly paid means less than the total arrived, most often because of bank fees on a wire. Send the rest with the same reference and the invoice closes.
Good to know: Prefer not to pay invoices at all? With autopay, your hosting is covered from what your machines mine. See Autopay explained.
Questions about a payment? Reply to your invoice email or write to hello@firsthandbitcoin.com.