How to Buy Bitcoin on Walmart: A Step by Step Guide

You might be surprised to hear this, but you can buy bitcoin on Walmart. Here’s how to do it.

Step 1: set up a Bitcoin wallet

A bitcoin wallet is like a bank account that allows you to hold bitcoins. Unlike money held in a bank account, bitcoin is stored in digital wallets. Bitcoin wallets come in a variety of forms, including desktop, mobile, online, hardware, and paper wallets. After setting up a wallet, you get the wallet address to use for any bitcoin transfer to and from the wallet.

Additionally, if you transact in bitcoins via a direct cash exchange or gift card, you will also need to have your wallet address available.

Step 2: Price Shop

Don’t get into your vehicle and drive to Walmart without first getting a clear picture of the price bitcoin is currently trading at.

You can find this information in several places online, including our digital asset rankings page or peer-to-peer bitcoin exchanges.

Step 3: Select a seller

You will need to find a vendor on a peer-to-peer exchange who agrees with selling bitcoins via the Walmart2Walmart money transfer service. This service allows you to send money from a particular Walmart location to any other Walmart store.

Walmart2Walmart money transfer works as follows:

• Insert money
• Walmart charges a fee for providing the transfer service
  • Transfers from $ 0 to $ 50 $ 4
  • Transfers from $ 50 to $ 1,000 $ 8
  • Transfers from $ 1,000 to $ 2,500 $ 16
• The recipient retrieves the money at the Walmart location of your choice

There are P2P bitcoin exchanges like LocalBitcoins and Paxful, which can help you find a seller in your area.

Bitcoin Walmart gift card

Alternatively, if you want to buy bitcoin with a Walmart gift card, you can check with potential sellers if they agree with this means of payment.

Step 4: prepare the transaction

Once you’ve selected a seller and determined the amount of bitcoins you want to buy, go to Walmart’s website to set up the transfer. You will need a current email address to sign up for the system.

After registering, choose the payment method you intend to use. Once you’ve done that, the system offers you a list of payment options to select from on the left side of the screen. Make sure you choose the Walmart2Walmart option.

Then, it’s time to visit your local Walmart to deposit the funds for the transfer.

Take note of the transaction details provided by the peer-to-peer bitcoin exchange regarding the transaction before you go to Walmart. Once there, go to customer service where the Walmart2Walmart transfer system is located.

Step 5: Check the details with the seller

After you have transferred the funds to the seller, you can verify the transaction with the seller to receive your bitcoin. This can be done by sending the seller a copy of the receipt you receive for depositing funds from the Walmart cashier. (You can track the transfer using Walmart’s Track a Transfer tool, available on Walmart’s website, using your last name and the reference number on the receipt.)

The seller can then go to the Walmart you sent the funds to to claim them. They are generally available quite quickly, in as little as ten minutes in some cases.

And this is all! You bought bitcoin on Walmart.

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