Differentiate Your Business with Bitcoin
Attract premium customers. Lower your costs. Strengthen your financial future.
Stand out in a crowded market by offering better payments.
Join the growing network of innovative New Zealand businesses using bitcoin to attract high-value customers, reduce friction at checkout, and improve cash flow with instant settlement.
Attract a Premium Segment
Bitcoin users are loyal, global, and growing. They're actively seek out businesses that accept it. Benefit from taking your place on the Bitcoin map.
Set your Business Apart
By accepting bitcoin, you position your business as modern, independent and future focused.
Improve Your Cash Flow
Keep more of the money you've earned with lower fees. Get it faster with instant bitcoin settlement, and NZD the next day.
How it Works
Simple to Setup, Easy to Use.
Register at Lightning Pay
Create your Lightning Pay account and verify your company details.
Get started in minutes — no long contracts, no setup fees.
Configure Your Account
Set your account to use our POS app at the counter, or create custom payment links to send anywhere. Choose to receive bitcoin to your wallet instantly, or NZD to your bank account by the next business day.
Flexible options for every kind of business.
Accept Bitcoin Payments
Customers pay via the Lightning Network using any bitcoin wallet. You reduce fees and improve your cashflow by receiving funds by the next business day.
Fast, low-cost payments your customers love to use.
Accept payments in bitcoin, on your terms.
Merchant Benefits
You'll pay nothing to accept payments.
You can use lightning pay on your mobile, PoS terminals are optional
No ongoing costs
Bitcoin's paywave has no additional cost.
Small Businesses Are the Heart of the Basin
Queenstown and the Southern Lakes region are powered by local businesses — from cafés and craft breweries to adventure operators and artisans. But rising costs, economic uncertainty, and outdated financial systems put extra pressure on the people keeping the community alive.
Access to modern tools like bitcoin is still limited. For most small businesses, the process of getting started feels too complex, too risky, or simply out of reach.
A Local Focus, for a National Movement
The Bitcoin Basin Initiative is Lightning Pay’s way of going deep in one community to show what’s possible. It’s a focused project supporting businesses in the Wakatipu region with hands-on onboarding, tools, and community support — all with no fees, no contracts, and no jargon.
While Lightning Pay is available to businesses across New Zealand, this initiative is designed to demonstrate the impact a circular bitcoin economy can have when local businesses and customers work together. It’s a blueprint — and Queenstown is where we’re starting.
Helping Queenstown become New Zealand’s first circular bitcoin economy.
Real Businesses. Real Impact.
Merchants across New Zealand are already using Lightning Pay to reduce payment friction, cut costs, and connect with a new generation of customers. From local brew pubs to tour operators, these businesses are proving that bitcoin payments aren’t just possible — they’re practical.
We’re proud to support early adopters who are leading the way in their communities and helping shape a more open, resilient economy.
Andrew Andrew
Small Planet Sports
Alta
Frankton Pizzaria
Bahn Mi EM
Start Accepting Bitcoin Today
Whether you're a boutique shop, retail business, hospitality, or online service — accepting bitcoin is easier than you think.
With Lightning Pay, you'll join a growing community of forward-thinking Kiwi businesses reducing costs, attracting premium customers, and building resilience for the future.
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