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Dear Beacons Team,
I would like to share two suggestions that I believe could significantly improve the customer experience and increase sales for creators using Beacons.
  1. Make the “Debit/Credit Card” button visible and active
When a creator has only PayPal connected, the “Debit/Credit Card” option is currently displayed as a greyed-out, unavailable button until the customer first enters their name and email address.
The problem is that many customers do not realize that card payments are actually available because the option appears to be disabled.
My suggestion is very simple:
Please make the “Debit/Credit Card” button black and active instead of greyed out. When a customer clicks it, the button could simply guide them to enter the required information, such as their name and email address, before proceeding to card payment.
This would make it immediately clear that card payments are available, rather than leading customers to assume that PayPal is the only payment option.
Platforms such as Ko-fi and Sellfy already use a similar approach: the card payment button is visible and active, and clicking it guides the customer through entering the necessary information.
This is especially important for creators based in non-EU countries, where Stripe is not available. The ability to accept card payments through PayPal makes it much easier for us to sell our products and allows customers without a PayPal account to make purchases.
  1. Currency options for External Link products
I would also love to see more currency options when using the External Link product type.
At the moment, it appears that the product can only be displayed in USD. It would be extremely useful if creators could choose the currency for their products, for example EUR, GBP, etc.
Many creators sell primarily to customers in their own region or internationally, and being able to display the correct currency would make the store feel much more professional and would also make pricing clearer for customers.
Honestly, Beacons is a platform I would not replace with any other, and I am truly impressed by the new features and improvements you continue to introduce.
However, these are two areas that I believe could make a meaningful difference for creators and their conversion rates. The card-payment visibility issue in particular is one of the biggest limitations I currently see, and I believe it may be one of the reasons some creators consider switching to other platforms.
I hope you will consider these suggestions. I genuinely love Beacons and would be very happy to see these improvements implemented in the future. ❤️
Thank you for everything you continue to improve and build!
Best regards,
Emilija