8 surprising places where you can pay with bitcoin

Subway franchises in Buenos Aires recently accept Bitcoin for payments at the restaurants for their “Eat Fresh” products.

For the online gamers, Zynga partnered with BitPay for their Bitcoin payments. Players can use Bitcoins for in-app purchases.

eGifter is a popular gift card mobile app, which allows users to buy gift cards for different places, such as Amazon, Sephora, Home Depot and Kohls. eGifter works with Coinbase as their Bitcoin partner. Bitcoins are accepted for purchasing gift cards for places that do not directly accept Bitcoins.

Newegg is an online electronics retailer who accepts Bitcoin as a payment method. If you are a gadget junkie, then you can make electronic purchases using Bitcoin.

Overstock is a company selling big-ticket items at lower prices, owing to overstocking. Overstock.com was the first online retailer to accept Bitcoins starting January 2014. Overstock partnered up with Coinbase allowing its customers to pay with Bitcoin for all their purchases, from TV sets and laptops to pillows. In order for you to use Bitcoins on Overstock, you need to simply choose the “pay with Bitcoin” option for you to complete your purchases.

Since 2013, Virgin Galactic, a commercial space flight venture owned by Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, that includes companies such as Virgin Mobile and Virgin Airline, accepts purchases using Bitcoin. You can even pay for space travel with Bitcoin.

Microsoft users can use Bitcoin to purchase games, movies and apps in the Windows and Xbox stores, as well as the Microsoft online stores.

Expedia teamed up with Coinbase in implementing the world's largest travel booking agency found online. Since mid 2014, users have been able to make hotel bookings using the Bitcoin payment option. Expedia currently accepts Bitcoins for hotel bookings only, but are expected to expand to include flight bookings and other activities.