# Need Help & Suggestions

**URL:** https://community.umbrel.com/t/need-help-suggestions/7269
**Category:** General Discussions
**Created:** [April 18, 2022, 6:49am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/need-help-suggestions/7269 "2022-04-18T06:49:15Z")
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### Author: ![DarthCoin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/darthcoin/32/1628_2.png) [@DarthCoin](https://community.umbrel.com/u/DarthCoin)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2022, 9:25am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/need-help-suggestions/7269/2 "2022-04-18T09:25:04Z")

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If you want to start accepting Bitcoin for your products, I wrote some simple guides for small merchants. Please start reading and pay attention to details.

- [Bitcoin for merchants - quick starter pack](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/bitcoin-for-merchants)
- [How to accept Bitcoin as a small merchant - simple steps](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/first-steps-to-accept-bitcoin-as)
- [Getting started with Umbrel node](http://community.umbrel.com/t/getting-started-with-your-umbrel/)
- [How to use LNbits for small merchants](http://community.umbrel.com/t/how-to-use-umbrel-lnbits-for-small-merchants/)
- [Be your own bank - think like a bank](http://community.umbrel.com/t/be-your-own-bank-think-like-a-bank/)

Additional guides:

- [LN wallets comparison](https://darthcoin.substack.com/p/lightning-wallets-comparison)
- [Awesome things you can do on Lightning Network](http://community.umbrel.com/t/awesome-things-you-can-do-with-lightning-network/)

And a list of places where you can list your shop that accept BTC/LN

- [CoinMap.org](https://coinmap.org) – physical and / or online stores with BTC, you can add your physical or web store in the list ([Android app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openbitlab.bitcoinmap&hl=es) – [iOS app](https://apps.apple.com/om/app/coinmap-bitcoin-map/id1522720562))
- [LN Online Stores](http://lightningnetworkstores.com/) – online stores that accept BTC / LN, you can add your physical or web store in the list
- [Accepting LN](https://acceptlightning.com/) – online stores with BTC / LN, you can add your physical or web store in the list
- [SpendABit](https://spendabit.co) – BTC merchant and product directory
- [BitcoinWide](https://bitcoinwide.com) – map and merchant directory, you can add your business
- [BTCPay Server Merchants](https://directory.btcpayserver.org/merchants/) – merchants using BTCPay Server (a separate, proprietary type of server that processes all txs in BTC)
- [Spending Bitcoin](https://spending-bitcoin.com/) – list of merchants of all kinds and from the world
- [Accepted Here BTC](https://acceptedhere.io/) – list of online stores that accept BTC, you can add your physical or web store in the list
- [Cryptwerk](https://cryptwerk.com/) – merchants list by types, you can add your store there
- [List of nodes LN](https://1ml.com/directory) of merchants

Welcome to the party!

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