Following on from my recent posts about businesses taking payment in steem I have gathered together a list of all the businesses that have declared themselves 'steem friendly'.
It is quite a mixed bag so far, and the businesses are thinly scattered. But it is a start.
As a community it will show encouragement and support if we can demonstrate the steem love and buy from these businesses.
In the first instance, and until it is much easier to sign up for a steem account and to get hold of steem, steem based business will have be sustained and nurtured from within the existing steem community.
So take a look, and see if there is anything that takes your steem fancy...
Businesses accepting payment in steem (v 1 @ 15 December 2017)
Bricks & Mortar
Germany (Potsdam) - Einstein Kaffee Bistro -
- coffee shop
Mauritius - PMC Grill and Resto -
- bistro
Nigeria (Port Harcourt) - Greatness96's Shopping Mall -
- grocery store
USA (Minnesota) - MN Homesteader -
- eggs, rabbit & free kittens
USA (Texas) - Blue Collar Bike Werks -
- motorcycle repair
USA (Washington) - RedDragonfly Gallery - contemporary alternative art
Online - General
CryptoRainforest -
- new service offering 10% off steem payments
Paywithsteem -
- Amazon wishlist purchasing service
Peerhub -
- like ebay, craigslist and Etsy combined
SteemBay -
- steemit based peer to peer auction system
Online - Specific
AmsterdamEscape -
- apartment rentals in Amsterdam
PaleoTreats -
- paleo desserts and cakes
Phelimint -
- semi-numismatic silver bullion
The Steemit Shop - official steemit merchandise
Steemporium -
- steem related merchandise - t-shirts, mugs, iphone cases etc
AirMatti's Etsy Shop -
- original illustrations and graphics
Elew's Etsy Shop -
- handcrafted journals and accessories
Ivy Rivera's Etsy Shop -
- cosmetics using only natural ingredients
As well as these sites above there are also around 40 sites listed on coinpayments.net that register as taking steem.
These include interesting sites such as Ballistic Bodyboards, DrApis Portuguese raw honey and PexPeppers Hot Sauces.
I am going to research all these sites further and include them in version 2 of this list as appropriate.
This has been a fascinating post to research and write. I feel I am only just scratching the surface. There is so much more to develop in the area of SteemCommerce.
While compiling this I came across an old post by 
To encourage the wider adoption of steem for payments there will need to be more work both on the payment mechanism side and on the legal, accounting and taxations issues.
Maybe people like 
I would also be interested to hear from people on steemit with experience in the financial and taxation areas to begin to explore guidelines for businesses wanting to take payments in steem.
This list is very much a rough format first draft. I am sure I have not found all the businesses taking steem so far.
If you run a business that does, or would like to, accept steem payments please post in the comments below or DM me on Discord 
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