I must say that I personally had very little expectations when it came to any activity on the site yesterday. The announcement post by Hive account@steemgiftcards was greeted with very little fanfare, but well received by those that engaged the post. Within minutes, my first order came in from Hive account@aggroed for a $100 amazon.com eGift card. I'd say in about 20 minutes, the api confirmed the order and fulfilled the request. Hive account@aggroed then resteemed and did his own post about his experience which you can read HERE.

When I fell asleep, we were at $1800.00 in paid sales. When I woke up, we were at $2,113.09. Our payments consisted of Steem, Steem Dollars, Bitcoin and Litecoin. We had 254 visitors, 20 paid orders, and several inquiries. There were absolutely no fiat payments made. I know that some people believe that turning crypto into fiat defeats the whole purpose. It's my belief that if steem and steem dollars don't move, then they will have no value. The more places it is accepted, the more potential it's value has outside of steemit. I welcome any feedback on this project.