Today we are excited to officially launch our carefully curated webstore for bitcoiners in the Philippines. With only two products listed, it is a humble beginning, but our goal was simply to make the best-of-the-best bitcoin products available for local purchase; Pouch has partnered with two key bitcoin self-custody product brands to give Filipinos affordable access to premium bitcoin storage solutions, without the high international shipping cost.
Blockstream Jade
A pioneering bitcoin company & a global leader in technical development of the bitcoin ecosystem, Blockstream, has designated Pouch as an authorized reseller of their Jade Hardware Wallet for the Philippines market. Previously orders would have to be placed directly via the Blockstream web store, and a hefty international shipping charge was added, but now, bitcoiners in the Philippines can get their hands on a Jade for only ₱3,999.00 with free shipping and faster delivery.
Tinyseed
One of the best-performing seed backup solutions - manufactured in Germany and made of solid titanium - is now available for sale in the Philippines on the new Pouch web store. Tinyseed has also designated Pouch as their authorized reseller in the Philippines. The metal plate aces key extreme stress tests for durability including heat, corrosion, and pressure. Best of all, it is small and discrete. Priced at ₱2,999.00, It is an excellent way to back up a bitcoin seed phrase so that funds remain safe for generations to come.
Bundle & Save
The new shop also offers a discounted bundle for a Jade+Tinyseed together, for a complete self-custody package. Pouch strongly advocates for withdrawing your bitcoin to self-custody so that you have ultimate freedom from centralized financial institutions, hackers or authoritarian regimes, but instead can live a life of peace, safety & security. The discounted bundle comes in at ₱6,298.00.
Notes
Pouch does not accept credit cards. Payments on the Pouch web store go through our self-hosted BTCPayServer payment gateway, and payment must be made with bitcoin via on-chain or lightning. To purchase from PHP, you can create a Pouch account and deposit from your PHP bank/eWallet. From there, it's a simple conversion to bitcoin, then a scan or copy/paste the QR code on the payment gateway to finish paying with Pouch. Of course, it's more steps than a credit card, but we save on payment processing fees (and pass on the savings to you).
Pouch has set the initial pricing on our store to have minimal markups. We do not strive our web store to be a profitable endeavor, but rather we are offering the web store as a service to improve access to bitcoin self-custody solutions for residents of the Philippines.
Get your self-custody solution in place today to financially protect yourself & your family from whatever the world might throw at you tomorrow.