Addendum

It's been a joy working on this payment gateway... that's coming from someone who's
priorly implemented Robokassa, Authorize.net, and Stripe payment gateways (grudgingly).

Reflecting on my experience, many benefits come to mind:

For customers
 - TITAN allows for very friendly interfaces
 - Pegged assets like BitUSD are as intuitive as it gets
 - DPOS makes transactions fast and painless
 - Practically no need for QR codes
 - Logins (not yet implemented) simplify repeat orders

For developers
 - Interfacing with BTS client is easy
 - No need for cumbersome currency conversions if pricing in fiat
 - Writing a BTS payment gateway from scratch
    was easier than implementing the Authorize.net API
 - No crazy chargeback/verification logic

For merchants
 - No chargebacks
 - Minimal collection of customer data
 - No 3rd party involved
 - Stable currency
 - Transfers are atomic and practically instant
 - Transaction fees for a $20 purchase are less than 0.1%
   where 2-5% fees are the industry standard
     For a $200 purchase, the fee is less than 0.01%

Needless to say, we're excited to explore the opportunities with this outlet!

Hello, still trying to get this rolling. I launched the Bitshares client on my Mac, pasted my username and key into the faucet, used my reddit account to validate it, then was taken to the "congrats" screen that suggested I post something via twitter or facebook, "to add funds." ? I didn't do either, and simply went back into the client on my computer. But it still says that my account is not registered with the blockchain?  Is there a delay or did I miss something?

Thanks.

http://bytemaster.bitshares.org/tutorial/2015/01/03/How-to-Register-a-BitShares-Account/

In this post I demonstrate the new faucet built into the client.   Please help review the tutorial for improved clarity.

Bump. Need 0.3% more. Or just vote out some inits...