I have tried to do this on few occasions, succeeded with some of the attempts and the retailers ended up accepting BCH as payment in their shops and started using BCH for personal purposes too. Most of them happen to be those I know personally around my location, that they consider me as their regular customer and someone they could trust. It is not easy to convince a total stranger about anything pertaining to money especially with the increasing rate of scam even if it is to their own benefits. From all the attempts, both the successful and failed ones, there are some common issues or problems I encountered trying to serve as barriers to the goal. It all point to the fact that bitcoincash needs more awareness creation and also, a misconception about crypto currencies that people need to let go and embrace the truth.
The usual hindrances
Bitcoincash is obviously gaining ground and spreading very fast but it still lacks that recognition and has not yet attained that level of popularity that would make it very easy for a person to talk a newbie into using it. Many people are still very ignorant of its existence including those who already know what crypto currencies are. Most of the people I approached and tried to convince knew nothing about bitcoincash and that makes it very hard. For those that had no knowledge of crypto, I had to begin with the explanations of what crypto currencies are before going into the talks of what bitcoincash is and it's advantages over all other crypto currencies. Sometimes it doesn't end in a day or two but last for up to a week. I visit them whenever time permits. Some of them, at the end of all the lectures and the efforts, they outrightly reject the idea calling it a scam and that reminds me of a second problem I have encountered and anyone could face while trying to convince a person about bitcoincash.
This second problem is something that's more like a general misconception about crypto currencies. You would be surprised to hear that there are still people who believe that crypto investment is just another Ponzi scheme which is destined to fail and scam them of their hard-earned money. And they are so much convinced about this that you would find it difficult to change their minds by saying anything otherwise. But are they to be blamed? When the government due to their selfish reasons have decided to do everything within their power to make the people believe this fallacy by saying all sorts of ill stuffs about crypto and even ban it when they notice resistance from people in order to keep them under financial oppression.
So, when you approach someone who has already developed this kind of mindset about crypto, they would hardly give you a listening ear not to talk about giving you the chance to prove your words.
The practicability of bitcoincash make things simple
But for those who actually end up listening, it's not too hard to prove the efficiency and reliability of bitcoincash due to its practicability.
Since people believe more in what they see than just theory, it is important to show a retailer wanting to adopt BCH all the qualities which makes it an outstanding crypto by being practical. Of course, after the theory of how reliable it is with the backups it's got from reliable people and projects. And what makes this show of evidence even more simpler is the fact that, we would be discussing bitcoincash and not any other crypto which is claiming what it's not and can't do. Therefore, it is very easy to just pull out your phones, the retailer gets BCH wallet installed and you just send any amount of bitcoincash just for a test. I did this in all my successful attempts which was what made them successful.
I'm sure you already know what the retailers would notice about that single transaction that would make them to adopt BCH without further doubt and start accepting it in their shops but let me still remind you.
Firstly, The speed with which the transaction would appear. The money you send would appear in their wallets with an unbeatable speed of less than 5 seconds. They probably have not seen this anywhere else before. There is also no such thing as hanging transaction with BCH.
Secondly, The unnoticeable transaction fee. The retailer will definitely be blown away when you show them the transaction fee which would probably not even be up to one hundredth of what they or their customers previously pay per transaction with fiat or other popular cryptos.
Thirdly, is the Absence of transaction limit. You could send as low or as high as you wish, which is a possibility almost exclusive to BCH.
The fact that you could back your words about bitcoincash with actions immediately without glitches makes it very easy to convince anyone about the use of BCH as a method of payment.
I believe that awareness creation about BCH is a responsibility everyone who uses it and hope for a future with it should take. It mustn't be something bigger than you can afford. You could keep it as simple as the double pay Campaign.
Hello, my friend I agree with you on the powerful features of BCH to convince any retailer. Fast, secure, and low-fee transactions. Perhaps the word of mouth campaign is an excellent strategy to help with mass adoption, it is a pity that as an obstacle, skepticism still predominates in the majority. No wonder they say that money is scary, but it also goes hand in hand with wanting to earn it.
I support you in the campaign.