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I'm sorry. It's really frustrating for us too. To the extent it helps, Canada is very much just a first step for us. We're actively working on a number of count
by pc 14y ago
I'm sorry. It's really frustrating for us too. To the extent it helps, Canada is very much just a first step for us. We're actively working on a number of countries—including New Zealand specifically.
- mcdowall 14y agoJust wondering (*hoping) the UK is in that small list of countries too?
- kami8845 14y agoYeah, Patrick has mentioned that they're working on the UK before. Makes sense, it's the next-biggest English-speaking market after Canada.
- paulgb 14y agoAs a stereotypically humble Canadian, I feel compelled to point out that UK is an even bigger and more English-speaking market than Canada.
- kami8845 14y agoAh you're totally right. The UK has almost twice the number of Internet users.
- whatusername 14y agoI would hazard a guess that the English Speaking Internet User population of India is likely higher than the UK as well.
- adrianbg 14y agoAnd Nigeria has the largest population of English-speaking nobility.
- whatusername 14y agoIt took me three reads to get that. Well done good sir.
- winter_blue 14y agoI don't get that (Nigeria has the largest population of English-speaking nobility.) Someone care to explain?
- whatusername 14y agoHello Winter_Blue Sir. I am Prince Whatusername, a member of the Nigerian Royal Family and I am sending you an email to tell you the good news. I have recently come into a large sum of money (10,000,000 US Dollars) and I would like to share some with you..........
- nivloc 14y agoWith apologies to Her Majesty, Canada has more progressive banking regulation.
- unreal37 14y agoCanada is a decent pilot market for the UK, since the Queen is on our money and we misspell words the same way as the UK...
- evoxed 14y agoIs Asia being considered at this point? I would expect the English market to be top priority but I'm sure there are at least a few Japanese and Chinese developers who would love to start using Stripe...
- winter_blue 14y agoThere are 43 countries[1] with more English speakers than New Zealand. What led you to work on NZ first, rather than say, India or Philippines? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-speaking_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_English-s... EDIT: Many of these countries aren't as "online" as the ones with Her Majesty on their money. But, I should add India scores better on the "number of Internet users" scale than the UK, NZ or Canada. India should theoretically be the next stop for any startup wishing to expand into other English-speaking markets.
- omni 14y agoOther factors like the country's legal system are also important, especially for a business that is going to be tightly regulated in most places.