Welcome to the Taler "Demo" Shop

This "toy" website provides you with the ability to experience using the GNU Taler payment system without using valuable currency. Instead, for the demonstrator we will be using a "toy" currency, KUDOS. However, please remember that Taler is designed to work with ordinary currencies, such as Dollars or Euros, not just toy currencies.
This page, shop.demo.taler.net models the behavior of a typical Web shop supporting Taler. The other pages of the demo, mint.demo.taler.net and bank.demo.taler.net, correspond to a Taler mint and bank with tight Taler integration respectively.

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Step 1: Installing the Taler wallet (once)

First, you need to install the Taler wallet browser extension. It is currently only available for Firefox. If you run Firefox, simply click here to download and install the extension. You will then have to click on "allow" and "install" dialogs shown by Firefox. After that, the Taler logo should appear on the right side of your navigation bar.

Step 1: Installing the Taler wallet (done!)

Congratulations, you have installed the Taler wallet correctly. You can now proceed with the next steps.

Step 2: Withdraw coins (occasionally)

The next step is to withdraw coins, after all you cannot pay with an empty wallet. To be allowed to withdraw coins from a mint, you first need to transfer currency to the mint using the normal banking system, for example by using a wire transfer. If the bank offers a tight integration with Taler, it may also support this directly over the home banking online interface.
For the demonstration, we have created a "bank" that allows you to "wire" funds (in KUDOS) to the mint simply by filling in the desired amount into a form. Naturally, when using a real bank with real money, you would have to authenticate and authorize the transfer.
Note that you would not do this step for each purchase or each shop. Payment with Taler is like paying with cash: you withdraw currency at the bank (or an ATM) and then pay at many merchants without having to authenticate each time.
So, unless you have already done so, please go ahead and withdraw KUDOS at the Demo bank (opens in a new tab).

Step 3: Shop! (as long as you have KUDOS left in the wallet)

Now it is time to spend your hard earned KUDOS. Note that we cannot really tell if you got any yet, as your Taler wallet balance is visible to you, but of course is hidden entirely from the shop.

The form that follows corresponds to the shopping cart of a real Web shop; however, we kept it very simple for the demonstration.

So, please choose a project and the amount of KUDOS you wish to donate:

(*) To make it a bit more fun, the 5 KUDOS option is deliberately implemented with a fault: the merchant will try to make you donate 6 KUDOS instead of the 5 KUDOS you got to see. But do not worry, you will be given the opportunity to review the final offer from the merchant in a window secured by the Taler extension. That way, you can spot the error before committing to an incorrect contract.