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The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/EETPMC on 2025-08-10 07:49:27+00:00.
It seems like many Monero guys I talk to IRL have never heard of this website before. Most people here probably know about it, but for the newbies who don’t. In short, it’s Ebay/Etsy for Monero. You can list products to ship, digital files, or services to sell. You can even buy or sell Monero for other cryptocurrency or for precious metals like silver and gold. This is IMO one of the most important pillars to the expansion of Monero next to stuff like Retoswap, because it allows you to flow Monero into all kinds of usable forms which greatly expand utility. The more uses for Monero, the more incentive people will have to learn how to use it.
For example, let’s say you want to buy something with Monero from a place that doesn’t take Monero, such as Amazon. You can use a proxy buyer.
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/bjXx/
Alternatively if you don’t want to give out your address, to receive packages, you can buy gift cards, although of course you want to be careful to avoid scammers.
https://xmrbazaar.com/search-category/gift-cards/
Unlike using merchant mode in the Monero GUI, XMR Bazaar allows you to fix price based on fiat (like dollar). So you can treat Monero like a payment processor without having to micromanage the price and increase or lower it based on the current XMR price. On listings, price conversions between fiat and Monero are listed and automatically changed based on current price.
XMR Bazaar also does not take a cut of your sale! It runs on donations. This is pretty huge considering most online marketplaces that aren’t just social media feeds take a 10-30% cut when all the hidden fees are added up. So even if you’re someone who dislikes how Monero goes up and down in price, the savings from this alone pretty much justifies selling on here.
XMR Bazaar also has several great features:
Making an account does not require an email address. Considering that most email providers today either require credit card payment for a confirmation charge or a phone number for 2FA, it’s very hard or impossible to list things anonymously. Granted, this also means it’s easier for a scammer to make a bunch of accounts.
Trust is easier to establish because there are several points of interaction. The first main one is that each listing has a rating, upvote/downvote, and a comment section. If something looks sketchy, you can say it to warn others. If you have a good experience, you can leave a rating or leave a comment about something someone is concerned about. Since every rating and comment has a username, an observer can go to your account and see what ratings you have received to help judge if you’re a legit user or just a bot. If you think a listing is interesting but haven’t bought it, you can upvote it. If you think a listing is sketchy but you aren’t willing to commit money to confirm it, you can downvote it.
There is also a very active chat box which is actually pretty fun to talk to other Monero users. Of course, like a video game chat box there are a lot of people advertising, but of the people actually getting into conversations, you can better evaluate them. For example, the people who regularly get into discussions are unlikely to scam you for $10 and lose their reputation. And if they do, you can blast them on chat to keep others away. Additionally, the people who seem or are trustworthy from experience, you can go to their profile and see other sellers they have done business with, which allows for a kind of shared trust.
I strongly recommend checking it out. The website is still in its infancy, but it is growing. Probably the best way you can help aside from donating to the website is to just list your stuff on there. Even if you don’t make a sale, it doesn’t cost you anything, and you don’t have to run it like you do with other websites in terms of micromanaging policy changes. But the more things we have on there, the more likely someone browsing will find what they want. The more people use it, the better it will be. Lots of people there are willing to work with you to make a sale, so if you don’t see something you want (particularly a service) just message them and see if they can work something out. Nearly every time I did this, they were willing to deliver. You can also just use it as a cheap web page to list the things you are selling and direct a customer you meet in another platform or IRL to it which allows them to browse. If you were to create a website using non-KYC to do the same thing, it would probably cost you at least $20 a year, or free websites that are non-KYC would only allow you to list like 5 items.
Some interesting listings I found:
Reshipper. Death stranding in real life. Jokes aside, this could also be useful for a seller if you want to ship something without that specific buyer knowing your location.
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/Rzv7/
AR-15 Upper
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/UVer/
Mags for your AR
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/zdrT/
Ballistic Armor
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/RaE4/
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/Sf4j/
Anime Figure. Based.
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/P4wE/
This guy is using XMR Bazaar like a substitute/backup for Patreon to fund his game. An interesting idea given the whole SJW feminist cancel thing going on with video games.
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/zATU/
Mobile Game Bodyguard, lol. If you ever played that game, you would know why this actually would be a useful service for the grind.
https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/EbDA/
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