Review: Darkfox Market.
Link: http://p5eg3xsssjglu6tvwfazp2nqqwfpah55wr3ljil2bezp5shix5ruqsqd.onion/
Currencies: Bitcoin (BTC).
Marketplace description: DarkFox Market is a new innovative dark web market. It consists of the latest security features combined with a beautiful frontend design. It is wallet-based market with multisig wallet support available.
Where does the marketplace work:
All countries.
Requirements to vendors: vendor status costs $150. Vendors, which are verified on other marketplaces, can obtain vendor status on DarkFox for free by filing an application in his profile. Also, admins can be convinced to grant vendor status for free for other reasons, according to FAQ. Website commissions for each order payment are 5% for standard escrows and 4% for MultiSig escrows.
Escrow: There are standard and multisignature escrow systems which prevent anyone from withdrawing funds before the transaction is completed. While money are held in escrow, they are not available to buyer seller and even administration of the platform.
Marketplace features: Marketplace works worldwide, having vendors from different countries such as US, Germany, UK, India etc., delivering goods with shipments. The website is JavaScript-free, but that's not mandatory: it can be used both with disabled or enabled JavaScript. For securing account, there are 2 FA authentication, PGP-key encryption for data exchange, and an option to recover an account with PIN-code or secret phrase, which are generated automatically after registration.
Marketplace has a rating system, calculated from reviews, and, also, "vendor level" system, representing the overall vendor's reputation on the platform. There are wide range of products listed, including drugs, fraud products, erotica, security products, services etc. But some kinds of products are prohibited on the platform: child porn, beastiality, firearms, explosives, poisons, living things (humans, organs, animals) and assassination services. Physical products are shipped within a period specified by the vendor, and digital products are sent through the network and could be accessed right after the order is completed. Marketplace has a lot of different products listed in general.
The platform supports disputing the trade - an option for the customer to start a dispute, if he thinks that something in the trade wasn't fair, or if he was just scammed. According to marketplace description, in such cases the moderator will examine the completed trade as well as buyer and seller and make a final decision, if funds should be returned to the customer or released from escrow.
Conclusion: there are a lot of negative reviews about marketplace in the darknet, saying that it's an exit-scam. Also, a lot of vendors on the website looks pretty shady, as they have high marketplace rating and high "vendor level", but their feedback page is spammed with meaningless positive reviews interspersed with reviews, telling that the vendor is a scam never delivering goods. Also, some say the support is unresponsive, so the dispute system is not as reliable as it is described.
Most probably, the whole platform is not scam, but just a marketplace with decent functionality, but it has plenty of scammers as verified vendors and lack of moderation.
Link: http://p5eg3xsssjglu6tvwfazp2nqqwfpah55wr3ljil2bezp5shix5ruqsqd.onion/
Currencies: Bitcoin (BTC).
Marketplace description: DarkFox Market is a new innovative dark web market. It consists of the latest security features combined with a beautiful frontend design. It is wallet-based market with multisig wallet support available.
Categories of goods.
Drugs, guides & tutorials, digital products, fraud, counterfeit items, software & malware, erotica, services, miscellaneous, hosting and security.Where does the marketplace work:
All countries.
Ways of selling goods:
Post Delivery.Requirements to vendors: vendor status costs $150. Vendors, which are verified on other marketplaces, can obtain vendor status on DarkFox for free by filing an application in his profile. Also, admins can be convinced to grant vendor status for free for other reasons, according to FAQ. Website commissions for each order payment are 5% for standard escrows and 4% for MultiSig escrows.
Escrow: There are standard and multisignature escrow systems which prevent anyone from withdrawing funds before the transaction is completed. While money are held in escrow, they are not available to buyer seller and even administration of the platform.
Marketplace features: Marketplace works worldwide, having vendors from different countries such as US, Germany, UK, India etc., delivering goods with shipments. The website is JavaScript-free, but that's not mandatory: it can be used both with disabled or enabled JavaScript. For securing account, there are 2 FA authentication, PGP-key encryption for data exchange, and an option to recover an account with PIN-code or secret phrase, which are generated automatically after registration.
Marketplace has a rating system, calculated from reviews, and, also, "vendor level" system, representing the overall vendor's reputation on the platform. There are wide range of products listed, including drugs, fraud products, erotica, security products, services etc. But some kinds of products are prohibited on the platform: child porn, beastiality, firearms, explosives, poisons, living things (humans, organs, animals) and assassination services. Physical products are shipped within a period specified by the vendor, and digital products are sent through the network and could be accessed right after the order is completed. Marketplace has a lot of different products listed in general.
The platform supports disputing the trade - an option for the customer to start a dispute, if he thinks that something in the trade wasn't fair, or if he was just scammed. According to marketplace description, in such cases the moderator will examine the completed trade as well as buyer and seller and make a final decision, if funds should be returned to the customer or released from escrow.
Conclusion: there are a lot of negative reviews about marketplace in the darknet, saying that it's an exit-scam. Also, a lot of vendors on the website looks pretty shady, as they have high marketplace rating and high "vendor level", but their feedback page is spammed with meaningless positive reviews interspersed with reviews, telling that the vendor is a scam never delivering goods. Also, some say the support is unresponsive, so the dispute system is not as reliable as it is described.
Most probably, the whole platform is not scam, but just a marketplace with decent functionality, but it has plenty of scammers as verified vendors and lack of moderation.
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