FAQ

Just your time. By default, we don’t charge a cent for our services. Individuals and small businesses can transact among themselves using the OmniBazaar software to list and shop for products, services, RWAs, Predictions, and crypto. Users pay no fees to join the marketplace, no fees to shop or to post listings, and no monthly or annual membership fees. Instead, sellers pay a small fee (~1%) on each transaction to support the marketplace network.

While not required, we do offer users the option to boost their listings with percentage rates; these optional fees not only help you reach more prospective buyers, but also help fund the program!

Special brag: all transactions made with OmniCoin (XOM) have zero gas fees! If you’re a crypto fan, you’ll know why that’s a huge deal.

OmniCoin is the digital currency of the OmniBazaar marketplace. People can use cash, credit, crypto, or OmniCoins to buy and sell goods and services in the OmniBazaar marketplace. The value of OmniCoins “float” freely compared to other currencies, with the value of OmniCoins being based on the value of the goods and services they can buy in the marketplace.

OmniCoin is simple and secure to use. It is privacy-friendly, because it allows users to choose to conduct transactions that are either transparent or anonymous. Transaction processing takes seconds instead of minutes, making OmniCoin business-friendly. Transaction processing uses relatively little computing power, leaving OmniCoin eco-friendly. And, with OmniCoin, you can do transactions using an account name instead of a string of numbers. This makes OmniCoin user-friendly.

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Nope! But it’s better if you do.

OmniBazaar supports virtually every currency you can think of, from cash to credit to crypto. While you don’t have to, using OmniCoin gives you the lowest possible transaction fees and works seamlessly with several services; we can’t do anything to reduce your bank’s credit card fees, but we can make sure OmniCoin is the best cost-effective option that there is.

We give plenty of options. The easiest is to engage with OmniBazaar: buy, sell, and participate actively in the OmniBazaar marketplace and the Proof of Participation system and you will be rewarded automatically. You can also purchase OmniCoin directly through the platform’s built-in exchange, or convert virtually any existing currency into OmniCoin through the DEX. For an easy entry, referring new users to the platform can give you a percentage of all their future purchases!

Early users can also pick up OmniCoin through our bonus structure: Welcome, Referral, and First Sale bonuses are all paid out in OmniCoin. See the full breakdown here.

A decentralized platform is one in which there’s no central hub or authority. Traditionally, every transaction occurs through a middleman; we’ve cut him out.

Now: your profits are your own. Most of our services are offered at zero cost, with our largest possible transaction fees still several times lower than our competitors. Plus, with our system being decentralized, we’re at drastically lower risk for hackers, DDoS, server errors, etc.

You’re not bound by a marketplace; you’re part of it!

Absolutely! All transactions are protected by escrow, meaning an intermediary will ensure all trades are delivered as promised. KYC structures minimize the risk of spam and fraud, so you’ll always know who you’re dealing with. The whole system’s noncustodial, a fancy way of saying “we don’t touch your money”; when you make a transaction, the money goes straight from your wallet to theirs. Likewise, our entire marketplace is kept safe via community policing, meaning illegal products are kept offline and malicious individuals are barred entry.

You can trust that your payments will be handled with care.

Every user on OmniBazaar builds a reputation through ratings and reviews from past transactions. Not only can you review a seller’s history before committing to a purchase, we advise you to do so. If it’s a notable brand, check their KYC status to see if they’re really who they say they are.

Further, the built-in escrow system is designed protect you. If you buy a product and it’s faulty or not delivered, you can file a dispute in escrow and get your money back. Escrow itself is free to use and automatic on all transactions, and filing a dispute costs just 5% of the item’s sale price. In most cases, a seller will simply cancel the transaction over doing through arbitration, and most people are understanding of an item having a defect, so you get all your money back immediately. Learn more about escrow here!

Ultimately: follow your gut and use your instincts. If something sounds too good to be true: it likely is.

Largely. OmniBazaar itself bears an interface designed by humans for human, with most buttons, flows, and icons being clear even if in a foreign language. That being said: a lot of the platform discusses advanced investment ideas and crypto.

Familiar with crypto? This’ll be a cinch. Unfamiliar? We make it easy to learn.

To make the marketplace as open to everyone as possible, buying/ selling features can be used without being familiar with crypto. We’re not a crypto company; we’re a company that believes cryptocurrency can be used for global change. That being said: yes, the marketplace can still be used to buy and sell in cash, credit, ACH/ bank transfers… you get the idea.

It isn’t! What makes us unique is we don’t track your data like traditional marketplaces. All transactions are private between buyer and seller.

Traditionally, digital marketplaces earn money by harvesting and collecting your data before selling you to the highest bidder. OmniBazaar monetizes instead with optional transaction charges where you can promote your own listing (thus reaching a wider audience) and let us collect a small percent.

OmniBazaar was founded in 2013. Since, we’ve developed and optimized a Web2 digital marketplace and, in 2026, redeveloped an upgrade for Web3. During this decade or so of work, we’ve slowly been influencing the peer-to-peer landscape.

Welcome back! Legacy users are some of our most valued community members, and we’ve made sure you’re taken care of. Through Pioneer Mode, your existing account and OmniCoins carry over: just log in with your original credentials and everything will be waiting for you.

Beyond that: sit back, relax, and explore all the new features and improvements of the new system.

If not yet, you can make it so! OmniBazaar operates as a global platform with users and listings across more than 30 countries. If you have an internet connection, come join the club! Not every feature is available in every region, and laws beyond our control restrict us from operating in certain places.

Not seeing any listings in your area? Make some!

Nope! There’s no signup required to view the full marketplace, though several key features are locked behind a login. Without logging in, you cannot: complete a transaction, use our DEX, make a listing, or participate in rewards programs. All of these would require a connected account to use.

Just want to look around? Go for it! Once you’re ready to officially join the platform, that’s entirely free.

OmniBazaar supports the universal language of commerce (but also 10 more!) We’ve already translated the platform into 10 major languages, but are constantly adding more. Need your language added? Want to help translate? Get involved!

Most cryptocurrencies reward ‘miners’ and large token holders for securing the network. OmniCoin does things a little differently. Proof of Participation rewards the users who are most active in the marketplace itself, meaning the more you buy, sell, and engage, the more you contribute to (and benefit from) the network. It’s a system designed to reward real participants, not just deep pockets.

Several Reasons!

1. OmniBazaar offers a tiered bonus structure for early users, including a Welcome Bonus when you register, a Referral Bonus when someone you refer joins, and a First Sale Bonus when you complete your first transaction as a seller. These bonuses are paid in OmniCoin and scale down as the user base grows, so earlier is better.
2. OmniBazaar offers an incredibly generous referral program: every time you refer a user, you get a percentage of their future purchases (in perpetuity). The more users you refer, the more money you make just from helping spread the word. Under your account settings, look for the link that says “Referrals”, give it a click, and see your unique referral code and link. You can also get the same thing by clicking “Share” on product listings!

The earlier you start, the more unacquainted acquaintances there are! The sooner you join, the greater slice of these rewards you can score.

We’re glad you asked!

There are a few ways you can help support this project (and even earn some cash along the way). Please read over this page for more info.

And, of course: Follow us on all your favorite Socials! Tell your friends!

You do.

OmniBazaar is a noncustodial platform, meaning we never hold your funds. Your wallet, your keys, your money. This is one of the core principles the platform was built on, allowing anyone to have financial independence with no 3rd party controlling their wealth.

On the upside: this means we cannot touch nor take away your money (even if we wanted to).

On the downside: this means we cannot help you if you lose it.

Please record your username, password, passkeys, phrases, and everything and anything else in multiple secure locations. There is not a loophole nor special circumstance we can use to recover these for you.

This one’s important to read carefully: Because OmniBazaar is noncustodial, we have no access to your wallet or private keys. If you lose them, we cannot recover them for you. Nobody can.

Please store your seed phrase and credentials somewhere safe and offline. I have mine memorized, saved offline on my phone, and written down on sheets of paper both in a safe and stapled to the bottom of my bed at my dad’s house. I’m not joking.

This isn’t a limitation we can work around, nor is it a choice we’ve made of sloth; it’s the nature of true financial ownership. Please protect and record your wallet and keys.

We cannot.

I’m incredibly sorry, but due to several complex reasons we are unable to recover passwords, pass phrases, usernames, etc. As we do not track, hoard, or sell user data, anything that wasn’t public information beforehand we have no specialized access to. This is why there’s several notices about writing down your information.

Please try everything you can do to remember. If you set up account recovery options, exhaust those as best you can. A provided phone number, email, or related options may be able to help. Likewise, a password manager in your browser may have saved those inputs somewhere.

If you’re reading this and still have access to your account: set up recovery options now!

A Decentralized Exchange, or ‘DEX’ for short, is a place where people and buy, sell, and swap cryptocurrencies easily. Think of it like trading a $20 for four $5 with a friend, or going to your bank and swapping dollars for rupees. If you’re looking to work with crypto, this is the place to go.

Most crypto trading platforms have a central hub. OmniBazaar’s decentralized trading exchange allows greater security and few points of risk. Swap safer today!

The Yield section is OmniBazaar’s DeFi aggregator: a single place to access hundreds of earning opportunities across the crypto ecosystem. From liquid staking and lending to liquidity provision and real estate yield, it pulls together 32k+ positions so you can compare and deploy capital without hopping between platforms.

OmniBazaar’s Predictions tab is an aggregator of predictions markets, which let you stake on the outcome of real-world events like sports and politics to economics and entertainment. With over 146k+ markets available, there’s no shortage of opportunities. As always: please bet responsibly.

OmniBazaar offers the (unbiased) best in RWA aggregation. From this tab, you can browse and buy any number of valuable Real World Assets, all from the comfort of your screen.

Real World Assets (RWAs for short) are a new investment opportunity in crypto. Similar to how you can sell some equity in a company to quickly raise capital, you can “tokenize” many assets and sell off parts to make money. Houses, companies, and government bonds are commonly tokenized assets, allowing their owners to make some money off an asset without having to fully and literally ‘sell’ it.

Similar to NFTs, RWAs work by representing a physical object or idea on the blockchain. This means you can demonstrably show sale/ ownership of it, making it valuable to sell or own.

While OmniBazaar does not work in the tokenization of assets, we do offer a top-of-the-line aggregator!

Generously.

Under your account settings, you’ll see a section that says Referrals. From there: you’ll see your username, Referral Code, and a Referral Link. If a new user enters your username as their referrer on account creation or uses your referral link to sign up, they’ll be registered automatically as your referral.

What does this mean? It means that every time that user buys something, you’ll get paid .35% of total revenue volume. To put that into perspective: you’re getting paid equivalently to the creators of this platform, all just for referring a friend. Plus: if your referrals refer someone, you score an additional .10% of those users’ buys! Referrals are paid out right there out in the moment, so there’s no long term wait or buildup period; if your referred user makes a sale, you get paid right then.

Have a blog? Know a string of small business owners or other local influencers? The OmniBazaar referral program is a great way to help support small businesses and maybe make some money!

Everyone. While spamming is discouraged and ineffective, a quick text to your friends or a nice social media post can work wonders. Remember: it’s not your decision if they join the platform, but it’s your opportunity to let them decide.

Have a seller you like and want to help? Clueing them into OmniBazaar’s low transaction fees will likely save them significant margins vs wherever they are now. Plus: new markets are never bad, and you get a share of future revenue! Make sure to tell them about how existing listings can be ported over in seconds thanks to our import tools, and that the signup’s free.

Have a loyal buyer who comes to your shop all the time? A mailing list of regulars? If they start buying from you on OmniBazaar instead of other platforms, you’re likely saving money on transaction fees. Plus: you can price your listings here slightly cheaper to entice them, since you’re still saving money vs most platforms’ fees.

Want to save money on all those supplies you constantly buy? Refer your suppliers of anything from wood to gold to those fuzzy pink cotton balls. If it’s legal, they can list it! The same logic holds for really anything you’re buying on the regular, like food or lightbulbs or furniture.

Are you a social media mogul or well connected in the business space? Do you hire freelancers on the regular, or work with some kind of a staffing/ marketing/ CPA agency? Own an event center? You’re a trusted contact for lots of people, and your honest referral of this platform will work wonders. As long as you’re giving an honest referral of your genuine evaluation of the platform, and you’re making sure the person has an actual use in joining here, OmniBazaar is a great gift to refer to business contacts.

The list goes on. As long as you’re remembering to never spam, never misrepresent, and never mislead your social circles, there’s no harm in letting everyone know about the OmniBazaar platform.

A personalized message is the best approach. Since there’s a chance they’ve never heard of this platform, make sure to lay out why it’s better than the alternatives and how easy it is to join. Remember: never spam and never sell; your goal is to help your network find more affordable e-commerce.

If you’re inviting a seller to onboard: this page can be very helpful.

If you’re inviting a buyer: share a direct listing link they’d be interested in or this page.

In either case: they should see your username on the Signup page as their referral, or can enter it if not.

Let’s start this section with an analogy:

There’s a pizzeria down the street. Johnny’s Pizzeria. Johnny sells pizzas by the pie, and does everything he can to be a staple of the community. He loves his community! So, instead of paying the media to run annoying ads, he pays people in a unique rewards program: every time you bring a new customer to the pizzeria, you get one free slice for every pizza they buy. There’s no buy in, there’s no catch; Johnny’s Pizzeria just prefers to have their marketing organic and rewarding their community instead of paying for annoying ads. You bring a friend in, they buy pizzas there every week for the rest of their lives, you get free pizza slices just for making introductions. The pizzeria gets a regular. Win-win!

One day, you stop by the pizzeria to get a slice and… nothing. No free pizza lined up for you, not a slice. What’s up? Did Johnny drop the program? Nope! Your friend you referred simply hasn’t come in and bought anything. Even if you referred a thousand friends to the pizzeria, no free slices happen until someone’s actually bought a pie.

OmniBazaar’s referral program works the exact same way. Every time someone you referred buys something, you get a cut (a minimum of .35% of that purchase) for as long as they’re buying on the platform. If your referrals go on to refer someone else, you get an extra .10% of what those people buy too. It’s real money, paid out instantly, with no waiting period or complex requirement system. Once the transaction clears, you receive your cut the same moment the seller gets their money and we, as a platform, earn ours. Nobody gets paid before that, including us.

So if a payout’s missing, walk through these three checks before assuming something’s broken:

1. Did they actually sign up under your link? If they typed in a different code, or skipped it entirely, there’s no way for us to connect that account to you. Check the Referrals section of your account settings; everyone credited to you shows up there. Likewise: remember that only one person can refer a user to the platform; if they were already referred by someone else previously, or were simply already a user on the platform, you didn’t refer them.
2. Did they claim their Welcome Bonus? If someone joins but never verifies their account, there’s nothing tied to them yet for you to earn a share of.
   • You get a share of Welcome Bonuses and things like that for referring users, but we can only give you a share of something when the ‘something’ itself occurs.
3. Are they buying, or just selling? This is the one that trips people up most. Your cut comes from what your referral buys, not what they sell. While marketplace fees are paid by the seller, the referral share of that fee goes to whoever referred the buyer.
   • It doesn’t matter how many pizzas the shop sells to the rest of town, or how many people you convince to visit the pizzeria who don’t buy anything; you get paid money when someone you referred buys something.
   • If someone you referred is out there selling like crazy but never buying anything themselves, there’s nothing in it for you on those sales. But if they’re a regular buyer? That’s recurring income just for being a good friend.

Triple-checked all three and still think something’s off? Reach out and report it. Screenshots always help. We’ve created this referral program as an easy way to both grow and support our community, so anything not linking right we want to be aware of.

If this cleared things up: go refer some more friends!

However you’d like! When setting up a listing, you choose which payment methods you accept: cash, credit, bank transfer, crypto, OmniCoin, and more. When a buyer completes a purchase, payment goes directly to you. There’s no holding period, no payout schedule, and no middleman sitting on your money.

If you’re using OmniCoin, transactions confirm in under a second.

There are a few ways we recommend:

1. Do a Priority Listing
   • By default, you pay a 1% transaction fee to sell. Optionally, you can give a larger percentage and be placed at the top of the search results. For instance, if you’re selling a laptop in Detroit, Michigan, you can offer a 3% share of that listing’s potential revenue and, in turn, be placed at the top of the list for relevant searches. In other words: whenever someone in your locale searches “Laptops”, they’ll see yours first!
   • There’s no upfront cost to promoting listings; you only pay if you close the sale. It’s not free marketing, but it’s just about the closest one can get.
   • The best part? Doing this helps support OmniBazaar’s development!
2. Share links on social media
   • Sharing your store or listings on social media can help drive traffic. The more eyes: the more sales. Already listing products on your bios, descriptions, or posts? Including a link straight to the OmniBazaar listing will optimize conversion rates!
   • Fun fact: sharing your referral link from product listings means any new users who join because of you are not only more likely to buy that product, but also will count as your referrals! In other words: just promoting your own products on social media can earn you additional revenue from referral bonuses!
3. Maintain a great reputation in the OmniBazaar ecosystem
   • By getting involved in requests and community forums, you’ll be better integrated into the larger ecosystem. That’s more exposure of your shop and, equally, more trust in your brand!

Beyond that, standard marketing advice applies. Pro Tip: if you’re running paid ads through something like Google Ad Manager, you can list your products there with your own referral link. This makes you money not only through the usual path (driving sales), but also by collecting referrals. It’s an extra edge is recouping PPC ad costs and bolstering your ROI!

Absolutely. OmniBazaar has a built-in import tool allowing you to log in to most other platforms, click a few buttons, and have all your other listings imported in seconds.

Likewise: we have zero anticompetitive rules in place, meaning you’re allowed to post on multiple platforms without hurting our feelings. Just be cautious: other platforms aren’t as polite.

If you’re active on a different platform, OmniBazaar offers a tool to copy images and information over from other sites. It allows you to quickly port any number of listings from your other platforms, turning minutes of work into seconds.

Looking to sell on OmniBazaar and Etsy, for instance? That’s fine! Just use your existing Etsy listings in our tool and it’ll port them right over. There are additional ways in your account settings to have certain things fairly automated, so that’s a plus.

Beyond that: just take some time to learn the system and you’ll quickly find a rhythm. Feel free to share creative resources to speed up this process on your socials or, if you’re feeling introverted, email them to cmo@omniBazaar.com.

Almost anything, actually. OmniBazaar supports listings across six main categories: Products, Services, Jobs and Gigs, Real Estate, Vehicles, and Personal listings. Whether you’re offloading used furniture, offering freelance design work, or selling a car: there’s a tab for that!

Further: we have extensive options for crypto enthusiasts. Our DEX allows anyone to swap or acquire crypto, and the RWA tab makes Real World Asset investment a cinch. Countless subcategories exist too long to name here.

If it’s legal, you can list it.

The only things explicitly banned on OmniBazaar are anything illegal. Just like you can’t sell cocaine on the streets, you cannot sell illegal drugs here. If you’d need a license to sell it physically in-person, over the phone, or through any other platform, the exact same rules apply here.

If you violate these rules, you will face the same consequences you would elsewhere. OmniBazaar is a platform built for decentralizing e-commerce, not for bypassing local laws.

Beyond that: the rest is just logistics. While we have a Real Estate tab and encourage sellers to list land, you’ll most likely find a buyer who wants to transact off platform. That’s okay. Given the large sums of money often involved, it’s uncommon to transact sales on massive purchases through OmniBazaar.

If you have the legal right and logistical ability to sell a thing, you can sell it on OmniBazaar.

It’s your decision who you sell to and how. While not required, we recommend using an escrow agent whenever you and the buyer aren’t in agreement, as this protects buyers and sellers. Likewise, you can review ratings for each user and decide from there.

There’s no shame in not doing business with someone.

We encourage it! OmniBazaar has a dedicated tab for services and gigs alongside the standard product listings. Freelancers, contractors, tutors, consultants: if you have a skill to offer, you have a listing to make. The same zero-fee-to-list policy applies.

First, congratulations! Second, it’s likely a KYC issue. Click on your account icon in the upper right corner and hover down to where you see KYC Status. Click on that page. From there, you’ll be able to see where you are in KYC verification, what your current transaction limits are, and how you can increase them.

The simplest way is to verify your phone, email, and a social media account. This lets us show regulatory agencies that we’re in compliance and that you’re a real person, not a bot or scammer. From there, the higher tiers require things like financial statements or government ID verification. Most governments require we have these in order to do business, or else we wouldn’t ask.

We do not sell or keep this data.

Unfortunately, we cannot increase your daily limit without this. It’s against the law.

If an issue wasn’t covered here, please try our community forums. These are a user-centric hub of information and resources freely shared between members. While not everything is on there, there’s a likely chance your question has come up before. If not: post a thread!

Likewise, you’re free to reach out to us at cmo@omniBazaar.com to get this FAQ updated.

A decent computer, some of its free bandwidth, and a decent participation in the OmniBazaar marketplace.

By going into account settings, you can see instructions on how to join. Basically: you sign up, click a button, and it does the work for you. The minimum specs to be an operator are low; however, I wouldn’t recommend this on super outdated or super low functioning laptop unless you’re not planning on using it for anything else.

The only real hurdle beyond tech is you need a positive participation score on the platform, but this should be achievable assuming you’re not a scammer, not a spammer, and aren’t brand new to the system. If your score is too low to participate: try helping out in the community forums or making some listings!

Nothing beyond what we’ve agreed to. By offering your machine as a local node, it essentially say that we can use your processing power to do locally run the marketplace.

Potentially, but minimally. If it’s a higher end PC, you’ll likely not notice a drop unless you’re gaming. If it’s a lower end model, it will likely impact performance; however, you’re able to host/drop whenever you’d like. Just bear in mind: whenever you stop hosting or turn your computer off, you won’t be processing transactions and, as a result, won’t be making money.

It depends entirely on your local market and how long you operate for. The more commerce is done in a given area, the more money a local operator will make; the more operators there are in an area, though, the more pieces are being cut of the pie. Basically: we can’t give a specific number or meaningful range because there’s too many variables, but it should be enough to be worth your time.

While this is entirely for illustrative purposes of providing a potential ballpark, current estimates suggest operators could make around $30 per day, or over $10k a year.

Two things:

1. Have your computer on and hosting running in as frequently as possible. The more time you spend operating, the more transactions you’ll likely process. I personally leave mine running 24/7 except for occasional system updates or if I’m leaving for several days. There’s no monitoring or active steps you have to do, so having it run while you’re out at work, taking trips, taking naps, running errands, or having parties is ideal. That being said: it’s your computer and you know better than some FAQ what you need from it.
2. Cause more transactions in your area. While being a referrer for local businesses will help, you can also import listings from other sites. These aren’t ideal, as they’re aggregators vs “real” listings, but essentially those are quickest ways to get more listings on your local node. More listings = more transactions = more revenue for you.

Some of our highest earning participants both host a local node and refer local users. In practice: it can be profitable to refer and host for OmniBazaar than it is to own the company.