Vendor Information & Policies

Starting today, we are implementing a couple changes to the vendor bond and FE vendor policies. The changes we are implementing reflect our current growth as a marketplace and the importance of having high standards to protect our community.

Vendor Bonds:

We are no longer waiving vendor bonds except in extreme circumstances for highly respected, long term veteran vendors. If you are a vendor and you are wondering if you will need to pay the vendor bond then the answer is yes. If you are one of the exceptions and have a verifiable and lengthy sales history, a respected name in the community and thousands of sales we would be happy to review your application for a free account. Please do not argue about this, we will just close your ticket. The vendor bond is 2.5 XMR and any vendor should easily be able to afford that. If you cant, the truth is you may not be ready to come to Dark Matter.

Finalize Early Vendors:

We are no longer giving FE to any new vendors except when vendors who reach Level 15 on the market. The standard for receiving FE on other markets is simply too variable, and we cant do quality control outside of Dark Matter. We find that there are simply too many relatively new FE vendors on other markets that were technically qualifying for FE on Dark Matter. By changing the qualification to ONLY reaching Level 15 on Dark Matter, we can be sure that we have complete quality control over one of the most sensitive and easily abused privileges a vendor can receive. 

These are big changes but they will improve our community both on the buyer and vendor side. For buyers, it will give more confidence in the vetting of vendors and more confidence when ordering on our platform. And when buyers have more confidence and comfort, vendor sales increase. 

These changes are effective immediately. FAQ documentation will be updated shortly.

See you on the market!

We have updated the requirements to receive Finalize Early privileges on the market. From now on, they are as follows:

1. Reaching level 15 on the market

or

2. Having FE on another superlist market*

*This is up to staff discretion based on review of your account. We will only honor this for veteran vendors with many historical sales. 

Thank you and happy shopping!