If you aren't interested in downloading OpenBazaar on your desktop you do still have two options! 1) you can browse the marketplace to at least see what is available using openbazaar.com and 2) If you are more comfortable downloading apps on your mobile device you can check out Haven which is a mobile client that runs the OpenBazaar network. Check it out at gethaven.app.

Disclosure: I work for OB1, the company that has been leading the development of the OpenBazaar network and has also built Haven to make it accessible on mobile.

There is browser version! Though it does not yet support buying, that functionality is in development now. The goal here is to eventually have OpenBazaar completely browser-based. https://openbazaar.com

Also newly released is a mobile experience for OpenBazaar called Haven: https://gethaven.app

Happy to answer any questions anyone has about the platform & various clients, I am the Marketing & Communications Lead at OB!

This is just a catchy headline from a third party reporting on OpenBazaar! (Disclosure: I work for OB1, the company leading the development of OpenBazaar)

Amazon took over 20 years to become what we know it to be today, even in a brand new commercial environment where they had functionally no competition. They paved the way and set the standard by which pretty much all other ecommerce operations now measure themselves.

However, there are plenty of areas where all types of ecommerce marketplaces can thrive that are not trying to be "the everything store."

For example:

Etsy is an ecommerce platform, but they deal with handmade goods.
AirBnB is an ecommerce platform, but they deal with travel housing & experiences.
Ebay is an ecommerce platform and while they have some overlap with Amazon now, people primarily think of them as the place they want to go to get collectible, resale, or other hard-to-find items.

I personally use each of these platforms along with Amazon for different needs and wants I have.

Right now OpenBazaar is much like Bitcoin itself: decentralized, open-source, and here to first just give people choices about the kinds of currencies and platforms they want to use based on their values.

It's the place to go if you want to spend and earn Bitcoin (or other cryptos) with no middlemen charging fees, holding (and potentially stealing!) your coins or tracking your data!

Excited to see which vendors on OpenBazaar have submitted! They've already been sharing some good deals in our Slack, like I know Andreas Antonopoulos is offering his new book for just BTC 0.011 ($8.00USD) through OpenBazaar only: https://blog.openbazaar.org/openbazaar-ecosystem-cryptobooks/

My name is Jenn, I work with the OB1 team that is building OpenBazaar & it is definitely good for selling digital goods! The development team has made lots of improvements in the current 1.0 since launch with many, many more coming in the next few months. Check out the roadmap: https://medium.com/@therealopenbazaar/openbazaar-roadmap-46b9e774f319#.hchos0l3w

Hey everyone, my name is Jenn & I'm with OB1, the company created by the people who started OpenBazaar & are leading development of the platform. Curious as to the recurring suggestion of more advertisement in this thread, what do you think would be the most accessible & helpful? More traditional kinds of advertising like PPC & banner ads or just generally being more present in industry blogs & forums like these? What are your suggestions for places to start? Any insight is appreciated, we agree that more visibility is key as we keep making improvements to v. 1.0 leading up to 2.0 in just a few months!