few questions from newbie

[fancynancy]

sorry for my 99 questions but i have more..
lets say i start a digital goods selling topic.
how the escrow could verify microsoft key/steam/amazon or anything like that
i know there is few ways to verify some of those without being used, but some cannot be verified/check
and what stop the buyer if the keys cannot be verified by the escrow to say they were already used or invalid?

First of all, I highly doubt you're gonna find an escrow for that kind of thing around here. Second of all, one important thing you skipped over was how do you know you are dealing with an honest escrow? Whatever you do, don't fall victim to an escrow scammer such as this guy.

There's a particularly dumb scammer on the forum who keeps pretending to be trusted forum escrows like monbux and SebastienJu on Telegram, even though they don't use Telegram and have been largely inactive for years. So if someone recommends them as an escrow to you off-forum, make sure they contact you via PM here on the forum before agreeing to any kind of deal.

i just read about this guy and that's creepy asf...
but there is si many red flags for selling around and i cannot figure out how to do it safe.
in first place, it is not good idea to use self-moderated or locked topics because i am newbie and i cannot protect myself from trolls and competition, in other hands you highly doubt to find escrow who will help about the security of that kind of sales.
so what should i do ?

[MylaSol]

so what should i do ?

Go to Amazon or Ebay.

[malevolent]

sorry for my 99 questions but i have more..
lets say i start a digital goods selling topic.
how the escrow could verify microsoft key/steam/amazon or anything like that
i know there is few ways to verify some of those without being used, but some cannot be verified/check
and what stop the buyer if the keys cannot be verified by the escrow to say they were already used or invalid?

Dealing with annoying people is the cost of doing business. Don't send first if you don't trust the other party, or deal with the fact that some users (mostly newbies) are going to try to scam you. After some time of being a legit seller non-rule breaking negative comments from trolls and competition will matter less, and more people will be willing to send the BTC first.

[Stalker22]

but there is si many red flags for selling around and i cannot figure out how to do it safe.
in first place, it is not good idea to use self-moderated or locked topics because i am newbie and i cannot protect myself from trolls and competition, in other hands you highly doubt to find escrow who will help about the security of that kind of sales.
so what should i do ?

Yes, there are so many red flags for selling around and for buying around, as well.
You have to understand that the bitcoin transactions are irreversible so the customers are at a disadvantage in here, unlike, for example, ebay. If you open a self-moderated topic you have protected yourself from trolls and competition but what protects the buyer?

[sapnu]

hello everyone! i am nancy and currently living and working in uk.
reading everything around since 2 weeks but finally manage to register and use the forum.
i have few questions that looks odd to me and i would like to find the answers.
ive read there is a lot of scammers around and the community doing good job to catch and clean them
in other hand i read that scams are not moderated...
also, i see that some people are allowed by the community to run those "auto buy" links and locked/self-moderated topics, and some people are not.
i don't see connection or difference between how people decide who are welcome to run that kind of topics and not, and what is the best way to sell services/virtual goods around without being framed by the competition or the community itself by running self-moderated or locked topic?
that's not the end of my questions but the very first ones.
i have experience by other trading platforms like those ( not sure am i allowed to share names of different websites) but everything around confusing me a little bit.

This forum is quite complicated at some point but I'll try to answer some of your questions. What you've read about scammers here in the forum is true, there are plenty of them so you better be careful with whom you are giving your trust to. Before you can do anything here in the forum, you should first be knowledgeable enough or be an experienced investor here so that such things which those who are in the higher are doing will also be open for you. If you are still confused, try finding someone who has great knowledge about the forum or in crypto, make sure that person is trustworthy, and just simply follow his instructions and listen clearly for the information that person is giving to you.