OpenBazaar - decentralized eBay

[sidhujag]

Bitcoin clearly needs to fly first for openbazaar to take off. In my country to get bitcoins instantly you need to pay 5% above the market rate. Will people do that in order to use OB? I dunno. I think only bitcoin fans and those who like tech and probably those that hodled before the last bubble and others before the next bubble (if it ever comes).

You may get a few that decide to use it because it works out cheaper, but i think that a lot of people wont want the math problem and will dismiss the option as they find the process too cumbersome. I am not sure how how to get over this hurdle. Just keep talking about bitcoin i guess.

What do you mean bitcoin needs to fly first? If bitcoins are difficult or expensive to buy in your country you can find other channels to purchase them. People will sell you them here in a variety of different ways.

They are still a pain to get though, i sell clothing on ebay currently, my main target market is probably mostly girls/women from 15-30, they will have no clue how to buy when i start linking them to my open bazaar store.  We need full paypal integration most likely.

Lol, open bizaar isn't going to work with PayPal and Paypal wouldn't work with them. Open Bizaar also isn't going to be for everyone and will likely be somewhat of a niche but will grow over time and get easier to use as will bitcoin. People have often compared blockchain.info to PayPal and I don't think they're much different at the end of the day.

No i dont mean it working directly with paypal, i mean something as simple and well known as paypal providing an easy way for people to convert from dollars to bitcoin.  After that they can purchase by sending bitcoin out via paypal platform.  This means people never have to mess with bitcoins wallets they dont understand.  Just a once click payment process.

Actually with a blockchain marketplace such as syscoin you will be able to setup fromtends with single click and have a shop show up infront of your eyes that accepts paypal bitcoin check money order etc etc.. its all doable with onchain methods and hard to do with p2p marketplace... this helps avg joe get it.

[2dogs]

Is this live yet?

I see installation instructions for Linux and OSX

Latest info on their blog talks about funding, blah, blah....

Can anyone using this provide some feedback?

[Amph]

Is this live yet?

I see installation instructions for Linux and OSX

Latest info on their blog talks about funding, blah, blah....

Can anyone using this provide some feedback?

they are in beta test, they plan to release their final product this year, unless something changed

i think they should add windows support, if they have not done it yet

[Ikron]

Can't wait, got BTC to spend in my wallet.

[knowhow]

is wise to say that someone after the openbazar gets live will offer a conversion ratio to paypal or other payment processor soo with a fee it will be easy to convert btc into fiat.

[sidhujag]

is wise to say that someone after the openbazar gets live will offer a conversion ratio to paypal or other payment processor soo with a fee it will be easy to convert btc into fiat.

No

[knight22]

is wise to say that someone after the openbazar gets live will offer a conversion ratio to paypal or other payment processor soo with a fee it will be easy to convert btc into fiat.

Hardly unless you managed to build a good reputation and you are doing business with other reputable people.

[knowhow]

what im saying it always after some sucess project someone will adopt some strategy to take the opportunity and enter and benefict,but old problem keeps the chargebacks always a problem.... soo several exchanges making the conversion of btc as bitcoin soo just need to search now.

[eerygarden]

There's a potential problem with the review system in bitcoin world. As transaction fees are so low it would be incredibly easy for an unscrupulous vendor to fake purchases and leave positive reviews, enticing genuine buyers to pay only to be relieved of their bitcoins in return for nothing. How can trust be built?

[ThEmporium]

They say it is an non-profit organization, is it true then how come they are able to run this huge Open Bazaar.

"They are the middleman in the transactions between buyers and sellers and the fund’s are at their mercy to do as they please." these sentences are bit confusing, this trade seems to be good, but their claim about non-profit speculating my mind.

[Elwar]

Just curious, is there a reason there is not a Java version of this? Then you would have a Windoze client easily.

[pallas]

Just curious, is there a reason there is not a Java version of this? Then you would have a Windoze client easily.

AFAICS, it's made in python and there is a windows "installer", so I don't see why it shouldn't work on windows... maybe the problem is just the main install program which is a bash script (fine till now) but which uses unix paths and commands.

[Amph]

i asked why and they said

https://twitter.com/iang_fc/status/616274861997060096?t=1&cn=bWVudGlvbg%3D%3D&sig=19c24d18f30cf9034f41b4a7eb7e8a36053bb5a5&al=1&refsrc=email&iid=94c34e452170428db494b1b16ee89970&autoactions=1435766352&uid=276886371&nid=4+1489

is Brian Offman one of the dev behind it?

[Brooker]

They say it is an non-profit organization, is it true then how come they are able to run this huge Open Bazaar.

Well I think the idea is that the users host the content or run the client in a similar fashion to how torrents work or bitcoin might work. It's definitely an interesting concept but I'm not entirely sure how it will work 100% but I'm very interested to see it in action and give it a test.

[knowhow]

well when becames alive pretty sure no one would spend 2000 dollars in bitcoin at any purchase  soo with bitcoins i guess we cant spend more then 100 dollars on internet ,trusting into other person,if we send it to an escrow first well those is other way to do the things run safe

[knight22]

i asked why and they said

https://twitter.com/iang_fc/status/616274861997060096?t=1&cn=bWVudGlvbg%3D%3D&sig=19c24d18f30cf9034f41b4a7eb7e8a36053bb5a5&al=1&refsrc=email&iid=94c34e452170428db494b1b16ee89970&autoactions=1435766352&uid=276886371&nid=4+1489

is Brian Offman one of the dev behind it?

Yes.

[knowhow]

welll there is some kind of timeline to openbazar goes live ,i wanna see it borning and raise and mature as well inloved for this project

[Morton Bitcoin Management]

Can't wait to see how quickly this project can grow once there's enough momentum!

[WhatTheGox]

well when becames alive pretty sure no one would spend 2000 dollars in bitcoin at any purchase  soo with bitcoins i guess we cant spend more then 100 dollars on internet ,trusting into other person,if we send it to an escrow first well those is other way to do the things run safe

Some people will be making a living and gain reputation via trading on Open Bazaar worth more then stealing $2000.  Not everyone will stay anon, perhaps people will link things like their ebay trading account name.

Basically, there will be ways to spend large amounts and still be sure you can trust the deal.

[Bitcoininspace]

well when becames alive pretty sure no one would spend 2000 dollars in bitcoin at any purchase  soo with bitcoins i guess we cant spend more then 100 dollars on internet ,trusting into other person,if we send it to an escrow first well those is other way to do the things run safe

LoL, what is this? Do you work for the bank or something?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJAt66qYfNA

Watch this tutorial about OpenBazaar, they explain it pretty well in it how it works without a middleman.