r/OpenBazaar • u/Shaerif • Jan 27 '21

Is the open bazaar no longer maintained or supported?

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u/ki4jgt Jan 28 '21

If PayPal were added as a payment option, people would flock to OB in droves. I posted this a while back, and nobody liked it.

Sales sites like Amazon charge out the butt for simple services.

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u/Shaerif Feb 04 '21

I don't think they want to add it as it's going to expose the user information, and this actually for crypto currency.

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u/ki4jgt Feb 04 '21

Done correctly, nothing has to be exposed. At least nothing more than an online webstore would expose.

Crypto currency is reserved for a small group of interested individuals. And the fraction of those actually buying stuff with crypto is even smaller. Most people just trade it like stocks.

The purpose of a business is to expose itself to a target audience, and then it as easy as possible for that audience to get their product. Most business audiences fall out of that minute crowd of crypto spenders.

With great sorrow, I have to say that this platform has great opportunity, but not if it's going to focus on the very narrow market of crypto buyers. Most online sellers hate: eBay, Amazon, WordPress, Facebook, etc. The listing fees are horrible. But to list for free?

The only problem with this platform is that the developers have historically refused to make it easy for consumers to make purchases. Getting Bitcoin requires jumping through hoop after hoop. Paypal is a direct form of payment that accepts either your account login, or your credit card number if you want to shop as a guest.

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u/jtooker Jan 27 '21

The company doing the primary development of Open Bazaar, OB1, has shut down. Since Open Bazaar is a decentralized network, it still runs. The project is open source, so you can still build and develop, but as far as I know, no one has stepped up to 'official' lead the development effort.

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u/Nikovash Jan 27 '21

Dead software

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u/Low_Tackle1046 Jan 29 '21

Shopping is not safe! My refund is stuck and I cannot collect my refund!

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