From application to a working shop

Approval on Nexus is a short process on paper and a slow one in practice, because the market screens rather than taking anyone who pays. Expect the paperwork to take minutes and the trust to take weeks.

1. Reach the market on a verified address

   Copy one of the onion addresses in the sidebar and open it in Tor Browser at the Safest security level. Confirm the onion printed on the login screen matches your address bar before you type anything. A vendor account created on a phishing clone is a vendor account handed to somebody else.

2. Create the account you intend to keep

   Pick a name that has never been used anywhere else, including on other markets, forums and messaging accounts. Generate a long unique password in a local manager and store the recovery phrase on paper. Turn on PGP two factor immediately, because a vendor account without it is one leaked password away from being emptied.

3. Submit the vendor application

   The form asks who you are on other markets and what you intend to sell. Answer it as a professional rather than a marketer. Where you can point at a public history, do, and sign the statement with the key you will keep using so the claim can be checked rather than taken on trust.

4. Post the bond

   The bond is paid once and it is what separates a screened vendor from an open registration. Treat it as the cost of being taken seriously by buyers rather than a fee the market invented, and read the refund terms on the fees page before you send it.

5. Build listings that survive scrutiny

   Write listings that a careful buyer would believe. Accurate descriptions, honest shipping times, clear terms on what happens if a package goes missing. Overpromising on a first listing is the fastest way to a dispute you lose.

6. Take the first orders slowly

   Cap early order sizes, ship immediately, and communicate at every step. The record you build in the first weeks decides whether the profile is worth anything later, and there is no way to buy that back once it goes wrong.

Where to apply

The application lives inside the market, so the first step is reaching a verified address. Copy one below, open it in Tor Browser, and confirm the onion on the login screen against your address bar before you create anything.

Open these in Tor Browser only. Before your password, read the onion on the login screen back against your address bar. If they do not match, close the tab. A vendor account created on a clone is a vendor account handed to somebody else.