Marketplace Protocol
Commerce where reputation travels with you
Decentralized marketplace protocols enable peer-to-peer commerce with portable reputation, minimal fees, and true customer relationships. Your reviews and ratings are yours forever.
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The decentralized approach
Protocol Listings
List products on an open protocol accessible from multiple frontends.
Smart Contract Escrow
Payments held in escrow until delivery confirmation.
Portable Reputation
Your seller score lives on-chain and follows you anywhere.
Token Inventory
Products can be represented as tokens for authenticity and tracking.
The Web3 Experience
List once, sell everywhere. Your reputation score is an on-chain asset that grows with every sale. Customers can find you on any frontend. If one marketplace raises fees, take your reputation and leave.
Your Value as a User
Access a wider range of products at lower prices due to reduced platform fees. Own your purchase history and build a portable reputation.
Lower prices + verifiable purchase history
Requires wallet management and understanding of token payments
Revenue Model
How value flows in Web3
Revenue Distribution
Direct payment to seller
Escrow and dispute resolution
Optional discovery services
3-5% protocol fees
95%+ of sale price
Polkadot enables marketplace protocols to handle payments in any currency while providing instant finality for escrow releases. Cross-chain identity ensures your reputation is recognized across all commerce parachains.
Benefits
Why Web3 is better
Keep 95%+ of every sale
Take your reputation to any marketplace
Direct customer relationships
No platform can copy your products unfairly
Community governance over fee changes
The Comparison
Side by side: what changes when you make the shift
"Amazon turns sellers into suppliers. Web3 marketplaces turn sellers into independent businesses with portable equity in their reputation."
Multi-Chain by Design
Polkadot's architecture makes this transformation possible with cross-chain interoperability, shared security, and infinite scalability.
Sub-Second Finality
Transactions settle in under a second, enabling real-time payments and instant value transfer.
Shared Security
All parachains benefit from Polkadot's validator set, providing institutional-grade security from day one.
Cross-Chain Messages
XCM enables seamless communication between specialized chains, creating a unified Web3 ecosystem.
Polkadot enables marketplace protocols to handle payments in any currency while providing instant finality for escrow releases. Cross-chain identity ensures your reputation is recognized across all commerce parachains.
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