Torzon Vendor Rules & Application Guide

The Torzon marketplace owes its 99.7% uptime and high trust rating directly to its stringent vendor vetting process. Unlike legacy markets that allowed anyone to sell anonymously, Torzon enforces financial thresholds, mandatory PGP competence, and active dispute moderation.

This guide outlines the complete pipeline for users intending to upgrade to a vendor account via the official Torzon platform.

Merchant Portal Registration

Access Secure Onion URLs

Registering a vendor account requires navigating through verified links only.

The Vendor Bond Requirement

To deter exit scammers and low-effort fraudulent listings, Torzon requires all new vendors to place a Refundable Vendor Bond.

Current Amount: 0.05 BTC (or the equivalent at current exchange rates in XMR).
Purpose: The bond is held in a cold-storage escrow by market administrators. If a vendor is caught scamming, the bond is seized and distributed to compensate the defrauded buyers.
Refunds: If you decide to retire your vendor account gracefully (with no pending orders or unresolved disputes), the bond is returned in full to your designated wallet.

Bond Waivers for Established Vendors

If you have an established reputation on another Tier-1 darknet market, you can request a bond waiver. You must cryptographically prove ownership of the established profile by signing a unique message generated by Torzon moderators using the PGP key associated with your old market profile.

The 30-Day Probationary Period

Paying the bond grants you vendor status, but you are not immediately granted full privileges. To protect buyers:

Early Finalization (FE) is disabled: All your transactions must utilize the default 2-of-3 multi-signature escrow. You will not be paid until the buyer confirms physical receipt of the package.
Listing Limits: You may be restricted in the number of simultaneous active listings you can maintain during the first month.
Trust Calibration: Torzon's algorithm monitors your dispute ratio. A high influx of disputes during probation will result in an immediate account freeze pending manual administrative review.

Vendor-Specific OpSec Requirements

As a vendor, your Operational Security must be flawless. You are a significantly higher-value target for law enforcement than a standard buyer.

Metadata Stripping: Product photos captured on smartphones contain EXIF data (GPS coordinates, camera model, timestamp). You must recursively strip all metadata from images before uploading them. Torzon auto-scrubs images on upload, but relying on server-side scrubbing is a critical OpSec failure.
Packaging & Postage: Never reuse packaging materials, purchase postage with traceable credit cards, or drop packages at the same post office. Utilize anti-static barrier bags and vacuum sealers.
Customer Data Retention: Always delete decrypted customer shipping addresses the exact moment the shipping label is printed. Never archive customer cleartext data locally or digitally.