Mars Market Reference Plain descriptions of what each step involves, what you will experience, and where it can go wrong

Mars Market addresses

Three published addresses for the same market. Copy rather than retype, and check the signature once you are through.

Address 1 marsautkudspgk6j23cxdtrk36ae4fpis2eoe7izu5y2rsksvmfji2ad.onion
Address 2 marshjhtog245vzjzcicnmv2ci6yljibvdm4pngq5kmkfvcutppboxad.onion
Address 3 marsiujka6lrsaqpnxiwvknthhzsrlmq77mnl2fi62guc4lwxif65syd.onion

This list is published, not monitored. An address that opens is not an address that is genuine, and the check that settles it takes under a minute.

Reference › When something is wrong

Order is overdue

Most of what determines the outcome happens before you open anything. This page is about not spending your position badly.

The common own goalIf the delivery window has not closed, do not file. An early dispute is usually dismissed, and the dismissal costs credibility on the resubmission that actually mattered.

Which situation is this

SituationRecoverable?First move
Window still openYes, entirelyWait. Nothing you do now improves it and filing damages it.
Window closed, nothing arrivedUsuallyFile with the order reference, dates and the unedited thread.
Arrived, not as describedOften, partlyDocument first, then file naming a specific remedy.
Vendor has gone quietUsuallySilence is weighed by the panel. Let the record show it.
Paid outside escrowNoThere is no mechanism. This is the one unrecoverable case.
Market unreachableYes, unaffectedA network outage has no effect on an escrow contract. Wait.

What to submit

The form expects a record and most people submit a narrative, which is the weakest thing you can hand an arbitrator. Order reference and dates first, the message thread unedited, whatever delivery evidence exists in the form you actually have, and one named outcome. Nothing else, because a tight submission gets read and a long one gets skimmed.

What makes it worse

  1. Arguing inside the ticket. The panel is not an audience for your disagreement with the vendor.
  2. Threatening feedback. Visible to the arbitrator and it reads as pressure.
  3. Going public first. A thread moves no funds and commits you to a version of events before the record exists.
  4. Accepting a private settlement. That removes the only leverage you have.

The full procedure, including timings, is on opening a dispute.