FAQ
Instructions on how to ensure that youre accessing Bohemia via a legitimate mirror.
Firstly, you can input "/mirrors.txt" after .onion of the URL currently displayed within your address bar. Here you will be able to see a list of the current and active mirrors, alongside an encrypted message using the official, and only PGP key associated to Bohemia. Our official PGP key can be located via trusted sources such as our official sections on DarkEye and Raptor, or by visiting "/pgp.txt" the same way as per mentioned above when viewing "/mirrors.txt".
If the PGP message cannot be decrypted using our public official PGP public key, and / or if the mirror you are currently accessing the platform from is not visible within the encrypted message, we suggest ending your session immediately.
Another way of validating the legitimacy of a mirror, is by visiting any of the partner websites for which we are affiliated:
DarkEye – darkeyepxw7cuu2cppnjlgqaav6j42gyt43clcn4vjjf7llfyly5cxid[dot]onion/
Raptor – raptora2y6r3bxmjcd3xglr3tcakc6ezq3omyzbnvwahhpi27l3w4yad[dot]onion/
By visiting any of the above websites, you will be able to locate any and all mirrors published by Bohemia.
Youll notice that all captcha images presented throughout the platform will contain the last 26 characters of the mirror for which you are currently visiting. If the 26 characters presented within the captcha image does not match that of the mirror currently being visited, we suggest ending your session immediately and seeking a mirror from one of the aforementioned trusted sources.
- The Bohemia Team
How to protect yourself using PGP.
PGP (or Pretty Good Privacy) provides the means required to encrypt sensitive data and / or files, where parties other than those intended for, cannot access.
We explicitly recommend that all communication within the Bohemia platform is encrypted through the PGP protocol.
Although our user records are stored and hashed using complex algorithms, one should always endeavor to be safe than sorry.
When attaching sensitive information to an order for a merchant to see, such as your home address, please encrypt the contents by either using your PGP tool of choice along with your chosen merchants PGP key, or simply ensure that the "Encrypt Message" checkbox remains selected when placing your order, and our platform will conveniently encrypt your data using the merchants registered PGP key. This can also be achieved when sending private messages to other users via the platform.
Thanks to the constant innovation of technology, PGP software can be found on any operating system known to man. A list of tools worth mentioning are:
Windows – Gpg4win (https://www.gpg4win.org/)
Linux – GnuPG (https://gnupg.org/)
iOS – PGP Everywhere (https://www.pgpeverywhere.com/)
Android – OpenKeyChain (https://www.openkeychain.org/)
Using any search engine you can find brief tutorials for each of the above which will guide you through step by step to create your own unique PGP key.
The administration of Bohemia wish to emphasize the importance of using PGP encryption to protect yourself (as a buyer or vendor).
And most importantly, never share your private key with anybody.
- The Bohemia Team
Instructions relating to sections found in the User CP.
Your user control panel is an important section of the platform as it provides important functionality (such as editing your account details, and withdrawing funds off-site).
In the "Edit Profile" tab, you can upload your own custom avatar, and set a publicly viewable description of yourself in the "About Me" section.
Should you wish to change your pin, you can do so by clicking "Change PIN". As your PIN is vital to withdrawing funds from the market, we have implemented an additional stage of verification from those you may already be used too, and this has been done with the protection of our users funds in mind. You will be required not only to confirm your current PIN and password, but also three random words from your mnemonic phrase (as per provided during registration).
You can change your password in the "Change Password" section by entering the current password, PIN, and the new desired password. We advise not only a strong password containing letters, numbers and symbols, but to also modify your password on a regular basis for the best protection & safety.
Finally, if you did not add your PGP key during registration, you can do so by clicking "Settings". Here, you can also modify the default currency which will be displayed to you accross the platform.
- The Bohemia Team
How to earn via the personal affiliate referral program.
We have implemented an affiliate program here at Bohemia, of which has primarily been designed to reward those who invite users to the platform prior to their registration.
For each purchase made by the person(s) you have invited through your referral link, you will receive 25% of the platforms percentage deduction for those purchases. For example, if the platform percentage deduction is 4%, and the item purchased by the referred user has a base cost of $100 - you will effectively receive 25% of that 4% cut.
These funds will automatically be credited to your balance and can either be withdrawn or used as a spendable balance.
Your personal referral invitation link can be found in the "User CP" alongside the associated statistics, as well as inside the "Affiliate Program" widget, located at the bottom left hand side of the homepage.
What are you waiting for? Get sharing and earn today!
- The Bohemia Team
How feedback works on Bohemia.
Bohemia operates a feedback system on both vendor, and buyer profiles. This provides buyers with the opportunity to leave feedback for purchases made, and for merchants to also leave feedback for any orders theyve previously fulfilled.
Once an order has been fulfilled and marked as finalized, both buyer and merchant parties will be presented with the option to leave feedback from within the order details page.
Buyers can rate the products quality, overall logistics, and merchant communication for the purchase in question via the use of our star ratings feature, along with a brief snippet of text detailing their experience or discrepancies.
Aside from the above, the buyer can also rate their purchase as "Positive", "Neutral" or "Negative". This rating will attribute to the product and merchants feedback score and overall level on the platform.
Each buyer rating can be found when viewing a product page, and via the corresponding merchant profile. Although publicly viewable by any member on the platform, usernames are censored to protect buyers and their rights to customer confidentiality.
Its important to leave feedback on any orders placed, as it can and will be used by other members of the community to vet a potential vendor theyre considering to purchase from.
Likewise, merchants also have the ability to provide feedback for buyers which have purchased from their store. This will provide merchants the ability to voice any praise / concerns and positive / negative comments towards a buyer to give other merchants and users an insight as to how they conduct themselves when purchasing.
- The Bohemia Team
Placing an order for any of the listings available.
Bohemia employs a smart cart system which gives the buyer full flexibility in customizing their quantity, shipping & payment methods on the fly.
Both Bitcoin (BTC) and Monero (XMR) are accepted here at Bohemia. Its important to ensure that your account is topped up with the amount required to fulfill any order(s) you may wish to place. Certain merchants may only accept BTC while some may only accept XMR. Be sure to check which coins are accepted on any products of interest prior to making a deposit.
Physical products will generally have a field underneath which allows you to submit details such as your home address. While there is a PGP option built into the market, we highly suggest disabling it, and instead using your own PGP key to encrypt the sensitive information you must hand to the vendor.
If you happen to have a coupon code giving you a certain discount on a product, you may redeem it at checkout in the appropriate field. The necessary amount will be automatically deducted upon entry of code.
IMPORTANT: Changing a quanti Placing an order for any of the listings available. ty, shopping method, adding coupon code or even adding a PGP encrypted message to the order must result in pressing the "Update" button, or your progress will be lost. This is extremely important. Any alteration must be followed by the Update button as to make the changes persist.
- The Bohemia Team
What merchant alerts are.
Bohemia has implemented a useful alert tool for merchants to be able to maximize their potential reach while increasing their total possible revenue. This feature (better known as Merchant Alerts), broadcasts messages en-masse to all loyal customers for which have purchased from a particular merchant 5 or more times.
Once the threshold has been met, you (the buyer) will be assigned to the merchants alert list. This merchant will then have the ability to alert you of any product additions, restocks and discount codes directly to your inbox. In case you wish to not be included in a particular merchants alert list, you can simply click the "Unsubscribe" button which can be located on the merchants profile page for which you are subscribed.
- The Bohemia Team
How to create support tickets and bug reports for the administration.
At times, there may be issues that require the attention of Bohemia staff. You can easily reach out to us by hovering over the "Support" tab, located along the top toolbar of the platform and selecting one of the following options:
– Support Ticket
– Bug Report
We stress that support tickets should only be used in the event of requesting support for any and all issues regarding to the platform itself, or your account. We endeavour to respond to all support tickets within 24 hours of the time allocated.
Likewise the "Bug Report" option can be selected, at which point you will be presented with a pre-populated support ticket for which you should complete in as much detail as possible. Bug Report tickets are solely to alert the Bohemia Development Team of any issues you may have stumbled across whilst navigating the platform. Something doesnt work? Let us know!
We operate a case-by-case bug bounty system whereas a reward will be presented to the submitting user, providing that the bug is in fact genuine.
Its important to remember that whilst we will do our best to answer all quieries as soon as possible, creating multiple tickets will automatically push your new and existing tickets to the bottom of the allocation pile. This is purely a deterrent for those who have little to no patience. Bohemia administration will take effective action on any accounts found to be abusing the support system.
- The Bohemia Team
Start selling on Bohemia today!
Becoming a merchant with Bohemia is a seamless process. You can find the "Become A Merchant" button on the right-hand side of the top toolbar of the platform. Clicking this text will present you with the progressive information pages relating to the criteria expected to be met as a merchant with Bohemia, along with terms & conditions and the extensive list of features you can expect to have at your disposal. Details are also provided relating to the merchant bond one-off payment and instructions on how to apply for a bond waiver for those of you who are established merchants migrating from elsewhere.
Upon accepting the terms & conditions of becoming a merchant, the relevant bond will be deducted from your account balanceand your new role will be initiated immediately.
IMPORTANT: Already an established vendor? Select the option to apply for a free vendor bond on the vendor bond payment page. Ensure that you have attached your PGP key correctly to your account, and matches the records which can be verified on the Recon directory. Upon verification you will receive the merchant role on Bohemia free of charge.
- The Bohemia Team
The official rules of Bohemia.
The administration of Bohemia have laid out a series of rules which are to be followed by any user, regardless of what role they have.
1 – No prohibited items can be sold.
2 – Spam will not be tolerated.
3 – Members of administration & moderation shall not be impersonated.
4 – All sensitive/private data must be encrypted using PGP.
Users found not complying with these few rules, will have immediate non-appeal-able action taken on their account. Its important that Bohemia is a safe & secure place, as to ensure a blissful experience.
- The Bohemia Team
How disputes are initiated and conducted at Bohemia.
At times there may be disagreements between parties whilst partaking and / or concluding a transaction.
For example: A buyer may not receive what they purchased as per advertised and the merchant has failed to amicably rectify the situation. Effectively, a dispute can now been lodged from the buyer. This will launch a dispute and allocate a staff member for the purposes of moderation between both parties until a resolution can be agreed upon. In the event that a solution has not been solidified, the allocated staff member can intervene and end the dispute in favor of the merchant or buyer. Our staff members have been heavily briefed on how they should conduct themselves whilst handling disputes, to always keeping an open mind and to always approach a dispute with a fair attitude and level of understanding for both parties involved when making a final decision.
At any point throughout an orders journey (from waiting to be fulfilled to being finalized), orders are disputable through the orders page. The drop-down will present the option to dispute an order. You will then be asked for the context of the dispute. What made you open the dispute.
NOTE: Its important that you as a merchant (or buyer) attempt to resolve the situation amicably. Merchants have the ability to re-issue orders, or to refund any orders received.
Any messages sent through the active dispute are viewable by both parties (buyer & merchant), but all also by the allocated staff member. Time will be allocated to the dispute as to allow both parties to reach an agreement.
The solution can be either:
– Close dispute, and finalize order (In favor of vendor).
– Close dispute, and refund order (In favor of buyer).
Once closed, a dispute cannot be reinstated, and the decision is final.
- The Bohemia Team
Protecting your account using 2FA.
Granted you have a PGP key associated with your Bohemia account, you will be able to enable 2FA (2 Factor Authentication) on your account for extra security.
This particular setting can be enabled either in the User CP or at registration. Once enabled, you will be prompted to decrypt a message containing a secret & unique passphrase. Submitting the attached string will grant access to your account.
Accounts with 2FA enabled cannot be accessed without the secret passphrase found within the encrypted PGP message.
- The Bohemia Team
How deposits with Bitcoin operate on Bohemia.
Bohemia accepts Bitcoin (BTC) as a method of deposit to your Bohemia account wallet. Selecting the "Deposit" option on the Bitcoin pane of the "Wallet" page will present you with two pieces of data:
– A QR Code
– A BTC Address
Assuming that you are familiar with how Bitcoin works, you must send any funds you wish to deposit to the displayed address. For convenience, you can scan the QR code using your mobile device if you are using a mobile-based wallet.
For the deposited funds to be assigned to your Bohemia wallet, a minimum of 3 network confirmations will need to take place. You can keep track of the current amount of confirmations on the deposit page.
IMPORTANT: You can only deposit to the displayed address ONCE. The Bitcoin (BTC) address associated with your wallet will rotate with each deposit. No action on your behalf is required.
- The Bohemia Team
How deposits with Monero operate on Bohemia.
Bohemia accepts Monero (XMR) as a method of deposit to your Bohemia account wallet. Selecting the "Deposit" option on the Bitcoin pane of the "Wallet" page will present you with two pieces of data:
– A QR Code
– A XMR Address
Assuming that you are familiar with how Monero works, you must send any funds you wish to deposit to the displayed address. For convenience, you can scan the QR code using your mobile device if you are using a mobile-based wallet.
For the deposited funds to be assigned to your Bouemia wallet, a minimum of 10 network confirmations will need to take place. You can keep track of the current amount of confirmations on the deposit page.
IMPORTANT: You can only deposit to the displayed address ONCE. The Monero (XMR) address associated with your wallet will rotate with each deposit. No action on your behalf is needed.
- The Bohemia Team
Withdrawing Bitcoin from your market wallet.
Withdraws from Bohemia are performed automatically meaning funds can be accessed at any point. If you wish to withdraw the Bitcoin (BTC) currently stored within your Bohemia wallet, you must navigate to the "Wallet" page and click "Withdraw" on the Bitcoin pane.
To successfully withdraw Bitcoin you must:
– Input a valid BTC address.
– Input a valid BTC amount to withdraw.
– A custom BTC fee. (Will be deducted from the total amount to be withdrawn)
– Your secret PIN code.
Once all the information provided is valid, a request will be created and the server will broadcast your withdrawal to the Bitcoin network. Depending on the wallet used, funds are generally accessible after 1 network confirmation.
The withdrawal log is reset regularly for security purposes. However, you may force the reset on your withdrawal log by selecting "Clear History" in the actions menu of the withdraw page.
- The Bohemia Team
Withdrawing Monero from your market wallet.
Withdraws from Bohemia are performed automatically meaning funds can be accessed at any point. If you wish to withdraw the Monero (XMR) currently stored within your Bohemia wallet, you must navigate to the "Wallet" page and click "Withdraw" on the Monero pane.
To successfully withdraw Monero you must:
– Input a valid XMR address.
– Input a valid XMR amount to withdraw.
– Your secret PIN code.
Once all the information provided is valid, a request will be created and the server will broadcast your withdrawal to the Monero network. Depending on the wallet used, funds are generally accessible after only 10 network confirmations.
Due to Moneros nature of processing fees at a low fee, a static fee (generally $0.01-$0.10) is set by default.
The withdrawal log is reset regularly for security purposes. However, you may force the reset on your withdrawal log by selecting "Clear History" in the actions menu of the withdraw page.
- The Bohemia Team
The creation of a digital listing.
Bohemia supports selling digital products, ie: anything which does not have to be physically shipped. This can be anything from methods, to accounts.
The option to create a digital listing can be found when hovering over the "Create Listing" option on the navigation bar. Upon selecting it, you will be given a chance to fill in the information of the product/service which you wish to provide.
Merchants also have the ability to automatically dispatch goods to buyers using the autoship feature built into Bohemia. Data can be inputted into auto-shipment box, while the either the option for concurrent shipment (all contents at once, ie: a method) or consecutive shipment (individual lines, ie: a list of accounts).
- The Bohemia Team
The creation of a physical listing.
Bohemia supports selling phyiscal products, ie: anything has to be physically shipped. This can be anything from drugs to counterfeited goods.
The option to create a physical listing can be found when hovering over the "Create Listing" option on the navigation bar.
Upon selecting it, you will be given a chance to fill in the information of the product/service which you wish to provide.
- The Bohemia Team
Available listing promotions and how they work.
Here at Bohemia, we have took the decision to implement numerous features which are not only advantageous when promoting products on the platform, but affordable too.
There are two features to choose from, which consist of the following:
– Stickied Listing
This feature sticks the selected listing to the top of its allocated category as per set when creating and / or editing the listing in question. Potential buyers will see this listing above all others when browsing the respective category, therefore providing first class exposure when advertising your products.
– Highlighted Listing
This feature surrounds your listing tile with an eye catching yellow border within the category allocated when creating and / or editing the listing in question. Potential buyers will struggle to miss your listing when browsing the respective category, therefore generating further exposure when advertising your products.
To view, check prices and select your desired promotion duration, as well as view statistics relating to current and previous promotions youve enrolled in, head to the "Listing Promotions" page via the "Merchant Shortcuts" dropdown located along the top toolbar of the platform, or via the "Merchant CP".
NOTICE: Please ensure that your wallet balance is sufficient before commiting to any of the features mentioned above. Failure to do so will result in error.
- The Bohemia Team
How the featured listings system works.
This feature can be found on the homepage, and is widely considered as the ultimate method of exposure when it comes to rapid sales growth and product discovery. This one is controlled purely by those who wish to bid for one of six available featured listing slots, which can be achieved by pressing the link shown next to the "Featured Listings" section on the homepage. Merchants will compete over a seven day period via the dedicated bidding system, whereas the top seven bids will be allocated one of the available slots for the next seven day period (until the next bidding session ends). Each featured listing will be displayed to any and all members directly after they log into the platform.
- The Bohemia Team
Broadcast messages to your client base.
We have introduced the "Mass Message" function here at Bohemia, primarily to give merchants the freedom and accessibility required when it comes to keeping their customers informed with regards to their store and available products.
Merchants can navigate to the "Mass Message" page by selecting the corresponding menu option available via the "Merchant Shortcuts" dropdown on the top toolbar, or via the "Merchant CP".
There are three mass message options to choose from, all of which will consist of a prepopulated message delivered directly to the inbox of customers for which have purchased from the merchant in question five times or more.
– New Product
To alert customers of new product additions to the store.
– Product Restock
To alert customers of a listing restock once the available quantity its been replenished.
– Promotional Alert (Coupons)
To alert customers of new and current coupon promotions for which can be redeemed against products from the merchants store.
There is a tiny catch. Merchants can only send one mass message per 24 hour period, and this is purely to prevent abuse.
- The Bohemia Team
How to manage sales and disputes.
Merchants can be kept up-to-date with any sales, or disputes through the appropriate sales tab on the navigation bar. By visiting this page, you will see all your processing, dispatched, finalized and cancelled orders, alongside any orders which have been disputed by the buyer.
Bohemia adopts a smart system to keep the merchant aware of any changes, by introducing a counter-until-check whereby you will receive the latest updates in regards to any new or finalized sales since the last time you checked.
Disputes can also be tracked, and dealt with using the appropriate dispute section of the sales page.
You can also keep track of any responses, or updates to any disputes by checking your notifications center.
- The Bohemia Team
A list of banned goods & services on Bohemia.
Here at Bohemia, we do not deem the list of products / services below to be suitable for our platform, and they are strictly prohibited:
Ammunition
Firearms
Fentanyl & Similar
Laced Substances
Child P**********
Animal P**********
Abuse content and / or material.
Services/methods/items with intent to cause or inflict any kind of harm to another living being.
Objects which can cause destruction.
Any material and / or objects relating to terrorism.
Ponzi schemes / financial related scams which put other members at risk.
Anybody found to be attempting to conduct any kind of business and / or communications in reference to the above list will have their account terminated without exception. We have also implemented a word filtering system which will alert staff of any potential communications, discussions or dealings of that mentioned.
- The Bohemia Team