VortexMarket

Hello,
recently I've received a few messages and emails from visitors who were questioning the legality of this website and its marketplace.

I would like to address and explain a few things to make it easier to understand how the site works, what the goals are and how it's legal.

The most common complaint is the design of VortexMarket, it looks like a "hacking forum" or "black market". This is true. VortexMarket's design was heavily inspired by actual hacking forums and is designed to appeal to a younger audience. We wanted the forum to look cool, not boring. Not to mention that dark themes are gaining popularity and light themes start to look outdated in todays minimalistic web design world.

So... is Vortex a hacking forum? Is it a black market? The short answer is no.
The long answer is probably really boring, so I'll split it into multiple points.

• VortexMarket does NOT sell anything. VortexMarket offers Account Upgrades and a virtual currency that can be used to purchase cosmetics. ALL service and product listings are user-generated.
  
• VortexMarket does NOT handle payments. There is no way to pay someone directly through Vortex, all deals between sellers and customers have to be done through private messages or third party applications such as Discord, Telegram or even Email. Sellers may also link to external websites where they sell their goods, such as Fiverr, Shopify or similar solutions.
  
• VortexMarket does NOT allow the sale of illegal services or products. This is stated in our Terms of Service and is punishable by warnings and permanent bans. We don't care if your product or service breaks a websites ToS, such as cheating software or the sale of alt-accounts in video games. However, if those accounts were obtained through illegal means, such as hacking, we will remove the listing and might ban you for it. Furthermore, if we receive a DMCA claim about your product or service we will also remove it from our site.
  
• Regarding hacking: Despite common misconception, the discussion of hacking, social engineering and similar are LEGAL and IMPORTANT. VortexMarket fully supports thought-sharing on such topics but forbids the sale of hacking-tools and hacked goods.
  

VortexMarkets goal is to make the sale of digital goods and services as easy as possible without any annoying KYC stuff, the need of credit cards or any kind of profit-cuts.

We don't care who you are, what your financial situation is or even what your political beliefs are. As long as you play by our rules we accept everyone... except scammers.