How TorZon Market vendors work
Every vendor on the storefront has a public page, a bond in coin, a dispute record and a published PGP key. Here is what those numbers mean and how to read them.
The vendor page
Every vendor has a page reachable by clicking the vendor name on any listing. The page shows the total order count, the disputed order count, the finalisation ratio, average shipping time and a list of open listings. Public PGP key is at the bottom of the page.
Bonding and vetting
A new vendor posts a bond in coin before the first listing goes live. The bond covers first-month refunds if the vendor exits early. After the bond period passes with a clean dispute record, the vendor gets full storefront access.
Reading the dispute number
A vendor with 400 orders and 3 disputes is a real vendor. A vendor with 400 orders and 55 disputes is a vendor you do not want. Dispute ratios above about 5 percent are a red flag. Above 10 percent means something is wrong and it is either the product, the shipping or the seller ignoring messages.
Recent reviews beat lifetime average
A vendor with 4.9 stars overall and their last twenty reviews at 3 stars is going through something. Maybe their supply source changed. Maybe they stopped caring. Whatever it is, the number worth trusting is the last twenty reviews rather than the lifetime average. Scroll to the bottom of the reviews. Read the ones from the last week.