Darknet Market Superlist: The Best Markets For 2022 (Unbiased)

 

Finding a good darknet market that can be difficult and intimidating. It’s important to take your time and read through a darknet market list that goes into detail on many options. So here is a super list of the best darknet markets for 2022.

 

The Quick answer

World Market is currently the leading open market for users outside of major regions and has an established list of trustable vendors.

Cannahome is the best drug-based darknet marketplace for users in the US.

Archetyp stands out amongst its competitors as the best drug-based marketplace for the UK and EU.

Vice City is one of the most popular and oldest darknet markets with a vast array of products.

 

What should I look for in a Darknet Marketplace?

Darknet markets are always risky, it’s a part of the business and if you are not careful you will find yourself in a sticky scenario. By choosing a bad market, the best case is you will lose your funds, worst case is it’s a honeypot and you could be arrested.

Ultimately you should always use your gut feeling to help you out. Here are tips for signs of a good marketplace.

  1. Never use a site that asks you to lower your security settings in any way. This is likely a honeypot (A site made by feds).
  2. Though this is almost a given, only use sites with cryptocurrency payments. Monero (XMR) is seen as the safest and hardest to track of all cryptocurrencies.
  3. Look for sites that have a multisig escrow or at least an Escrow system rather than Finalize Early unless you know the vendor
  4. A vendor bond. This will help ensure that vendors on the site are putting money where their mouth is, and not simply a scammer.
  5. The site needs to use a good PGP system to ensure all data is untraced.
  6. If you are new to the Darknet Markets, use an established site with a decent community backing it.

 

Before choosing a Darknet Marketplace

 

The darknet is good for many things, however, due to its nature, it has some issues any user needs to be aware of and needs to understand how to deal with these issues. With scammers, honeypots, security flaws, and overall unmonitored internet usage before choosing a darknet market you need to make sure you have a good understanding of Operations Security (OpSec).

You need to have the Tor Browser as this is the only way one can open a darknet marketplaces website. You will also need a good VPN, preferably one that you need to pay for. Its nobody else’s business to know what you are doing over the web, but when you are using the darknet you need to take that more seriously.

Once you open the Tor Browser you need to find a .onion link for the website you are looking for. Using sites such as Dread and the Hidden Wiki to find out information on websites, but DarkFail is often used as a good site to ensure you are getting the correct .Onion link as there are many phishing links to a replica scam site.

PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) Keys are essential for most darknet marketplaces. Ensure you already have a PGP tool to use. PGP Keys are used as a privacy method to encrypt any data sent between parties. You need this to encrypt your address, speak to your vendor, and log into some darknet marketplaces.

You will need to setup a payment method using a crypto wallet. Old school users will back Bitcoin (BTC), but the blockchain does have some security flaws, so we suggest using Monero (XMR). I should note that using an exchange to send through payments is dangerous, set your own wallet up.

Now that you have all this setup, let us look at which marketplace you will make your home.

Best Darknet Markets

 

 Alphabay Market

  • Location: World Wide, English
  • Currencies: Bitcoin and Monero
  • Established: July-05-2020
  • Payment Method: Escrow / FE (Auto-FE with a timer of 5 – 14 days)
  • Fees: 3.5% commission on all sales, 1.5% on withdrawals, $1000 Vendor Bond

Alphabay was one of the original darknet market place but was taken offline when the domain was seized in 2017. No just recently, administrator “DeSnake” has relaunched the site.While there is a debate whether this is the actual original Alphabay market place or a spin-off site utilizing the name, it is a moot point – the marketplace is up and running and seems to work as it had done in the past.

Alphabay is very similar to other darknet markets in that it offers the same features: The market is divided into different sub-categories for easy navigation. Most categories revolve around drugs and substances of all kinds but you can also find digital products as well as credit card information (CC dumps) and SSN (social security numbers).

Alphabay Summary

Alphabay is a great market site for browsing around and finding products you may not find otherwise. The operators are veterans in the scene and have experience running a service like this. If you want to find the cheapest possible deal on the darknet, you should definitely add Alphabay to your list of sites to check as they often have the best offers available. As always, when visiting any darknet market make sure to only use trusted links, such as the onion link for AlphaBay on the top right. 

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Vice City

  • Location: EU and US mainly
  • Currencies: Bitcoin
  • Established: May-25-2020
  • Payment Method: Multisig, Escrow and Finalize Early.
  • Fees: %4 commission on all sales, $99 Vendor Bond

Vice City Market may look and sound familiar to gamers, it stole its UI directly from GTA: Vice City. In the game, a player can use a mobile to connect to a marketplace and purchase items.

Since the site launched in 2020 it quickly gained a reputation for its “flawless coding” of the site, they even offered high rewards to users who could find holes in the site. Vice City has a large community and there are over 9,000 listings active worldwide. The site keeps vendors clean by ensuring any inactive accounts are removed after a month.
The site’s security checks all the boxes with 2FA, PGP encryption, and Multisig Payments, though they do not currently accept Monero as a payment method.

The market is an open one for the most part and allows listings for drugs, fraud, credit cards, stolen data, and Digital items. Basically only the following is not allowed on Vice City:

  • Weapons / Explosives
  • Hitmen / Murder for Hire Services
  • Fentanyl (including any analog)
  • Stolen data containing information of any user under 21 years of age
  • Doxxing or Doxxing services.
  • Pornography of any type.

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World Market

  • Location: World Wide, Mainly English
  • Currencies: Bitcoin and Monero
  • Established: Nov-09-2020
  • Payment Method: Escrow, FE (For trusted shops only)
  • Fees: %4 commission on all sales, $1500 Vendor Bond

Soon after Alphabay went down, World Markets usage skyrocketed. This is because it is essentially a copycat of Empire Market and Alphabay Market. The site is over a year old and has over 100,000 members who purchase items from over 1000 vendors and over 8,000 products worldwide.

World Market offers a wide range of products including narcotics, pornography, digital items, services, weapons, etc. They only prohibit prostitution, child porn, and assassination services.

World Market’s vendor bond may be extreme for some vendors ar $1500, but this excessive amount proves effective. The point of these bonds are two fold, it helps keep the site running as a revenue, as well as keeps scammers away. They also have basic 2FA options and enforce the PGP tools.

Dark World uses a site wallet that needs to be topped up through BTC or XMR and uses a multisig payment method. One key feature on the site that is added is the automatically integrated Bitcoin to Monero exchange that will ensure no transaction are tracked.

World Market Summary

World Market is one of the best all-purpose markets around. Few sites have such a variety of products and are so easy to use. As an additional plus, World Market comes with the best phishing protection available so you will never have to worry about accidentally landing on the wrong site. If markets with a wide variety of products are what you are usually browsing it (such as Darkfox), World Market is definitely a site you should check out. As always, when visiting any darknet market make sure to only use trusted links, such as the onion link for World Market on the top right. 

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The Versus Project / Versus Market

  • Location: EU based, Worldwide
  • Currencies: Bitcoin
  • Established: Early 2019
  • Payment Method: Escrow, Multisig
  • Fees: $200 Vendor Bond

Versus Market was created as a community project, this is why it is called “The Versus Project.” The claim is that the site wants to see a community-driven market that represented what a darknet market looked like in the old days. While this is a sweet idea, in reality, Versus Market, is simply a good darknet marketplace.

The market works really well and stayed strong in 2020 while many other markets were seized or exit scammed. The site’s 13,000+ products include Drugs, Fraud, Digital Items, Services, and Software & Malware. The biggest product being drugs. Their site works differently in a way that rewards good vendors rather than popular products. Security is key with the Versus market enough that they even recommend using Tail OS, along with the well-designed multisig payment method, 2FA, and PGP encryption. The on-site wallet is enforced but very few have found issues withdrawing or making payments between vendors. Their site is user-friendly and is a great competition among the other markets mentioned.

Versus Market Summary

Versus Market is one of the best all-purpose markets around. Few sites have such a variety of products and are so easy to use. As an additional plus, Versus Market comes with the best phishing protection available so you will never have to worry about accidentally landing on the wrong site. If markets with a wide variety of products are what you are usually browsing it (such as Darkbay), Versus Market is definitely a site you should check out.

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CannaHome Market

  • Location: USA
  • Currencies: Bitcoin and Monero
  • Established: Mar-21-2018
  • Payment Method: Escrow , Direct, FE

Cannahome is a drug-based marketplaces that is specific to users in the United States. Their primary focus is on mushrooms, cannabis, and cannabis based products. Cannahome is a bit smaller than the previous two markets with about 100 vendors country wide and about 3000 products to choose. Cannahome has a focus on it’s safety systems.

Cannahome became popular because of their system on how they select vendors. Every vendor on the platform needs to already have 500 or more sales from other darknet marketplaces and must have less than 1% negative reviews. This almost removes any possibility of scam vendors. The results in having trustable venders, is that you would find products on the site are more expensive in comparison to other darknet markets.

Cannahome replaced the fallen marketplace CGMMC and made it better. Their staff are well known, and manages to solve disputes within a few days. Although they push for Multisig Escrow payments, vendors do have a FE payment option too.

 

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Archetyp Market

  • Location: Europe, English and German
  • Established: 10-May-2021
  • Currencies: Monero
  • Payment Method: Escrow / FE (Auto-FE with a timer of 5 – 99 days)
  • Fees: 5% commission on all sales, $200 Vendor Bond.

Archetyp market is an EU and UK specific based marketplace that concentrates specifically on all drugs. The sites dark interface is pleasing to the eyes and easy to use. Archetyp’s admin has a clear focus on security and anonymity for all users, they only accept Monero to ensure no transactions are tracked and enforce 2FA and PGP encryption for every user.

While the site is focused on cannabis and narcotics, they do allow other option for other drugs so long as they are not harmful drugs such a Fentamyl. The market is not too old but is following route to becoming the best darknet market in Europe.

Archetyp Market Summary

Archetyp Market is one of the best markets if you are situated in Europe and are looking for any kind of drug or pharmaceutical. The product portfolio offers a vast array of medicines, narcotics, recreational drugs and much more. With the advanced serch functions Archetyp market is also very easy to browse and navigate. As always, when visiting Archetyp market make sure to only use trusted onion links such as the one on the top of this article.

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ASAP Market

  • Location: Worldwide but mainly US
  • Currencies: Bitcoin and Monero
  • Established: 2021
  • Payment Method: Escrow, FE (Auto FE)
  • Fees: $300, $1500 for FE (free for established vendors)

ASAP is an all-purpose darknet market with the primary focus on drugs of all kinds. There is no need to create an account to browse the market, but you will need to register before purchasing anything. If the market site is up, you can find the onion link for ASAP Market to the right of this article.

ASAP market is sorted into different categories, a majority of them being drug-related. As such you will find stimulants, cannabis and hashish, steroids, barbiturates, ecstasy, opioids and various others. The catalog constantly changes so make sure to check it out frequently. But the market also offers some non-drug categories such as counterfeits, fraud, or digital goods.

ASAP Market Summary

ASAP Market is a great site for customers who like to browse through mixed catalogs. While the site is mostly focused on drugs, you can also find all kinds of other items. Make sure to check it out regularly because the market is very active and new listings appear almost daily. As always, when visiting any darknet market make sure to only use trusted links, such as the onion link for ASAP Market on the top right.