That's a risk I hadn't considered for nostr marketplaces. Interesting. In theory, because of its open nature, we could end up with hundreds of sites being set up specifically to catch people out. It'd certainly put people off. In my site I've implemented a simple send message to seller system when you've found a product you like. The way I see it is this is more like Facebook marketplace. The relationship between buyer and seller matters. I do wonder now how automated shopping systems will operate longer term. In fact, I wonder if they should, except for digital products.
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The site originally operated that way. It was a place to see listings available and then you'd message the seller to buy the item. I liked it that way. I knew my listings were on the site even though I didn't personally put them there. Once I knew they were there, I did use their features to mark items as active or sold which was nice.
I think its a natural evolution for a marketplace site to want to facilitate the transaction process between the buyer and seller by implementing a buy now button. This feature was added at some point but it did not require intervention or authorization on my part. I think it can be done for both digital and physical products but there needs to be a layer of security to ensure the money goes to the seller.
I believe there is a bright future for commerce using nostr and Bitcoin. There will be bad actors who will take advantage and exploit the open nature of the protocol and the naivete of its users. We have to understand that and operate accordingly.
what's your site by the way? I'd love to check it out.
It's plume.website - the focus will be mostly on the other stuff people do, so when someone views your profile they should see any other content you have, from market listings, photography, long and short form video, music, podcasts etc. I'll be adding a public profile view soon so people can look you up without even logging in. It's still a work in progress atm.