Review

Crown Market review

Straight notes on Crown. What it does well, what it does not, and who should bother.

Crown is set up for buyers. It takes Bitcoin and Monero, so you fund the account in whichever of the two you already hold. Orders run on a 2-of-3 multisig contract, not one key the site holds. Disputes go to staff and the ruling shows up on the order page when it is done. Nothing here is rare by itself. Crown just turns all of it on by default instead of making you go find it.

Good points

Storefront loads fast and works with scripts turned off, so you can run the Safest setting and it does not break. Feedback gets written on every closed order, so vendor history sticks around when mirrors rotate. The mirror table has Copy buttons so you are not typing a fifty-six character string by hand.

Weak points

Search puts featured listings above best-rated out of the box. Flip the sort to rating on every category. The fee schedule is published but hidden in the help pages. Annoying, neither one is a dealbreaker.

Verdict

If you want the defaults stacked toward the buyer, Crown is a solid choice. Grab the live mirrors on the Crown profile page, or start with the access steps.