Staying safe on Seto Market

Buying

• See the item before you pay. Meet somewhere public and busy — a bank forecourt, a shopping centre, a police post.
• Never send money in advance. No genuine seller needs a deposit through a wallet before you have seen the item.
• Be wary of anyone who cannot meet. A seller who is “abroad”, who wants a shipping agent, or who will only talk off-platform.
• Keep the conversation on Seto Market. If something goes wrong, a chat we can read is the difference between acting and guessing.
• Check the paperwork. For a vehicle, that means the bluebook and the transfer papers, in the seller’s name.

Selling

• Confirm payment has cleared before the item leaves your hands. A screenshot is not a payment.
• Meet buyers in public too. If someone must come to your home, arrange for another person to be there.
• Do not share codes. Nobody legitimate needs the verification code we send you. Not us, not a buyer.

What you cannot list

Some things may not be sold here at all, either because Nepali law forbids it or because the trade cannot be made safe. Listings mentioning these are held for a person to read before they can appear:

• Firearm
• Ammunition
• Ivory
• Endangered
• Passport
• Citizenship certificate
• Human organ
• Narcotic
• Counterfeit currency

Alongside that: stolen goods, counterfeit brands, prescription medicines, live animals sold for fighting, and anything requiring a licence you do not hold. If you are unsure whether something is allowed, it is quicker to ask than to have the listing refused.

How we screen listings

Every listing is checked before it becomes visible — nothing goes straight to the storefront. Most clear automatically within a few minutes; anything the check is unsure about waits for a moderator, which is usually under an hour.

Phrases that reliably accompany fraud are treated as a reason to look closer, not as proof of it. These are among them:

• Advance payment only
• Western union
• Send money first
• Shipping agent
• Inheritance fund

Reporting a listing

Open the listing and use Report. A moderator reads every report. If three separate people report the same listing, it is hidden immediately and stays hidden until someone has looked at it — so reporting genuinely works, and you do not need to have been the victim to report something.