Ares Market
OnlineAres Market: one of the longer-running darknet marketplaces, on Tor since 2018. Broad catalog, BTC and XMR, escrow, PGP and 2FA enforced.
Primary Link
Onion Address
Product Highlights
Direct Escrow Service
XMR & BTC Support
Direct-Pay
Walletless Payments
Multi-Sig Transactions
Long Standing Market
Popular Search Terms
Frequently Asked Questions
Ares Market has operated continuously since 2018, making it one of the longest-running darknet marketplaces still active. Operator turnover has been minimal, which contributes to its reputation for predictable behavior across multi-year windows.
Continuous seven-plus-year operation under stable ownership is the strongest signal of authenticity in the marketplace genre. Verify the .onion address against multiple recent directories before connecting — phishing clones of long-running brands are common.
Bitcoin and Monero are both supported. The fee structure is transparent and published — new users receive standard escrow rates, while veteran accounts may unlock multi-signature escrow on larger orders. Direct escrow, multi-sig escrow, and finalize-early are all available.
Vendors pass through identity verification before listing, and the platform enforces PGP-keyed messages, 2FA on logins, and session-based authentication keys. Buyer-side reputation feedback loops back into vendor trust scores, surfacing reliable sellers more aggressively in default browse views.
