Omega Market payments

XMR · BTC · LTC

Omega settles in Monero by default and also accepts Bitcoin and Litecoin. There is no fiat on-ramp inside the market, so how you get crypto in the first place is a decision you make before you arrive, and it is the part of the process that reveals the most about your habits. Here is how the money actually moves, what it costs, and where people overthink it.

Accepted currencies

Currency	Role	Privacy	Notes
XMR — Monero	Native	Private by design	Sender, receiver, and amount are hidden on the ledger. The cleanest option.
BTC — Bitcoin	Accepted, converted	Public ledger	Every transaction is visible. Fine if you route it well, revealing if you do not.
LTC — Litecoin	Accepted, converted	Public ledger	Same trade-off as Bitcoin, smaller coins, faster blocks.

If you only hold one of these, use it. If you can choose, Monero is the one that keeps your business yours. The difference is not theoretical. A Bitcoin payment links a public address to a purchase. A Monero payment does not.

What it costs

Buyer fee: 0%. You pay the listed price and nothing on top.
Seller fee: 5% of the sale, charged to the vendor, not you.
Deposit and withdrawal: no extra fee from the market.
Network fees: you pay the blockchain or the Monero network a small amount to move funds. This is not a market charge and it varies with congestion.

So the practical answer to how much it costs is the price on the listing plus a small network fee. There is no hidden percentage taken from your side. The 5% you keep hearing about is what vendors pay to sell, and it is already baked into the prices you see.

How a payment flows

You pay the order. The funds go into escrow held by the market, not into the vendor's hands.
The vendor ships. You receive the goods or the digital item.
You confirm delivery. The market releases the funds to the vendor.
If something is wrong, you open a dispute before confirming and the market steps in. The money does not leave escrow until it is resolved.

Why escrow matters. It is the difference between trusting a stranger and having a neutral party hold the money. Most successful buyers never have to touch a dispute. The ones who do are the ones who used escrow instead of paying a vendor directly outside it.

Getting crypto without leaving a trail

This is where most people get careless. Buying Monero or Bitcoin from an exchange that asks for your name and a card connects your real identity to the funds before they ever touch the market. If that matters to you, the usual pattern is to buy through a method that does not require identity, then move the coins to a fresh address you control before sending them to the market wallet. The extra step is cheap. Skipping it is how a supposedly anonymous purchase ends up traceable back to a bank statement.

The market does not tell you how to buy crypto. It only receives it. How clean the coins are when they arrive is entirely on you.

Questions about a specific case

Some payment situations are too specific for a general page. The FAQ covers the common ones, and the market support channel handles the rest.

FAQ Access guide