[Help, Evo] Just starting out, need some advice.

So, I am interested in purchasing some products off of Evolution (small orders at first), but being a complete newbie at this, I decided to ask you guys for advice. This could be considered an ELI5 post. I have read through some of the recommended threads and community posts and I am still a bit confused. Here are some things that I need some advice/help with:

Where should I buy bitcoins and how should I transfer them to the seller? I read something about "tumbling" but I am still unsure on how that works/what to use to do so.

How do I use PGP to communicate with my seller? I found some translation-type sites for it, but they seemed too easy to use.

What items are easily detected/searched for while in transit? Should I use my real name and address on the package or should I get a P.O. Box and use a fake name?

Thanks for the help.


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[11 Points] iLoveDNM:

/r/DarknetMarketsNoobs

Read the tutorials, all of your questions are answered and explained. We should set up some sort of babysitting service; $10 in BTC and have someone one-on-one walk people through their first order. In fact, I think I'm going to offer that service right now... :D


[3 Points] galaxyandspace:

all of these questions are answered in the sidebar articles on /r/DarkNetMarketsNoobs . Go read them all there.


[2 Points] goodluckhick:

Where should I buy bitcoins and how should I transfer them to the seller? I read something about "tumbling" but I am still unsure on how that works/what to use to do so.

Buy btc with bank or cc (real) with circle.com or coinbase.com Circle is instant btc and coinbase takes ages. Once you get your btc transfer to a btc-e account or blockchain address. If you have a btc-e account older than 3-5 days you can widthdraw funds from it to evo. btc-e dont give no shits. If you transfer the btc to blockchain use their "shared coin" feature to transfer the btc to yet again another blockchain (shared coin tumbles it like helix or bitcoinfog). Honestly if you're making a small purchase, you can just send it to blockchain then evo or you can just do it from circle.

How do I use PGP to communicate with my seller? I found some translation-type sites for it, but they seemed too easy to use. What items are easily detected/searched for while in transit? Should I use my real name and address on the package or should I get a P.O. Box and use a fake name?

google gpg4usb its easy to make a key and start encrypting your messages with PGP. items that are detected are stuff that can smell like weed or something. Most vendors use good stealth so dont worry. Make sure to always read the reviews and dont finialize till you get the product or if the seller requires you to. If you live in the us, id stick with usa vendors. you can use your real name on packages, its unlikely that you will get caught. most people are so paranoid about it they get drops or some other shit. LE are not going after small fish they are going after the vendors.


[1 Points] kirkkommander:

Before you get started doing any purchasing, you should get comfortable with both encrypting and decrypting messages. Depending on what system you're running, there are different programs you can use. There are also several YouTube walk throughs on the subject.

Go do some research, then come back and pm me your public key. Then I'll send you something to decrypt.


[0 Points] DYSFUNKTIONAL:

So basically " I found all the turorials but couldnt be fucked to actually read them, could someone hold my hand and explain everything here and I probably won't read that either."

There's literally hundreds of youtube tutorials.