Cocorico - A French market

Cocorico is a relatively new dark-net marketplace that is based in France. The market is relatively small but has already seen some growth since its first launch less than a year ago. Cocorico is mainly focuses on customers in France but is also designed to serve international customers. Most sellers offer worldwide shipping. Despite the Cocorico sub-dread being in French, the market is offered in both French and English.

Design & Interface

The design of Cocorico market has nothing special about it. The market features a basic design which is not outdated, but neither is state of the art. The interface of the market is also relatively basic which is a relatively good thing for ease of use.

A top bar can be found on the market with all the account options, including messages, orders and your wallet. Bellow that is a search bat with that allows you to filter through the many categories featured on the market. Bellow that there's another bar with all the product categories. An advanced product filter only appears when using the search bar.

Features & Security

Feature wise Cocorico is a standard market-place. The market features a built in wallet and only accepts bitcoins (BTC). Traditional escrow support is present for all transactions. Trusted sellers can use Early Finalization (FE). When creating an account, use of PGP is mandatory. It is used for both 2FA and message encryption to protect from potential law enforcement take-overs. The market also advertises its 0 JavaScript policy, which is even written in their logo.

Conclusion

Cocorico is a basic marketplace designed to serve mostly French citizens. Despite this the market is also available for international customers. Since it's first appearance, the market has only gained 150 listings. Being a basic market-place it is unclear if the market will ever explode in popularity and if its here to stay.