I have just enough to get a vendor account on one of these sites. I know Hansa is much safer but it does not have near the traffic and will probably take me much longer to get going and make my first sales. I am torn because I have seen so many posts saying people are getting their coins taken and accounts closed on AB and Dream. Which should I use? If any new vendors are reading this, have you used either of these two marketplaces without issues withdrawing etc?
Personally I prefer Dream Market over AB, I tried AlphaBay in the past but I got much more sales on Dream.
I would choose Hansa, when your fresh you wont get that much sales anyway. And I doubt the traditional markets will exists much longer. So its probably best to join a 100% multisig market like Hansa right away. This way you can reduce the risk of joining a market that exit scams at a certain point, which will result in you loosing all your feedback.
Personally I have never had any problems with Dream Market. Moderators are very friendly in my opinion. But I could say the same about AlphaBay, I haven't used AB for a very long time. But when I left I had zero problems with getting my vendor bond back and on AB the moderators where very friendly as well.