How It Works

  1. Alice lists her home movie for sale on PeerIt.com. She has an unlimited amount of licenses - its her movie. The sale price is $12, and the payout is $2. Alice chooses to accept both PayPal and Google Checkout as payment types. Alice begins to seed her movie by opening the torrent created by PeerIt with the PeerIt BitTorrent client
  2. Bob searches PeerIt.com for home movies and finds Alice's movie. Bob purchases the move by paying with Google Checkout. He then downloads the movie from Alice with his PeerIt BitTorrent client. Bob leaves his PeerIt BitTorrent client open, and continues to share the movie he downloaded from Alice.
  3. Carol browses PeerIt.com movies section, and decides to purchase Alice's movie. Carol pays for the movie via PayPal, and downloads the movie with the PeerIt BitTorrent client. Carol recieves half of the movie Alice and half from Bob.
  4. Alice now owes Bob $1 for helping deliver half of the movie to Carol - since the payout is $2, and Bob gave Carol half of it.
  5. Alice logs into PeerIt.com and notices a bill in her Account, under Accounts Payable.
  6. Bob logs into PeerIt.com and notices Alice owes him $1 for sharing Alice's home movie
  7. Alice chooses to Pay her bill, and sends Bob $1 via PayPal MassPay. Alice marks her bill as "Paid"
  8. Bob notices that he received $1 from Alice, and sees that his Accounts Payable has listed Alice as paying him $1
  9. Bob leaves Alice positive feedback for his pleasant PeerIt.com experiance

Selling An Item on PeerIt

  1. Create A Seller Account
    1. Start by logging in or creating an account. No personal information is gathered in this step. Your email is used only in case you loose your password.
  2. List An Item
    1. Open the PeerIt BitTorrent Client.
    2. Choose "Create Torrent" from the "File" menu.
    3. You will be prompted to select files or folder, select the files or folders you wish to sell.
    4. Once your torrent is created, click "Sell It On PeerIt" button. This will bring you to the sell page.
    5. On the sell page fill in the item details. A help link is available on every page to explain the details.
    6. Under "Torrent" click "Browse" and select the file you just created.
    7. Once you have all the information filled in click "List ". If there are errors a yellow box will appear at the top telling you how to fix the problem. If everything is OK then you should see your item listed and you must now seed it.
    8. If you have not already added a PayPal or Google ID to your account you will be prompted for them after clicking "List".
  3. Seed An Item
    1. Next seed the item you have just listed. As the first person to own the digital item you are selling you must make it available on the PeerIt network.
    2. Click the "Start Seeding" button in the middle of the page for the item you have just listed
    3. Click either "Save As" or "Open" on the file download window. Make sure your browser is not blocking the download.
    4. The PeerIt BitTorrent Client client will autmatically open the downloaded torrent and begin seeding your digital goods.
    5. Make sure that there is a green "play" button next to all the torrents your client is seeding. If not right-click the item and choose "Start".
  4. Verify Item Availability
    1. To verify that your item is listed and seeded go to the "My Listings" tab.
    2. Find your item and verify that "Health" indicates at least 1 seed.
    3. If not please see Configuring Your Firewall.
    4. The health should be updated in no longer than 5 minutes

Seller Security

  1. To sell an item you must provide a PayPal or Google ID. WE NEVER ASK NOR REQUIRE YOUR PAYPAL OR GOOGLE PASSWORD.
  2. Your PayPal or Google ID will be used by the buyer of your items to send you money.
  3. PeerIt does not email distribute or use your PayPal or Google ID in any way.
  4. All transactions are directly between the seller and the buyer. All PayPal and Google warranties and terms of service apply.
  5. Our goal is to help you sell your digital goods online.
  6. We will not jeopardize the trust of our sellers or our buyers.
  7. If you see an abuse of PeerIt seller or buyer information please contact PeerIt so that we may resolve it.

PeerIt BitTorrent Client

  1. All sellers must seed their items via the PeerIt BitTorrent Client client.
  2. The client has built in encryption and security mechanisms that ensure your username and password is never compromised.
  3. Also the client will ONLY download from items buyers have paid for, sellers are protected against illegitimate downloads via tight encryption and strict access control in the PeerIt servers.
  4. Our goal is to help you get paid for your digital goods.
  5. We will not enforce the ownership rights of our sellers and the quality of goods for our buyers.
  6. If you see an abuse of PeerIt seller or buyer goods please contact PeerIt so that we may resolve it.

Watch The Seller Video

Buying An Item on PeerIt

  1. Create A Buyer Account
    1. Start by logging in or creating an account. No personal information is gathered in this step. Your email is used only in case you loose your password.
  2. Buy An Item
    1. Go to the buy page and browse or search for an item. This is the home page for PeerIt
    2. Selecting an item will take you to the item details page where you can view price, payout, availability, seller feedback and other details.
    3. Click on either the "PayPal" or "Google" buttons to purchase the item. PeerIt never sees your financial information.
    4. Once you have completed the purchase you will be returned to the item page. Now click "Download".
  3. Download An Item
    1. For any item you have purchased click the "Download" button on the item details page.
    2. Click either "Save As" or "Open" on the file download window. Make sure your browser is not blocking the download.
    3. The PeerIt BitTorrent Client client should autmatically open the downloaded torrent.
    4. Make sure that there is a green "play" button next to all the torrents your client is downloading. If not right-click the item and choose "Start".
    5. Once the item is downloaded you will have full access to the item.
    6. Leave the client running to share your download with other people that purchase the item. This is how you make money as a buyer on PeerIt
  4. Leave Seller Feedback
    1. Once you have purchased an item you may leave seller feedback.
    2. Simply go to the item details page for the item you have purchased, click "Leave Feedback".
    3. Dispute resolution for PayPal and Google.
  5. Get Paid For Sharing Items
    1. When you purchase you item you will be prompted to enter a PayPal account for your payout to be sent, if you have not done so already.
    2. At any time you can go to the Account page.
    3. Under "Account Receivable Paid To" click "Add" or "Modify".
    4. Fill in your PayPal email and click "Save".

Buyer Security

  1. To buy an item you do not need to provide a PayPal or Google ID. WE NEVER ASK NOR REQUIRE YOUR PAYPAL OR GOOGLE PASSWORD.
  2. To receive payouts for a shared item you need to provide a PayPal email.
  3. PeerIT does not email distribute or use your PayPal or Google ID in any way.
  4. All transactions are directly between the seller and the buyer. All PayPal and Google warranties and terms of service apply.
  5. Our goal is to help you buy your digital goods online.
  6. We will not jeopardize the trust of our sellers or our buyers.
  7. If you see an abuse of PeerIt seller or buyer information please contact PeerIt so that we may resolve it.

PeerIt BitTorrent Client Client

  1. All buyers must download their items via the PeerIt BitTorrent Client client.
  2. The client has built in encryption and security mechanisms that ensure your username and password is never compromised.
  3. Also the client will ONLY download from items buyers have paid for, sellers are protected against illegitimate downloads via tight encryption and strict access control in the PeerIt servers.
  4. Our goal is to help you get your digital goods safely and securely.
  5. We will not enforce the ownership rights of our sellers and the quality of goods for our buyers. All disputes must be handled by PayPal and Google.
  6. If you see an abuse of PeerIt seller or buyer goods please contact PeerIt so that we may resolve it.

Watch The Buyer Video

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