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Add caveat re/ marketplace setup

Also update what's said about the testnets, and link to the new page about testnets.
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@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ If you want to set up and run a marketplace in the Ocean network, then at a tech
1. Develop a marketplace application (app).
2. Run your marketplace app in production.
**Note: In the early days of the Ocean network, there won't be many marketplaces or publishers, so marketplaces will often also act as publishers.**
**Note 1: At the time of writing (late November 2018), it was _possible_ to start developing a marketplace, but very challenging. We anticipate that it will become much easier in December 2018, especially once the docker-images scripts and Docker Compose files are refactored.**
**Note 2: In the early days of the Ocean network, there won't be many marketplaces or publishers, so marketplaces will often also act as publishers.**
## Develop a Marketplace App
@ -39,16 +41,11 @@ Of course, you could always write your own Squid library in the language of your
## Run Your Marketplace App in Production
Before running your marketplace app in production on the Ocean Mainnet, you may want to test it on the Ocean Testnet.
The Ocean Testnet is similar to the Ocean Mainnet.
The main difference is that there is less risk on the Ocean Testnet.
Before running your marketplace app in production with the Ocean Mainnet, you may want to test it with an Ocean Testnet.
The Ocean Testnets are similar to the Ocean Mainnet.
The main difference is that there is less risk on the Ocean Testnets.
**Note: At the time of writing, the Ocean Mainnet hadn't gone live yet, but the Trilobite Testnet was about to go live.**
Some technical differences between local testing and connecting to a live external test/mainnet are:
- Local Keeper nodes (Parity user nodes) must connect to the live network of Keepers.
- Your Aquarius and Brizo instances must connect to the live Ocean Secret Store network.
**Note: At the time of writing, the Ocean Mainnet hadn't gone live yet, but the testnets were about to go live. See [the page about testnets](/concepts/testnets/).**
Of course, there are many other things that must be handled for live production apps: