# Using Ocean Market

### About Ocean Market

* [Ocean Market](https://market.oceanprotocol.com/) enables publishers to monetize their data and/or algorithms through blockchain technology.
* Consumers can purchase access to data, algorithms, compute services.

![Ocean Market Landing Page](../.gitbook/assets/marketplace-landing-page.png)

The following guides will help you get started with buying and selling data:

* [Publish a data asset](using-ocean-market/marketplace-publish-data-asset.md)
* [Download a data asset](using-ocean-market/marketplace-download-data-asset.md)
* [Publishing with hosting services](building-with-ocean/asset-hosting.md)

If you are new to web3 and blockchain technologies then we suggest you first read these introductory guides:

* [Wallet Basics](building-with-ocean/wallets.md)
* [Set Up MetaMask Wallet](orientation/metamask-setup.md)
* [Manage Your OCEAN Tokens](building-with-ocean/wallets-and-ocean-tokens.md)