--- description: Buy, mint, and sell all sorts of data on the Ocean Market --- # Guide to Ocean Market {% embed url="https://media0.giphy.com/media/z2D26GunfUK1W/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47wpd5wmzqufkvdbuo6kjbp8y97t1bdqlckfjo3ohj&ct=g&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif" %} Who doesn't love shopping on the Ocean Market?! {% endembed %} ### What is the [Ocean Market](https://market.oceanprotocol.com/)? 🛒 The Ocean Market is a place for buyers + sellers of top-notch data and algorithms to exchange goods. Our market also gives you easy-to-use publishing and purchasing tools to monetize your intellectual property. 🤑 What's not to love? 💕 #### **You can:** * Buy access to unique data, algorithms, and compute jobs. 🛍️ * Tokenize & monetize your intellectual property through blockchain technology. 💪 #### **Learn to:** * [Publish an NFT](marketplace-publish-data-asset.md) * [Download NFT Assets](marketplace-download-data-asset.md) * [Host Your Assets](asset-hosting/) #### Getting Basic 💁‍♀️ **If you are new to web3** and blockchain technologies then we suggest you first get familiar with some Web3 basics: * [Wallet Basics](../tutorials/building-with-ocean/wallets.md) 👛 * [Set Up MetaMask](../tutorials/orientation/metamask-setup.md) [Wallet ](../tutorials/orientation/metamask-setup.md)🦊 * [Manage Your OCEAN Tokens](../tutorials/building-with-ocean/wallets-and-ocean-tokens.md) 🪙