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# Guide to the Ocean Market

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### 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. The 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](publish-data-nfts.md)
* [Download NFT Assets](buy-data-nfts.md)
* [Host Your Assets](asset-hosting/README.md)

#### Getting Basic 💁‍♀️

**If you are new to web3** and blockchain technologies then we suggest you first get familiar with some Web3 basics:

* [Wallet Basics](../discover/wallets/README.md) 👛
* [Set Up MetaMask](../discover/wallets/metamask-setup.md) 🦊
* [Manage Your OCEAN](../discover/wallets-and-ocean.md) 🪙