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# Guide to the Ocean Market

### 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
* Download NFT Assets
* Host Your Assets

For more information visit the [Ocean Docs](https://docs.oceanprotocol.com/)

#### Getting Basic 💁‍♀️

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

* Wallet Basics 👛
* Set Up MetaMask 🦊
* Manage Your OCEAN 🪙