Post by Raidr about Magic Eden ($ME)

$ME is not bad at all but...

Using ME over the years, at first it used to be smooth and everyone loved it..

‎For Solana NFTs, the liquidity and collection coverage are hard to ignore. There’s a lot of activity in one place, and the UX makes browsing, listing and trading pretty straightforward.

‎low-friction fees also matter as a frequent trader on Solana

‎There are other marketplaces with different strengths, especially for more advanced traders, but ME still feels familiar to a lot of Solana users..

‎My experience with Magic Eden honestly is pretty mixed.

‎On product side, it can be understood..Solana liquidity is deep, the interface is easy enough to navigate, and features like Launchpad and the different NFT trading mechanics make it more than just a basic marketplace.

But the problems become harder to ignore when looking at user experience outside trading screen

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‎I’ve had serious problems with poor customer support

‎When money or NFTs are involved, getting an automated response or waiting days for an issue to be resolved is a completely different experience from having a normal product bug, stuck funds, wallet problems and Lucky Buy issue, felt like i have nowhere to go even after contacting support

‎A marketplace can have great liquidity, UX and all that, but when something goes wrong, that support experience matters a lot..

‎The move away from EVM and Bitcoin products, the wallet shutdown and the changes around the ME ecosystem understandably frustrated some long-term users..

‎I’ve seen people describe the situation as a “rug” on the broader vision..

‎I wouldn’t use that label myself without making a much stronger case, but I can understand why some users felt the direction changed significantly from what they originally bought into..

‎even with all the bad experiences using ME, after using other marketplaces i still have to come back to ME because I'm more familiar with trading and doing other things tied to NFT buy and sells.

‎Really hope they up their game before I really get frustrated enough to actually dump them for others... and the new captcha verification on the websites sucks i mean it was better off without it before, now sometimes the site just stay stuck forever while trying to verify I'm not a "robot"😏..