How to Create a P2P Trading Ad
Post your own buy or sell ad on the P2P marketplace with custom pricing, payment methods, and trading terms.
An ad is a standing offer: your price, your limits, your payment methods. It keeps working while you do not, which is why the limits and the payment methods deserve more thought than the price. An ad that quotes a good rate but accepts a method you cannot check quickly will cost you more than the spread earns.
Before you start
- Identity verification, and a payment method saved and correct.
- A price basis — fixed, or floating against the market — decided in advance.
Navigate to Ad Creation
Go to P2P Trading > My Ads > Create Ad. Select whether you want to create a Buy ad (to buy crypto from others) or a Sell ad (to sell your crypto to others).
Set Your Asset and Currency
Choose the cryptocurrency you want to trade (e.g., USDT, BTC) and the fiat currency for payment (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP). Midas supports a wide range of fiat currencies detected from your location.
Configure Pricing
Set your price as a fixed amount or as a percentage above or below the market rate. For example, selling at 1% above market rate or buying at 0.5% below. The platform shows the resulting price in real time as you adjust the margin.
Set Trade Limits and Payment Methods
Define the minimum and maximum order size in fiat. Add your accepted payment methods from your configured list (bank transfer, PayPal, etc.). You can add trading terms and instructions that buyers or sellers will see before placing orders.
Publish the Ad
Review all settings and tap 'Publish'. For sell ads, ensure you have sufficient balance as funds may be reserved. Your ad will appear in the marketplace immediately. You can edit, pause, or deactivate your ad at any time from the My Ads section.
If something goes wrong
- The ad gets no orders.
- Compare it against the live book for your currency. Price, limits and payment method are the three levers; being slightly off on all three is what silence usually means.
- Orders keep expiring unpaid.
- Tighten the limits, or restrict payment methods to ones that clear quickly. Wide limits on a slow method attract time-wasters.
- Your ad is buried in the list.
- Ranking weights price, completion rate and responsiveness. A competitive price on a poor completion record still sits below a merchant with both.
Frequently asked questions
- Fixed or floating price?
- Fixed is predictable; floating tracks the market and needs less attention in a moving one. Floating is the usual choice for ads left running.
- Can I run several ads at once?
- Yes, across assets and currencies, subject to the available balance backing them.
- Why set minimum and maximum limits?
- They keep order sizes inside what you can settle comfortably, and they filter out the sizes that waste the most time.
- Can I pause an ad without deleting it?
- Yes, and pausing keeps its settings for when you are back at your desk. Leaving an ad live while unavailable is what damages response time.