No mission statement, no fine print. Eight things Truede stands for and eight ways we differ from the rest.
Every account is verified via Belgian eID. It’s your first line of defence against fraud: you know the person on the other side is real, not a bot or a fake identity.
National number, ID number, address: never stored in readable form, and never visible to other users. We keep a digital fingerprint: enough to know you’re you, not enough to identify you elsewhere. Other users see only your username and verified status. So never your real name, unless you choose to share it.
One eID gives you exactly one Truede account. Banned users can’t come back with a new email address: it’s the eID that’s blocked, not the mailbox.
Sending a purchase? Truede holds your money safely until the package arrives. Mandatory for shipping. Not needed for in-person handovers.
Truede is for private individuals. No businesses, no dropshippers, no shops dressed up as neighbours. We may later open a separate route for thrift stores and sustainable initiatives, but the norm stays neighbour-to-neighbour.
Photos must be real photos: your own items, no stock photos, no catalogue scans.
No Google Analytics, no Meta pixels, no ad networks. We don’t follow you around the web, and we don’t share your behaviour with third parties. What you do on Truede stays on Truede.
Truede never shows ads based on who you are or what you did. To keep Truede sustainable, we may show contextual ads. They’re based on the category you’re browsing, not on your data. Paying users can switch this off.
Truede uses your Belgian eID to confirm you’re a real person in Belgium. Verification runs through external partners. We don’t process ID data ourselves. Sellers complete a short KYC step at their first payout, for the escrow.
One short check via your Belgian eID. We work with external verification partners. Truede itself never processes your national number or ID data, only whether the check passed.
List items, set a price, accept offers from real people only. Search by city, by category, by distance.
Most trades happen in person, close to home. When they don’t, escrow + tracked shipping cover the gap.
We’re starting in Flanders and expanding across Belgium. Dutch first, French and English soon after. You belong here if…
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