Afreum Cash Documentation
Discover how to use Afreum Cash to BUY or SELL Afreum tokens and USDC using USD or fiat currencies such as Euros (EUR), Swiss Francs (CHF), Nigerian Naira (NGN) or South African Rand (ZAR). You will also learn how to start a money exchange business using Afreum Cash, as an Afreum Merchant.
What is Afreum Cash?

Afreum Cash is a peer-to-peer exchange powered by people.
How does Afreum Cash work?
In the example above, you are the Buyer so the Seller needs to first release 100,000 AFR into the Afreum Escrow account. Using the Chat button on the trading page you would have first confirmed all transaction details, including in this example, bank account information and so on. Once the Seller has sent the tokens to the Escrow, you may click the Escrow button on the trading page to confirm the status of the escrow. Once the escrow is confirmed, you may send payment for the tokens to the Seller using the seller's payment details. Once the Seller has received payment, they will instruct Afreum to release the escrowed tokens to your Afreum Wallet account. Click on the Confirm button on the trading page to confirm that the tokens have been released from Escrow to your account. You may also check your account to confirm that the escrow release transaction was executed and the tokens are in your wallet. Once you have confirmed receipt of the tokens, Rate the other user from 1 to 5 based on the trading experience, to complete the trade.
Offers & Trades
Offer: An Offer is like an ad that you put out telling the market: 1. Which token you want to transact in. 2. Which fiat should be used. 3. Are you buying or selling? 4. What is the range of token amounts you are willing to accept trades for. 5. Are you trading at market rate, below market, or above market rate. Once created, your Offer is listed on the Afreum Cash Offers search page for other users to search or browse.
Trade: A Trade is started when you accept the terms of an existing Offer, and start a transaction. When you start a Trade, you specify how many tokens you would like to Buy or Sell, and which payment method will be used for the fiat transaction. Once you start a Trade on an existing Offer, the status button of the Offer will be changed to "Trading ..." and you must conclude the transaction before others can start trades on the offer.
The Afreum Cash User Interface
CONTEXT 1: User Not Logged In - If you visit Afreum Cash without logging in to Afreum.com, you may still browse all the Offers currently available but you would have to log into your account to create Offers or start a Trade. Using the navigation buttons at the top of the Offers page, you can sort offers by Country, Token, Fiat, Payment Method or Show All. Create Offer buttons are not visible in this context.

You can Browse Afreum Cash Offers without logging into your Afreum.com account.
CONTEXT 2: User Logged In - If you visit Afreum Cash after logging in to Afreum.com, you may browse all the Offers currently available and create Offers or start Trades. Using the navigation buttons at the top of the Offers page, you can sort offers by Country, Token, Fiat, Payment Method or Show All. In addition, you can show only Offers created by you. Create Offer buttons are shown in this context but their contents depend on the details of your last search. If you wish to trade using a local country fiat currency such as Nigerian Naira or South African Rand, you may do so by selecting the fiat currency (and the token) in the search form and clicking the search button. The Buy and Sell buttons will be updated allowing you to transact in the selected token and/or fiat.

If you don't search for a specific token and fiat pair in the search form you can only create Offers that trade (buy or sell) AFR with USD.
In summary, if you want to conduct transactions in a particular fiat-token pair, you need to first select the them in the drop-down list, otherwise only AFR-USD trades transactions are possible.

If you select a specific token and fiat in the search form, you can create Offers to trade the selected token and fiat.
Creating a New Offer
Once you click the relevant Create Offer button you will be taken to the New Offer screen. Select the City and Province (relevant only for Face-to-Face trades), enter the range of the amount of tokens you are willing to trade, determine whether the Trade will happen at market rate, or up to 10% above market rate (Sell Offers) or up to 10% below market rate (Buy Offers). Next, you select the Payment Methods you will support and enter Instructions for the trade, including payment details. It is important to make it clear in the Instructions field how you trade and provide all payment information required for a successful trade. After you click the Create New Offer button, your Offer will appear on the offers page. How high up your Offer appears on the page depends on a number of factors, including whether you are an Afreum Merchant, whether you are Online, and other criteria.

Creating a new offer is fast and easy.
Managing Offers

Cancel an Offer by clicking the Cancel Offer button on the offers list.
Starting a Trade

Starting a Trade is as easy as clicking a button.
Trade Flow

Follow our simple Trade Flow for successful Afreum Cash transactions.
The Escrow and Confirm pages are probably the most important parts of the trade flow besides creating the Trade itself. The Escrow page is where both parties confirm that the tokens involved in the trade have been placed in the Afreum Escrow account. Once the Seller has placed the tokens in Escrow, it is safe for the Buyer to make the fiat or crypto payment for the transaction. If the Seller refuses to instruct Afreum to release the tokens for any reason, a dispute can be opened by sending an email to [email protected]. In the future, a dispute resolution interface will be built to facilitate the dispute process. Confirm that tokens have been released from the Escrow account by the buyer by clicking the Confirm button. Finally, do take the time to rate each other honestly and fairly, as this helps other users identify good traders.

Trade with piece of mind thanks to the Afreum Cash Escrow account. Tokens are held in Escrow until payment is received.
Escrow Confirmation

You may proceed to the next step once the Escrow is confirmed.
View/Edit Profile

View the Profile of any users by clicking the account in the offers list.
Online Status & Notifications

Online status indication and new Trade notification bell.
Afreum Cash Merchants
Becoming an Afreum Merchant is very simple. Simply visit the Afreum Pay page on Afreum.com and click on the Receive (second) tab. Then sign up as a Merchant. Merchants earn cashbacks for both Afreum Pay and Afreum Cash transactions.
Registrants to the merchant program can provide a business/commercial address where people can go to conduct Afreum Pay or Afreum Cash transactions in person. Also, to become a verified merchant displayed on our maps, you will need to provide a proof of address.