Step five — funding the wallet
The fifth step is funding the storefront wallet. The wallet accepts three coins — Bitcoin, Litecoin and Monero — and the procedure is the same for each: generate a deposit address, send the coin from wherever you hold it, wait for the network to confirm, and the balance updates on the storefront.
Picking a coin for the first deposit
For a first deposit, Litecoin tends to be the friendliest pick. It confirms in a few minutes, the fee is small, and the on-ramp is easy from most regulated exchanges. Monero is the choice if you want the deposit to leave the smallest possible footprint on a public chain. Bitcoin works everywhere but is the slowest of the three when the network is busy. The coin you pick does not change the security model of the storefront, only the privacy profile of the deposit itself.
Generating a deposit address
Open the wallet panel on the storefront, pick the coin, and click the generate button. The storefront returns a deposit address for that coin. Copy it with the storefront copy button — do not retype — and paste it into your sending wallet. Send a small test amount the first time you use a new sending wallet; once that arrives, send the rest. The cost of a small extra transaction is well worth the confidence of a confirmed test.
Waiting for confirmation
The storefront marks the deposit as pending the moment it sees the transaction broadcast, and as confirmed after a small number of network confirmations. For Litecoin this is usually under ten minutes. For Monero it is a similar timeframe. For Bitcoin the wait can stretch to an hour or more when the mempool is busy. The wallet does not lock you out during the wait — you can browse listings, talk to vendors and prepare an order, but funds are only spendable once confirmation completes.
Keeping the wallet small
Funds in the storefront wallet earn nothing and protect nothing while they sit. The recommendation from buyers who have been around for a while is to keep the wallet sized to the current order, not to the next year of orders. Top it up when you need to, draw it down when an order finishes. A small active balance is enough; a large idle balance is risk that does not have to be carried.