What is Monti's role in a transaction?
Monti is a listings marketplace and a meeting place — we connect buyer and seller, but we are not a party to the transaction, we handle no money and we enter into no agreement on your behalf.
We connect — we don't trade for you
When two users agree a deal, it is an agreement between them, not with us. That means:
- We do not receive or pass on money.
- We do not own and do not vet the items being advertised.
- We give no guarantee that an item exists, is as described or is legal to sell.
- Responsibility for the item, payment, delivery and settlement lies with the buyer and seller.
Price, payment, collection and handover are agreed and carried out directly between you.
So what do we do?
- We give you a place to post and find listings.
- We let buyer and seller get in touch safely, without exposing contact details publicly.
- We moderate and remove listings that break the rules.
- We give good advice about safe trading.
Property listings — the same rule, stated plainly
The same applies to homes and land. Under Malta's Property Market Agency Act (Cap. 644), acting as an intermediary in negotiating and carrying out property transactions is a licensed activity for estate agents and brokers. Monti does not do that work: we publish your listing and let people contact you, but we never broker or negotiate a sale or lease, never arrange viewings, never handle payments or settlement, and never verify title to a property. For the deed itself, buyer and seller engage a notary — and, where appropriate, a lawyer — exactly as in any private sale.
Why is that a good thing?
Because it puts you in control. You steer the conversation, the price and the agreement. In return, you have a little extra responsibility for making the smart choices — meet in the open, check the item, use traceable payment.
Related: What is safe trading? · Terms of use.