Is the deep web real?

[Nunya]

Yes all that stuff can be sold there. Are there scams...yes. Are they all scams, not likely. There is no governing body so if you were to pay for somethings, it either may be legit or not. It could even be a police sting, no way to know.

Why does it exist? Simple answer, people want anonymity. So they block normal search engines from scanning their websites hence no search engine will find them. Also the requirement for registration on many of the websites prevents bots from looking into them.