The safe way to pay and get paid
Money waits safely in escrow until the work is delivered and approved. Milestone payments, neutral dispute resolution and references anyone can verify, for freelancers, businesses and online stores.
- Funds held until you approve
- Mobile money, card or bank
- Free to sign up
TR-20261125.482913.150000
Website redesign
$1,500.00
2 of 3 milestones
- Discovery & wireframes$400.00Released
- Visual design$600.00Released
- Build & launch$500.00In progress
Studio Nine
Seller
How it works
Five steps. Nobody has to trust a stranger.
The same protected lifecycle for every deal, from a logo design to a container of goods.
Where the money is
Terms agreed. Nothing has been paid yet.
Agree on the deal
Buyer and seller set the scope, milestones and price. Fees are shown before anyone commits.
Buyer funds escrow
Money goes into escrow, not to the seller. Pay by mobile money, card or bank.
Seller delivers
The seller works knowing the money is secured, and submits each milestone.
Buyer approves
Happy? Approve and that milestone is released. Not happy? Request changes or open a dispute.
Seller gets paid
Released funds land in the seller's wallet, ready to withdraw.
For buyers
Only pay for what you actually receive
- Your money is held, not sent, until you approve
- Pay per milestone on bigger projects
- Request changes or open a dispute if it's not right
- Check the seller's trust score before you commit
For sellers
Start work knowing the money is there
- See that the buyer has funded escrow before you begin
- Get paid as each milestone is approved
- Build a public trust score with every completed deal
- Share a reference clients can verify
Protection
Built like a financial system, because it is one
What happens behind every escrow, so both sides can trust the process instead of each other.
Every cent on a ledger
Funds are recorded in a double-entry ledger with checks enforced by the database, so money can't be spent twice or go missing between steps.
Released only on approval
Payment moves milestone by milestone, and only when the buyer approves or a dispute is resolved.
Neutral dispute resolution
If something goes wrong, our team reviews the evidence from both sides and splits held funds fairly.
Verifiable references
Each escrow has a reference like TR-20261125.482913.150000 that anyone can check at /verify before shipping or paying.
Trust scores
See how reliable a buyer or seller has been on completed escrows before you deal with them.
Transparent fees
Platform fees are calculated up front and shown before you pay. No surprises at release.
For online stores
Add escrow to your checkout
Shoppers who don't know your brand yet will buy when their money is protected. Use the WooCommerce plugin, the hosted checkout or the Merchant API with signed webhooks.
WooCommerce
Install the plugin, paste your API key.
Merchant API
Checkout sessions, escrows, events.
Hosted checkout
Guest checkout by email link.
Your next deal, protected.
Create a free account and open your first escrow in minutes. Buyers pay nothing to sign up.