You wired €45,000 to someone you've traded with twice. How did that work out?
The trust layer between buyers and sellers. Funds are held until the goods arrive, the inspection passes, and both sides are satisfied. Because “trust me, the goods are fine” is not a financial strategy.
From “deal agreed” to “money in the bank.”
Every step tracked, timestamped, visible to both parties. Nobody wonders where the money is. Nobody wonders where the goods are.
Deal Agreed
Market deal closes or auction settles. Escrow account opens.
Invoice Sent
Buyer receives payment request with deal details.
Funds Held
Payment received and held in escrow. Seller is notified.
Goods Shipped
Seller ships and provides tracking. Both sides can follow.
Goods Received
Buyer confirms delivery. Inspection period begins.
Inspection
Buyer verifies quality. Accept, or raise a dispute with evidence.
Funds Released
Money transfers to seller. Fee deducted. Everyone moves on.
Someone always has to go first.
In B2B, every deal involves a leap of faith. Someone ships before they're paid, or someone pays before they've seen the goods. Escrow means neither side has to jump. The platform holds the net.
You wire €45,000 to a company you've traded with twice. The goods arrive. Half don't match the stock list. Getting your money back takes four months and a lawyer who bills by the hour.
The money sat in escrow. The goods arrived. You inspected. 18 units didn't match. You raised a dispute with photos. Mediation happened inside the platform. Partial refund in 5 days. No lawyer required.
You won an auction for €28,000. The seller asks for a direct bank transfer. You send it. Two weeks of radio silence. You start drafting an email that begins with “As per my previous message...”
The auction settled through escrow. The seller shipped when they saw the funds were held. You confirmed when the goods arrived. The platform released payment. Both sides were protected.
You shipped €60,000 worth of graded Dell laptops. The buyer claims half are “not as described.” You disagree. The evidence is scattered across emails, WhatsApp messages, and a phone call neither of you recorded.
The listing came from Core with standardised grades. The buyer's inspection is logged in the platform. The dispute shows the original grades next to the buyer's photos. Resolution is based on evidence, not volume of angry emails.
Financial trust as a platform feature.
Escrow Accounts
The buyer pays into escrow. The seller sees the funds are held and ships. The buyer receives, inspects, confirms. The money moves. If something's wrong, it doesn't move until it's resolved. Neither side has to trust the other. The system holds the trust.
Deposit Management
Not sure the winner will actually pay? They already put down a deposit to bid. If they pay, it's applied to the total. If they ghost, it's forfeited. If they lost, it's returned. Every deposit has a paper trail. Every return has a reason. The auction-settlement cron captures it automatically the moment the lot closes.
Dispute Resolution
The buyer raises a dispute. Uploads photos. The seller responds. Mediation happens inside the platform with the original listing, the grading data, and the inspection report all visible. Not in a separate email thread where nobody can find the original agreement.
Auto-Generated Settlements
A lease-return inbound order closes, the settlement generates itself from the contract's chargeback rules. An auction lot closes, the settlement lands in the finance queue with the fee already deducted. A market deal completes, the payout splits between the seller and the platform according to the pricing model on the contract. Your finance team reviews. The machine does the math.
Settlement Reports
Your finance team opens a monthly report with every escrow release, every fee deduction, every net payout. Line by line. Exportable to CSV. They get their Monday back.
Transaction Fees
Flat rate or tiered by volume. You see the exact fee before you close the deal, not as a surprise on the invoice. A live calculator shows what any deal size would cost. We make money when you make money.
Policy Configuration
How long does the buyer have to inspect? What triggers an auto-release? What's the dispute window? Set your policies once. The platform enforces them consistently, every deal, even at 3am when nobody is watching.
Realtime Notifications
Funds received. Goods shipped. Inspection passed. Dispute raised. Funds released. Each state transition fires a notification to both parties — in-app bell, email digest, or realtime toast depending on their preferences. Nobody has to refresh a page to find out whether the other side moved.
Escrow protects transactions from
Trade with confidence. Ship with certainty.
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