Escrow for domains, vehicles, freelance, and marketplaces

Trustners holds payment until the transfer, inspection, or milestone is done—then pays the seller. One online escrow flow for domain sales, car deals, merchandise, services, M&A, and platform checkout.

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Built for marketplaces, brokerages, and trading platforms

Artsy
eBay Motors
eWorldTrade
Eximcrop
Traderoo
Turbare
Watchpayer
Escrow services

$198 million protected in online escrow

Consumer

Personal escrow for cars, domains, and one-off sales

Fund the deal, wait for delivery or transfer, inspect, then release. Vehicle escrow, domain escrow, and merchandise deals use the same clear path—with a dispute process if terms are not met.

  • Inspection window before release
  • Verified funds before the seller ships
  • In-house dispute handling
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Business

Marketplace and B2B escrow via API

Add escrow to checkout without building fund holding yourself. Platforms use Trustners for milestone payouts, bulk deals, and release rules that match how your marketplace settles.

  • Bulk and high-volume transactions
  • API and workflow configuration
  • Release rules you define
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Trade finance

Digital letter of credit for cross-border trade

LC funds stay in escrow until exporters present the required documents. Importers are not paying blind; exporters know payment is committed before they ship.

  • Document checks before release
  • Segregated LC funds
  • Status visible across borders
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Escrow by market

Each vertical covers funding, inspection or milestones, and release for that deal type—from vehicle and domain escrow to M&A and stablecoin.

How it works

How online escrow works on Trustners

Buyers fund first. Sellers deliver against committed money. Trustners holds payment until the conditions you set are met—then releases it.

Trustners escrow payment flow from deposit to release
  1. Agree terms and fund escrow

    Buyer and seller set the deal. The buyer pays into escrow—funds never go straight to the seller.

  2. Funds are held in escrow

    Payment stays segregated and tied to the transaction, with a clear audit trail for both sides.

  3. Meet the release conditions

    Delivery confirmed, domain transferred, milestone approved, inspection window closed, or no dispute filed—your rules decide.

  4. Release payment

    Funds go to the seller, or split across parties, based on the payout setup you chose.

  5. Close the transaction

    The deal is complete. The full history stays logged and verifiable.

Escrow for individuals and businesses

Same fund-holding mechanics whether you are buying a car or running a marketplace.

Personal online escrow for individual buyers and sellers
For individuals

Personal escrow for vehicles, domains, goods, and services.

Use Trustners when you are buying or selling a car, transferring a domain, shipping merchandise, or hiring freelance work online. Buyers get an inspection window. Sellers see verified funds before they deliver. Payment releases when you approve—or moves to dispute if something is wrong.

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Where online escrow fits

Marketplaces

Marketplaces

Hold payment until the buyer confirms receipt. Reduces fraud claims and chargeback fights on high-value listings.

Rentals & bookings

Rentals & bookings

Keep the charge in escrow until check-in, checkout, or your no-show window. Refunds follow the cancellation rules you set.

Peer-to-peer sales

Peer-to-peer sales

C2C deals are risky when money moves first. Escrow waits until both sides confirm the exchange.

Freelance & services

Freelance & services

Milestone escrow pays out on deliverables, approvals, or timers—not on hope that the other side will follow through.

Ticketing & events

Ticketing & events

High-volume resale needs fast settlement. Escrow holds funds until ticket transfer is confirmed.

Escrow built into
the payments stack,
not bolted on.

  • Native to our payments engine—not handed off to a third party
  • PSD2-compliant, license-backed fund holding in the EU and UK
  • B2C, C2C, marketplace, and broker workflows supported
  • Platforms on Trustners have processed 28M+ transactions
  • Multi-currency, multi-country, with custom release rules
Trustners payments stack with integrated escrow fund holding

Customer stories

How teams use Trustners escrow

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eBay Motors logo

Payment tied to delivery, not promises

High-value vehicle deals need more than a card swipe. Trustners gives our buyers and sellers a clear inspection window and a payment hold everyone can see. Disputes dropped once funds were tied to delivery, not promises.

Marcus Reid

Director of Marketplace Operations, eBay Motors

Vehicle listing protected with Trustners escrow on eBay Motors
Artsy logo

Escrow that matches how art actually sells

Art sales move slowly and carefully. We needed escrow that could match that pace: hold funds, document each step, and release only when ownership is confirmed. Trustners fit without us building it ourselves.

Elena Vasquez

Head of Payments, Artsy

Art marketplace transaction secured through Trustners
eWorldTrade logo

Trust for buyers and suppliers who never meet

Cross-border B2B trade means buyers and suppliers who may never meet in person. Trustners sits between them so payment releases only when shipment and documentation check out. Our members trust the process.

James Okonkwo

VP of Product, eWorldTrade

International trade partners using Trustners for secure payments
Watchpayer logo

Proof of funds before a six-figure shipment

Luxury watches change hands for serious money. Buyers want time to verify serial numbers and condition. Sellers want proof of funds before shipping. Trustners handles both sides in one transaction record.

Sophie Laurent

Founder & CEO, Watchpayer

High-value watch sale held in Trustners escrow
Globis logo

Smooth, transparent trade with no surprises

Export deals stall when neither side wants to move first. We integrated Trustners so payment, shipping docs, and release conditions live in one place. Deals close faster because the rules are set upfront.

David Chen

Commercial Director, Globis

Export transaction managed through Trustners escrow

By the numbers

Volume, reach, and pricing on Trustners today.

$198M+
Protected in escrow
50K+
Customers worldwide
190+
Countries covered
1%
Starting escrow fee
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FAQ

Online escrow questions, answered

How Trustners works, what it costs, where funds sit, and which deal types we support—from domain and vehicle escrow to marketplace integrations.

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Escrow for platforms that outgrow card payments

Marketplaces, brokerages, and B2B platforms use Trustners when a straight charge is not enough. If that is your stack, talk to us.