How EscrowSign works
A structured seven-stage process designed to protect both parties from proposal through verified completion.
Create your account and verify your identity
Register with your email and phone number. Select whether you are acting as an individual or a business. Complete identity verification — government ID, liveness check where required, and business documents for corporate users. The platform screens each participant against sanctions lists before any transaction may proceed.
- Email and phone verification
- Government ID upload
- Residential address
- Business documents (if applicable)
- Sanctions and risk screening
Choose a transaction category and invite the counterparty
Select the category that matches your asset: domain names, physical goods, business assets, or services. The platform checks whether your transaction is supported in both parties' jurisdictions before you proceed. Invite the buyer or seller by verified email. They must create and verify an account before participating.
- Category-specific eligibility check
- Jurisdiction verification for both countries
- Counterparty invitation by secure link
- Both parties must be verified before terms are set
Agree to written, objective transaction terms
Both parties complete a structured transaction builder covering the asset description, price, currency, fees, delivery method, inspection period, acceptance criteria, release conditions, and dispute rules. Only objective, verifiable conditions may trigger fund release. Both parties must electronically sign the same document version.
- Asset description and supporting documents
- Price, currency, and fee breakdown
- Delivery and tracking requirements
- Inspection period and acceptance criteria
- Objective release conditions only
- Both parties sign the same agreement version
Fund through a licensed payment or escrow partner
Payment instructions are shown only inside your authenticated account. Funds are held by the platform's licensed payment or escrow partner — not by the platform itself. The seller is not authorised to transfer the asset until the platform confirms cleared funds.
- Payment instructions visible only in dashboard
- Unique transaction reference required
- Licensed partner holds the funds
- Seller not authorised until funds clear
- No cash, anonymous deposits, or third-party payments
Transfer and deliver the asset
Once cleared funds are confirmed, the seller is authorised to proceed. The seller transfers the asset using the agreed method — registrar transfer for domains, tracked shipping for goods, or milestone delivery for services. The seller submits delivery evidence through the transaction workspace.
- Delivery evidence submitted through workspace
- Tracking information where applicable
- Registrar confirmation for domain transfers
- Milestone evidence for service work
Inspect and accept
You receive an agreed inspection period from the time delivery is confirmed. You must review the asset against the acceptance criteria agreed in the transaction terms. If the asset matches, you confirm acceptance. If it does not, you raise a dispute with supporting evidence. Reminders are sent throughout the inspection period.
- Agreed inspection duration and time zone
- Specific acceptance tests
- Permitted rejection grounds
- Evidence required for rejection
- Reminders at start, midpoint, 24 hours, and expiry
Release funds when conditions are satisfied
Funds are released to the verified seller only after all release conditions are met — verified identity, cleared funds, completed documents, satisfied asset transfer condition, expired or accepted inspection period, no active dispute, no compliance hold. Step-up authentication is required before release.
- All conditions verified before release
- Step-up authentication required
- Release only to verified seller account
- Dual approval for certain release types