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. If something goes wrong, resolution happens with full context — not in a forwarded email chain.
Because “trust me, the goods are fine” is not a financial strategy. It's a prayer. And your CFO doesn't believe in prayers.
The pipeline
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. Nobody calls their lawyer. Ideally.
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.
The trust problem
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. You're not sure who's more expensive — the lawyer or the bad deal.
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 with the original deal terms visible. 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..." and ends with your lawyer's phone number.
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. Nobody's lawyer was involved.
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. It's your word against theirs.
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. The resolution is based on evidence, not volume of angry emails.
What Escrow does
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 — 18 units with undisclosed screen damage, say — it doesn't move until it's resolved. Neither side has to trust the other. The system holds the trust.
Deposit Management
You won an auction but you're 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.
Dispute Resolution
"18 of the 200 laptops have screen damage that wasn't in the listing." 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.
Settlement Reports
Your finance team spends a full day every month reconciling which payments went to which deals and what the platform fees should have been. With ReVend, they open 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. When you don't, we don't. Aligned incentives — what a concept.
Policy Configuration
How long does the buyer have to inspect? What triggers an auto-release? Under what conditions can funds be partially released? What's the dispute window? Set your policies once. The platform enforces them consistently, every deal, even at 3am when nobody is watching. Especially at 3am.
Escrow protects transactions from
Trade with confidence. Ship with certainty.
Founding members get 12 months free. We launch in July 2026.
Your bank account will appreciate the reduced anxiety.