Escrow Marketplaces

Escrow Marketplace Development for Two-Sided Platforms

Payments, delivery confirmation, and disputes enforced by software, so buyers and sellers can trade without relying on blind trust.

Milestone payouts
Dispute resolution
Payment protection

Who this is for

Founders building marketplaces that need payment protection before goods or services change hands.

Two-sided marketplaces

Freelance, services, and product platforms where neither side should send money or deliver first in good faith alone.

Milestone-based work

Projects that release funds as each deliverable clears, instead of one large upfront transfer.

High-trust commerce

Social commerce, WhatsApp selling, and B2B services where fake receipts and chargebacks kill growth.

What you get

Escrow flows, dispute handling, and payment protection built into the product from day one.

Escrow engine

Hold, release, and refund flows tied to clear transaction states.

Buyer & seller protection

Funds move only after delivery, approval, or a resolved dispute.

Dispute workflows

Evidence, escalation timers, and admin tools with an audit trail.

Marketplace accounts

Auth, profiles, listings, and the roles your two-sided product needs.

Admin dashboard

Operate payouts, reviews, and exceptions without digging in the database.

Payment integrations

Local and international processors wired into the escrow state machine.

How delivery works

Clear milestones from trust model to live marketplace.

1

Map the trust flow

We define when money is held, released, disputed, and refunded.

2

Build the marketplace core

Accounts, listings, escrow states, payments, and admin controls.

3

Test real edge cases

Failed deliveries, partial refunds, and dispute paths before launch.

4

Launch & handoff

Production deploy, docs, and a path for ongoing improvements.

Typical delivery is 6–8 weeks. Need a general consumer app instead? See Mobile App Development in Nigeria.

Frequently asked questions

Client feedback

“We were processing transactions manually and losing money on errors every week. The automated system Tomilola built eliminated 90% of our processing errors and saved us 15 hours per week. ROI paid for itself in 2 months.”

Alhaji Alabi

Alhaji Alabi

CEO at SteadyXchange

“Our inventory management at GroubyNG was chaos - we were either overstocked or out of stock, costing us $30K monthly in lost sales. The custom dashboard Tomilola created reduced stockouts by 85% and improved our profit margins by 23%.”

Deborah Mulumba

Deborah Mulumba

Analyst at Lotus bank