Marketplaces

Collect, hold and split, so buyers and sellers both trust you.

Take the buyer's money on any rail, hold it until delivery, take your commission and pay sellers out, from one integration.

The problem

What teams like yours tell us.

“Buyers won't pay strangers.”

Without a way to hold the money, people move the deal to cash and you lose it.

“Splits are a spreadsheet.”

Commission, seller share and refunds get worked out by hand at month end.

“Every rail is another contract.”

Transfers, wallets and cash each need their own provider and their own reconciliation.

One flow, drawn

How the money moves.

  1. Buyer paysTransfer to a virtual account, or wallet
  2. Held in escrowVisible to both sides
  3. Seller deliversMarks the stage delivered
  4. SplitYour commission, the seller's share
  5. Seller paidTo any bank, reconciled
ExampleIllustrative

A phone marketplace in Lagos

A buyer pays ₦250,000 for a phone. The money sits in escrow while the seller ships. When the buyer confirms, the marketplace keeps its 5% commission and ₦237,500 goes to the seller's bank account. If the buyer disputes, the marketplace's operators decide: release to the seller or refund the buyer.

Not a customer. Figures are made up to show the flow.

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