Escrow Explained: Why Buyers and Sellers Need a Third Party

In peer-to-peer trade, the hardest moment is handover. If the buyer pays first, they risk non-delivery. If the seller ships first, they risk non-payment. Escrow removes that stalemate.

On Marketscrow, the buyer funds the order into escrow. Money is locked on the platform — not sent directly to the seller’s personal account. The seller delivers. The buyer confirms. Only then is the seller paid.

If something goes wrong, disputes stay on-platform with a clear trail of messages and order status. That is the point of a third party: not to complicate the deal, but to make both sides willing to complete it.

Use escrow for every serious local purchase. Off-platform “just send to my account” requests are how trust breaks — and why Marketscrow cannot protect deals that leave the app.