Under Consideration Suggest to add Escrow Process

[payal23j]

Hello Everyone,
I like to suggest Escrow system, which is secure for both seller and buyer..
As you know through telegram and or any other ways scam is good option for people, so it's good to add escrow which fulfill trust issues on both side.
If buyer don't want to pay upfront, he can add escrow and easy to go with the work, same for seller too.

Let me know your suggestions too.

 

[roydan]

There are established escrow services that can do this, what good does it do if it's integrated into OO?
You can just as easily go to escrow.com and do it.

 

[SilverClouds]

Not sure. Some people suggested that it might be a thing here and established members might want to provide escrow. On the other hand I think a lot of businesses like forums for exact reason that there's no escrow and integrated payments like Fiverr, etc, they prefer to handle stuff by themselves. So I'm too confused to vote either way .

 

[payal23j]

There are established escrow services that can do this, what good does it do if it's integrated into OO?
You can just as easily go to escrow.com and do it.

But mostly people not prefer to go through escrow.com

Not sure. Some people suggested that it might be a thing here and established members might want to provide escrow. On the other hand I think a lot of businesses like forums for exact reason that there's no escrow and integrated payments like Fiverr, etc, they prefer to handle stuff by themselves. So I'm too confused to vote either way .

right.. just like freelancer.com is providing escrow it saves both people on side.. until work is not done they both feel secure.. Just like now a days scamming is a part of business.. If OO provide escrow, it makes easy for new members who will provide service and for buyer too..

 

[roydan]

But mostly people not prefer to go through escrow.com

Because most people have the wrong idea about escrow services. They think that escrow services are simple than they are, are not that interested in using an escrow service, or just realized that their assumption that escrow services are just another form of buyer protection was wrong.
Not to mention the obvious reason: too expansive or trying to scam the other party.

I never once saw that people that intended to use escrow rejected escrow.com.

 

[SilverClouds]

But mostly people not prefer to go through escrow.com


right.. just like freelancer.com is providing escrow it saves both people on side.. until work is not done they both feel secure.. Just like now a days scamming is a part of business.. If OO provide escrow, it makes easy for new members who will provide service and for buyer too..

Yeah, I know what you're getting at here. Maybe it'd be nice to have this as an option but not mandatory, so buyer and seller can choose how they want to deal with it. It has some pros. For one, as a seller at least you know that the buyer has any money because he paid to the escrow. Without escrow if buyer asks you to work before payment you don't even know if that person has any money or is bluffing . Still, a lot of people like the independence of dealing with things themselves, that's why they have a business and don't work 9 to 5. So I'm against mandatory escrow, but I still think it'd be nice to have this option, either through escrow.com like roydan suggested or through trusted members here. Escrow can also be a problem if you have a team or do any form of reselling, because you have to pay them and money is in escrow, not in your account... But I guess reselling isn't allowed here anyway.