B2B escrow
Paying a new supplier or closing a deal with a business you have not worked with before carries the same first-time-trust problem as any deal — scaled up. Vaultion locks the payment in a smart contract so the buyer's funds are committed and the supplier is paid once the goods or services are delivered, with a dispute ruling to settle disagreements — Kleros jurors or a Vaultion reviewer on Ethereum, a Vaultion reviewer elsewhere.
Start an escrowFirst-time deals, lower risk
Pay new suppliers safely
Funds lock in the contract before delivery, so a supplier can fulfil knowing payment is committed and the buyer is not paying upfront into thin air.
Release on acceptance
When goods or services are delivered and accepted, the buyer releases the funds in one on-chain transaction — a clean, verifiable settlement.
Resolved on evidence
If delivery is contested, either party opens a dispute and it is ruled on by independent Kleros jurors or a Vaultion reviewer on Ethereum, or a Vaultion reviewer on every other network. The contract enforces the decision automatically.
What a new-supplier deal should pin down
Paying a supplier you have not worked with before is a first-mover problem. Escrow removes it — but the terms still need to make “delivered as agreed” concrete.
Purchase-order terms
Put the PO specifics — quantity, spec, incoterms, lead time — into the escrow terms so “delivered as agreed” has a clear reference.
Delivery & acceptance
Tie release to acceptance on delivery — goods received, inspection passed — not simply to a shipment having been sent.
Milestone tranches
For staged deliveries or long lead times, split the order into per-milestone escrows so payment tracks progress rather than going out up front.
Counterparty due diligence
Escrow removes the who-pays-first risk with a new supplier, but you still vet who they are. It secures the payment, not their reliability.
Check the contract before you commit
Vaultion runs on a published, open-source contract that holds the funds — not Vaultion. You can read it and the locked balance on the block explorer before you send anything.
Frequently asked
How does this fit a business workflow?
Each deal is its own escrow with a verifiable on-chain record of when funds were locked, released, or refunded — useful for reconciliation. Settlement is in stablecoins, with a tiered platform fee paid once at creation.
What about cross-border suppliers?
Stablecoins settle the same way regardless of country, and the escrow logic is identical — no correspondent banks and no FX hold-ups on the escrow itself.
Is Vaultion a payment processor or custodian?
No. Vaultion is non-custodial software: the funds sit in an open-source smart contract, not with Vaultion, and release only by the contract’s rules or by a ruling — from independent Kleros jurors or a Vaultion reviewer on Ethereum, or a Vaultion reviewer on every other network.
What does it cost?
A tiered platform fee — 4% on smaller deals down to 2% on larger ones — is paid once when the escrow is created. What a dispute costs depends on the network. On Ethereum you choose at creation: Kleros charges a fee, paid in ETH by the party that raises the dispute, while a Vaultion reviewer costs nothing. On every other network a Vaultion reviewer handles it and there is no charge. Either way, no dispute means nothing extra to pay.
Lock a business payment
Set up an escrow in a few steps. Funds stay locked in the contract until the deal is done or arbitration decides.
Create an escrow