Money held safely until the work is signed off.
Funds sit in Stripe escrow — nothing is paid until a job is photo-verified complete.
Every marketplace job is funded up front into secure Stripe escrow and released only when the work is done and verified. The tradie sees the money is committed, you are protected until sign-off, and there is a clear 7-day safety net and dispute path if anything is not right.
Committed, not spent
When a job is approved, the agreed amount moves from your saved card into LORDLY escrow. The tradie can see the funds are committed — which is why quality tradies quote on LORDLY jobs — but the money does not reach them until the work is finished and checked.
Released on verified completion
The tradie uploads after-photos on completion. On Pro, the AGENT can review the before/after proof against the original diagnosis before releasing; otherwise you approve the release in a tap. Either way, payment follows completion, never precedes it.
A safety net that stays
A standard 7-day window and your dispute rights are unchanged by any automation. If something is wrong, the money is still in the right place to make it right, and the platform’s dispute path is there to resolve it.
From start to done.
- 1Approve the jobYou (or the AGENT, within your limits) accept a quote from the marketplace.
- 2Funds enter escrowThe agreed amount is committed from your card into secure Stripe escrow.
- 3Work is doneThe booked tradie completes the job and uploads after-photos as proof.
- 4Verified & releasedThe completion is verified — by you or the AGENT — and escrow releases to the tradie.
In the app and on the desktop.
- See committed vs released funds per job
- One-tap release on verified completion
- Photo proof attached to every payment
- Raise a dispute without leaving the job
- Portfolio escrow ledger — held, released, disputed
- Full payment history per property and job
- Export payment records for your accountant