FP - Escrow or PayPal?

**valle** · August 30th, 2011, 2:41 PM

In bonus module of KFS you mention a certain method involving PayPal, does that still work?

**Thomas** · August 30th, 2011, 6:32 PM

Originally Posted by valle

In bonus module of KFS you mention a certain method involving PayPal, does that still work?

No, it doesn't. KFS was written over a year ago now and whilst most principles are accurate, this no longer works.

**valle** · August 30th, 2011, 6:53 PM

So, I guess I'll be using Escrow.com. Just wish there were a faster way to get paid.

**Thomas** · August 30th, 2011, 7:00 PM

Originally Posted by valle

So, I guess I'll be using Escrow.com. Just wish there were a faster way to get paid.

Wire is the fastest after WU/MoneyGram. Paypal isn't exactly fast as they tend to take ages to actually release the money to your bank account. If you're protected by a contract you can pay with whatever method you find convenient.

**timos19** · September 20th, 2011, 6:30 PM

What if the buyer doesn't change the who'is information's when you transfer the domain and claim that the domain hasn't been transferred,what will happen and what will escrow.com will do about this?

**Bryan** · September 20th, 2011, 6:55 PM

This is a pretty old trick and there are ways around it (now that Escrow is aware of the scam).
I don't want to be very specific in order not to give away any information that scammers might use in their favour, but let's just say that when a situation like this occurs it will, in most cases, be sorted in a couple of days.

That said, there are other risks with Escrow, and it's still not an entirely safe platform - so regardless of the platform, it's always important to make sure that the person you're dealing with is trustworthy and have a proper written agreement in place with the other party.

**timos19** · September 20th, 2011, 7:13 PM

Originally Posted by Bryan

have a proper written agreement in place with the other party.

Lets say that the buyer is from USA and i am from Europe,i don't think that a simple agreement will have any kind of value.

What about moniker domain escrow,anyone had any experience with them? It seems a better solution for domain transfer

**mrstealth** · September 20th, 2011, 8:06 PM

ESCROW.com - I am not sure why everyone is afraid of it. What I have been doing on all of my larger sales is setting the escrow payment do disburse 1/3 at the time of deposit, 1/3 at the domain transfer and 1/3 at the content transfer. Has been working well for me. I usually get my checks within 3 business days of disbursement/release by escrow.