How to Use Escrow.com for a Website Sale

When you'll use it

Escrow.com is the go-to service for private, off-marketplace website and domain sales — deals you've arranged directly rather than through a platform that builds escrow in. It acts as the neutral middleman that makes a stranger-to-stranger transaction safe, holding the buyer's money until the assets are transferred and verified. If you're closing a deal you found yourself, this is how you do it without risk.

Starting the transaction

One party starts a transaction specifying the sale terms: the assets, the price, who pays the escrow fee, and the length of the inspection period. Both buyer and seller agree to those terms in the platform, which locks in what everyone has committed to. Getting the terms right here — especially exactly which assets are included — prevents disputes later, so be specific.

Funding, transfer, and inspection

The buyer deposits the funds into escrow, and only once Escrow.com confirms the money is secured does the seller transfer the assets — domain, files, accounts. The buyer then has the agreed inspection period to verify everything was delivered as described. This sequence — money in first, then transfer, then inspection — is exactly what protects both sides from going first without protection.

Releasing the funds

If the buyer confirms everything is in order (or the inspection period passes without a valid dispute), Escrow.com releases the funds to the seller and the deal is done. If there's a genuine problem, the platform has a dispute process. Used properly, Escrow.com turns the scariest moment of a private sale into a routine, protected step — never transfer assets or send payment outside of it on a deal of any real size.