[ANN] Small amount ESCROW SERVICE by zakalwe, up to $200 only, NO FEE TILL APRIL

[zakalwe]

zakalwe Escrow Service

After successfully completing some escrow deals, I decided to publicly offer my escrow service.
I am very open about different types of deals and trades, I will escrow anything legal.

As I'm just starting my service, I expect smaller trades at the beginning until I get some reputation. I will escrow only for amounts up to $200 because I don't want assumptions that I am here trying to run away with large amounts.
I guarantee for my service with my account which is very valuable for me, it is Sr Member and I participate in signature campaign so I can't afford to get negative feedback.

Fee:
4%** and minimum $5 No fee till the end of March for amounts up to $200.
Can be payed by buyer, seller or 50/50.
** I can lower the fee to as low as 1% for larger amounts. Send me private message about that.

Examples:
Escrow amount $200, fee is $8
Escrow amount $60, fee is $5

I can escrow Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin.

Here is a signed message from Bitcoin address 1LgsZ9ZTQW5LpfiMYcLwHeCVuG9ZT93z1f that I staked on November 19, 2017:

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I am zakalwe from bitcointalk (id 23149). I am starting my escrow service today, on 3 March 2018.
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Signed message verified

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[DarkStar_]

And why exactly should I use your service, when there's much more reputable escrows that charge 1/4th of the fee that you? (ex OgNasty, minerjones). A Sr. Member account isn't worth much, and being in a signature campaign does not give trust. Who exactly have you escrowed for? Your trust page is completely blank.

[TMAN]

Deserves a nice red tag if you ask me

[Cobalt9317]

Deserves a nice red tag if you ask me

A quick red tag isn't possible solutions what if the user is legit?
It means I also need a quick check up cause I volunteer to be escrow in this thread.

[zakalwe]

And why exactly should I use your service, when there's much more reputable escrows that charge 1/4th of the fee that you? (ex OgNasty, minerjones). A Sr. Member account isn't worth much, and being in a signature campaign does not give trust. Who exactly have you escrowed for? Your trust page is completely blank.

Well I have to start somewhere, right? And gain trust and reputation. Why me? Because some veteran escrows are hard to get, they have too many inquiries. And other problem is that they are wiling to provide escrow only for specific purposes like bounty campaigns and so on. While I welcome pretty much everyone, including domain sales, physical goods and so on. And I will try to be available 24/7 so if someone need quick deal, I will be here. Sr Member account is not worth 1000s of dollars, true. But sometimes people need escrow for 60 bucks and do you really think I will risk my account and negative trust to run away with 60 bucks?
I never asked my clients to leave feedback as it didn't seem important to me.

Deserves a nice red tag if you ask me

For what?! Are you afraid of competition? If I'm doing something against the rules, please tell me and I will forget about this escrow service because I value my account way more than that change I will get from escrowing, maybe 100 bucks a month, probably even less than that.

[TMAN]

0 trade rep that's why. You have not bought or sold anything here. So yes a red tag is needed as it protects newbies who don't know any better.

You should 1st buy and sell some goods, build up some rep then offer a service, coming out cold like this isn't a good way to start

[Lauda]

After successfully completing some escrow deals, I decided to publicly offer my escrow service.
I am very open about different types of deals and trades, I will escrow anything legal.

Well I have to start somewhere, right? And gain trust and reputation.

Not only does this seem to contradict itself, but you have just admitted to doing this in order to farm trust.
Watching.

[zakalwe]

0 trade rep that's why. You have not bought or sold anything here. So yes a red tag is needed as it protects newbies who don't know any better.

You should 1st buy and sell some goods, build up some rep then offer a service, coming out cold like this isn't a good way to start

It doesn't make sense that I buy or sell random things just to get fake reputation for things that I didn't really need. I want to prove my fairness with escrow service. If you want to protect newbies, I can declare that I only provide escrow for small amount, maybe up to $100 or $200. Do you really think that I will try to scam a newbie for $100 and risk that he opens scam accusation and a DT member gives me red tag? Is that good enough protection that I accept only small amounts, such amounts that you can be sure that I will not destroy my account for them?

[zakalwe]

After successfully completing some escrow deals, I decided to publicly offer my escrow service.
I am very open about different types of deals and trades, I will escrow anything legal.

Well I have to start somewhere, right? And gain trust and reputation.

Not only does this seem to contradict itself, but you have just admitted to doing this in order to farm trust.
Watching.

There has been misunderstanding. I didn't mean the Trust as trust in bitcointalk feedback system. I meant trust as reputation, simple feedback post from my clients here on my thread. I don't even need that score. I just want to prove that I am here with good intentions and to help people who have difficulties finding an escrow for small amounts. So that's why I said I need to gain trust because I understand that people can't trust me yet and after some successful escrows I will be able to prove that I'm a trusted person. Right now, I can only tell you that you can trust me, I can add you on Skype or Facebook and talk to you, we can meet for a coffee and you will see that you can trust me, but all that doesn't count here. So I need to prove somehow that my intentions are long term and I can do that only if you give me a chance.
If you have any other suggestions, let me now.

[zakalwe]

Because I'm just starting and have no feedback on my profile yet, I decided to limit my escrow service to amounts up to $200 until I get some feedback. This way I want to prove that I'm not here to get thousands of dollars for escrowing and then run away.
I want to begin with small amounts like $40, $80 or $150 which is way less than value of my account and yes, my account is the only thing I have as collateral. If you think you can't trust me and you are afraid that I will run away with your 100 bucks, then simply don't choose my service. But I can tell you that I'm not stupid and I will not risk my account for 100 bucks.

Because I decided to focus on small trades, and even $5 fee can be too much for someone who needs escrow for $50, I declare that
I will provide free escrow for amounts up to $200 till the end of March.