Bitcointalk Escrows - Trade Safely!

[Muhammed Zakir]

I know this is an old thread but what caused some of these escrows to close?  If anyone can point me to the reasons and causes I would like to learn as I do plan on launching my own escrow service but for small businesses not just with bitcoin community.  You learn more from the failures than the successes.

Almost all of them closes their service because they don't have enough time! A few were removed/closed after escrow scammed.

[Dabs]

Too much work for too little pay. Or more hassle than it's worth. I set a minimum so I don't ignore anyone who is willing to pay that minimum. I also don't get too many.

The others got tired because they are just asking for tips and they didn't get enough. They were treating escrow as if you are a food server and rely on tips to make it worthwhile; food servers don't like tips below 15% in some countries, us bitcoin (and altcoin) escrows get 1% ~ 2% or less. Some continue to offer their services for altruistic reasons.

[GMPoison]

Too much work for too little pay. Or more hassle than it's worth. I set a minimum so I don't ignore anyone who is willing to pay that minimum. I also don't get too many.

The others got tired because they are just asking for tips and they didn't get enough. They were treating escrow as if you are a food server and rely on tips to make it worthwhile; food servers don't like tips below 15% in some countries, us bitcoin (and altcoin) escrows get 1% ~ 2% or less. Some continue to offer their services for altruistic reasons.

So with confusion over OGNasty and MinerJones and a bunch of other peoples reputability recently, who is the go-to for escrow right now? I'm assuming any staff such as yourself would offer a trustworthy escrow service to someone if they asked and would be willing to tip nicely? 

[egetrorx]

need escrow to buy amazon merch account

[SISA]

I know this is an old thread but what caused some of these escrows to close?  If anyone can point me to the reasons and causes I would like to learn as I do plan on launching my own escrow service but for small businesses not just with bitcoin community.  You learn more from the failures than the successes.

It is one of the good options but you need to build a lot of trust in the community, without trust score no one will accept you as an escrow. After developing your website you need to open the thread for escrow services in this way you may build trust by doing legit transactions in between the people.

[Dabs]

So with confusion over OGNasty and MinerJones and a bunch of other peoples reputability recently, who is the go-to for escrow right now? I'm assuming any staff such as yourself would offer a trustworthy escrow service to someone if they asked and would be willing to tip nicely? 

I don't know, used to be John K? And OG. They are reliable so long as you understand what the terms of release are. But more than the escrow, the other party you are trading with is just as important. I've also worked with SebastianJu on a number of multi-sig contracts, in the ICO space. In this case, the other party is a coin dev and conditions are identifiable milestones. The "tip" is usually specified for everyone to see, but investors and the devs don't really care that much if it is reasonable and it increases the chance of higher or more contributions.

[Cobalt9317]

Reserve for future use, or information needed for escrow service like.

[kashish948]

Hi everyone, just started my escrow service: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2171003.new#new

Shoot me a PM if you need my service

[W!ll!am]

how to have escrow with accounts (newbie here)

i need to buy account

[OmegaStarScream]

how to have escrow with accounts (newbie here)

i need to buy account

After you find an account seller that agree to your terms, contact the escrow (from the list), and seller at once (in the same private message) with the details and wait for a response.

[Timelord2067]

Reserve for future use, or information needed for escrow service like.

On page 35?

No one will see it in a few more posts...

[BattleTitans]

Hi all! We looking to 2 additional independent advisers on the real project. Pls answer to PM. Thanks

[miguelmorales85]

Can somebody explain how this escrow "service" is ?
I would like to know the steps in order to be a good and trusty escrow.

This is because I would like to be one, I can see all of them have PGP signatures. I bet there is a procedure with signed messages.

Please escrows explain your good practices

[Timelord2067]

Can somebody explain how this escrow "service" is ?
I would like to know the steps in order to be a good and trusty escrow.

This is because I would like to be one, I can see all of them have PGP signatures. I bet there is a procedure with signed messages.

Please escrows explain your good practices

Do some trades so people can get a feel for how transparent you are.  (Using multiple wallet address makes it harder to gauge how genuine you are, so try to use the same wallet address)

Practice signing messages both with BitCoin and PGP/GPG

Read some of the previous messages in this thread, those suggestions are still as relevant now as when they were written.

Get others to sign your PGP key (that's more tricky than it sounds)

If you get caught out creating sock puppets to give the illusion you've had successful trades, then your UID alts and yourself will get Red Paint ^TM that doesn't get removed (not even at Rapture)

Same goes for if you buy a UID to use as an Escrow account...

[qqr]

hello
please guide me
sorry if my question in wrong forum i ask here because want to trade safe
my perfect money is 0$ but my friend have paypal account so i am  looking for trust member that give paypal from my friend then convert it to my perfect money i hope you guide me
thank you

[madwica]

hello
please guide me
sorry if my question in wrong forum i ask here because want to trade safe
my perfect money is 0$ but my friend have paypal account so i am  looking for trust member that give paypal from my friend then convert it to my perfect money i hope you guide me
thank you

Just wait for the man who can do this to you mate, i want to help you but i do not know how to used paypal, hoping that someone who have a good heart could read your post to help you about your concern but my recommendation to you just choose the users who have good reputation and higher rank in thos forum in short trusted escrow to make your money safe, just give small fee to them and they appriciate that.

[smartJEV]

Hey guys, can you suggest any top escrow company (not individual) for ICO?

many thanks

[SFR10]

Hey guys, can you suggest any top escrow company (not individual) for ICO?

many thanks

Contact CET: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1938190.0
Refrain from using this thread since it's outdated. Use the updated one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=276897.0

[bitpop]

I no longer escrow

[Timelord2067]

Hey guys, can you suggest any top escrow company (not individual) for ICO?

many thanks

Contact CET: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1938190.0
Refrain from using this thread since it's outdated. Use the updated one: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=276897.0

Perhaps you could ask the OP @marcotheminer to either close the thread, or put a link to the "new" thread (started fourteen months before this one...   )