🔒 Escrow, Explained: The Fix for "Pay First and Hope"

The word sounds legal; the idea is simple. You pay the task price to a neutral party, not the freelancer. It sits there. When you approve the work, it's released. If the work never arrives, you're refunded.

Why it changes behaviour

Clients stop worrying about paying strangers; freelancers stop worrying about not getting paid — so good freelancers show up, because they know the money is real.

The fair-play rules

Auto-approval after 72 quiet hours protects the freelancer from a client who vanishes. One included revision protects the client from "close enough." A referee decides the rare dispute — pay, split or refund.

Where to use it

Ezy Tasks holds escrow on every task: free to post, from J$2,500, released on your approval, refunded if unclaimed in 7 days.

Ezy Tasks — post a task free from J$2,500, pay into escrow, a vetted Jamaican freelancer delivers, you approve. Post a task →