TradeSafe

TradeSafe is a South African digital escrow and paymaster platform for individuals, businesses, and merchants that holds buyer funds in escrow until sellers deliver goods or fulfil agreed obligations.

Key capabilities include:

• Escrow-based buyer and seller protection, where transactions only start once the buyer has funded the escrow, and payment releases after the buyer confirms acceptance.
• Same-day payouts and funding visibility, supported by Standard Bank Host-to-Host processing and management oversight of the escrow account.
• Flexible deal structures for real-world trading workflows, including split payments, milestone payments, lay-bys, and drawdowns, plus the ability to add multiple parties (agents, consultants) with confidentiality.
• Integrated payments and tracking, including funding via EFT, Ozow, credit/debit card, SnapScan, and Buy Now Pay Later via PayJustNow, with email and SMS notifications and a dashboard to track transaction activity and fund movement.

Available on Web, with GraphQL API and shopping-cart plugins for marketplace and online store integrations.

Target users include B2C buyers and sellers, B2B teams that need escrow or controlled disbursements, and B2B2C platforms (marketplaces and merchants) embedding escrow at checkout.

Notable in the South African market for its bank-supported escrow model (Standard Bank oversight), PASA third-party payment provider status, escrow funds insured by iTOO (Hollard), and agreed-upon procedures performed by EY, plus an integration-friendly developer setup with public API documentation and service status pages.