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Escrow.com

2.9

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The world's largest provider of online escrow services. Removing the risk from online transactions with our government licensed service since 1999.


escrow.com
San Francisco, CA, United States
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Escrow.com Reviews Summary

Escrow.com garners mixed feedback from customers, highlighting both commendable service and significant concerns. Positive experiences often emphasize the professionalism and helpfulness of customer support, particularly during complex transactions, which many users found reassuring. However, a recurring theme in negative reviews points to frustrating delays in fund transfers and a lack of transparency regarding fees and processes. Customers have expressed dissatisfaction with the handling of refunds and the perceived incompetence in managing transactions. Overall, while some users appreciate the service for its protective measures, others warn of potential complications and inefficiencies.

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Thailand
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They took a week to verify the funds, despite me providing all requested proofs. That was through a verified Paypal account for $125! This resulted in me losing the deal with the other party. My many refund requests remained unanswered, and still, no refund has been processed this time. This looks like a big SCAM. Stay away from them.
They ruined my transaction and kept my money.

Date of experience: January 9, 2020
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Amazing Service.
January 10, 2020

These folks provide the most amazing customer service care, aid and most importantly, follow up. As someone who is not supremely tech savvy or patient, I cannot day enough how wonderful Joelan was in walking me through, step by step, what I needed to do. Thank you so much. Very highly recommended.

Date of experience: January 8, 2020
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Easy seamless process! The team went above and beyond and really helped in the process! Would recommend them to anyone

Date of experience: December 26, 2019
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Service!
December 19, 2019

Am very happy with the great work done by Escrow.com! I highly recommend them to anyone who needs their services.

Date of experience: December 18, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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This was my first contact with Escrow support after making 2 online business purchases. The agent, Diana V. was both knowledgeable, friendly, and took effective remedial action on all the issues I had, all of which were based on my lack of full understanding of the process. Everything has turned out perfectly to my complete satisfaction. I would highly recommend Escrow to all who want to explore the online business in a safe and protected environment. To the negative comments some have made, I risked 15K$ U.S. Without Escrow, I don't want to think where the money would have gone.

Date of experience: December 9, 2019
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The domain transfer started off a little rocky, but I take the blame for that. I made a mistake in one of the steps necessary for a smooth transfer, but Ivan let me know they could work with what I did, it would just take a little longer. It worked out exactly as he said, and the payment transfer also went through exactly as he said. Overall it was a good experience and I'd recommend escrow.com to anyone.

Date of experience: November 22, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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After such a long time of looking for the best way to process our payments, we found Escrow.com, In the beginning, we had to get accustomed to how thorough their process is, and we are happy that we did. We love their process and their customer service. Our rep Kana is fantastic. She went over and beyond our expectations to make sure that we were a priority. Our company will always work with Escrow.com for our payment processing. Thanks, Escrow.com, and shout-out to Kana for making us feel at home.

Date of experience: November 21, 2019
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Domain Name Sale
November 21, 2019

I have been in business for over forty years and using escrow.com has made the sale of a domain name that I owned the easiest business transaction that I have ever had.
Lou Dinnella
Director
Bravo Tours

Date of experience: November 21, 2019
South Africa
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The process was straight forward! You are guided every step of the way so that transaction can run smoothly. Highly recommended!

Date of experience: November 20, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was going to purchase a 2013 Toyota Yaris. After following the link on autotrader, I put in an offer of $3200 Canadian funds. I was unsure about escrow and decided to call your support team. I spoke to Terri, and forwarded her the email that I supposedly received by " escrow". Terri advised me that it was a fraudulent email as the international phone number, and hours of operations were wrong. Therefore she advised me that this was a scam. I am so disgusted with people trying to scam people like me, who work hard for my money and wanted to gift my child with a car. People like Amelia( seller) is what is wrong with this world.
THANK YOU AGAIN TERRI!

Date of experience: November 19, 2019
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Everything was set for my car to be picked up on a Sunday, funds wired to escrow.com's bank on Thursday were to arrive on Friday. I checked my bank Friday morning and was surprised to see that my wire was returned by escrow.com's bank. I spent hours on the phone and in chats with escrow.com and no one would take ownership or contact THEIR bank to see why funds were returned. I ended up being charged $65 for the wire and had to delay the truck for pickup by a week. Service was marginal at best. They kept blaming my bank however we proved the wire was sent accurately. I used a competing service and had no issues. Will never use escrow.com again.

Date of experience: November 13, 2019
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Brilliant philosophy relatively simple process. The two things I would expect to change if any would be, if somebody has not used or purchased web store before make sure they are guided clearly and they are communicated with as much as possible. There was a point where I didn't know what I had to do nor was I guided to do that but asking for help got me the answers pretty quickly.

Secondly as a middle man between purchases I would expect more of a follow up on purchases maybe two months down the line. I say this because some people do not honour their words.

Example: I recently purchased a site that lasted no longer than two months, in the description section it stated that help could be offered post purchase. Did this happen. No. There was absolutely no willingness after purchase to help at all, to me this is like selling half of a product and sometimes is a reason why people make purchases. I'm sure that this is against the law. So the other thing I would change is to be more scrupulous against these individuals. Sellers should be rated. Escrow is a brilliant platform and did help me with a security issue regarding my purchase. Very grateful of.

Date of experience: November 12, 2019
Colorado
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terri handled my unusual request like a true professional! I described my request as unusual because although the domain name transfer had occurred nearly a year ago, Terri quickly notified the buyer and processed the release of my escrowed funds in less than one hour.

Thanks so much for your help, Terri!

Date of experience: November 11, 2019
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I always feel safe and secure when I make Transactions thru Escrow.com. I just never have to worry about surprises.

Date of experience: November 8, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Spoke to one of the customer support reps Max, and he was incredibly helpful - absolutely helped me solve my issue and also got me connected with the supervisor. Highly recommend Escrow! Thanks again Max!

Date of experience: November 8, 2019
Minnesota
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I really enjoyed using escrow.com, it was very easy to use and I felt secure the whole time. They were there to answer any and all of my questions.

Date of experience: November 5, 2019
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am using Escrow for the first time and need some assistance. I called customer support and spoke to Max. Quick response, not hold time and I got the help I needed clearly and quick. Perhaps I am used to terrible customer service, but I was really pleased with how they took care of me.

Date of experience: November 4, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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The rep was very helpful to address my issue. He spend enough time for me with clear explanation. He did his best to answered all my questions and concern for my transaction in timely manner.

Date of experience: November 4, 2019
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Overall the service is very helpful but there were several parts that I felt were confusing:

* at the point where I (the buyer) was to enter my registrar info, I could not do it on your site, instead I was supposed to email the information to concierge. There should be a very clear button on the transaction where I can enter this info

* The transaction was marker "complete" before it actually was totally completed. This concerned me as I had not yet received the domain name that I had purchased

* the chat help could not tell me where I was supposed to enter my registrar info - even after I sent them the page URL they asked me for screenshots. They seemed unfamiliar with the process.

* when I called customer service about the status of my transaction I was told that the people who could help me were in a meeting. This did not give me a great deal of confidence in the escrow team

Date of experience: October 30, 2019
Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They were very quick in assisting me with this transaction. It was a very smooth process and escrow handled the domain transfer. Highly recommend this service if you are looking for a safe and secure transaction.

Date of experience: October 30, 2019