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What about a free automated escrow service?

This is probably the dream of nearly all users in the Internet, who want to buy or sell something on the Web.

Is it feasible and profitable for the providers of such a service?

The author thinks yes, seeing the following scenarios.

Domain transfers

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Media content

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Software

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The idea came, when searching boldly for "free escrow" free escrow. BugReport

The author found SpartaPay and within this site a simple applet (visible only in Internet Explorer and not in Firefox) to demonstrate the concept.

Click "See Demo" at the top on SpartaPay.co.uk

How to make it free?

One possible solution of such an automated system could be to offer basic services of some intangible goods as free and tangible goods for a price.

The service could build a YouTube.Com-like user-base and trust and by its free service-component and producing profit by the escrow service for tangible goods and of course by advertisments.

What about SpartaPay?

As SpartaPay appearantly has such an automated system, developed at the Manchester University, interested parties could join forces to realize this idea as a base for more embracing ideas:

SolSeedMovementNews

--fridemar 14:43, 24 February 2008 (PST)

Domain FreeEscrow.org points to this page

inviting community-oriented partners to realize the idea as an OpenBusiness by putting your ideas or offerings here to not only buy the domain, but also the energy, creativity and initial publicity in the community to start y/our common project.Optionally make your offer via NameSecure.com. The initial setting of the DNS-server will take until 96 hours. from now on: --fridemar 18:11, 25 February 2008 (PST)

Note: DNS-server is active sooner than awaited --fridemar 08:35, 26 February 2008 (PST)

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SolSeedMovementNews, SpartaPay

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