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Escrow
A neutral payment process between buyer and seller.
What is Escrow?
Escrow holds funds while buyer and seller complete agreed transfer steps. It can reduce payment risk, but it does not replace due diligence on revenue, ownership, code, or legal transfer.
In Vibe Coding
For micro-SaaS deals, escrow should be tied to asset transfer: domain, repo, hosting, database, billing, analytics, and support access.
Example
Funds are held until the buyer confirms the domain, code repo, and production access were transferred.
Why this matters
This matters because Escrow appears repeatedly when building, deploying, debugging, or connecting services in vibe coding workflows.
When you'll hit this in practice
You will usually run into Escrow when working on SaaS Acquisition Checklist.