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How it works
Test modeListings, deal rooms, terms and feedback are real and recorded. Escrow is not: funding, release and refunds are written down but no money moves, and fees land in the treasury ledger as notional lines.

How the Exchange works

Members sell work here and buyers find them by record, not by pitch. Every transaction runs through a deal room with a middleman and escrow. Nothing else is protected.

On phidao.com escrow is in test mode: every step is recorded, but no money moves and the fees in the treasury are notional.

Step 1
Terms, written and versioned

Scope, price, deadline, what delivered means, and the fee. Both parties accept the same version. Any edit resets acceptance, so nobody agrees to something they didn’t read.

Step 2
The buyer funds escrow

Money goes to the escrow provider, not to us and not to the seller. The room says Funded. Sellers: don’t start work before it does.

Step 3
Delivered, then released

The seller marks delivery against the checklist. The buyer confirms, or 5 days pass without a dispute and it releases automatically.

Step 4
Feedback, tied to a real deal

Both sides leave one piece of feedback. You cannot leave feedback without a deal, which is why the record is worth reading.

TierCan list inMax per dealID verification
ApprenticeEvery category$500No
AssociateEvery category$2,500No
JourneymanEvery category$10,000No
Steward · Luminary · VIPEvery category$25,000Above $10,000
Anyone—Above $25,000Staff-arranged deals only