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Beta API for escrow integration — Escrow.com releases

API makes it easy for third-parties to integrate escrow services.

Escrow.com has released a fresh API in beta.

As stated by the firm, the API will make it easy for websites, marketplaces, classifieds sites, shopping carts, and mobile apps to integrate Escrow.com’s services. The firm states it’s as easy as integrating payment methods such as Stripe and PayPal.

Escrow.com by now has integrations with many marketplaces, but I believe these were custom integrations. Now there’s a centralized API that any service can use.

Details of the beta API, counting documenation, are here.

Escrow.com has long been the dominant escrow service for domain name transactions. It handled over $200 million in payments in the first half of this year. Freelancer.com purchased the firm for $7.5 million in 2015.

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