Escrow isn't anything like paypal. The idea with escrow is that a trusted third party - the escrow company - holds on to the money for a business deal until the transaction is completed between the buyer and the seller. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escrow As far as I know it's usually only used when large sums of money are involved, like buying a house or a $xxxxx web site, because the escrow company is paid a fee.
i assume you mean escrow.com - anytime there is a chargeback done the CC company makes an investigation. as escrow.com should be able to prove the website or domain transferred ownership, the buyer would not win the dispute.
Escrow.com Verified all payments first. Be it paypal or bank transfers. So basically its not possible for charge backs..Plus at the ends you are gettting paid by escrow and not the buyer
you can always do a chargeback the next month trying to scam your way out of paying for something via escrow.com....but you will have a hard time winning and most likely will have to pay the charge.
It work this way 1. Buyer and Seller Agree to Terms Both parties agree to terms of the transaction, which includes a description of the merchandise, sale price, number of days for the Buyer's inspection, and any shipping information. 2. Buyer Pays Escrow.com The Buyer submits an available payment option. Escrow.com verifies the payment. Processing time varies by payment method. 3. Seller Ships Merchandise Upon payment verification, the Seller is authorized to ship merchandise and submit tracking information. Escrow.com verifies that the Buyer receives the shipment. 4. Buyer Accepts the Merchandise The Buyer has a set number of days for an inspection and the option to accept or reject the merchandise. 5. Escrow.com Pays the Seller Escrow.com pays the Seller by the method selected by the Seller. The transaction is complete.
they check the whois to verify the buyer has possession of the domain name. technically you are not supposed to sell websites via escrow.com, just domain names. but plenty of people do so.
so it would be best to sell the domain name through escrow and then when the seller has received payment to send the website files...to be safe.
personally i would not do that as a buyer as how do i know the seller will actually send me the website files? you would not be able to do anything if they did not send the website if you told escrow.com you got the domain. i'm just pointing out a worst case scenario here - i've never seen this problem and i've bought multiple websites via escrow.com. i don' think there is a 100% safe system to include selling/buying the website with the domain.