SecureTrade
Managed transaction protection — structured deals, secured buyer commitment, and fund release tied to agreed milestones.
SecureTrade is Haubot's managed transaction-protection service. Instead of asking a buyer and seller to simply trust each other, it gives the deal a structure: the buyer places funds into an agreed protected holding mechanism, the parties define objective release conditions in advance, and funds are released only when those conditions are met and documented.
It follows escrow-like logic, but it is not positioned as a generic third-party escrow product — it is a structured workflow with a Haubot transaction team supervising it.
The shape of a SecureTrade deal
Five things, in order:
- Deal structure — parties, asset, price, currency, delivery terms, required documents and release conditions are defined up front.
- Secured commitment — the buyer places funds into the protected holding mechanism before the seller takes critical steps.
- Milestone verification — agreed evidence is collected and reviewed: inspection results, serial-number confirmation, loading proof, delivery confirmation, documents.
- Controlled release — funds release only when conditions are fulfilled and documented. If a condition isn't met, the process pauses for clarification.
- Closing record — the transaction closes with a documented record of milestones, evidence and release events.
Not every deal needs every step — the structure is built around the transaction in front of you.
What release can be tied to
Release conditions are agreed before the deal starts and can include: a passed inspection, serial-number confirmation, required documents received, loading confirmed, delivery confirmed, a staged release across several milestones, or auction settlement. For complex deals, custom commercial milestones can be defined, subject to review.
When to use it
SecureTrade earns its place when the risk is too high for an informal handshake: cross-border purchases, auction settlement with an international bidder, multi-stage delivery, deals via a broker or third-party owner, high-value parts, and privately negotiated off-platform deals. For a small, friendly, local transaction, it's overkill.
What it is not
SecureTrade is deliberately bounded. It is not a guarantee that every transaction completes, not a generic consumer escrow product, not a bank account or wallet, not a way to bypass sanctions or export controls, and not a substitute for legal advice or a proper sales contract. It does not guarantee asset condition unless condition is independently verified and written in as a release condition.
Every transaction is reviewed before acceptance — Haubot can decline deals involving unclear ownership, restricted goods, sanctions concerns or conditions that cannot be objectively verified.
How it connects to the other services
Haubot Inspect results plug directly in as release conditions. Logistics milestones — loading, export clearance, delivery — can be the events that release staged payments. Where a buyer needs external financing to complete, Financing can prepare the case in parallel.
The full service page, with the complete process, use cases and FAQ, is at /solutions/securetrade.