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Customer funds the milestone
Your customer pays $24,500 into Zai's trust account — not yours. They see the funds locked in before you lift a tool.
Funds clear in minutes via PayID or card. No surcharge.
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No signup. Click through a real Stagex flow — customer funding, milestone completion, sign-off, release.
Static walkthrough today · Interactive click-through coming next
This is the exact sequence a Stagex job follows — from the moment the customer hits pay to the moment the funds land in your bank.
Your customer pays $24,500 into Zai's trust account — not yours. They see the funds locked in before you lift a tool.
Funds clear in minutes via PayID or card. No surcharge.
Job finished? Upload a photo, tap done. The customer gets a notification with what was scoped vs what was delivered.
Avg. tradie sign-off time: under 30 seconds.
Customer reviews, taps approve. If something's off, they can flag it instead — the funds stay frozen until it's resolved.
Avg. customer response: 4 hours. Auto-approves after 7 days.
Zai releases the funds to your nominated AU bank account. Settled same day for amounts under $50k.
Settlement window: same-day under $50k, next business day above.
Zai — the AFSL-licensed trustee — holds it. You see it locked in before day one. No more 'the cheque's in the mail.'
No 30-day Net terms. The release button is in the customer's portal, not yours. They tap, you get paid.
Disputed amounts stay frozen with the trustee. Escalate to AFCA — the independent EDR scheme — as final recourse.
Want the full mechanics? See where your money actually sits.
Your first $30k in escrow is fee-free. No card. No lock-in. Set up in under 10 minutes.