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Slabs, driveways, footings and paths: the customer funds each stage into a regulated Australian trust account before the first load of concrete is booked — and it releases the moment the stage is signed off.
No credit card. No lock-in. Funds held by a licensed Australian trustee.
Concreting hits you with a huge single-day outlay — concrete, pump, reo and crew all land on pour day — but the payment often waits until well after the slab has cured.
Concrete, pump hire, reo and crew all get paid around the pour. Escrow funds the stage before pour day, so you’re not carrying a five-figure outlay on a promise.
The slab sets in days; the payment can drag for weeks. With the stage pre-funded, the money releases on sign-off — not on the client’s cash-flow timetable.
On new builds you’re often subbing to a builder who holds the cash. Escrow ring-fences your pour before it happens, independent of the head contractor’s cycle.
The fix
Your customer funds each stage into a regulated Australian trust account (Zai Pty Ltd, AFSL 461841) before you pick up a tool. You do the work, capture the evidence, and the money releases the moment the stage is signed off — typically 1–2 business days via NPP. That’s the difference between getting paid faster and getting paid, full stop.
Each stage is funded before it starts and releases on sign-off. Here’s how a typical job breaks down.
Deposit / prep
Excavation, formwork set out and materials booked.
Form & reinforce
Formwork, mesh or reo and set-downs fixed and checked.
Pour & finish
Concrete placed, screeded, finished and edged.
Cure & sign-off
Cutting, sealing, clean-up and customer sign-off.
Trustee-held escrow
Zai Pty Ltd · AFSL 461841
7-day payouts
After milestone sign-off
Dispute cover
Funds already set aside
No lock-in
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
That’s exactly the point. The pour stage is funded into the regulated trust account before pour day, so the concrete, pump hire, reo and crew for that stage are covered before you commit — instead of fronting a five-figure single-day bill and waiting weeks to be reimbursed.
Escrow works whether the customer is a homeowner or a builder — whoever funds the stage funds it into the regulated trust account before you pour. On subcontract work that’s exactly the exposure Stagex is built for: your funded pour is ring-fenced rather than sitting inside the head contractor’s cash flow.
A milestone releases within 7 days of the customer signing off — typically 1–2 business days via NPP. The stage was pre-funded, so there’s no invoice to chase.
Stagex Professional is $59/mo. The first $30,000 funded into escrow per job is fee-free; above that a flat 1.6% escrow fee applies only to the amount over $30,000. No lock-in.
Bring one staged job through Stagex this week and see what guaranteed, chase-free payment feels like.
Stage by stage. Always paid.