How Vaultly deposits work

Private sales fall over for one reason more than any other: neither side is sure the money is real. Vaultly exists to remove that doubt with a clear, shared record of the deposit.

Creating a deposit request

The seller creates a deposit request describing the item, the agreed sale price and the deposit amount. Vaultly freezes the disclosed figures at that moment, so the amounts shown to the buyer never change after the fact.

Each request captures:

• The item description and agreed total sale price
• The deposit amount the buyer is asked to pay
• The service fee and card-processing-cost recovery

The buyer pays securely

The buyer receives a secure link, reviews the frozen breakdown, and pays through Stripe. Australian payment methods only.

Funds are held with a verifiable record

Once paid, the transaction moves to a held state. Both sides see the same Trust Timeline with timestamps for every milestone, so there is no argument later about who did what and when.

Completion

When the deal completes, the deposit is released to the agreed recipient. If the sale does not proceed, the deposit can be refunded in full under the terms both parties saw up front.