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What is Pakstoor?

Your money stays safe until you’ve got your item.

A protected way to buy and sell privately in South Africa. Money held in escrow, a tracked courier or an in-person handover paid in the app, and a check before anyone gets paid.

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  • Escrow held
  • Tracked courier
  • Inspection window

How a deal works

Five steps. Nobody gets paid early.

  1. 1List itPhotos and price, in minutes
  2. 2Paid into escrowHeld safe, not released
  3. 3Tracked courierDoor to door
  4. 4Inspect on arrivalCheck it before money moves
  5. 5Seller paidAfter you accept, or the inspection window ends

Steps 3 to 5 are for courier delivery. Meeting in person instead? The buyer pays in the app while you are together and checks the item on the spot, and the money is released only when you both confirm. There is no inspection window afterwards. Compare the two.

Why it is different

Private sales, without the gamble.

The usual way

  • Paying strangers in cash
  • Blind EFT into an account you don’t know
  • Hoping the item matches the photos
  • Nobody to step in when it goes wrong

With Pakstoor

  • Money held in escrow, not sent to the seller
  • A tracked courier, door to door
  • You check the item before money moves
  • A Formal Protected Review weighs the evidence

Protects both sides

Fair to the buyer. Fair to the seller.

When you buy

  • Your payment is held in escrow, not paid to the seller.
  • Follow your parcel with courier tracking.
  • On a courier deal, check the item in the inspection window before money is released.
  • Something wrong? Open a Formal Protected Review. Funds remain protected.

When you sell

  • The buyer’s money is secured before you ship.
  • A tracked courier carries it door to door.
  • Get paid once the buyer accepts, or the inspection window ends cleanly on a courier deal (an in-person handover is released when you both confirm).
  • Claims are weighed on evidence. Change of mind is not seller fault.
Buy Smart. Sell Safe.

Pakstoor is South Africa’s protected marketplace for private sales. Funds move only once a qualifying release condition is met, protecting both sides and not just one. That’s transaction integrity, built into every deal.

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