Ship it. Track it. Trust the escrow.

Move goods on Stellar, paid in two milestones.

Food, electronics, documents, or furniture — every shipment on StellarExpress is backed by an on-chain escrow that pays the carrier a share on pickup and the rest on confirmed delivery. No upfront risk, no chasing payment.

Launch App Documentation

Live dispatch board Escrow active

Shipment	Category	Amount	Split	Status
SHP-00482	Food	$180	40/60	IN TRANSIT
SHP-00481	Electronics	$2,400	30/70	ACCEPTED
SHP-00480	Documents	$60	50/50	OPEN
SHP-00479	Fragile	$340	40/60	IN TRANSIT
SHP-00478	Furniture	$890	50/50	DELIVERED

NON-CUSTODIAL · SOROBAN SMART CONTRACT · OPEN SOURCE · STELLAREXPRESS

How it works

Payment that follows the shipment, not a promise

Every step below is enforced by the escrow contract itself — no dashboard toggle can skip it.

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Sender funds the escrow

The full amount moves into the contract the moment a shipment is created.

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A carrier accepts the job

Payout terms are visible on the open marketplace before anyone claims it.

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Pickup releases a share

Confirming pickup pays out immediately, before delivery even starts.

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Delivery releases the rest

Receiver confirms arrival, and the remaining escrow pays out — no approval needed.

What's on the platform

Five parts, one escrow contract

Every feature below runs against the same shipment record — nothing lives in a separate trust boundary.

Milestone escrow

Carriers get paid on pickup, not just on faith

Every shipment splits payment into two on-chain milestones — a share on confirmed pickup, the rest on confirmed delivery.

On pickup

$960 released

On delivery

$1,440 pending

Funds move only when pickup or delivery is confirmed on-chain — never on request
A carrier is paid a share immediately on pickup, before delivery even starts
A sender can cancel for a full refund only before a carrier accepts

Real-time tracking

Every update, logged

A structured timeline, not a string of calls to a dispatcher.

Shipment funded

Aug 1, 9:02 AM

Carrier accepted

Aug 1, 9:41 AM

Pickup confirmed — 40% released

Aug 1, 11:15 AM

Carrier marketplace

Open jobs, visible terms

See the exact split and deadline before accepting.

Lagos → Abuja 18h left

Ibadan → Lagos 2 days left

Dispute resolution

A referee who can't touch money already paid

Raising a dispute freezes what's left in escrow. The arbiter can only ever split funds not yet released — never funds already paid to a carrier.

Dispute raised on SHP-00482 — remaining 60% frozen pending arbiter review

Ratings & reviews

Reputation that travels

Trust built on completed jobs, not claims.

4.9 / 112

Who's involved

Four parties, each with exactly the authority they need

Sender, carrier, receiver, and arbiter — the contract enforces who can do what, so nobody can act outside their role.

Action	Sender Funds the escrow when a shipment is created. Gets a full refund if no carrier accepts before the deadline.	Carrier Claims an open shipment, transports it, and gets paid in two installments as the contract enforces.	Receiver Confirms the goods arrived, releasing the remaining escrow balance. Doesn’t need a platform account.	Arbiter Configured once per deployment. The only party that can resolve a dispute, splitting what remains in escrow.
Create & fund a shipment
Accept an open shipment
Confirm pickup (releases share)
Confirm delivery (releases rest)
Cancel before accepted
Raise a dispute
Resolve a dispute

System

Built on infrastructure designed for real money movement

StellarExpress doesn't reinvent settlement — it puts a logistics-friendly interface on primitives Stellar already does well, and locks security in as the default.

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Settlement
Stellar consensus, every transaction
3–5 seconds
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Network fee
per operation, base fee
~$0.00001
03
Contract runtime
rules checked in code, every call
Soroban
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Authorization
accept, pickup, delivery, dispute
Per-party signature
05
Asset support
any Stellar Asset Contract
XLM / USDC / EURC / custom
06
Dispute authority
arbiter can only split unreleased funds
Bounded
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Sign-in
no password, no seed screenshot
Passkey or hardware wallet
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Audit trail
every event timestamped on-ledger
Permanent, public

$ stellarexpress status --contract escrow

network ......... testnet

contract ........ CDLZ...GCYSC

status ........... healthy

open_shipments ... 4

arbiter .......... configured

custody .......... non-custodial

connection live

Runs itself

The contract acts the moment conditions are met

No cron job to babysit, no dashboard button to remember to click — every rule below fires automatically, on-chain.

$ tail -f automation.log

[Event-based]Milestone escrow releasePays the carrier automatically the moment pickup and delivery are each confirmed on-chain.

[Ledger deadline]Deadline reclaimIf no carrier accepts a shipment before its deadline, the sender’s funds return automatically.

[On raise]Dispute freezeRaising a dispute immediately halts further releases until the arbiter resolves it.

[On delivery]Rating roll-upEvery delivered shipment’s review updates the carrier’s public average automatically.

[Scheduled]Reminder before deadlineSenders get notified as a shipment’s acceptance deadline approaches, unclaimed.

Why StellarExpress

Beyond pay-and-hope or cash on delivery

Traditional logistics payment relies entirely on trust or physical presence. StellarExpress enforces the terms both sides agreed to.

Capability	Traditional courier	Cash on delivery	StellarExpress
Payment protection	None — pay and hope	Cash on delivery only	On-chain milestone escrow
Carrier payout timing	After full delivery, manually	At the door, in cash	Automatic on pickup + delivery
Dispute handling	Call support, wait	None — cash already exchanged	On-chain arbiter, bounded authority
Tracking	Spreadsheet or phone calls	None	Structured timeline, every update logged
Fees	Platform cut + payment processor	None, but no protection either	Stellar network fees (~$0.00001)
Settlement speed	Days (bank transfer)	Instant, but unprotected	3–5 seconds, protected

Comparisons reflect typical retail courier offerings; specifics vary by provider.

Senders & carriers

What people moving goods are saying

“We run a small food delivery service and used to pay couriers upfront and just hope. Now half pays on pickup, half on delivery — nobody’s trust is being tested anymore.”

Amaka Chukwu

Owner, Amaka’s Kitchen Delivery

“As an independent carrier, the marketplace means I see the payout terms before I accept a job. I know exactly when I get paid and how much, before I load the van.”

Deji Adewale

Independent carrier

“The one dispute we’ve had in six months resolved in under a day. The arbiter could only touch what hadn’t already been paid out — that boundary mattered to both sides.”

Ngozi Umeh

Operations lead, Umeh Furniture Movers

“We evaluated three logistics platforms for our electronics resale business. StellarExpress was the only one where the payment terms were enforced by code, not a policy PDF.”

Tunde Bakare

Founder, ReCircuit Electronics

FAQ

Questions before you ship your first order

Ship your next order with the payment terms enforced by code

Free to start as a sender or a carrier. Every shipment, big or small, gets the same milestone escrow protection.