LAGOS → ABUJA · IN TRANSITSETTLEMENT 3–5sESCROW: SOROBAN SMART CONTRACTIBADAN → LAGOS · OPEN JOBNETWORK FEE ~$0.00001PICKUP RELEASES 40% · DELIVERY RELEASES 60%PORT HARCOURT → ABUJA · ACCEPTEDLAGOS → ABUJA · IN TRANSITSETTLEMENT 3–5sESCROW: SOROBAN SMART CONTRACTIBADAN → LAGOS · OPEN JOBNETWORK FEE ~$0.00001PICKUP RELEASES 40% · DELIVERY RELEASES 60%PORT HARCOURT → ABUJA · ACCEPTED
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What makes an independent carrier accept your job

March 30, 2026 · 5 min read

Most delivery marketplaces show a carrier the price and the route, then settle payment terms separately, later, sometimes informally.

On StellarExpress, the pickup/delivery split is visible before a carrier accepts — 40% now, 60% later, or whatever the sender set. Carriers we talked to said knowing the exact payout schedule up front changed which jobs they took, more than the total price did.

Transparency about *when* you get paid turns out to matter as much as *how much*.

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.