Seven phrases the interface puts in front of you. Most are ordinary and one of them has a version that should stop you.
Why the interface is terse
Platforms in this space say as little as possible, deliberately. Detailed status messages are useful to anybody probing the system, so the wording is kept short and generic, which leaves the reader to fill in the meaning.
That is where the trouble starts. A message that says almost nothing gets read as saying whatever the reader most fears or most hopes, and both readings produce bad decisions.
01Checking your browserThe wait before the login page, and the one version of it that is not ordinary.Ordinary02In escrowFunds committed to an order, and the five things it does not cover.Important03Finalize earlyReleasing funds before delivery. What you give up and when it is defensible.Care04Vendor levelA tier badge on a profile. What it measures and what it does not predict.Ordinary05In transit and deliveredOrder states are entered by people, not observed by anything.Ordinary06Dispute openedThe contract freezes and a panel starts reading. What it will read.Important07Session expiredUsually ordinary. During an outage it is the shape worth stopping at.Care