One fee, taken once, at release.

By default the fee comes out of the escrowed amount, so the seller receives the deal amount minus the fee. If you want the buyer to absorb it, agree a gross amount before opening the deal — for example, on a 1,000 USDT invoice at 2%, open the escrow for 1,020.41 USDT.

Blockchain network fees are separate and are never charged by BM Escrow. The buyer pays the network fee when funding, and the outgoing payout transaction pays its own network fee from the escrow wallet. TRC20 is normally the cheapest network for USDT.

There is no identity check at any deal size, so there is nothing to pay for and nothing to wait on. You create a deal, fund escrow, and settle. The only cost is the escrow fee plus network fees.

A deal cancelled before funding costs nothing. If a funded deal is refunded to the buyer — either by mutual cancellation or a dispute resolved in the buyer's favour — the platform fee is not charged; only the network fee for the return transfer is deducted.