Trust & the Commitment Fund
$500 that proves you're serious.
The Commitment Fund is a refundable hold used to verify buyer intent. It's how a buyer shows genuine commitment and how a dealer knows demand is real, so both sides can negotiate in good faith before anyone shares contact details.
What it is
- A refundable $500 hold placed when you submit an agreement.
- An intent-verification mechanism that lets dealers take your terms seriously.
- Held by AsAgreed and never disbursed to the dealer, pending the outcome.
- Refundable pursuant to the applicable transaction terms and policies.
What it is not
- Not a fee or a charge for using the platform.
- Not revenue to AsAgreed, a commission, or a profit center.
- Not a payment to the dealer, and not held in escrow between you and the dealer.
- Not a deposit or down payment on the car, or part of the final price.
Protected & returned when
- No dealer accepts your agreement.
- You withdraw your agreement before a dealer accepts.
- A dealer changes the accepted terms.
- The dealer no longer has access to the car.
- The car materially differs from what was represented.
- Financing is legitimately unavailable.
- An admin resolves a dispute in your favor.
At risk when
- A dealer accepts your exact agreed terms and you refuse to engage.
- You unlock a match and then stop responding in good faith.
- You acknowledge you were not a serious buyer.
- An admin resolves a dispute in the dealer's favor.
Disputes are reviewed by people. During the product preview, no capture is automated. If either side believes the other acted in bad faith, an AsAgreed admin reviews the matter and determines how the Commitment Fund hold is handled. Final dispute terms are pending legal review before launch.
Payments are handled securely. The Commitment Fund hold is processed by a third-party payment provider. In the current build the flow runs in test mode; production launch follows legal review.