[eropple]

As a consultant, failure-to-pay is always on my mind--I'm sure you guys have seen it too. Why should a client care about their reputation within your system? If they're burning a developer, they can burn you too just as easily.

I would be much more likely to use your service, instead of just an Excel invoice or whatever (it's really just not that difficult to do once you've done it once, IMO) if I got something concrete for doing it. "Reputation", as we have all seen from Amazon's marketplace and from eBay and the rest, just doesn't mean all that much. It seems logical for this service to provide escrow, or at least partner with someone who does.