TeelPay Developer API
Lockpesa Escrow API

Every transaction protected.One integration.

Connect your platform to TeelPay and add Lockpesa escrow to every sale, booking and payment, so buyers and sellers can deal with confidence.

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Lockpesa API Integration

Whether you are an ecommerce store, a marketplace or an organization with its own system, TeelPay gives you a simple way to bring escrow in.

Connect your system

Your application tells TeelPay when to hold and when to release. No manual step, no spreadsheets.

Get set up as a merchant

Create your merchant account on Lockpesa and start protecting transactions between your buyers and sellers.

Same escrow engine, same secure rails either way.

One integration, everyone protected.

Stop worrying about trust between strangers. Lockpesa holds the money until the deal is done.

One integration, every deal protected.

Add Lockpesa escrow once and use it across every order, booking or contract on your platform.

Buyers and sellers both trust the transaction.

Funds are held securely and only released when the agreed conditions are met.

Built-in release rules.

Release on delivery, on confirmation or on milestone, so money never moves without agreement.

Works for any kind of transaction.

One-off purchases, high-value sales and service jobs, whether the parties know each other or not.

How it works.

Three simple steps from checkout to payout.

1

Connect

Link your system to the TeelPay API from your merchant account.

2

Hold

The buyer pays and Lockpesa holds the money securely in escrow.

3

Release

Delivery is confirmed and the funds go to the seller.

Anywhere buyers and sellers meet, escrow can carry it.

Lockpesa fits any transaction where trust matters.

Online store orders Marketplace sales Freelance & service jobs Vehicle & property deals Business-to-business supply Bookings & deposits
For Developers

TeelPay API: Lockpesa escrow, built into your system.

Escrow is one thing you can build on the API.

  • Hold buyer payments in Lockpesa escrow from your own checkout.
  • Release funds to sellers when your system confirms delivery.
  • Refund buyers when a deal falls through.
  • Track every escrow transaction from start to finish.
  • Receive status updates so your platform always knows where a deal stands.
How it works
1

Connect

Get your merchant account and link your system.

2

Trigger

An order, delivery or milestone fires the API.

3

Confirm

Funds are released and the deal is recorded.

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Built for platforms where trust decides the sale.

From online stores to marketplaces and custom systems.

E-commerce

Protect customers on high-value orders and build buyer confidence.

Marketplaces

Hold funds between buyers and independent sellers until delivery.

Freelance & Gig Platforms

Pay workers only when the job is accepted.

Real Estate & Property

Secure deposits and payments until terms are met.

Vehicles & Equipment

Safe payments between buyers and sellers who have not met.

Tech Platforms & Fintechs

Escrow built straight into your product.

Why TeelPay.

One platform

Escrow, airtime, bills and installments from one provider.

Secure & auditable

Every transaction is tracked with a full record.

Easy to integrate

Connect once and protect every transaction.

Local payments

Built around how Kenyans pay with M-Pesa.

Grows with you

A handful of deals or thousands, the same process.