Payment-gated delivery: get paid before you hand over the files

For most freelance design work, the riskiest moment is delivery. Once a client has the final, full-resolution files, your leverage is gone. If payment is late, or never arrives, you are left chasing an invoice for work the client already has.

Payment-gated delivery flips the order. The client can review the work in full, but the deliverable files stay locked until payment clears. It is the same principle as any other trade: you see the goods, you pay, you take them home.

How it works in reveald

When you upload a deliverable, reveald automatically generates a watermarked preview. Your client opens their portal and sees exactly what they are getting, clearly enough to approve it, but not in a usable, final form.

• You upload the deliverable to the client's portal.
• reveald creates a watermarked preview the client can review.
• The client pays the invoice through Stripe, directly to your account.
• The moment payment clears, the full-resolution files unlock automatically.

Why it keeps the relationship professional

There is no awkward follow-up, no reminder emails, and no debate about when payment is due. The process is the same for every client, so nobody feels singled out. The work speaks for itself in the preview, and the system handles the exchange.

Payments run through Stripe and go straight to your own account. reveald never holds or routes your money; it simply controls when the files are released.

Set it up in minutes

Create a free portal, upload your work, and share a private link with your client. Full-resolution delivery happens automatically once they pay, so you can focus on the next project instead of the last invoice.