Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure provide various embodiments of systems and methods that can be used for facilitating a transaction for a delivery of a service by a service provider to a service buyer. In one exemplary embodiment, a method generally includes listing a service work order in an auction for bidding by one or more service providers, and selecting a service provider from one or more service providers that submitted a bid for the service work order listed at the auction. The method can also include causing a payment from the service buyer to be escrowed, providing the selected service provider with data relating to the escrowed payment and the service buyer, and providing an escrowed payment release authorization to the service buyer. The method can further include allowing transfer of at least a portion of the escrowed payment to the selected service provider in response to receipt of the escrowed payment release authorization.