Vaultgigs Reviews 

I recently worked on a platform called VaultGigs, directed to it by Artverse, which claimed to hold my payment in escrow. After I delivered my artwork to Artverse via Vaultgigs, I was hit with a jaw-dropping demand: pay $160 in TRX (roughly 529 TRX)… just to release my own money. (Obviously a lot happened that led to this review, cause I went and started digging, but i will not bore you with the details, lets focus on important points, the rest we will see later). Anyway...

Let that sink in.

This is not the norm! On legitimate platforms, you never ever have to pay to receive payment you already earned.

So, naturally, I did my due diligence, and what I found was… delightfully suspicious:

* ArtVerse (conveniently linked to VaultGigs) has no live website and zero public information. Not a team (Except the scammers playing their role, and perfectly I might add), not an address, not even a LinkedIn ghost (Haa! even Linked in? Shame on you Artverse, how unprofessional, anyway I digress, focus!).
* Both platforms look sleek, wait wha?! No no no, scratch that! Vaultgigs looks sleek, Artverse on the other hand is ran from Oliviaethan367 at gmail.com conglomerate, it looks and feels polished, and oh-so-professional… but trust me—they’re about as real as a unicorn selling NFTs.
* After I sent a polite-yet-firm email to “ArtVerse” asking for answers… poof! My VaultGigs account vanished without warning. (Booo!!! SCAM!!)
Coincidence? Only if you believe in fairy tales.

Do not use VaultGigs or ArtVerse. They take your art, lock you out, and then ask you to pay them to get paid. That’s not business my dear, that’s scam!!! scam!! scam!!! Plain. Simple. Shameless.

Oh, and by the way, did you notice they contacted you from a Gmail address, that nicely obscured, nicely tucked in gmail address? Yes, that one with some random numbers tacked on like it’s 2003? I am talking about you Olivia Ethan 367. Who runs a “professional” creative platform using gmail.com that way in this day and age? Google literally gives businesses custom domains, email hosting, the works! If they can’t afford a domain, how can they afford to pay you, wait or is it "pay me"?

And why send a contract via Google Forms? What is this, a freelance gig or a middle-school bake sale? Cheapskate of a scammer!!! Scam!! Scam!! Scam!! Be professional through and through dweeb!!!

For the record: this happened very recently, so I caught it early and saved myself the stress (and did not lose any funds). Do the same.
Check their domain on WHOIS—spoiler: it was registered not so long ago (about month or a few), it is very new, I-smell-new-domain-fragrance new. And please, ignore those glowing “I got paid!” reviews—they’re likely part of the same scam soup, ladled out by bots or accomplices.

My advice?

Walk away.

Protect your art.

Protect your wallet.


Yours truly
A Caring Fellow Artist

This Website is conducting an elaborate scam attempt via the Escrow system as mentioned by other artists. When you are trying to retrieve your money you will be asked to pay an Escrow fee from your digital wallet to get the money, that is the definition of a red flag. Also stay away from Artverse Studio - they are working together on this scam attempt.

The platform is easy to use and has a clean interface, with a good range of projects available. It’s convenient to manage work and payments in one place. However, customer support can be slow, and the fees feel a bit high, especially for new users. Payment and verification processes also take longer than expected at times. Overall, it’s a decent platform with useful features, but there’s room for improvement.

I am a freelance illustrator who was hired through a platform called VaultGigs for a digital art project with a client named Artverse Studios.
The project was completed in full, delivered on time, and formally accepted by the client. VaultGigs confirmed that $4,000 USD was placed in escrow under my account.
After completion, when I attempted to withdraw my funds, VaultGigs customer support informed me that I must first pay an “escrow processing fee” of 5% upfront in order to release my own money. This fee was required to be paid before any funds could be made available to me.
This behavior is highly irregular and contradicts standard escrow practices, where fees are deducted automatically from released funds — not paid upfront by the freelancer.

The platform claims the escrow must be “processed” by sending funds to a platform wallet, which is inconsistent with legitimate escrow systems.
The website lacks verifiable company registration details, physical address, or transparent ownership.
The client (Artverse Studios) appears to be connected to the same workflow, raising concern of coordinated fraud.
I believe VaultGigs is operating a fraudulent escrow scheme designed to extract upfront fees from freelancers under the false promise of releasing held payments.
I have retained:
Screenshots of escrow balance confirmations
Platform terms and fee descriptions
Full email correspondence with the client
Chat logs with VaultGigs customer support
I am reporting this to prevent further financial harm to myself and other freelancers.

Not a fancy site but they pay at the very least what makes it more interesting is their escrow form of payment that’s lit.