diff --git a/codex/purchasing.nim b/codex/purchasing.nim
index 65a677d7..7500b711 100644
--- a/codex/purchasing.nim
+++ b/codex/purchasing.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import std/hashes
 import std/tables
 import pkg/stint
 import pkg/chronos
@@ -6,9 +5,11 @@ import pkg/questionable
 import pkg/nimcrypto
 import ./market
 import ./clock
+import ./purchasing/purchase
 
 export questionable
 export market
+export purchase
 
 type
   Purchasing* = ref object
@@ -17,25 +18,11 @@ type
     purchases: Table[PurchaseId, Purchase]
     proofProbability*: UInt256
     requestExpiryInterval*: UInt256
-  Purchase* = ref object
-    future: Future[void]
-    market: Market
-    clock: Clock
-    request*: StorageRequest
   PurchaseTimeout* = Timeout
-  PurchaseId* = distinct array[32, byte]
 
 const DefaultProofProbability = 100.u256
 const DefaultRequestExpiryInterval = (10 * 60).u256
 
-proc start(purchase: Purchase) {.gcsafe.}
-func id*(purchase: Purchase): PurchaseId
-proc `==`*(x, y: PurchaseId): bool {.borrow.}
-proc hash*(x: PurchaseId): Hash {.borrow.}
-# Using {.borrow.} for toHex does not borrow correctly and causes a
-# C-compilation error, so we must do it long form
-proc toHex*(x: PurchaseId): string = array[32, byte](x).toHex
-
 proc new*(_: type Purchasing, market: Market, clock: Clock): Purchasing =
   Purchasing(
     market: market,
@@ -57,11 +44,7 @@ proc populate*(purchasing: Purchasing, request: StorageRequest): StorageRequest
 
 proc purchase*(purchasing: Purchasing, request: StorageRequest): Purchase =
   let request = purchasing.populate(request)
-  let purchase = Purchase(
-    request: request,
-    market: purchasing.market,
-    clock: purchasing.clock,
-  )
+  let purchase = newPurchase(request, purchasing.market, purchasing.clock)
   purchase.start()
   purchasing.purchases[purchase.id] = purchase
   purchase
@@ -71,54 +54,3 @@ func getPurchase*(purchasing: Purchasing, id: PurchaseId): ?Purchase =
     some purchasing.purchases[id]
   else:
     none Purchase
-
-proc run(purchase: Purchase) {.async.} =
-  let market = purchase.market
-  let clock = purchase.clock
-
-  proc requestStorage {.async.} =
-    purchase.request = await market.requestStorage(purchase.request)
-
-  proc waitUntilFulfilled {.async.} =
-    let done = newFuture[void]()
-    proc callback(_: RequestId) =
-      done.complete()
-    let request = purchase.request
-    let subscription = await market.subscribeFulfillment(request.id, callback)
-    await done
-    await subscription.unsubscribe()
-
-  proc withTimeout(future: Future[void]) {.async.} =
-    let expiry = purchase.request.expiry.truncate(int64)
-    await future.withTimeout(clock, expiry)
-
-  await requestStorage()
-  try:
-    await waitUntilFulfilled().withTimeout()
-  except PurchaseTimeout as e:
-    # If contract was fulfilled, the state would be RequestState.Started.
-    # Otherwise, the request would have timed out and should be considered
-    # cancelled. However, the request state hasn't been updated to
-    # RequestState.Cancelled yet so we can't check for that state or listen for
-    # an event emission. Instead, the state will be updated when the client
-    # requests to withdraw funds from the storage request.
-    await market.withdrawFunds(purchase.request.id)
-    raise e
-
-proc start(purchase: Purchase) =
-  purchase.future = purchase.run()
-
-proc wait*(purchase: Purchase) {.async.} =
-  await purchase.future
-
-func id*(purchase: Purchase): PurchaseId =
-  PurchaseId(purchase.request.id)
-
-func finished*(purchase: Purchase): bool =
-  purchase.future.finished
-
-func error*(purchase: Purchase): ?(ref CatchableError) =
-  if purchase.future.failed:
-    some purchase.future.error
-  else:
-    none (ref CatchableError)
diff --git a/codex/purchasing/purchase.nim b/codex/purchasing/purchase.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73920b12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex/purchasing/purchase.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import ../market
+import ../clock
+import ./purchaseid
+
+export purchaseid
+
+type
+  Purchase* = ref object
+    future: Future[void]
+    market: Market
+    clock: Clock
+    request*: StorageRequest
+
+func newPurchase*(request: StorageRequest,
+                  market: Market,
+                  clock: Clock): Purchase =
+  Purchase(request: request, market: market, clock: clock)
+
+proc run(purchase: Purchase) {.async.} =
+  let market = purchase.market
+  let clock = purchase.clock
+
+  proc requestStorage {.async.} =
+    purchase.request = await market.requestStorage(purchase.request)
+
+  proc waitUntilFulfilled {.async.} =
+    let done = newFuture[void]()
+    proc callback(_: RequestId) =
+      done.complete()
+    let request = purchase.request
+    let subscription = await market.subscribeFulfillment(request.id, callback)
+    await done
+    await subscription.unsubscribe()
+
+  proc withTimeout(future: Future[void]) {.async.} =
+    let expiry = purchase.request.expiry.truncate(int64)
+    await future.withTimeout(clock, expiry)
+
+  await requestStorage()
+  await waitUntilFulfilled().withTimeout()
+
+proc start*(purchase: Purchase) =
+  purchase.future = purchase.run()
+
+proc wait*(purchase: Purchase) {.async.} =
+  await purchase.future
+
+func id*(purchase: Purchase): PurchaseId =
+  PurchaseId(purchase.request.id)
+
+func finished*(purchase: Purchase): bool =
+  purchase.future.finished
+
+func error*(purchase: Purchase): ?(ref CatchableError) =
+  if purchase.future.failed:
+    some purchase.future.error
+  else:
+    none (ref CatchableError)
diff --git a/codex/purchasing/purchaseid.nim b/codex/purchasing/purchaseid.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee5c3a16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex/purchasing/purchaseid.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import std/hashes
+import pkg/nimcrypto
+
+type PurchaseId* = distinct array[32, byte]
+
+proc hash*(x: PurchaseId): Hash {.borrow.}
+proc `==`*(x, y: PurchaseId): bool {.borrow.}
+proc toHex*(x: PurchaseId): string = array[32, byte](x).toHex