“This is pretty cool”, I thought as we went through this mile long document filled with legalese together with the representative on the phone. Oh, make no mistake. Legal documents do not make my heart skip a beat – not unless some long lost relative bequeaths me a fortune (tough). But what I did find interesting was the system the law firm used to obtain our signatures digitally to seal the deal quickly.
We often have a need to sign NDA’s, Joint Venture agreements and Independent Contractor agreements. This sometimes is a pain because many freelancers don’t have faxes and email is so open and insecure. That experience led me to seek out available options to obtain digital signatures and I’m listing them here so it can help you too.
Adobe eSignatures
Thanks for the information Lynette. These tools will surely come in handy and I would be recommending them to my clients.
Hey Karen, glad to hear that. Hope you all find something that works for you.
Thanks for the rich information about the digital signing tools. Will be very helpful.
Glad to help Shipu
This list is fantastic! Coming from the procurement world, so many contracts are still being printed and signed via fax/scanning.
I wonder if this market will always remain so diverse or if one solution will eventually become the de facto.
Hey Deborah. I don’t know… not too familiar with the legalities and all that goes on behind e-signatures. I imagine there will always be a bunch of different solutions. Anyhow, stay tuned, we may follow up this post with another more in depth one about e-signature usage – not just the tools.
Lynette,
First off I work for eOriginal. Secondly I’d like to thank you for including us on the list. If at all possible would you be able to let me know how you put the list together?
Also if you are ever doing any research on electronic signatures I’d be happy to answer any questions.
Thanks for putting this list together, it is a great resource!
Hi. Lynette,
great information! I was wondering what was the criteria for these 10 products. It will be useful when I mention these products to others.
@Vik and @Scott, I don’t normally do this but for this particular list I did not have any criteria. The sites are pulled from my own bookmarks that I’ve wanted to ‘check out later’, in the hope that someone else could benefit from my collection 🙂
I’ve only had experience with one – Docusign, and that was as a user, not purchasing the service. From that perspective, I was impressed.
The other one I attempted to use was Adobe eSignatures (after I wrote this) but the path to get into the system was so convulated, I gave up. I myself will be returning to this list to try the services. As always, caveat emptor, do due diligence before committing.
Thanks Lynette, I appreciate your response and I completely agree about doing your due diligence before committing to any eSignature provider.
Of all the companies you included, we each offer something different and its always best compare your business needs with each company’s product offering.
Thanks again!
@Scott Thank you for stopping by again. By the way, do watch out for an email from my assistant.