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We live in the age of freelancing and side gigs, which means lots of contracts and agreements that need to be legally solid. Used to be you’d hire a lawyer to create documents that would pass legal muster — or at least a pen and paper for an official John Hancock. But this is the future, and we don’t need analog documents or lawyers for handling binding agreements.
These paperless possibilities are epitomized by Eversign. If you’re a digital professional, you might have encountered the company before. Maybe it was while registering to get paid, or signing up a new vendor.
Eversign’s platform for creating, signing and filing official documents almost feels strange at first. Surely there’s a catch to signing a document on a mobile device or over the internet?
Create legal documents with Eversign
Turns out it really is that simple. Use Eversign, and whether you draw your signature, type it or upload a scan of your actual handwriting, just clicking “accept & sign” yields a bona fide, legally binding agreement.
If you’re running a business, this is an incredibly useful platform for internal or client-facing documents. Eversign is designed to integrate with any applications or services that you or your business use. It’s also secure — everything is guarded with 256-bit SSL encryption.
Whether it’s financial, legal, sales, HR or any other department with an established paperflow, Eversign offers a set of templates you can draw from. Or you can create your own: Just upload an existing document (PDF, Word doc, etc.) and prepare it using a feature-rich but straightforward document editor.
You can create anything from NDAs and vendor or employment contracts to engagement letters or power of attorney agreements. Everything can be synced to the cloud and integrated with existing applications thanks to a comprehensive REST API.
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Eversign can help businesses large and small
If you’re a freelancer, a small business, even (maybe especially) a large enterprise, taking paper out of the agreements process can be a huge time-saver. In addition to reducing the amount of paperwork to be done, a platform like Eversign can dramatically accelerate sales, proposal approvals and the all-important closing of deals.
It’s good for the bottom line and for the environment. That’s why we recommend taking a look at Eversign to see if it can help you or your business save time, energy and paper.
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5 responses to “You don’t need a lawyer to create legally binding documents”
This is amazing!! So I can basically create a contract for my specific business deal, without a lawyer, that is enforceable in all fifty states?? Wow, why would anyone every hire a lawyer? Why would anyone spend all that money going to law school? Maybe because contracts can be very hard to draft correctly, carefully and specifically for my special transaction. Maybe because for most business deals, one size does not fit all. Maybe because a lawyer can meet with me, answer my questions and create a document that is specially prepared to meet the particulars of my specific deal. You get what you pay for here. If you don’t hire a lawyer on the front end of a business deal, you could very well end up paying a lot more money to a lawyer to get you out of a bad deal. Remember, if practicing law, preparing and negotiating contracts was easy, everyone would be doing it.
What Byron said. This is pretty much the stupidest article/ad I’ve seen on your site. Stick to tech.
Between this and the buyback program IDK which is worse TBH
the photo is backwards ..
Ho! Good eye.