About E-Signatures (Electronic Signatures)

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Thousands of leading corporations use electronic signatures to get contracts signed faster and close more business. While agreements have been “inked” electronically as far back as the dawn of the telegraph, the modern era was ushered in when Bill Clinton signed the Federal E-SIGN Act into law on October 1, 2000. The E-SIGN Act makes online electronic signatures in a commercial transaction equivalent to a written signature. Similar laws have been passed in every state, as well as in the European Union.

You’ve Already Used an Electronic Signature

Shortly after the E-SIGN Act was signed in 2000, e-signatures became predominant in a number of industries. If you’ve signed up for a brokerage account with Schwab, Vanguard, eTrade, or anyone else, you’ve likely used a digital signature. Over 50% of tax filers now sign with an electronic signature. And almost 50% of the insurance industry uses e-signatures.

Electronic signatures are everywhere now, and as Gartner noted in 2007, “the legal precedent for e-signatures is a non-issue.” But until recently, adopting e-signatures in your own business was simply too complicated.

EchoSign: The Leader in Web 2.0 Signatures

EchoSign has become the leader of the second generation of electronic signature solutions — “on demand” or 100% web-based, fully digital signature solutions that don’t require scanning software, electronic signature pads or digital certificates. With EchoSign, there’s nothing to learn or install. No IT department is required. Simply click “Send”. Fill out a basic webmail form with who needs to esign with an electronic signature. Attach the agreement (from your hard disk, network drive or even Google docs). If you need to, you can quickly position initial fields, signature fields or input text fields on the document. Then hit “Send”. And that’s it!

We do the rest. We’ll track down the e-signatures automatically. Even get a fax signature instead where you want a traditional signature. We can send automated reminders until they sign. We automatically convert your agreement to PDF and store signed copies of all your contracts at www.echosign.com or in Salesforce.com. And, in compliance with the eSign Act, we provide consumer disclosure for all electronic signatures so your customers are notified they are giving consent to transact business using electronic communications.

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