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Sign proposals online, free. The client signs to accept.

Sign proposals online with no per-document fees. Send a proposal with an accept-and-sign block, let the client sign to accept from any device, and win the deal at the exact moment of yes - no separate contract step, sealed with a certificate every time.

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SIGN TO ACCEPT

The yes and the signature happen in the same place.

A proposal is the offer and, with an accept-and-sign block at the bottom, the agreement too. The client reads the scope and the total, signs to accept on the same page, and you win the deal at the moment of yes - no separate contract to send.

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SEND A PROPOSAL LINK

Share the proposal as a link the client opens and signs

Turn your proposal into a link you can drop straight into the deal email, a chat, or your follow-up. The client opens it on any device, reads the offer, and signs to accept at the bottom of the same page. There is no separate contract to chase and no portal to log into, so the moment they decide yes is the moment the deal is signed.

  • One link the client opens and signs from any device
  • No account and nothing to install for the signer
  • The accept-and-sign block sits inside the proposal itself
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YOUR BRAND ON THE PROPOSAL

Put your logo and colors on the proposal the client signs

The proposal a client accepts should look like it came from you, not a generic signing tool. Add your logo and brand colors so the document and the signing screen carry your identity from the first line to the signature. A proposal that looks polished and on-brand is the one a client feels confident putting their name to, which is exactly where the deal is won.

  • Your logo and brand colors on the proposal and signing screen
  • A consistent, professional look from offer to signature
  • Branding the client sees at the moment they accept
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ACCEPTED & SEALED

Every accepted proposal comes back sealed with a certificate

The instant the client signs to accept, the proposal is sealed with a SHA-256 hash and an embedded PAdES-B signature, and the certificate of completion is ready. Change a single character after acceptance and the seal no longer matches, so any compliant reader flags the file as altered. That sealed copy is your record that the client accepted this offer, at this price, on this date.

  • Tamper-evident PAdES-B seal on the accepted proposal
  • Certificate of completion the instant the client signs
  • A sealed record of who accepted, at what price, and when
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USE CASES

Proposals teams send for signature every day.

A proposal a client signs to accept can stand as a binding agreement under the ESIGN Act and your state’s UETA, carrying the same legal weight as wet ink with a full audit trail. From a one-page quote to a multi-line project proposal, the same accept-and-sign block, on-brand signing, and sealed certificate apply.

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Sales proposals

Close a sales proposal the moment the prospect says yes.

Quotes & estimates

Turn a quote into a signed acceptance from one link.

Agency & creative pitches

Win the pitch and capture sign-off in the same flow.

Project & consulting proposals

Send a consulting proposal and branch a SOW on acceptance.

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Send a renewal or upsell proposal pre-filled from the last one.

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Onboarding hand-off

Redirect the signed customer straight to your onboarding flow on completion.

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Capture far more than a signature, with validation enforced before a document can complete.

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Prepare a document once, reuse it forever, and send to hundreds from a single CSV.

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LEGAL VALIDITY

Is a signed proposal legally binding?

In most cases, yes. A proposal the client signs to accept can form a binding contract on its own when it carries the three things a contract needs: a clear offer (your scope and price), acceptance (their signature), and consideration (payment for the work). Sign that, and the proposal is the agreement.

Electronically, that acceptance holds under the federal ESIGN Act of 2000 and state UETA laws in the US, and under the EU’s eIDAS regulation outside it, where Document eSign meets the Simple (SES) and Advanced (AdES) electronic signature standards.

When an accepted proposal is questioned, the audit trail is what settles it. Document eSign records the signer’s email and IP address with a timestamp for every action - sent, opened, consented, and signed - then binds the accepted proposal with a PAdES-B seal. That seal is a cryptographic fingerprint of the file at the instant of acceptance: change a single character afterward and the seal no longer matches, so any compliant reader flags the proposal as altered.

If a deal needs terms beyond what the proposal states, you can branch a fuller contract or statement of work on acceptance. Document eSign does not provide remote online notarization, so for the narrow set of documents a statute requires to be notarized or wet-signed, confirm the rule for that specific document and jurisdiction.

What makes an accepted proposal hold up

  • Intent to sign - the client deliberately applies their signature to accept, logged as an action
  • Consent to sign electronically - agreed before signing and recorded on the certificate
  • Attribution - the signature is tied to the signer, their email, and their IP
  • A retained record - a tamper-evident copy and audit trail you can reproduce

Send your first proposal for signature today.

Send a proposal with an accept-and-sign block, let the client sign to accept from any device, and win the deal at yes - sealed with a certificate every time.

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FAQ

Signing proposals online, answered.

Is a signed proposal legally binding, and does it form a contract?

Yes, in most cases. A proposal that the client signs to accept can form a binding contract on its own when it shows the three things a contract needs: a clear offer (your scope and price), the other side's acceptance (their signature), and consideration (the payment in exchange for the work). When all three are present in the proposal itself, the accept-and-sign at the bottom is what turns your offer into an agreement, so you do not need a separate contract step. Electronically, that acceptance is enforceable in the United States under the ESIGN Act of 2000 and state UETA laws, and in the EU under eIDAS. Document eSign seals each accepted proposal with a SHA-256 hash and a PAdES-B signature and returns a certificate of completion, so you hold provable evidence of who accepted, at what price, and when.

What does sign to accept mean for a proposal?

Sign to accept means the proposal carries its own acceptance block, so the client says yes and signs in the same place rather than reading the proposal and then waiting for a separate contract to arrive. You send one document that lays out the scope, the line items, and the total, and at the bottom of that document sits an accept-and-sign panel. When the client signs there, they are accepting the offer as written, and the deal is done at the exact moment of yes. This removes the gap where a warm yes goes cold while a contract is drafted, reviewed, and re-sent. For most proposals it is the fastest honest way to close: the offer and the agreement are the same file, and the signature is the acceptance.

How do clients sign a proposal without an account?

Share a link to the proposal and the client opens it directly in their browser on any phone, tablet, or laptop, with nothing to install and no account to create. They read the offer, agree to the electronic-signing consent, and sign to accept by typing or drawing, producing the same legally binding signature and the same audit trail they would get from any other method. This is what keeps proposals closing quickly: a decision-maker who is travelling or between meetings can accept in a couple of minutes from any device. The only person who needs a Document eSign account is you, the sender who builds the proposal and sends the link. Each person who signs gets their own sealed copy and certificate back.

Can I put my logo and brand on the proposal the client signs?

Yes. Add your logo and brand colors so the proposal and the signing screen both carry your identity, from the offer at the top to the signature block at the bottom. A proposal that looks like it came from you, rather than from a generic signing tool, is the one a client feels confident putting their name to, and that confidence matters most at the moment of acceptance. The branding shows on the document the client reads, the screen where they sign, and the completed copy they receive, so the whole accept-and-sign experience stays consistent with the rest of your sales material. Nothing about the signing flow looks borrowed, which keeps the close feeling like a natural last step of your pitch.

Can I sign a proposal on my phone?

Yes. Signing runs entirely in the mobile browser, so the client can read and accept a proposal from a phone or tablet with nothing to install and no app to download. They tap the link, review the scope and total, agree to the consent wording, and sign to accept by typing or drawing, producing the same legally binding signature and audit trail they would get on a laptop. As the sender, you can also build, send, and track proposals from your phone, so an offer agreed in a meeting can go out for signature before everyone leaves the room. The accepted, sealed proposal lands back in your workspace the instant the client signs, viewable from the same device.

Can I move from an accepted proposal straight to the next step?

Yes. The moment a client signs to accept, you can redirect them to whatever comes next - an onboarding page, a welcome flow, a payment link, or a kickoff form - so the close hands straight into the start of the work with no waiting on a follow-up email. Because the accepted proposal can already function as the contract when it carries offer, acceptance, and consideration, you often do not need a separate agreement before getting started. If a deal does call for a fuller contract or a statement of work, you can branch one from a template on acceptance and keep the same client moving. Either way, the signature is not a dead end: it is the trigger for the next step.

How do I prove who accepted the proposal and when?

Every proposal carries an append-only audit trail and a certificate of completion that records each event in order - sent, viewed, accepted, and signed - along with the signer's email, IP address, approximate location, device, and authentication method, all timestamped. The accepted PDF is sealed with a SHA-256 hash and an embedded PAdES-B signature, so if a single character is changed after acceptance, the seal no longer matches and any compliant reader flags the file as altered. That package, the trail plus the cryptographic seal, is what proves the client accepted this offer, at this price, on this date, and that the proposal has not been touched since. You can export the completed PDF and its certificate at any time, and nothing is auto-deleted, so an accepted proposal stays accessible with its proof intact.

Can I send the same proposal to many prospects at once?

Yes. Use one public link for self-serve acceptance, where each person who opens it signs their own copy, or bulk send personalized proposals from a CSV so every prospect gets their own document to accept rather than a shared file. Each submission becomes its own sealed copy with its own audit trail and certificate of completion, so a list of prospects all signing the same offer still produces a clean, separate record per deal. The public link is best when you want people to accept as they arrive, and bulk send is best when you already have the list and want every proposal out the door in one job. Either way, the accept-and-sign block travels with each copy, so every yes is captured the same way.

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