I use a program called DocuSign.  DocuSign is a great program!  DocuSign recently allowed me to service both a seller who lived over an hour from me and a buyer who was serving our great country in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  Yes, I said CUBA!  She was able to sign the contract and put an offer in on a property which we closed on earlier this month.  This would not have been an easy transaction without DocuSign.

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• The Legalities of an Electronic Signature
• FHA and Lender Acceptance
• Introduction to Electronic Signatures and other videos
• DocuSign Demo
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With DocuSign’s commitment to continual innovation, some of the many features we’ve added since JT published his blog post include:

Templates, so our customers can save even more time
“Husband and Wife” Signing, so two individuals who share an email address can both sign without having to set up another email address
• White-label, or Brandable Experiences, so your company’s logo, personalized messages and colors will be displayed for your senders and signers
Import of Handwritten Signature so you can upload your “wet” signature and adopt it as your electronic signature

What hasn’t changed in this year is that DocuSign electronic signature provides its users with significant time savings and convenience. What are you waiting for?

When I try to ‘sign,’ either the pad is slippery, or the surface so scratched, I cannot get anything to look remotely like my signature.  That does not appear to matter! 

Apparently, that scratched up signing device isn’t connected to anything that remotely protects my identity. Nothing is ‘validating’ my signature at all – this e-signature process is a total waste of time.

Digital Signature from Tom Gonser

The digital signatures above are actual signatures I provided when checking out!  NEITHER of these looks like my signature and they don’t even look like each other!  How exactly does this prevent signature theft and fraud?

Here at DocuSign, we take signatures more seriously. Our electronic signature process involves creating a customized signature, and adopting it for use online.  Then when you want to sign using YOUR signature, the sender can elect to require several different levels of authentication, thus connecting your electronic signature to YOU. The right authentication level depends on the document and risk.