We use https://esignatures.io/ https://esignatures.io/ for a flat rate of $0.69 per sent contract. Much easier than DocuSign (or HelloSign, which we were previ

We use https://esignatures.io/ https://esignatures.io/ for a flat rate of $0.69 per sent contract. Much easier than DocuSign (or HelloSign, which we were previously using). One feature to note is that with HelloSign, access to the API is prohibitively expensive. I don't know why people think they need embedded PDF documents (rather than HTML) and hand-drawn signatures (rather than an auto-generated signature in a handwriting font) to make their agreements more legal. EGreg's comment about the ESIGN Act sounds relatively simple, certainly less complex than the scope of problems that HNers would deal with every day. Is this a symptom of "ooh, this looks legal. I better back away from it and/or surround it in increasing layers of disclaimers and waivers and/or adbdicate all responsibility to outsourced parties"? It's also incredible how much understanding of the law, and how much fear of non-compliance can be assuaged, if you just RTFM. Legislation is available for free online and textbooks are relatively common.