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Agreements - how do you deal with them?

by mgkimsal
2 replies
Hello all:

When putting together agreements/contracts with people, how do you deal with them? Handshakes? Emails? Faxes? Do you use a standard agreement, or custom write something each time? Do you always insist on using your own, or if the other party has one do you use that?

I'm considering putting together an 'agreement escrow' type web service, to allow parties to submit and 'sign' agreements. Basically it would timestamp each party's acceptance of the document, and give each party a timestamped document back for their records, and keep the original on file.

There are some services that allow for this - echosign is the primary one I'm aware of - but it's rather pricey, and isn't really geared towards the needs of small business users.

Input?
#agreements #deal
  • Profile picture of the author Phil Ayres
    I think it's a good idea. Dealing online with people in business relationships is just sometimes not that easy. As long as you can abate concerns about the enforceability of the agreement, I think you can make a go of it.
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  • Profile picture of the author BlogDesign
    I think it depends on who and what you are working with. If it is for small amounts, it would probably not be worth the time to create the agreement, but if it is for larger amounts then I would definitely take the time to customize the agreement.
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