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Contracts, terms and your signature

The terms the client accepts and your signature on documents.

Guide 6 of 7 in Estimates 3 min read 3 parts

What it is

A contract protects you and the client: scope, payment, changes and warranty, accepted with the client's signature.

1 Your contracts

Save the contracts and terms you use, then choose which one goes on new estimates and invoices.

  1. Open Settings → Contracts and click New contract.
  2. Write it (or paste your own) and save.
  3. Under Default contract, choose the one for new estimates and the one for new invoices.
  4. No contract? Write simple Default terms instead — they're used only when no default contract is chosen.

Tags fill in by themselves (client name, total, dates). The list of tags is beside the contract when you edit it.

2 On a document

  1. On the estimate, scroll to Contract to change it for this client only (Edit contract).
  2. The client accepts it when they sign and approve.

3 Your signature

  1. Open Settings → My signature.
  2. Type your name and pick a style, draw it, or upload a photo of it, then Save signature.
  3. On an estimate or invoice, turn on Show My Signature.

The next estimates remember if you showed your signature.

Common questions

Is the client's signature legally valid?

The signed document keeps the name, signature, date and time. For legal questions about your contract text, ask a lawyer in your state.

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