Signing inside the tool, with an audit trail

What it will be

You will send for signature from the document you just drew up. Each party will get their own link, review the document, consent and sign, and you will see the status move without chasing anyone.

When everyone has signed, the document will seal: the draft watermark drops, a completion certificate listing every step is added to the PDF, and the executed file can no longer be edited.

The audit trail is the point of building it: who opened it, when they consented, when they signed, and a fingerprint of the exact document they agreed to.

Why we are building it

Of the three real executed letters of intent we studied, two had been signed through a paid external e-signature service. Agents are already paying for this and already doing it. The work is simply happening outside the tool that holds the document.

We looked at the independent agent tools we could find in Singapore and none of them signs the document it generates. The paperwork itself is becoming a commodity; the record of what was agreed is not.

Once signing happens here, the document store stops being a folder and becomes the record of your deals.

Who it helps

The use case

How it will work

1. 01

   Finalise the document

   Signing only opens on a document that has passed its completeness check.

2. 02

   Add the parties

   Name and email for each signer, in their role on the document.

3. 03

   Send

   Each party gets a single-use link. Share it yourself or let us email it.

4. 04

   They read, consent and sign

   The full document first, then an explicit agreement to sign electronically, then the signature.

5. 05

   It seals

   The watermark drops, a completion certificate is appended, and the executed file becomes read-only. A change from then on means voiding and reissuing.

What has to be true first

• This is the one we will not rush. It does not launch before an external legal review of the signing wording and a security review of the signing links.
• We will describe it accurately: electronically signed tenancy documents are enforceable in Singapore under ordinary contract law, and Singapore courts have upheld them since 2005, but they do not carry the statutory presumptions the Electronic Transactions Act reserves for other documents. Anyone claiming otherwise is overselling.
• It will not cover documents that need a deed or a conveyance, such as a sale option or a transfer. Those belong in the government conveyancing system, not here.
• Signing with Singpass is the upgrade we want after this, not part of the first version.

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