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A helpful tip for e-signing with Digital Ink

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Real Estate Agent with Century 21 iProperties Hawaii RS-54129

Have you ever had an issue with computer-challenged clients?  I've had my share.  Signing documents from afar is a common obstacle.  Sometimes people print and sign, then fax documents to us.  That technology is almost obsolete and a lot of people have abandoned fax machines.

A recurring problem issue came up the other day.  Two buyers e-signing a document.  The husband's only device for checking e-mail was his i-Pad.  For some reason, the Digital Ink notifications weren't getting to him.  How to fix this?  Do we need two e-mail addresses for two persons to e-sign?

In the past I called the Honolulu Board of Realtors for help with Zipform/Digital Ink problems.  They refer me to the Zipform website. The knowledge base didn't answer my questions and attempts to communicate with a real person were unsuccessful.

To solve the immediate problem I tried inputting the wife's e-mail address for both signers.  One time for the wife and another time for the husband.  Surprise, it worked!  Digital Ink e-mailed the wife at her e-mail address, she e-signed, then the second message went to the husband (using the wife's e-mail address) and he e-signed.

For those of us who have assumed in the past that two e-signers need two e-mail addresses, with Digital Ink that assumption is wrong.   Now we know!

Aloha, Mike

Michael Bates (Realtor Associate)
Shirokiya Residential Estates
1585 Kapiolani Blvd #1533
Honolulu, HI 96814

Oahu MLS

RVA HomePRO Michael Hottman
RVA HomePRO Realtor with Keller Williams serving Hanover, Henrico, Chesterfiled and Richmond, Virginia - Glen Allen, VA
Helping you achieve goals in life & real estate

Hawaii homes - Mike, some esignature programs like dotloop do require different email for each signatory. Instanet/Transaction Desk/Authentisign does not. One way to get around this is if your clients have gmail addresses is you can add a + and then any other text. 

For example: my email address is Michael.Hottman@gmail.com

You can modify my email address to be Michael.Hottman+DoNotSpamMe@gmail.com and the message will come throughm just fine. 

The dotloop sees this as a separate email address (however Authentisign  sees it as an invalid email address).

Dec 24, 2014 10:03 AM
Winston Heverly
Coldwell Banker Access Realty - South Macon, GA
GRI, ABR, SFR, CDPE, CIAS, PA

Michael,  a nice read by which your blogs have been an asset to all of us active Rainers.

Dec 24, 2014 01:34 PM
Michael Dagner
Brokers Guild Classic - Denver, CO
Your Denver Homes Realty Expert

This came up awhile back for us too, and same solutions.  All this technology takes getting used to, and then seems so simple.  

Dec 25, 2014 05:20 AM