Quick Summary
To eSign contracts online: (1) Upload your contracts PDF to BoloSign, (2) drag signature and date fields where each party needs to sign, (3) enter recipient email addresses and click Send. Recipients sign on any device in under 2 minutes — no app download required. Every signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act with a tamper-proof audit trail. Try BoloSign free for 7 days.
How to eSign Contracts in 3 Steps
Signing contracts electronically with BoloSign takes less than 5 minutes. Here is exactly how to do it:
Upload your contracts
30 secondsLog into BoloSign and click 'New Document.' Drag and drop your contracts PDF — or select it from your files. You can also choose from your saved templates if you have already created one for this document type. The document loads instantly in BoloSign's editor.
Tip: Save this as a reusable template so you never upload contracts from scratch again.
Place signature and date fields
1-2 minutesDrag signature fields, date fields, initial fields, and any custom form fields (text, checkbox, dropdown) onto the document where each party needs to sign. Assign each field to the correct recipient role. For contracts with multiple signers, set the signing order so each person signs in the right sequence.
Tip: Use the 'Signing Order' feature if your document requires signers to go in a specific sequence.
Enter recipients and send
30 secondsType each signer's name and email address (or phone number for SMS delivery). Add an optional personal message. Click 'Send.' Each recipient receives a secure link to review and sign the contracts on any device — phone, tablet, or desktop — in under 2 minutes. No account creation or app download required.
Tip: Use SMS delivery for faster response — 98% open rate vs 20% for email.
After signing
Once all parties sign, BoloSign emails a completed copy to everyone along with a Certificate of Completion showing who signed, when, and from which IP address. The signed contracts is stored securely in your BoloSign account and can also auto-save to Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive.
What Paperwork Problems Are Slowing Down Publishing & Media Teams Right Now?
Publishing & Media organizations waste hours every week chasing signatures, managing document versions, and dealing with compliance gaps caused by paper-based or outdated digital workflows. These are the most common bottlenecks.
Service agreements sit unsigned for days while deadlines approach
speedWhen service agreements are sent via email as PDF attachments, recipients need to download, print, sign, scan, and email back. Most people do not complete this workflow on the same day — if they complete it at all. Meanwhile, deadlines approach and the publishing & media team spends time sending follow-up emails instead of doing productive work.
No centralized system to track which contracts are signed
visibilityWithout a tracking dashboard, publishing & media teams piece together document status from email threads and file folders. The question 'Has this been signed?' should take 2 seconds to answer from a dashboard — not 10 minutes of searching through email chains and shared drives.
Compliance documentation has gaps that auditors find
complianceESIGN Act compliance requires signed acknowledgments, training records, and documented policies. When these are scattered across filing cabinets and email, auditors find gaps. Every gap is a potential finding, fine, or corrective action — and the cost of remediation always exceeds the cost of getting it right the first time.
Per-user e-signature costs scale with your team and do not make sense
costDocuSign charges $25-50 per user per month. A 10-person publishing & media team pays $250-500/month for the privilege of sending documents electronically — and hits envelope limits during busy periods. For growing teams, this cost model is unsustainable. Flat-rate unlimited pricing makes more financial sense.
Remote and mobile team members cannot sign paper documents
accessPublishing & Media teams increasingly work remotely, travel to client sites, or operate from multiple locations. Paper-based signing requires physical presence. When team members or clients are mobile, the only practical solution is electronic signing that works on any phone, tablet, or laptop from any location.
How Does BoloSign Help Publishing & Media Teams Work Faster?
BoloSign helps publishing & media teams eliminate paperwork bottlenecks by replacing manual document signing with instant electronic signatures. Teams create reusable templates for their most common publishing & media documents, send them for signing via email or SMS, and track completion in real time through Google Sheets integration — all from one platform starting at $49/month.
Create reusable templates for every publishing & media document type
Build your publishing & media template library once and reuse forever. Upload your service agreements, place signature and date fields, save as template, and send to any recipient in 10 seconds. BoloSign supports unlimited templates on the Team plan ($49/mo) — create templates for service agreements, contracts, ndas and every other document your team uses regularly.
Send service agreements for instant mobile signing
Upload your service agreements PDF, place signature fields, and send via email or SMS. Recipients sign on their phone in under 2 minutes — no app download, no printing, no scanning. BoloSign's mobile-responsive signing works on every iPhone, Android, tablet, and desktop.
Distribute contracts to hundreds of recipients via Bulk Send
Upload a CSV with recipient names and emails, and BoloSign sends personalized contracts to every person in one batch. Each recipient gets their own copy with their specific details pre-filled. Send to 10, 100, or 500 people simultaneously.
Route publishing & media documents through the correct approval sequence
Set up signing order so each publishing & media document goes through the right approval chain. Signer 1 receives the document first, signs, and it automatically advances to Signer 2, then Signer 3. No one signs out of order, and you see real-time status for every signer.
Track every publishing & media document in Google Sheets automatically
Connect BoloSign to Google Sheets so every document event — sent, viewed, signed, declined — creates a new row automatically. Build a free real-time dashboard showing all active publishing & media documents and their status. No CRM subscription needed.
Ready to eSign Contracts online?
Upload, sign, and send in under 5 minutes. No credit card required.
Is BoloSign Secure and Compliant for Publishing & Media?
Yes. BoloSign is ISO 27001:2022 certified, SOC 2 Type II compliant, and meets ESIGN Act, UETA, GDPR, and eIDAS requirements. Every signed document includes a tamper-proof audit trail with signer identity, timestamps, and IP addresses. ESIGN Act compliance features are available to meet publishing & media regulatory needs.
ISO 27001:2022 certified security infrastructure
BoloSign holds ISO 27001:2022 certification — the international gold standard for information security. This means your publishing & media documents, client data, and signatures are protected by independently audited enterprise-grade security controls. Not a self-attestation — a real certification.
SOC 2 Type II compliance verified by independent auditors
An independent auditor has verified that BoloSign consistently protects publishing & media data across five trust principles: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. SOC 2 Type II is the highest standard for SaaS data protection.
Tamper-proof audit trail on every signed document
Every publishing & media document signed through BoloSign generates a Certificate of Completion showing: who signed, when they signed (timestamp), their IP address, their email address, and the exact document version. This is admissible as evidence in legal proceedings.
ESIGN Act and UETA compliance for legal enforceability
BoloSign meets all requirements for legally enforceable electronic signatures under US federal (ESIGN Act) and state (UETA) laws: intent to sign, consent to electronic business, association of signature with record, and record retention. Your publishing & media agreements are as legally binding as ink signatures.
ESIGN Act compliance documentation
BoloSign supports ESIGN Act requirements for publishing & media organizations. Maintain signed compliance records, generate audit-ready documentation, and ensure your publishing & media document workflows meet regulatory standards.
Pro Tips
Expert advice for Publishing & Media
Create a template bundle for your 5 most-used publishing & media documents so your team sends complete packages in one click — this alone saves 30+ minutes per transaction and eliminates the risk of missing a required form.
Use SMS delivery for time-sensitive publishing & media documents — SMS has a 98% open rate vs. 20% for email, which means you'll get signatures back in minutes instead of hours when deadlines matter.
Connect BoloSign to Google Sheets to build a free real-time publishing & media document tracker — you'll see every document's status without paying for CRM software and your entire team can access it.
Enable automatic reminders at 24 and 48 hours for all unsigned publishing & media documents — this single setting recovers 30-40% of stalled signatures without any manual follow-up from your team.
Embed signing forms on your website so publishing & media prospects can submit and sign documents without leaving your site — capturing signed commitments at the point of highest interest instead of emailing forms back and forth.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about e-signing contracts
What Our Customers Say
“We switched from DocuSign to BoloSign because we were paying $400/month for a 10-person team and hitting envelope limits constantly. BoloSign gives us unlimited service agreements and contracts for $49/month flat. The templates save us 30+ minutes per day — we set them up once with all the right fields and now anyone on the team can send a perfectly formatted service agreements in under 10 seconds. The Google Sheets integration was the surprise winner — we built a live document tracker without writing a single line of code.”
Jessica P.
Principal, Publishing & Media, Boston, MA
“What sold me on BoloSign was the Bulk Send feature. During our busy season, we need to send contracts to 50-100 people at once. On our old platform, that meant 100 individual sends with manual data entry each time. Now I upload a CSV and everything goes out in one click — personalized for each recipient. The audit trail has also been critical for our esign act compliance documentation. Auditors love the timestamped records.”
Andrew A.
Practice Owner, Publishing & Media, Philadelphia, PA
“The mobile signing experience is what our clients comment on most. They receive an SMS, tap the link, sign in under 90 seconds, and they are done. No app download, no account creation, no friction. Before BoloSign, getting signatures back on service agreements took an average of 3 days. Now it is under 4 hours. For $49/month with unlimited everything, it is not even a close comparison to what we were paying before. I wish we had switched sooner.”
James H.
Practice Administrator, Publishing & Media, Charlotte, NC
Why Publishing & Media Teams Switch from DocuSign to BoloSign
A 10-person publishing & media team pays $400+/month on DocuSign with per-user and per-envelope fees. BoloSign costs $49/month flat for the same team — unlimited users, unlimited documents, unlimited templates.
| Feature | BoloSign | Competitor |
|---|---|---|
| Unlimited service agreements templates | Included | Limited envelopes |
| Bulk Send for contracts (CSV upload) | Included | $60+/mo add-on |
| Google Sheets live document tracking | Included (free) | Not available |
| SMS signing delivery (98% open rate) | Available (SMS credits) | Extra cost add-on |
| Signing order for publishing & media approval workflows | Included | Business Pro required |
Conclusion
That is it — three steps to eSign contracts online. Try BoloSign free for 7 days. No credit card required.