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Web design, copywriting, software development, photography, consulting, video production — professional freelance contract templates with payment terms, deliverables, kill fees, and IP ownership.
Templates for every freelance discipline — web, design, writing, tech, creative, consulting.
Create a client, fill in the project details, and send a professional signed contract in under a minute. Clients sign on mobile — you start work with protection in place.
From client creation to signed contract in under 60 seconds — mobile-optimised for clients.
Freelancers lose thousands each year to scope creep, late payment, and non-payment. A signed contract with clear payment terms, late fees, and kill fees is your best payment protection.
Signed contracts with payment terms, kill fees, and late payment provisions protect freelancers.
From simple agreements to complex multi-party workflows.
No training required. Send your first document today.
Select from web, design, writing, tech, or consulting contract templates.
Add deliverables, payment milestones, and project-specific terms.
One-click dispatch — client signs on any device in minutes.
Both parties receive the signed contract — you're protected before you start.
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Everything you need to know.
Yes. Under the ESIGN Act and UETA, a freelance contract signed with an e-signature has the same legal force as a wet-ink signature, provided both parties intend to sign and the process creates a reliable audit record.
A comprehensive freelance contract should include scope of work, deliverables, revision limits, payment amount and schedule, kill fee, intellectual property ownership (work-for-hire or licence), confidentiality provisions, governing law, and dispute resolution.
Yes. Include a deposit requirement in your payment terms — requiring a signed contract and deposit payment before work commences. Zignature can integrate with Stripe to gate work start behind both signature and deposit.
Use Zignature's change order template — when the client requests out-of-scope work, send a change order with the additional deliverable and revised fee for e-signature. This creates a signed record of scope changes.
Yes. Zignature's signing experience is fully mobile-optimised. Clients receive an email link and can review and sign from their phone — the most common way clients sign in our experience.
A client unwilling to sign a contract before work starts is a red flag. Zignature's tracking shows exactly when the client viewed the contract — useful if you need to follow up or reconsider the engagement.