Contracts and e-signing
Making a contract on the dashboard, and what your client does to sign one, including the six-digit code that makes signing different from accepting.
3 min read · Video 1:13 · Updated 2026-10-10
Contracts are the one document you make on the dashboard rather than in chat. Signing needs a screen, and so does writing the thing being signed.
Free gets 3 contracts for life, not per month, and a revised version of a contract you already made does not count as another. Contracts made during your Pro trial count toward the 3. Pro is unlimited.
There are four templates. You pick one when you start.
- Project Contract. A fixed scope with milestones, a total fee, an upfront deposit then the balance, included revision rounds and an hourly rate for out-of-scope work.
- Freelance Service Agreement. One job, one fee, one delivery date. An optional advance (or none), revisions included, extra work quoted first and final files released on payment. Use it for a single job. The Project Contract is for work that runs in phases.
- Retainer Agreement. A monthly fee, invoiced in advance each month and counted from the start date you pick. You set a minimum term and a notice period, and there is an hourly rate for work beyond the monthly scope.
- Mutual NDA. Mutual confidentiality for pitches, briefs and early conversations, before any work is agreed. No fee, nothing to invoice and no non-compete.
Making one
Start from scratch, or from a quote your client already accepted. A contract that starts from a quote is always a Project Contract. It carries the client and the work across, so it is mostly already filled in.
The wizard walks the parts, and the steps depend on the template. Every wizard starts with who the contract is between and ends with a review. A Mutual NDA has no pricing step, because there is no fee.
Each template starts with a few terms already filled in, and you can change any of them:
- Project Contract: 20 days to pay, a 2% monthly late fee and 2 revision rounds.
- Freelance Service Agreement: a 7-day grace period before the late fee starts, a 2% monthly late fee and 2 revision rounds.
- Retainer Agreement: a 7-day grace period before the late fee starts, a 2% monthly late fee, a 3-month minimum term and 30 days' notice.
- Mutual NDA: kept confidential for 2 years after the discussions end.
The state whose law governs the contract is left for you to fill.
The last step is Sign & send, which is you signing your half and sending it to your client. You pick how it reaches them: by email on every plan, or on WhatsApp on Pro.
What your client does
They get a link. No account.
- They read it, and tick to say they have.
- Sign contract opens a panel with two options: type their name, or draw it with a mouse or a finger.
- Typing offers a few handwriting faces to pick from.
- Then Verify it's you. Riffit sends a six-digit code to the number or email the contract went to, and they enter it.
- Signed.
The code is the difference between this and a quote. Accepting a quote asks once and takes the tap. Signing a contract asks who you are first.
What happens to the record
Every signature produces a record, and revising a signed contract does not erase it. That is its own article: The contract record.
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