Business activities that take place online eliminate the need to print out paper, lower business costs, increase the speed of business, and are good for the environment. For businesses that are looking to increase profits, reduce costs and help the environment, shifting paper-based processes online is a great place to start. Using electronic signature technology, also known as eSignatures, eliminates the need for wet-ink signatures. Instead of printing out documents and forms for the sole purpose of obtaining signatures, all parties can simply e-sign documents online through a Web browser.

Using a web-based eSignature solution makes it easy and affordable for businesses to immediately reduce their environmental impact since there is no costly software to purchase and install. The service replicates the physical signing model with virtual yellow "sign-here" tabs and electronic representations of actual signatures. This process dramatically increases the security of the documents compared to paper-based documents by offering a full audit trail and technology such as hashing algorithms that ensure a signed document cannot be altered in any way.