Create my accountUnsigned quote
You started the job, nothing is signed.And now the client is backing out.
In law, your agreement exists the moment the client said yes, signature or not. The problem isn't the contract, it's being able to show it. Here's what makes the difference the day they dispute it.
What you're going through
"We're agreed, I'll do it for you," and off you go.
A yes over the phone, maybe a deposit, and you start. No signed quote. Then the client changes their mind: they dispute the price, swear they never approved that item, find a fault so they don't have to pay. Every point you make runs into the same wall: nothing is in writing.
The bad-faith client exists, and when one lands on you, it's not your doing. Many give up or slash the price to "settle," ready to write off what they're owed. The work was done. But with no record, it's your word against theirs, and theirs is enough to block everything.
The agreement existed. What was missing was a record kept as you went.
A service contract doesn't need a handwritten signature to exist: the agreement of both parties is enough to form it. What decides the outcome isn't the contract, it's the proof. And proof isn't built at the moment of the dispute: it's what you kept along the way, the accepted quote, the go-ahead by text or email, the deposit, the dated exchanges.
This is where an unsigned quote stops being a detail. The law confirms it in its own way: above €1,500, an agreement must in principle be provable in writing. A spoken "yes" over several thousand euros therefore counts for nothing against a client who denies it. The unsigned quote isn't a harmless oversight, it's the root cause of the unpaid invoice and the dispute that follow.
An agreement recorded from the first yes, not rebuilt after the fact.
The client accepts the quote in one tap, and that acceptance is dated and kept. Every change along the way is logged as it happens. The day you need it, the file already exists and speaks for itself: you have nothing to piece back together from memory.
You no longer show up to the discussion empty-handed. The agreement, what the client approved, what changed and when: it's all there, dated, in order. It's no longer your word against theirs, it's a file that stands on its own.
What people ask us
Unsigned quote, in plain terms.
Is an unsigned quote worth anything?
Yes: a quote that's been accepted, even without a signature, forms an agreement between you and the client. The real question isn't whether it counts, but whether you can show it: without a record of that acceptance, a verbal agreement becomes very hard to defend, and above €1,500 the law in principle requires writing to prove it. What matters is what you kept.
I started the work without a signed quote, can I still get paid?
In principle yes, if you can show the client had accepted and that the work was done. It all comes down to proof of the agreement: a deposit taken, a message giving the go-ahead, a quote marked as accepted carry far more weight than a memory.
How do you prove a verbal agreement on a job?
Through the set of dated traces you left behind: a deposit, a text or email where the client gives the go-ahead, an accepted quote, dated photos, materials bought for that job, a sign-off without reservations. Brought together and consistent, they tell the story of the agreement better than any spoken word.
The client says they never agreed to that price, what now?
Gather the record in the order things happened: the quote, what they approved, what changed and when. A dated, consistent file shifts the balance far more than a chase with nothing behind it.
Do you need a handwritten signature for a quote to count as a contract?
No. It's the agreement of both parties that forms the contract, not the signature. A recorded acceptance is what lets you show it the day it's disputed.
Stop starting from your word alone.
Create your PRO account: every agreement is recorded from the first yes, ready the day the client backs out.
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