Simple general contract template
What each party does, payment, term and termination. A sample contract you can read in full, edit in QuoteBill and sign online with a secure link.
Sample — review with a lawyer · Simple electronic signature with an audit trail
Who it is for
For a simple deal that fits none of the other four: each side lists what it will do, and the contract sets out payment, how long it lasts and how it can be ended.
What it covers
9 clauses, in this order. Each one is in the sample text below, and you can edit, remove or add clauses before you send.
1. Purpose
A blank for the subject of the agreement: it records what the parties have agreed about it.
2. Obligations of Party A
A blank list of what Party A will do.
3. Obligations of Party B
A blank list of what Party B will do.
4. Consideration and payment
Who pays what: you name the paying party, and it pays the amount in the price schedule, or an amount you write in, on the stated payment terms.
5. Term
The agreement runs from the effective date to the end date, unless it is ended earlier.
6. Termination
Either side can end it with notice, or at once after a serious breach that is not put right in time.
7. Liability
Each side is liable, as the law provides, for damage it causes by breaking the agreement.
8. Amendments
Changes count only if both sides agree in writing or electronically.
9. Governing law and disputes
The law you name applies. The sides first try to settle a dispute in good faith, and otherwise the courts you name decide.
A price schedule is optional: add one if you want the amounts in a table, or write the agreed amount into the payment clause.
The sample text
The whole sample, as QuoteBill starts it. Text in double square brackets, like [[10]], is a blank to fill in or check, and QuoteBill does not let you send a contract while one is left. The clause text is written in English, Korean, Japanese and German; in other languages a contract starts in English for you to translate.
Read the sample text
Agreement
Parties: Party A · Party B
1. Purpose
This agreement records what the parties have agreed about [[Describe the subject of the agreement]].
2. Obligations of Party A
Party A will:
[[List what Party A will do]]
3. Obligations of Party B
Party B will:
[[List what Party B will do]]
4. Consideration and payment
In return, [[Which party]] pays the amount shown in the price schedule of this contract or, if there is none, [[the agreed amount]], on the payment terms stated in this contract.
5. Term
This agreement starts on the effective date and ends on the end date, unless it is terminated earlier.
6. Termination
Either party may terminate this agreement with [[30]] days’ notice in writing or in electronic form, or immediately if the other party seriously breaches it and does not remedy the breach within [[14]] days of being asked to.
7. Liability
Each party is liable for damage it causes by breaching this agreement, as provided by the applicable law.
8. Amendments
Changes to this agreement are valid only if both parties agree to them in writing or in electronic form.
9. Governing law and disputes
This agreement is governed by the law stated under Governing law. The parties will first try to settle any dispute in good faith. Otherwise the courts stated under Jurisdiction decide, unless mandatory law provides otherwise.
Payment terms
[[When and how payment is made, if any]]
Governing law
[[Country or state whose law applies]]
Jurisdiction
[[Courts that decide disputes, e.g. the courts of your city]]
How to use it
Choose the template
Press the button to use this template. If you are not signed in, you first sign in or sign up for free and then come straight back to it.
Start a draft
The new-contract page opens with this template marked. Press its card to create a draft. Your company details fill in Party A, and you fill in the blanks, the other party and, where the template has one, the price schedule.
Send it for signature
You sign first, then send each signer a secure link and, by another route, an access code. Signers need no account.
What it is, and what it is not
QuoteBill creates a simple electronic signature with an audit trail. Many countries do not refuse a signature just because it is electronic, and this kind of signature is generally accepted for many business contracts.
It is not a qualified or advanced electronic signature, and QuoteBill does not verify who the signers are. It records the use of the link and access code you delivered, so anyone who has both can sign. The certificate lists every link issued and the IP address of every action.
Some documents need another form. Wills, many real-estate transfers, guarantees and some employment documents must, in some countries, be handwritten, notarised or signed with a qualified signature. The templates are samples, not legal advice: review them with a lawyer.
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