At present, there are many third-party electronic contract service providers in the market, who can sign electronic contracts online quickly by registering on the cloud platform (cloud platform services can be used by registering and logging in, without downloading plug-ins or buying any hardware).
To sign an electronic contract:
Step 1: Choose a reliable third-party platform and register for certification (it is very important to prove that you are you in the network environment). You can generally make your electronic signature and the company's electronic official seal through the platform.
Step 2: Upload the document to be signed, fill in the customer's name and mobile phone number and send it (the signing order of both parties can be customized).
Step 3: The customer receives the short message containing the signature link on the mobile phone short message, authenticates the link according to the page prompts, generates a handwritten electronic signature and signs it, and finishes.
Because the process of realizing the above conditions by ordinary individuals or business users is complicated and costly, which is contrary to the original intention of speeding up and reducing fees for electronic contract signing, ordinary users can only sign effective electronic contracts by choosing a reliable third-party electronic contract signing system. This is also in line with the provisions of the Ministry of Commerce in the Procedures for Online Concluding of Electronic Contracts: "Only when an electronic contract is concluded through the electronic contract conclusion system of a third party (electronic contract service provider) can the fairness of the process and the effectiveness of the results be guaranteed".
Therefore, the electronic contract signed through the formal third-party electronic contract platform is legal and effective.