How to Get Someone Else to Sign Your PDF — Free, No DocuSign

What you need

Just two things: your PDF, and a way to reach the signer (email or any messaging app). The signer needs nothing — no account, no app install. The link opens in their phone or computer browser.

Step 1: Place the signature boxes

1. Open BunnyConvert Sign PDF and upload your document.
2. Tap Fullscreen to see the page, then use "Add signature" to drop a signature box exactly where each signature belongs — any page, multiple boxes if needed.
3. Tap "Request signature". Sign in (free account — this is how the signed document finds its way back to you).

Step 2: Send the link

Enter the signer's name (it appears on their signature boxes: "Ayşe, sign here") and optionally their email. You get a single-use link — send it via WhatsApp, email, Slack, anything.

Security note: the link contains an unguessable 122-bit random ID. Only someone with the exact link can open the document.

Step 3: They sign — you get a sealed PDF

The signer opens the link, sees your document with purple boxes marking where to sign, draws or types their signature, enters their name, and taps Sign & Send.

What you get back is more than a signed file:

• Signatures embedded permanently into the PDF.
• A certificate page appended: who signed, when (UTC timestamp), how many fields, browser info, and a SHA-256 fingerprint of the original document — so any later tampering with the source is provable.
• An audit trail stored server-side: request created → viewed → signed.

Track everything under "My requests" — pending requests show the shareable link, completed ones offer the sealed PDF download.

Is this legally binding?

For everyday business documents — yes, in most jurisdictions. The US ESIGN Act, EU eIDAS (simple electronic signature level), and Turkey's 5070 law all recognize electronic signatures for ordinary contracts. The appended certificate and audit trail strengthen evidentiary value. For documents that legally require a qualified signature (real estate transfers, some court filings), use a QES provider instead.

BunnyConvert vs DocuSign for simple signing

For teams sending hundreds of envelopes with CRM integrations, DocuSign earns its price. For the freelancer or small landlord sending a few documents a month, free does the job.