Hello everyone I am new here.
What do you guys think about Hirenotary.com? I’m always getting emails from them to sign up.
Are they legit?
Thank you
Sure. pay the $ and your name will be listed. Will you get any business? Haven’t heard from anyone who has.
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Don’t do it!!! I did and lost the $39 or whatever it was and never got anything from them. As many newbies will attest, IT IS A SCAM. Don’t send any $$ to them or US Signings either. I’d punch them out if I could find them for stealing from us like that.
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You may want to read the BBB reviews/complaints: (Hire Notary, LLC | Reviews | Better Business Bureau® Profile)
If your question is whether they are a legitimate business, that could be researched online at the California SOS: https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/
According to Hire Notary, LLC’s website, the company was founded in 2008 by Founder and CEO Kimberly Petersen. I tried doing a business search by name on the California SOS website and didn’t find anything. So maybe they are listed with a different DBA name? Without a current DBA or Entity Number, I cannot locate them on the California SOS website to verify.
- (888) 317-1458 [could always cut to the chase and call to ask their business tax ID number (entity number). As it is not listed on their business website that I could see]
- contact@hirenotary.com
- 4 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco, CA 94111 <–please note that this is an address to a SKYSCRAPER in SFO. Without knowing the exact suite #, I don’t know how else to locate the company. Which is worrisome. There were a number of virtual office spaces listed at this skyscraper I found in a Google search.
Whether they are a great business to work with is subjective. This company as been discussed in this Notary Cafe forum. Do a search in this forum of “Hirenotary.com” and it will return a few threads you may want to read through.
From the hirenotary.com website https://hirenotary.com/new-notary-2/:
"#### Is it free to sign up?
To ensure we only have committed notaries in our network we charge a $48.00 annual fee. We know that other signing platforms are free to sign up and boast about a database of over 60,000 qualified notaries. We, however, believe in quality over quantity. Please note that we do not take any part of your signing fees; 100% of the loan signing fee goes to the notary, who completes the assignment, while “free” platforms are taking a half of your signing fees. “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch” "
A bit like patting themselves on the back for not taking any part of of the notary’s signing fee. I think that’s called taking a “kickback” which would be illegal. All they can do is charge a notary to be listed on their website, like this forum does. So far, I don’t see the benefit.
If you do decide to sign up, please come back and share with us to let us know how it goes for you. Good luck!
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certifiedmobilenotaryservice.com this company too!! don’t do it
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I would hazard to guess that Hire Notary, USA-Signing Agent, Nationwide Notary Network, Loan Signing Systems, and a few others are all one in the same, as once they get your email, they start sending you emails with all the pain points, Slow pay etc. Offering you the best of the best…All these scammers want is your money. You should never have to pay to get a job as a Signing Agent, you will in some cases have to pay for some training if you are new, but just to list on a platform if its more than $5/month then RUN!!!
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