From $80 to $200 offer--they will do it if we just say NO to low

[Arichter]

This was from SnapDocs. Just stop jumping on everything.

[Tisino]

Totally agree @Arichter . Since the beginning of this year I have noticed a difference in how I have been offered signings. I am still receiving notices of <=$40, but more agencies are texting/calling me directly and offering my listed fee. I am also noticing an uptick in the number of accepted counteroffers that meet my requests. Although my business/offers are still down by a significant amount, the monthly dollars earned are slowly beginning to creep up toward my expected “normal”. I wonder if any of you other seasoned notaries are noticing the same?

[barbarahoffman]

Yeah, I did. Since interest rates went up after covid the notary signing fees have gone way down. It is a real turn off. I bid jobs for the prices that I did when I originally started 4 years ago and I rarely get the assignment. $50 for 80 pages plus scanbacks, I shake my head. NO WAY

[keaton4notary]

I recently accepted a ‘single document’ signing from a trusted company I have done a fair amount of businesses with. I hadn’t seen the documents and I have another signing nearby. The actual document set is two signers and 5 certificates with a scan for $XX. It doesn’t even cover my travel fee. It’s the weekend and no one has replied to my request. I have already confirmed with the signers so I feel I cannot send the assignment back. Not a happy place to be.

[Arichter]

Couple issues here. First–a ‘single doc’ with 2 signers cannot have 5 certs. Second–no response to your questioning this! So, said ‘trusted’ co. lied to you and have gone MIA (hoping you’ll be a good little notary and do it at a loss). However, as you have called the signer, if it isn’t a time-sensitive doc, I think I’d call the signer again and ‘undo’ the date/time as ‘there seems to be a discrepancy’. (No need to tell them the '‘discrepancy’ is your fee.) IF date/time sensitive…well, how important to you is this (not) trusted co?

I do have 2 thoughts: WHY did you accept a signing at a fee that doesn’t cover your travel fee? If it was due to ‘another signing nearby’…that’s a mistake. Each signing fee HAS to stand on its’ own. Mostly because–like this one–it rarely works out to your advantage–and when it does, you, not they, make the windfall profit!

[steves11]

I’m noticiing that some companies will accept counteroffers of 50% higher than their “blast” offer. I’m not exactly sure what to make of it but you can be sure that once a company pays that higher fee, I’m never going to accept the lower fee from them.

[steves11]

@Arichter

Each signing fee HAS to stand on its’ own.

Absolutely! NEVER give a discount because you’ll be “in the area” anyway. What if your other signing cancels? Then you’re stuck doing this one at a discount for absolutely no reason.