This was from SnapDocs. Just stop jumping on everything.
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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 ānormalā. I wonder if any of you other seasoned notaries are noticing the same?
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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
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I recently accepted a āsingle documentā signing from a trusted company I have done a fair amount of businesses with. I hadnāt 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 doesnāt even cover my travel fee. Itās 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.
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Couple issues here. Firstāa āsingle docā with 2 signers cannot have 5 certs. Secondāno response to your questioning this! So, said ātrustedā co. lied to you and have gone MIA (hoping youāll be a good little notary and do it at a loss). However, as you have called the signer, if it isnāt a time-sensitive doc, I think Iād call the signer again and āundoā the date/time as āthere seems to be a discrepancyā. (No need to tell them the 'ādiscrepancyā is your fee.) IF date/time sensitiveā¦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 doesnāt cover your travel fee? If it was due to āanother signing nearbyāā¦thatās a mistake. Each signing fee HAS to stand on itsā own. Mostly becauseālike this oneāit rarely works out to your advantageāand when it does, you, not they, make the windfall profit!
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Iām noticiing that some companies will accept counteroffers of 50% higher than their āblastā offer. Iām not exactly sure what to make of it but you can be sure that once a company pays that higher fee, Iām never going to accept the lower fee from them.
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Absolutely! NEVER give a discount because youāll be āin the areaā anyway. What if your other signing cancels? Then youāre stuck doing this one at a discount for absolutely no reason.
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