# RON beginner **URL:** \ **Category:** Beginner's Questions\ **Created:** [August 30, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346 "2021-08-30T23:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cbathrick2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/cbathrick2/32/17237_2.png) [@cbathrick2](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/cbathrick2)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2021, 11:18pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/1 "2021-08-30T23:18:57Z")
Hi everyone, I am a new notary and I have just passed my RON exam. All the platforms I have looked into seem very expensive especially starting up. For anyone who doe RON platforms, do you make a profit, or does the monthly feel seem to eat away at any client payment you receive? ---
**Author:** ![LindaH-FL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8baadc/32.png) [@LindaH-FL](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/LindaH-FL)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/2 "2021-08-31T14:05:30Z")
Do a search here - there are many threads about this with a wealth of information about it. IMO Posts by rparker are very informative. ---
**Author:** ![notwithoutanotary](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/notwithoutanotary/32/21846_2.png) [@notwithoutanotary](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/notwithoutanotary)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2022, 5:42am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/3 "2022-08-15T05:42:45Z")
Notarize RON is free until the end of 2022. Then the fees will return just fyi. ---
**Author:** ![notarymobilesignhere](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/notarymobilesignhere/32/36094_2.png) [@notarymobilesignhere](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/notarymobilesignhere)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/4 "2022-09-23T04:14:00Z")
free where? Id love to sign up there and get my feet wet now! ---
**Author:** ![notwithoutanotary](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/notwithoutanotary/32/21846_2.png) [@notwithoutanotary](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/notwithoutanotary)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/5 "2022-09-24T01:05:25Z")
Only for 2022 go to [https://www.notarize.com/](https://www.notarize.com/) ---
**Author:** ![bnava124](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/bnava124/32/23142_2.png) [@bnava124](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/bnava124)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/6 "2022-09-25T06:39:02Z")
Blue notary is free, you have to bring your own clients though. ---
**Author:** ![Bobby-CA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/bobby-ca/32/37586_2.png) [@Bobby-CA](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/Bobby-CA)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/7 "2022-09-26T19:37:44Z")
Bring your own clients??? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I invited my friends over for a duck dinner the other night. I told _them_ to bring the duck! ---
**Author:** ![bnava124](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/bnava124/32/23142_2.png) [@bnava124](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/bnava124)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/8 "2022-11-16T07:26:05Z")
Better than spending money to not get any clients at all and have to be sitting there all day waiting to grab a call when it’s not even a for sure thing that you’ll get that client. You don’t pay a job you have to give you work. You work at the job to get paid. ---
**Author:** ![ilenebeverly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/ilenebeverly/32/7503_2.png) [@ilenebeverly](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/ilenebeverly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/9 "2022-11-30T05:11:01Z")
thank you. i will check that out ---
**Author:** ![ilenebeverly](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/ilenebeverly/32/7503_2.png) [@ilenebeverly](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/ilenebeverly)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/10 "2022-11-30T05:13:08Z")
lol thats funny but cool ---
**Author:** ![rparker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.notarycafe.com/rparker/32/33490_2.png) [@rparker](https://forum.notarycafe.com/u/rparker)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.notarycafe.com/t/ron-beginner/25346/11 "2022-12-05T19:48:31Z")
The beginning place is to check to see if your state limits you to a liat of platforms that you may use. Then choose based on whether you want to do contract work for a platform or do this on your own. Contract work does not charge you to handle their customers but you only make a portion of the fee that you could make on your own. Working on you own will allow you to make the full fee but you generally need to pay platform fees to securely sign documents electronically. I started out with DocVerify for my own work and do contract work with Notarize. I still contract with Notarize and use their platform for my own clients but have added OneNotary for signing situations that Notarize doesn’t cover. You can start out free with OneNotary but if your business increases or you plan to do real estate signings on your own, you will need to pay their monthly fee. Hope this helps