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# Using ready-sign links

Box's ready-sign link feature allows you to create fillable, signable templates accessible through a shareable hyperlink or embedded on a website, enabling multiple users to easily complete signature requests. The template should meet certain requirements to be leveraged as a ready-sign link.

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Use this link when you want to post a signature request on a public form — such as an email, social media post, or web page — without knowing who the signers will be. Example use cases include:

* Waivers or release forms
* Applications
* Enrollment forms

> [!WARNING]
>
> Ready-sign links do not currently support multi-factor authentication or other signer verification features.
>
> When a recipient uses the link to access the signature request, Box prompts this recipient to provide an email address and sends this recipient an email notification with a unique access code. The recipient can then view the signature request in one of the following ways:
>
> * Use the unique access code.
> * Click the **Resume Signing** option in the email.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The ready-sign link feature is limited to **Enterprise plus and Enterprise Advance** customers and not available to Box Verified Enterprises. To learn more about Box Verified Enterprises, click [here](https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/4401823156883).

## Configuration at admin level

**As a Box Admin, configure a ready-sign link:**

1. From the **Admin Console**, go to **Enterprise Settings** -> **Box Sign**
2. In the **Box Sign** tab, go to **User Permissions,** select **Edit Configuration** under the **Ready-Sign Links** section
3. Within the **Configure Ready-Sign Links menu**, you can:
   * Disable for all managed users
   * Enable for all managed users
   * Enable for select users and groups
   * Enable for everyone except select users and groups

![Box Admin Console Box Sign settings for Ready-Sign Links and email validation configuration.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/ready-sign-admin-console-settings.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=4880328f9aaf97fbd058372e38587055)

Additionally, you can configure the **Email validation for the ready-sign link initiator,** where you can enable or disable this additional validation for managed users or for selected ones.

The **Email validation for the ready-sign link initiator** is an extra step to verify the first or single recipient before they start the signature request. As the Box admin, you can configure the following settings in the Admin Console:

* **Enable email validation** (default):
  Ensures that all ready-sign links created within your Box enterprise require email validation, which means that **the first** (or only) recipient will receive an email **before** gaining access to the signature request to complete it.
* **Disable email validation**
  Skips the email validation/access code requirement for any ready-sign links created within your Box enterprise.
* **Allow ability to disable email validation**
  Provides options to allow for senders to control this feature configuration at a user level:
  * **All users** (default) – All managed users will be able to toggle the **Require email validation** option off or on for each ready-sign link created in the ready-sign **l**ink settings.
  * **Select users and groups** – Select users and groups will be able to control email validation in the ready-sign link settings.
  * **All users except for selected ones** – Identified users and groups will not be able to control this feature in the ready-sign link settings (i.e. The **Require email validation** option will be disabled for them).

![Email validation for ready-sign link initiator setting allowing select users and groups to disable validation.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/email-validation-ready-sign-link.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=2583733a4588fba845034c94d1cc8749)

## Creating and configuring ready-sign links

Before creating ready-sign links, you will need editor permissions prior to selecting a template in addition to the following template requirements:

* Template has recipient placeholders
* Template has ‘Signer’ recipient role configured
* Template does not have recipient security settings applied

> [!NOTE]
>
> CFR Part 11 signature requests are not compatible with the ready-sign link feature.

**To create a ready-sign link:**

1. From your Box account, go to **Sign** -> then **Template**
2. Select the template to use
3. Click the ellipsis ![More options ellipsis button with three horizontal dots in a rounded square.](https://docs.box.com/images/box-sign/ready-sign-link-ellipsis-menu.png) and then select **Ready-Sign Link**
4. Toggle on **Link is active**.

![Box Sign Templates tab with NDA.pdf menu open showing Ready-Sign Link, Batch Send, Edit, and Delete.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/box-sign-templates-tab-nda.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=997b388fd4012dbe50654a0de9d8c658)

![Ready-Sign Link modal with Link is active toggle on, URL field, and Copy button.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/ready-sign-link-modal-active.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=0689ee311cac9f6359ad5dbf10e676f2)

**To configure link settings:**

1. Click **Link Settings** within the **ready-sign link** window to modify the following:**Name**
   * **Instructions**
   * **Save location**
   * **Require email validation** – Dependent on the settings configured by your admin in the Admin Console. **Enabled by default.**
   * **Disable notifications for the template owner** – Dependent on whether you want the creator of the template to receive email notifications on incoming signed signature requests. **Enabled by default.**
2. Click **Save**.

![Link Settings modal for Academy Form with instructions, save location, email validation on, and Save.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/link-settings-modal-academy-form.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=61cbe9523ffd393e28fb6e350d896634)

Once you have configured the link, click **Copy** to use the link.

## Signing and managing ready-sign links

Once a recipient initiates the ready-sign link, they will be prompted to provide their email address and, if applicable, additional email addresses for subsequent recipients.

![Academy Form.pdf prompt asking the candidate to enter an email address and click Begin.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/academy-form-pdf-prompt-asking.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=9f8d45497aeaec804a57ec763e0aa6a0)

If the **Require email validation** setting was enabled, then the initiating recipient receives an email with an access code to access the request. Alternatively the recipient can click **Resume Signing** in the same email to gain access to the request. No validation is required if the setting is disabled.

![Enter Access Code dialog with six digit fields, Resend code link, and Validate button.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/enter-access-code-dialog-six.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=a19d4f4c4663ca95bac16f76a27dab13)

All other recipients will receive an email notification to access and complete the signature request.

If you are the owner of a Box Sign template used in a ready-sign link, Box enables you to see the status of those signature requests.

**To see the status of signature requests initiated via ready-sign links with a template you own:**

1. From your Box account, go to **Sign** -> then **Sent Requests**
   * Box displays a list of sent signature requests that use your template, including those sent as Ready-Sign links.
2. At the top of the signature request list, you can apply filters to sort the requests:
   * **Method** to look for ready-sign links, and
   * **Status** to check the progress of the request

![Box Sign Sent Requests with Method filter open showing Ready-Sign Links and Batch Send options.](https://mintcdn.com/product-docs/r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp/images/box-sign/box-sign-sent-requests-method.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=r6SANzcNtU2WKtAp\&q=85\&s=a3d19d6a38733a07cf7aa5d5817e8a4b)