Sign in the showroom: on the iPad, by QR code or on paper

5 min readUpdated 31 Oct 2026Situation

Let the customer sign while they are in the showroom, or send the agreement for later. Use the iPad, the customer's phone, email or a printed copy.

Start from a saved, created sale with the customer attached. A draft saved only in OrderPilot has no customer-signature action.

Before you start

Check the agreement

Save the intended customer-facing details. Opening the signature screen saves unsaved edits first.

Check access

Unavailable signing methods are omitted, with a notice explaining the restriction.

Check the location

Signing QR codes and printing require the order's location to be billed.

Prepare paper signing

Print to Sign needs a supported register and a printer connected to Shopify POS.

Get a quote signed covers the app's email route. This guide starts from the showroom register.

Choose the signing method

  1. Step 1: Open Customer signature

    Tap Get Customer Signature on the quote or order. Read why the record requires signing.

    Customer signature shows the QR code and available methods. Check the customer's name and record number before handing over the device.

    The POS signature methods
    Choose the signing route that suits the customer.
    MethodUse it when
    Sign on this iPadThe customer wants to sign on the showroom device
    Scan QR to SignThe customer wants to use their own phone
    Email to CustomerThe customer will review and sign later
    Print to SignThe customer wants to sign the printed agreement

    Showing the QR for an online request still being priced ends the pricing stage. Check the quote before exposing its signing route.

Sign on the iPad

  1. Step 1: Hand over the review

    Tap Sign on this iPad and give the device to the customer. They read the document and agreement.

    The customer ticks the agreement and taps the signing action naming the quote. The signature-style screen opens.

    The iPad agreement review
    The customer reviews the document before choosing a signature.
  2. Step 2: Let the customer choose

    The customer chooses Script, Classic or Handwritten. They check Signing as with their name and the showroom location.

    They tap Use this signature and sign to complete the signature. The confirmation identifies the signed record.

    The signature-style choices
    The customer confirms their identity and signature style.
  3. Step 3: Take back the device

    The completed screen asks the customer to hand the iPad back to the staff member. Check Signed by, then tap Done.

    The order offers View Signed Quote or View Signed Order. That action opens the signed document at the signature.

    The completed iPad signature
    Take back the iPad after the signed confirmation.

    The iPad signing session lasts 30 minutes. If the quote changes during review, the customer must review the updated version before signing.

Sign by QR code

  1. Step 1: Let the customer scan

    Show the QR under Scan to review and sign. The customer scans it with their phone and follows the online signing steps.

    The link uses the shop's primary domain. Keep the correct record open while waiting for the result.

    The register waiting for phone signing
    Keep the signature screen open while the customer signs.
  2. Step 2: Check the completed signature

    The iPad checks every few seconds and updates when the customer signs. Check Signed by and the method.

    If it stops checking after 10 minutes, tap Back and reopen Customer signature. Activity identifies this route as signing from the customer's phone.

Email the agreement for later

  1. Step 1: Check the send address

    Tap Email to Customer. In Email Quote to Customer or the order equivalent, check Customer's email.

    Changing this address affects this send only. It does not edit the saved customer profile.

    The POS signature-email address
    The address entered here is used for this send only.
  2. Step 2: Send and review the notice

    Tap Send Email when ready. The confirmation identifies the quote and recipient.

    The message uses the signature-request email and copies the salesperson. A later visit shows Already emailed and Send Again.

Record a printed signature

  1. Step 1: Print the current agreement

    Tap Print to Sign and give the printed copy to the customer. On Signed on paper?, ask them to sign that copy.

    If the quote changes after printing, print a new copy. The recorded signature belongs to the printed version.

  2. Step 2: Confirm the actual paper signature

    After the customer signs, tick the statement confirming that they signed the printed quote. Tap Mark as Signed.

    The record shows Signed on paper with the customer, date and recording staff member. This route sends no automatic signed-copy email.

    The paper-signature confirmation
    Confirm only after the customer signs the current printed copy.

What happens next

An electronic signature can email the frozen signed PDF to the customer and copy the salesperson when the signed-copy setting is enabled.

A paper signature leaves the electronic methods available. A later customer e-signature replaces the recorded paper signature.

Continue with Collect a payment after checking the current agreement and signature state.

Example: 3 customers, 3 routes

Example · Harlow & Finch Interiors

Match the route to the customer

Sam Ortiz handles 3 showroom sales.

  1. Olivia Bennett reviews her Linden Sofa on the iPad and chooses Script.
  2. Sam checks the completed signature before payment.
  3. Priya Shah scans her quote's QR and signs on her phone.
  4. Marcus Reed signs the current printed copy.
  5. Sam records Marcus's paper signature only after receiving it.

If something goes wrong

A signing method is missing

Read the access notice. Print to Sign also requires a supported register.

The signing page will not open

Go back and retry, or use the QR route if iPad signing is unavailable.

The quote changed

Let the customer review the updated document.

Email sending is blocked

Check permission, address and open questions or requests.

The location is not billed

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