you are losing momentum if you separate the "signature" from the "deposit".
in high-ticket b2b, the biggest mistake my partner and i were making was popping champagne when the client signed our pdf proposal.
because right after the signature, they pass the invoice to accounting, and you wait 3 weeks. you lose all the emotional momentum of the close. if they are international, you also lose money on the currency exchange rate drifting while you wait.
we completely changed our workflow to merge the two. the proposal is the checkout. we send a live link, and the exact millisecond they approve the terms, it locks the fx rate and captures the upfront deposit via credit card or wire.
adding steps between the "yes" and the cash is the easiest way to sabotage your own cash flow.
how are you guys currently handling the gap between the verbal/written "yes" and actually getting the wire to clear?