ApproveThis manages your Signable Integration approvals.

Why This Integration Isn’t Just Another Zap

Let’s cut to the chase: approvals and signatures are the traffic jams of business processes. ApproveThis clears the road for decisions, while Signable handles the paperwork. Connect them through Zapier, and you’ve got a highway for getting shit done. No more chasing down managers for sign-offs or wondering if contracts got lost in someone’s inbox. This combo turns “where are we on that?” into “it’s already handled.”

For companies juggling contracts, purchase orders, or client agreements, this integration isn’t just convenient – it’s a revenue protector. Missed signatures delay payments. Stalled approvals kill deals. Together, these tools make sure your team isn’t the reason things get stuck.

What Happens When Approval Meets Signature

ApproveThis isn’t your dad’s approval software. Conditional logic? Check. Automatic escalations when budgets are exceeded? Yep. Need four VPs to sign off in order, but one’s on vacation? It’ll route to their backup. Meanwhile, Signable does the dirty work of making signatures legally binding without requiring anyone to log into another system.

Here’s the kicker: approvers can greenlight requests and sign documents without ever touching Signable. External clients just click “approve” in an email – no new logins, no extra licenses. Your legal team gets audit trails, your sales team gets faster closings, and your CFO gets fewer ulcers.

Real-World Use Cases That Actually Matter

The Legal Team’s New Best Friend

Picture this: Your legal ops team gets a contract request through ApproveThis. Before the lawyer even looks at it, the system automatically:

• Checks if the dollar amount exceeds department thresholds
• Routes it to the right approver based on contract type
• Sends the final doc via Signable the second it’s approved

Last month, a mid-sized tech company used this exact flow to cut contract turnaround from 6 days to 18 hours. Their secret? Approval thresholds in ApproveThis auto-approved standard NDAs, while only escalating custom contracts. Signable templates kept the branding consistent without legal lifting a finger.

Procurement Teams Stop Playing Tag

Here’s how a manufacturing company fixed their PO process:

1. Buyer submits PO request in ApproveThis
2. System checks against budget using calculated fields
3. Approved POs auto-send to Signable with vendor terms
4. Signed POs trigger NetSuite updates via another Zap

Result? Their procurement lead time dropped 40%. Vendors stopped calling about “lost” POs because everything tracked in real-time dashboards.

HR Without the Paper Cuts

Onboarding used to mean HR manually sending offer letters after approvals. Now:

• Hiring manager approves offer details in ApproveThis
• Zapier pushes the approved offer to Signable
• Candidate signs digitally
• Signed doc auto-uploads to BambooHR

A 500-employee SaaS company rolled this out last quarter. Their HR director said it cut onboarding admin time by 11 hours/week. Plus, they eliminated three approval bottlenecks that used to delay start dates.

Setting This Up Without Losing Your Mind

Here’s the brass tacks on getting started:

Flow 1: ApproveThis → Signable (For sending docs after approval)

1. Create Zap in Zapier
2. Trigger: “New Request” in ApproveThis
3. Action: “Send Envelope Using Template” in Signable
4. Map approval details to Signable fields
5. Test with a $50 PO approval

Flow 2: Signable → ApproveThis (For triggering approvals after signatures)

1. New Zap
2. Trigger: “Envelope Complete” in Signable
3. Action: “Create Request” in ApproveThis
4. Set approval rules based on document type
5. Test with a signed vendor contract

Pro tip: Start with one workflow. The HR onboarding flow is a good test case. Once that’s humming, expand to procurement or legal.

Why This Beats “Just Using DocuSign”

Signable’s strength is simple, legal-grade e-signatures. ApproveThis brings the muscle where most tools fail: complex approval logic. Together, they handle scenarios like:

Multi-stage approvals: Marketing needs legal sign-off before sending a client contract? Set sequential approval groups in ApproveThis. Only after all internal OKs does Signable even get involved.

Budget guardrails: Configure approval thresholds so any contract over $50K auto-escalates to the CFO. Under that? Department head approves, Signable fires off, done.

External collaborators: Clients can approve SOWs in ApproveThis (no login needed) and sign in Signable without your team playing middleman.

Teams That Would Kill for This Setup

Sales Ops

Deal desks using ApproveThis to validate discounts can auto-send contracts the moment deals get approved. No more manual handoffs between Salesforce and Signable.

Finance

AP teams set approval thresholds for invoice approvals. Anything under $10K auto-approves, over that needs manager sign-off. Approved invoices trigger Signable for vendor payment agreements.

Legal

Standard NDAs auto-route to junior counsel. Complex MSAs escalate to senior attorneys. All signed docs auto-file in Sharepoint without paralegal intervention.

The Nuts and Bolts You Actually Care About

License-free approvers: External partners approve requests via email – no ApproveThis login required. They only need Signable access if actually signing, which you’re already handling.

Vacation coverage: ApproveThis automatically reroutes approvals if someone’s OOO. No more chasing down backups manually.

Audit trails: Every approval and signature tracked in one dashboard. Compliance teams get hard evidence for audits without the document scavenger hunt.

Bottom Line: This Isn’t Just Automation

Connecting ApproveThis and Signable via Zapier does more than save clicks – it fixes broken process DNA. Approval bottlenecks dissolve. Signature delays vanish. And teams actually trust the system because it doesn’t require a PhD to operate.

The real win? Scaling approval processes without adding headcount. A 200-person company can handle the same volume as a 2,000-person org because the software enforces rules instead of people chasing paper.

Your Move

Either keep doing approvals and signatures the old way – you know, with follow-up emails and missed SLAs – or fix it in an afternoon. ApproveThis offers free trials, and Signable’s pricing scales whether you’re sending 10 docs a month or 10,000.

Get started with ApproveThis, then connect your Signable account. Or book a 15-minute demo to see how other teams killed their approval bottlenecks. No sales drones – just real use cases that apply to your industry.