Waiver is for the moment before someone does something: a behind-the-scenes tour, a climbing wall, a treatment room, a rental. The agreement scrolls inside the block, the visitor types their name, and one tap records it.
What a signature actually records
- The name the visitor typed.
- The time they agreed, to the second.
- A fingerprint of the exact agreement text they saw.
The fingerprint is the part worth understanding. It means a later edit to your terms never blurs what an earlier signer agreed to: their record is tied to the wording that was on screen when they tapped, not to whatever the block says today.
How far a signature reaches
The editor has one checkbox that decides everything about how the Waiver feels: Signed once, valid across your whole space.
| Setting | What happens | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| On | A visitor who signed at any Marker in your account stays signed everywhere. Every other Experience shows them the signed panel instead of the form. | One gym waiver for the season. One rental agreement for the week. |
| Off | Each Experience asks for its own signature. | Different activities with genuinely different terms. |
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Add the Waiver block
It sits in Questions & answers, marked with a lightning bolt. Growth plan and above.
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Paste your agreement text
This is the required field. It renders as formatted text in a scrolling panel, so headings and lists survive.
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Title it for the activity
Keeper experience release tells a signer what they are agreeing to. Liability waiver does not.
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Decide the reach
Signed once, valid across your whole space: on for one agreement covering everything, off for per-activity terms.
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Switch on Notify me
Under When someone answers. Each signature then pushes to the NearField app with the signer's name.
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Publish, then sign it yourself on a phone
The signed panel is what most of your visitors will actually see, so check it reads right.
What a returning signer sees
Nothing to fill in. The block renders a tinted panel with a tick, the waiver title, the name they signed with, and how long ago. It never asks again within its reach. That is the point of the Action: a season-ticket holder at a climbing wall signs on the first visit and walks past the Marker for the rest of the year.
Editing the terms after people have signed
You can edit the agreement text whenever you need to. Two things follow.
- Existing records keep pointing at the wording those people actually read. Their fingerprint does not change.
- Anyone who has already signed still sees the signed panel and is not re-asked. If a change is material enough that you need everyone to agree again, add a new Waiver block rather than editing the old one.
Asking for phone verification first
Waiver is one of the blocks that can sit behind phone verification, and it is the block where that makes most sense. One text, one code, once, and the signature is tied to a confirmed number that survives a cleared browser or a new phone. It is a strictly stronger record than a typed name alone.
Verification is enforced on Growth and above. Below that, the setting simply renders ungated rather than stranding your visitors at a wall they cannot pass.
Where signatures land
Switch on Notify me and each signature pushes to the NearField app: a signed waiver is an accountability moment, not noise. The push carries the signer's name rather than a bare timestamp.
In Audience, the moment reads signed your waiver, attached to the visitor profile and the Marker that captured it, with the name and time on the visitor's record.
Example
Cedar Hollow Zoo & Aquarium: the keeper experience
The behind-the-scenes penguin session runs four times a week and needs a signed release from every participant. A Marker at the staff gate carries a Waiver block titled Keeper experience release, with the terms pasted in and the button reading I agree.
Signed once, valid across your whole space is off, because the aquarium dive experience two buildings away has different terms and needs its own signature. Notify me is on, so the keeper running the session sees each name arrive on their phone while the group is still gathering.
Can a parent sign for a child?
NearField records the name that is typed. If your terms need a guardian's name and the child's name, say so in the agreement text and ask for both in the name field: the block records the text they enter.
Can I export the signatures?
Yes. Audience exports an answers CSV, which includes the waiver name and the time of each acceptance.
What if someone wants their signature deleted?
Forgetting a visitor in Audience permanently deletes their profile and all their interaction history, the waiver record included. Consider whether you need to keep the record before you do it.
Does the visitor get a copy?
Not automatically today. If your terms need to be in the signer's hands, pair the Waiver with a File block holding the same document.