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Sending a quote is the step between a finished order form and a live subscription. From the quote you either request the customer’s signature (Alguna emails a signing link, tracks the signature, and activates the subscription when it is signed and the start date arrives) or activate directly when the contract was already signed outside Alguna. Both paths end in the same subscription; the difference is who signs, and where. This page covers the sending side; Signing Quotes shows what the customer sees.
Sending and signing happen in the dashboard; there are no public API endpoints for quotes. When the signed quote activates, the subscription is readable via the API and a subscription.activated webhook fires, so downstream systems can react without polling.
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Choose how to activate

Open the quote and click Activate Subscription. You are offered two options:
  • Activate Subscription — use this when you already hold a signed contract and want billing to start on the contract start date. The subscription becomes active (or accepted until the start date arrives) with no customer action.
  • Request Customer Signature — use this to send the quote to the customer for review and e-signature. The subscription only activates once the customer signs and the start date is reached.
Subscription Activation Flow
Select Request Customer Signature and click Proceed.
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Send to the customer

  • Email address — confirm where the signing invitation goes. By default it is sent to the customer’s contact with the Legal email preference; see Customer Contacts.
  • Copy link — copy the unique signing link to share through your own channel instead.
  • Internal countersignature — if your contracts require both parties to sign, add an internal signer. The subscription does not activate until both signatures are in.
Send to Customer
Click Send Email. The customer receives an invitation to review and sign.
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Track it in Sent

While the signature is outstanding the quote shows as Sent. You can still edit the quote in this state. If the quote carries an expiry date and it passes without a signature, the quote becomes Expired. You can also Withdraw a sent quote to pull it back.
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Customer signs

The customer reviews the terms, pricing and billing intervals and signs electronically. On signature:
  • the quote becomes Signed and the subscription becomes accepted;
  • both you and the customer receive a confirmation email;
  • the signed PDF is attached to the subscription, downloadable in the dashboard or via GET /subscriptions/{id}/pdf;
  • on the contract start date the subscription becomes active, billing begins, and subscription.activated fires.
To see the customer-facing flow, read Signing Quotes.

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After activation

The signed quote is now an ordinary subscription. Everything downstream is automatic and API-visible: To change the deal later, use an amendment: an amendment quote can be sent for signature in exactly the same way.