Let us add value to your services
If you're a financial planner or other advisor, you probably understand the importance of having a will. In your practice, you likely meet with clients or prospects who need a will but aren't willing to allocate the money and time necessary to consult an attorney.
With WillYourself.com, you can add value to your core services by referring your clients to an efficient and affordable online wills-making solution. We'll customize a coupon code exclusively for your clients, entitling your clients to 10% off their order.
Our program gives you the opportunity to convey your resourcefulness, while your clients benefit from additional cost savings... and peace of mind. Please feel free to contact us with any questions, or to get your exclusive coupon code.
Please note that, unless you are a licensed attorney, you should not assist or actively participate in the preparation of any will other than your own, whether using WillYourself.com or any other resource.
The Fundraiser Program
Is your charity, school, team, or church is looking for a fundraising alternative to magazine, popcorn, or nick-knack sales? The WillYourself.com Fundraiser Program offers high fundraising potential, and allows your supporters to advance your cause by making a purchase they genuinely need.
When your group enrolls in the Fundraiser Program, we'll provide your organization with a unique fundraiser code. Every time a supporter makes a purchase using your organization's fundraiser code, we'll donate $10.00 back to your cause. To help you get the word out, we'll even prepare personalized promotional materials for your fundraiser.
It's that easy. To get started, or to learn more about the Fundraiser Program, please click here to contact us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the WillYourself.com will form adequate for my specific circumstances?
Candidly, the WillYourself.com form should not be considered a universal estate planning solution. We're not shy about acknowledging that personalized attorney services offer many advantages over any do-it-yourself will solution. For example, you should be especially cautious about preparing your own will if you have substantial assets, complicated personal circumstances, or family members with special needs.
That said, a team of legal and technology professionals worked for years to develop the WillYourself.com wills-building program. The result is an efficient, affordable, and reliable will form enabling you to address critical issues like guardianship and general estate distribution.
We're so confident in our product, all of our company executives and their spouses (including our president's husband, an estate planning attorney trained at a top national law firm) used WillYourself.com to prepare their own wills.
Does an an attorney need to prepare my will to be valid?
As simply stated in this July 27, 2008 Chicago Tribune article, "as long as do-it-yourself wills are done correctly, signed and witnessed, they are as legally binding as ones completed by a lawyer."
Should my spouse and I prepare our own, separate wills?
Like most will forms, the WillYourself.com will form was designed for individuals and not couples, so you and your spouse should prepare and execute separate wills. After purchasing your will, your spouse (or anyone else who might need a will) will have the opportunity to prepare their own will for only $20.
Where can I find a Notary Public?
Notaries Public are generally available at most banks, credit unions, and copy centers, as well as many county offices.
Why doesn't your website go into more detail about the perils of not having a will, and why do you decline to answer questions about your will or the signature process?
WillYourself.com knows its place. For decades, the law has embraced will forms enabling consumers to do their own legal work, and WillYourself.com leverages technology to make the will form concept more convenient, efficient, and reliable. But we're not a law firm, and we strongly believe most state laws prohibit non-attorneys from offering legal advice. While the Internet is littered with non-attorney websites toeing or crossing the line into the unauthorized practice of law, WillYourself.com refuses to compromise its ethical standards by providing specific legal information or advice.
Will-making made easy and affordable.
By some estimates, as many as 75% of Americans don't have a will. If you don't have a will, it's probably on your family's to-do list. While it's certainly not pleasant to consider the possibility of your family without you, most would agree it's a responsible and loving step to ponder the needs of your family if they should ever encounter the misfortune of losing a parent, spouse, or other loved one.
At WillYourself.com, we're passionate about providing a means for people to get a will and achieve peace of mind. To that end, we created an online do-it-yourself system to minimize the financial and time investment typically associated with the will-making process. At $25 per will, WillYourself.com represents a cost-friendly solution to finally taking this critical step.
Candidly, you should not consider WillYourself.com an alternative to attorney services. However, the reality is that, while most of us need a will, many of us don't currently have the disposable hundreds or even thousands of dollars to pay for personalized legal services. In the meantime, WillYourself.com allows you to affordably create your own simple, straight-forward will to address important issues like guardianship and property distribution.
Our life-giving purpose.
WillYourself.com places a high value on life-giving. Our sole product offering was designed to bring peace of mind to people who might not otherwise be able to afford a will. As another means of recognizing bigger purposes, WillYourself.com donates at least 10% of every will sold to life-giving organizations and causes. These donations are foundational to our business, because from top to bottom, our company's executives and associates are committed to defining success in terms much bigger than traditional business metrics.
Our primary charitable partner is Feed My Starving Children, an international organization committed to feeding starving children around the world in both body and spirit. Thanks to FMSC's ultra-efficient process, every donation resulting from a standard will purchase translates to over 20 meals for hungry kids around the world.
From time to time, we also share these donations with other worthy organizations and causes. In fact, if your charity, school, team, or church is looking for a unique way to raise funds, please click here or contact us for more details about our Fundraiser Program.
Making your will brings peace of mind. Making your will with WillYourself.com makes a difference.
Do-it-yourself peace of mind for $25.
We streamlined our website and product offerings to eliminate the confusion often associated with online legal services websites. You won't need to guess whether you're using the right form, because we only have one. All we do is wills.
All of our wills cost $25 each. The WillYourself.com will form allows you to address important issues like:
- Naming the guardian you would choose to care for your minor children,
- Directing the distribution of your property and possessions, and
- Appointing an executor to wind up your personal and legal affairs.
As soon as you complete the ultra-efficient WillYourself.com online process, the will you created arrives in your e-mail inbox. Simply print out your will, and you're ready to take on the signature process.
Simple wills. Simply.
WillYourself.com designed its wills-building process to minimize the "hassle" excuse preventing many people with good intentions from finalizing their wills:
- Click Start Your Will.
- Complete seven will form responses (e.g., "My name is _______" and "I have _____ children") to personalize your will.
- Select your payment method. All of our wills cost just $25.
- The will you created arrives in your email inbox.
- Print out your will, find two qualified witnesses (and, depending on your state, a Notary Public) and you're ready to sign.
Even if you're not ready to move forward, go ahead and click Start Your Will to see how easy our system really is. There's no commitment to purchase your will until after you've completed the process and entered your payment information.
We're an innovative will-making solution. But we're not a law firm.
Importantly, you should not consider WillYourself.com to be an alternative to legal counsel. If you have the time and money to hire a law firm, an estate planning attorney would be able customize an estate plan with helpful provisions to address your specific life and financial situation. However, if you have decided not to engage an attorney to prepare your will, WillYourself.com offers a do-it-yourself solution to create your own simple, straight-forward will.
Integrity matters to us. Unlike many of our competitors, WillYourself.com endeavored to create its online wills-building process in strict adherence to state laws which prohibit the unauthorized practice of law. While laws vary from state-to-state, many local laws prohibit non-attorney companies from "preparing" a document on behalf of its customers, and even discourage software systems which dynamically create a legal document based on interactive client questionnaires. With WillYourself.com, you truly do your own will, and that's important.
Perhaps it's an uninteresting, technical distinction for most people. It's foundational to us, though, because we're not interested in selling more wills if it means bending the rules and compromising our integrity. We're committed to helping people create a will and sleep better at night, but not if it means we can't sleep as soundly as our customers.
test We're an innovative will-making solution. But we're not a law firm.
Importantly, you should not consider WillYourself.com to be an alternative to legal counsel. If you have the time and money to hire a law firm, an estate planning attorney would be able customize an estate plan with helpful provisions to address your specific life and financial situation. However, if you have decided not to engage an attorney to prepare your will, WillYourself.com offers a do-it-yourself solution to create your own simple, straight-forward will.
Integrity matters to us. Unlike many of our competitors, WillYourself.com endeavored to create its online wills-building process in strict adherence to state laws which prohibit the unauthorized practice of law. While laws vary from state-to-state, many local laws prohibit non-attorney companies from "preparing" a document on behalf of its customers, and even discourage software systems which dynamically create a legal document based on interactive client questionnaires. With WillYourself.com, you truly do your own will, and that's important.
Perhaps it's an uninteresting, technical distinction for most people. It's foundational to us, though, because we're not interested in selling more wills if it means bending the rules and compromising our integrity. We're committed to helping people create a will and sleep better at night, but not if it means we can't sleep as soundly as our customers.
Disclaimer and User Agreement
WillYourself.com is a division of Generate Next Co. (the "Company"), an Illinois corporation. The Company makes the WillYourself.com website (the "Site") and the purchase of the WillYourself.com will form product (the "Product") available to you conditioned on your acceptance of this Disclaimer and User Agreement (the "Agreement"), and your use of the Site and/or purchase of the Product constitutes your acceptance of the Agreement terms.
You are only permitted to use the Site and/or purchase the Product if you are (i) 18 years old or older, (ii) a citizen and current resident of the United States of America, and (iii) otherwise legally able to execute a will and other general contracts. The Product is not designed for use by Louisiana residents, and for that reason, the Company does not offer the Product for sale to Louisiana residents.
If you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement, or if you are not eligible or authorized to use the Site for any of the reasons described in this Agreement, please do not use the Site or purchase the Product.
The Site is not legal advice, and is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. The Product is not legal advice, and is not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. The Company is not a law firm, the Company's employees are not acting as your attorney, and nothing in the Site or the Product constitutes legal advice. Your use of the Site and/or purchase of the Product does not create an attorney-client relationship with the Company or any of the Company's employees. The Company is prohibited from providing any kind of advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation to you or any other individual about possible legal options, strategies, forms, or directions.
Rather, you are representing yourself in the preparation and execution of your will, and you are doing so at your own risk. In doing so, you recognize that legal projects such as wills are personal matters, and no general will form (including the Product) or other tool could possibly fit every circumstance. As the Site content suggests, consultation with a licensed attorney has many clear benefits over self-representation. You should seek the advice of a licensed attorney if you need legal advice for your specific situation. The Company advises and encourages you to seek independent legal counsel for your wills and estate planning needs if your specific circumstances are too complex to be addressed by the Product. In fact, even if you are unsure whether or not your specific circumstances are too complex to be addressed by the Product, the Company advises and encourages you to discuss your situation with a licensed attorney prior to purchasing the Product.
The Product is a general will form, much like a paper will form you might purchase at a retail store. The Company's technology allows you to enter your Data (as later defined) into the Product to create your own will document. Other than purely administrative tasks (for example, delivery of your self-created form to your email address), the Company does not provide any services of any kind or nature in relation to the Product. At no time does the Company, any of the Company's employees, or the Company's technology review, analyze, correct, or supplement any of the Data you input into the Product. Rather, you are creating your own will document, and are doing so at your own risk. The form of the Product, being general, cannot and does not adequately address every individual circumstance and potential issue.
The law changes rapidly, is different from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and is also subject to varying interpretations by different courts and certain governmental and administrative bodies. As such, while the Company takes reasonable efforts to update the Site and the Product regularly, the Company cannot and does not guarantee the information and other content on the Site or in the Product to be completely current and correct.
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