Company chop maker online, digital company stamps and seals
A company chop is the seal that stands in for a signature on company documents across China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and much of Asia, and this makes one as a file you can place on a PDF or a Word document.
Company chop is the same object as a company seal or a company stamp, under the name used across most of Asia, and the search behind it splits three ways. Some people want to know what a chop is and whether they need one. Some want a carver, which is what "company chop near me" is asking for. The rest have a PDF in front of them that needs stamping today. The third group is the one an online maker serves, and the honest answer to the second is below.
What you get
- The round red seal the convention expects, with the company name curved around the ring and the registration number across the middle where a counterparty looks for it.
- A chop for the document rather than for the drawer. It comes out as a transparent PNG that drops onto a PDF or a Word file with the text underneath still visible, which is the whole job when the contract is never going to be printed.
- Editable wording, which a carved chop is not. A change of registered name means a new block from the carver and a wait; here it means retyping a line.
- A digital chop, sometimes called an e-chop, for the branch office that has no chop of its own, made from the same file so both offices press something identical rather than something similar.
- A serial number on each download when the chop is saved, so an issued document can be tied back to a specific impression instead of to a seal that looks the same every time.
- The vector and print files in the pack, for the case where you do want to hand a carver artwork instead of describing it.
How to make it
- Open the stamp maker and pick a shape, or start from a template.
- Type your wording, then set the colour, border and size.
- Add the date, time, serial number or logo, and position each one.
- Preview it live, then download. Designing and previewing are free.
Questions
What does company chop mean?
It is the company seal: a round stamp, usually red, that a company presses onto documents to bind itself. In much of Asia the chop carries the authority that a signature carries elsewhere, which is why it is kept locked up and why who holds it is a real question in a company. Chop, seal and company stamp all name the same thing in different places.
I searched for a company chop near me. Should I still get one carved?
If your documents are paper that a counterparty will physically hold, or if a registry in your jurisdiction requires a registered physical chop, then yes, get one carved and register it. That is a real requirement and this does not replace it. If the documents are PDFs and Word files being emailed, the carved block is a detour: you would print a document only so you could stamp it and scan it back in.
Is a digital company chop valid?
It depends entirely on the jurisdiction and the document, and anyone telling you otherwise is guessing. Some registries require a registered physical chop for filings; plenty of commercial paperwork accepts an applied image. Check what your own registry requires for the specific document, and use this for the ordinary commercial documents where an applied seal is what everybody already does.
Is this a company chop stamp maker online, or a template download?
This is a company chop stamp maker online, and the templates here are the starting point rather than a file you download and edit elsewhere. Pick a round seal, type the company name into the ring, put the registration number in the centre, and the layout is done. It stays editable afterwards, which a template image is not.
What is the difference between a company chop and a company seal stamp?
Nothing, beyond where you are standing. Company chop is the usual term in China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia; company seal or common seal is the term in the UK, Ireland and much of the Commonwealth; corporate seal is the American one. They are the same round mark doing the same job.
Estamplab is a design tool. This page describes common commercial practice rather than giving legal, tax or financial advice, and practice changes. Where a specific document matters, check the requirement with the body receiving it.