Invoice and get paid from the project
How BidCraft bills a signed job: the deposit on signature, milestone invoices when the work hits them, progress draws, checks and cash, and late invoices.
Andy MorrisonMoney15 minutes9 stepsMembersThe steps
About 15 minutes
- Connect Stripe
- Set your payment schedule before you send
- Let the deposit go out when they sign
- Open the job's Payments
- Send the next milestone invoice
- Bill a progress draw
- Record checks, cash and other payments
- Invoice a job that was agreed without a signature
- Follow up on late invoices
Questions people ask
Do I need Stripe to invoice in BidCraft?
No. Without Stripe, invoices go out as plain documents with your payment instructions, and you record each payment by hand as checks, cash or transfers come in. Connecting Stripe adds the pay button, card and bank payments and the automatic deposit invoice.
Does BidCraft send every invoice automatically?
Only the deposit, when the client signs. Every invoice after that waits until you send it, so a progress payment never goes out before the work it's for is done.
Whose name shows on my client's card statement?
Yours. With Stripe connected through BidCraft, your client pays your business directly, and payouts go to your bank account.
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