Sending invoice reminders
Settings – Jobs & Billing
Invoice reminders allow you to send an e-mail to your clients when their invoice payment is past due. You can determine the frequency of reminders and the number of days after which a past due reminder should be sent..
Enable invoice reminders
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Click Settings, then Jobs & Billing.
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Click General Settings, then Accounts Receivable.
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In the Invoice Reminder section, set the Send Invoice Reminder option to Yes.
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Set the frequency of reminders and the number of days after which a past due reminder should be sent.
Note : You can update the default e-mail template based on your preferences. Click here to review the procedure and examples of e-mail templates.
Apply the invoice reminder to a contact
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Click Contacts, then All Contacts.
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Select the desired contact.
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Click the Edit details button
on the Billing Details panel of the Summary tab.
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In the Edit Contact page, click the Billing tab.
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On the Send Invoice Reminder drop-down menu, select Yes.
Apply the invoice reminder to a batch of clients
Settings – Installation
- Click Settings, then Installation.
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Click Import Clients.
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Make sure that the SendInvoiceReminder optional column is in the list.
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In the Import Clients page, click Choose File to upload the .CSV file to update.
- This step is required if you select the invoice reminders option after having created your clients.
- Click Click here for a template CSV file to open an Excel file. For more information on how to create a.CSV file, consult the guide for preparing a .CSV file to re-import.
- When a client clicks the link in the invoice reminder, the invoice template used is the default template set for the billing entity associated with the invoice.
- Clear the invoice reminders for the client for whom you are using a different template than the default template of the billing entity.
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Ensure your clients have a default e-mail address set in their Contact information.
- All past due invoices for a client will be aggregated in a single e-mail, regardless of whether the invoices are from different entities.