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I want a simpler way to invoice customers and get paid

Taking Payments and Sending Invoices

Payment and invoicing setup gives customers a clear way to pay into accounts the business owns.

Make it easy for customers to receive an invoice, pay securely and understand what they paid for. The approved payment platform is configured for invoices, card payments, deposits or recurring billing, with ownership kept in the business's name.

How this gets fixed

The service is a payments and invoicing setup

Card payments get set up in your own name. A processor gets chosen for how you sell, then your products and services go in priced and itemized, and card payments, invoices, deposits, recurring billing, contracts and e-signature are turned on and tested. The whole thing gets connected to your bookkeeping so reconciling is not a monthly evening of typing.

You end up running it yourself, taught rather than handed over, so sending an invoice or taking a deposit is not a call to anyone.

Taking the money

  • Square, Stripe, Clover, PayPal, Toast
  • Your products and services loaded in, priced and itemized
  • Deposits
  • Recurring billing
Scope

What this service includes

Included in your service
  • Selling from your own pages, without building a storefront
  • Buy buttons placed on pages that already describe what you sell
  • Each one with its price, its options and a quantity field
  • A cart that carries across those pages, so several items go in one order
  • A commerce platform account behind them, which is where the products and the money live
  • Whether that account has a monthly fee, compared before you open one: Square has a plan with no monthly subscription, and Shopify publishes paid plans
  • The payment page stays the platform's, which keeps card details off your site
  • No shop page, no category pages and no second site to design or maintain
  • For a catalog somebody browses, an online store is the build instead
  • Asking for it
  • Invoicing
  • Contracts and e-signature
  • After it lands
  • Connected to your bookkeeping
  • Taught how to run it, so you are not calling someone every time
Related work quoted separately
  • Approval, processing rates or payout timing. These are controlled by the payment provider
  • Bookkeeping itself. The connection gets built, your bookkeeper keeps the books
  • Chasing unpaid invoices on your behalf.Reminders are automated, the conversation stays yours
  • Contract wording and legal review.E-signature gets set up, the terms come from you or your attorney
  • A browsable catalog, shipping rules, sales tax and store emails, which belong to an Online Store build
  • Your platform subscription and your processing fees, which are billed to you directly by the provider
  • Payroll, tax filing and accounting advice
  • Hardware. Card readers and terminals are ordered by you from the provider, then set up here

Options and additions

Standard starting point
  • Square or Stripe setup, up to 25 products and services
Available additions or alternatives
  • Buy buttons on your website, up to 10 productsEach with its price, its options and a quantity field
  • Number of products or services to load
  • Connecting it to bookkeeping
  • Recurring billing
  • Contracts and e-signature
  • In person hardware setup
  • Training more than one person
The process

How it runs, step by step

  • Tell me what is going on The form below. What you have now, and what you want instead.
  • A short call, if it needs one Only where the scope cannot be settled in writing.
  • You get the scope and the price In writing, with what is included and what is not.
  • You approve it Nothing starts before you have agreed the scope and the price.
  • The work happens You are told when something needs a decision from you, and nothing else.
  • Handover What was done, where it lives, and what to do next, written down.

More on how working together works.

FAQ

Questions about this service

Can I sell from my website without building a storefront?

Yes. Buy buttons go onto the pages that already describe what you sell, each with its price, its options and a quantity, and the cart opens on that page. What you skip is the shop page, the category pages and a second site to maintain. You still need a commerce platform account behind it, because that is where the products and the money live, and whether that account carries a monthly fee depends which one: Square publishes a plan with no monthly subscription and Shopify publishes paid plans. Which one suits you gets compared before you open an account.

Which processor is right?

It depends on where the money comes from. Square and Clover suit a counter, Stripe suits a website, Toast suits food service, and PayPal tends to be a second option rather than a first. Fees, payout timing and what each one holds back get compared before you open an account.

Can I take deposits or recurring payments?

Yes, when the chosen provider supports them. Deposits can be fixed or percentage-based, and recurring billing can run on an agreed schedule.

Do I need a website for any of this?

Invoices, payment links and card readers work with no website at all. A site makes it smoother, it is not a requirement.

Who owns the account?

You do. It is opened in your business name with your bank details and your login, and access to it can be removed by you at any time.

Send me the details

I read it and reply with the scope and the price before any work starts.

Get a quote

Tell me the result you want and where I can see the business now. I use that information to identify the most useful service or package and decide whether I can quote it in writing. If one missing detail changes the work or price, I will ask for that detail or suggest a short call.

What would help most?

Pick at least one. More than one is fine.

Answer a few more if you want a more specific first reply

What happens next: I review the links and details, then reply within two business days with the best next step, any one question I still need answered, or a written quote when the scope is already clear.

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Derek Packer

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