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How to get paid on the day

To get paid on the day as a contractor, send the invoice before you leave and give the customer a way to pay there and then. Five habits that get you paid the day the job's done, instead of chasing it next month.

Send the invoice before you leave

The longer an invoice waits, the longer the money does. When the invoice lands while the customer is still looking at the finished work, most just pay it. Make it from the job as you pack up and send it from the driveway.

Give them a way to pay there and then

A customer at home can scan the invoice's QR code on your phone and pay on theirs. A customer at work can pay from the text. Card, Apple Pay and Google Pay cover almost everyone who doesn't carry cash. e-Transfer works for the ones who'd rather send it from their bank.

Agree the price before you start

On anything bigger than a call-out, send a quote they accept in writing. An accepted quote means no surprise at the end, and no reason to put off paying.

Remind once, politely, with the link

If it isn't paid in a few days, send one short reminder with the link to pay. Knockround writes it for you from the list of who owes you; you check it and press send.

Keep one list of who owes you

Cash, cheques, cards: whatever they pay with, tick it off in one place, so the list of who still owes you is right when you look at it on Friday.

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