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The invoice reminder plan
Set up automatic reminders before, on and after the due date, by email, text or both.
A reminder plan is a list of automatic messages tied to the due date. Reminders stop the moment the invoice is paid.
The starting plan
Out of the box the plan has six reminders:
| When | By | On? |
|---|---|---|
| 3 days before due | On | |
| On the due date | Email + text | On |
| 3 days after | Text | On |
| 7 days after | Email + text | On |
| 14 days after | On | |
| 30 days after | Off |
Change the default plan
- Go to Settings → 🧾 Invoice design.
- Scroll to ⏰ Default reminder plan.
- On each row use the tick box to switch it on or off.
- Set the number of days and choose before due, on the due date or after due.
- Choose email, text or email + text.
- Tap Edit message to change the wording. Merge codes you can tap: First name, Customer, Invoice #, Title, Amount, Due date, Days late, Days until due, Pay link, Your company, Your name.
- Tap + Add a reminder for another row (up to 12 in total).
- Tap Save invoice design.
Use Send me a test under a message to send it to yourself first.
Change the plan for one invoice
In the invoice editor open ⏰ Reminders & messages and choose:
- My default plan
- Custom for this invoice
- No reminders
Rules to know
- Reminders go out at 10 am in your website’s time zone.
- Only invoices with status Sent get reminders.
- If a reminder’s time was already past when you sent the invoice, it is skipped. One missed by more than two days is also skipped.
- Texts never go out overnight. A text held for quiet hours waits for the morning.
- “Reply STOP to opt out” is added to texts automatically. Texts are kept to 600 characters.
- Texts need text messaging set up and a plan that includes it. Without it, a text reminder falls back to email only.
- Reminders pause while your own subscription is suspended.
Tips
- Keep the tone friendly early and firmer after two weeks.
- Give a phone number in the message so people can call.
If something goes wrong
- No reminders arrived. Check status is Sent, the customer has an email, and the plan is not set to “No reminders”.
- A text did not go. See quiet hours above, and check the customer’s mobile number.