#freelance-gigs

Oof, I’m dealing with this right now.

Have not had to deal with this much at all thankfully (knock on wood) but I always like to try flattery. Something like “You guys are always so on top of this so I just wanted to check in and make sure you saw my invoice” lol

I have heard that for women, it can be effective to send an email from a fake billings/accounts person with a man’s name, sadly.

I have an automated email reminder system, so I don't even need to do this manually. First, I use something like this: "Invoice [number] was due on [date]. I'm sure this is an oversight. Please let us know when we can expect to receive payment." Then: "Invoice [number] was due on [date]. It has still not been paid. Please let us know when we can expect to receive payment." Then: "Invoice [number] was due on [date]. It remains unpaid, despite several reminders. If it is not paid by [date of next Friday in the month], we will reissue it with a late payment fee added." The first usually resolves it. If it goes to email 4, it's a warning that we're preparing to take them to small claims court. I've had to do it twice IN A ROW, with the same deadbeat client. They paid finally, after a court order. NO emotion, no pleading, no personalisation, just cold hard facts.

WHOOP! 🙂

“Please advise status of payment, or Im sending this to collections”