The job is done. Get paid before you leave the driveway.
Mailed invoices get paid in weeks. A text with the receipt and a secure pay link gets paid while the work is still fresh. Polite reminders follow the ones that lag, capped, and a person approves anything sensitive.
Free 30 minutes. Bring your average days-to-paid if you know it. Most owners do not.
Your invoice, delivered as a text the moment the job closes, with a pay link that works from the couch.
A collections agency, or a robot hounding your customers. Reminders are capped and you see every thread.
Finished at 5:40. Paid by 7:44.
A scripted example, played out on the ticket itself. Not a real customer, and it never pretends to be.
Same evening, no envelope, no “did you see my invoice?” call. The slow payers get two polite nudges, then you.
Money rules it never bends.
Payment touches trust harder than any other message, so the guardrails are stricter here than anywhere else in the suite.
Always
- Payments run through your own payment account. Money never touches ours.
- Texts go from your carrier-registered business line, and STOP always works.
- Reminders are capped and spaced. After the cap, the thread comes to you, not to a harder tone.
Never
- No made-up late fees, no threats, no collections language. Ever.
- No surprise amounts: the text carries the receipt the customer already expects.
- Disputes and hardship replies go straight to a person: you, with the whole thread.
What you get, and who it fits.
Works with the invoicing you already do; the text and the link ride on top of it.
Included
- Receipt-plus-pay-link text the moment you mark a job done.
- Polite, capped reminders for the invoices that lag, in your voice.
- Carrier registration filed for you; opt-outs honored automatically.
- A weekly note: sent, opened, paid, and which invoices need a human.
- Pairs with receivables chasing for the email side of the same job.
A strong fit if
- You finish work in person and invoice afterward: trades, clinics, shops, services.
- Getting paid takes weeks and chasing feels like begging.
- Your customers text back faster than they open mail. That is everyone now.
The questions owners actually ask.
Whose payment account does the money go to?
Yours, directly. We wire the link to the payment processor you already use, or help you open one in your own name. ClarIQ never holds, routes, or touches your money, and that is a rule, not a feature.
Will customers find it pushy?
The first text is a receipt they expect, sent while they are still glad you came. That is the least pushy invoice there is. The reminders are the polite ones you would send yourself if you had the evening free, and they stop at the cap.
Can the customer pay the moment the message arrives?
Yes, and that is the point: the text carries the receipt and a secure pay link together, so paying is one tap while the job is still fresh.
There is no portal to register for and nothing to download; the link opens your processor’s checkout on their phone, and the payment usually lands the same day.
What does it cost?
A flat monthly amount scoped on the free call, sized to invoice volume. The honest comparison is your average days-to-paid: money that arrives weeks earlier is worth real interest, and the chasing hours come back too.
Can it handle deposits and partial payments?
Yes: deposit links before the job, balance links after, and partials recorded against the invoice with the remainder tracked. The rules are yours; we write them down in the setup session.
Can I send an invoice by text?
Yes, that is the whole service. You keep the invoicing you already run; the text rides on top of it, carrying the receipt and a secure pay link the moment the job is marked done.
Nothing about the invoice itself changes, and nothing about your records moves. The text is simply the version your customer actually opens.
Find your real days-to-paid.
A free 30-minute call: we pull the number from your last twenty invoices, and price what same-evening would be worth to you.
Not sure your shop is ready for any of this? The free two-minute readiness check answers that first.
Or write to hello@clariqadvisory.com