[{"question":{"category_id":1369273,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T19:02:46.000Z","tag_names":["customer portal","using customer portal","customer portal sign up","customer portal login","customer portal troubleshooting","portal access","pay invoice online","save card on file","customer self service","portal branding"],"answer_sample":"The Customer Portal is the self-service web page Biller Genie gives every one of ","long_answer_sample":"The Customer Portal is the self-service web page Biller Genie gives every one of your customers. When they receive an invoice, the email contains a button that opens the portal, where they can view what they owe, pay it, save a card on file, set up autopay, request a payment plan, and download receipts and statements. This article explains what the ","language_id":1,"id":1956892,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer portal self-service web page biller genie gives every one customers. receive invoice, email contains button opens portal, can view owe, pay it, save card file, set autopay, request payment plan, download receipts statements. article explains looks like, customers control features available. open invoices. clean list unpaid invoice amount, due date, button. invoice. credit card, ach (bank transfer), apm (alternative methods like paypal) depending enabled. multiple invoices once. select several open-invoice single checkout. partial amounts. enabled payments, amount total. see payments inside . bank account file. one-click reuse next payment. enroll autopay. agrees automatic charging future saved method. customer-enabled auto plan. plans, submits approve takes effect. paid receipts. full history going back joined genie. update contact info. name, address, — controllable per-customer (you decide self-edit). inviting reach access link (covered section). send separate invitation lets permanent username password. useful wants log directly, manage stored methods, want ready use first ships. find public url go add-ons → shown there. share website, signatures, anywhere else might directly. install marketplace. free, just enable account. personal [the customer] tab. never invited (or resend), click invitation. subject \"welcome portal\" includes clicks second sent confirm address. confirmation link, chosen says got verify address customer's profile matches inbox checking, look spam folder. welcome comes noreply@billergenie.com. registered check completed registration, run report. reports report fields show registration status. register create sends directly portal. behind scenes, generates secure token per customer; authenticates via token. \"permanent\" login, invite password required actions managing methods. person manages accounts (an accountant handling clients, property manager parent sub-customer setup, etc.), login customer-switcher dropdown. sub switcher works parent/sub relationships quickbooks shape experience. sign (rather relying emails), complete short sign-up flow. gets triggered experience email. locates noreply@billergenie.com \"click reset password.\" page, enters password, up. match to. choose profile. associated with; continue. records, described login. email\" verify. accept user agreement. reads immediately signed in. sign-up, return anytime logging created. troubleshooting walk four checks status \"active\" deactivated record flag. trying must exact (case-insensitive), field. fix different. add-on still showing \"installed\" marketplace accidentally uninstalled. tried \"forgot password\" fastest problems forgot-password flow reset. pass in, subscriber success error message seeing. controlling controlled two places portal-level controls sit wider customer-defaults stack setting global defaults (account-wide baseline), type (per-type overrides), overrides (one-off exceptions). available default (allow cc, allow ach, etc.). specific (turn customer, plans few, portal-specific matter actually logs live section edit email, add remove cards file change auto-pay settings enroll/unenroll autopay notification edits get notified make changes branding carries business's branding. logo, colors, business name appear header templates. configure panel \u0026gt; saves account, stays reused designate method default. pci-tokenized stores raw numbers. merchant side, record. mark outright (useful asks \"delete old file\"). happens pays details selects method) pay. processes configured gateway. marked paid, recorded sales receipt emailed customer. syncs accounting software (quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet) sync, books automatically. failure shows clear message, gateway decline, retry. merge tags personalizing invitations links sets ones drop working messenger reminders templates (so straight them), portal-invitation (when manually login). supported accounting-software integrations payment, void, refund online, (magiccarpet), xero sync side. used template {customerportallink} pay-now link. important tag meant drive {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. great statement reminder pull without first. (see store ), template. supports smaller {customerfirstname} name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank. {customerlastname} last note context regular {dbaname} dba (the know by). customer-portal pages templated messages (emails, paper mail). browse real data moment viewing, templating involved. lead inventory shared across (customer info, late fees, currency formatting rules), using frequently asked questions need registering. creation optional needed (managing viewing history). fine. https-only, (biller numbers), tokens unique expire extended inactivity. logins strong-password requirements two-factor authentication quick (1) with, (2) (paid voided session). worst case, resend manual fresh yes load exactly would. verifying everything right big batch related articles reminders,","name":"Using the Customer Portal","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-the-customer-portal","first_category":"The Customer Portal","categories_display_for_views":"The Customer Portal","parent_categories":[1369273],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customer-portal/using-the-customer-portal?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer portal self-service web page biller genie gives every one customers. receive invoice, email contains button opens portal, can view owe, pay it, save card file, set autopay, request payment plan, download receipts statements. article explains looks like, customers control features available. open invoices. clean list unpaid invoice amount, due date, button. invoice. credit card, ach (bank transfer), apm (alternative methods like paypal) depending enabled. multiple invoices once. select several open-invoice single checkout. partial amounts. enabled payments, amount total. see payments inside . bank account file. one-click reuse next payment. enroll autopay. agrees automatic charging future saved method. customer-enabled auto plan. plans, submits approve takes effect. paid receipts. full history going back joined genie. update contact info. name, address, — controllable per-customer (you decide self-edit). inviting reach access link (covered section). send separate invitation lets permanent username password. useful wants log directly, manage stored methods, want ready use first ships. find public url go add-ons → shown there. share website, signatures, anywhere else might directly. install marketplace. free, just enable account. personal [the customer] tab. never invited (or resend), click invitation. subject \"welcome portal\" includes clicks second sent confirm address. confirmation link, chosen says got verify address customer's profile matches inbox checking, look spam folder. welcome comes noreply@billergenie.com. registered check completed registration, run report. reports report fields show registration status. register create sends directly portal. behind scenes, generates secure token per customer; authenticates via token. \"permanent\" login, invite password required actions managing methods. person manages accounts (an accountant handling clients, property manager parent sub-customer setup, etc.), login customer-switcher dropdown. sub switcher works parent/sub relationships quickbooks shape experience. sign (rather relying emails), complete short sign-up flow. gets triggered experience email. locates noreply@billergenie.com \"click reset password.\" page, enters password, up. match to. choose profile. associated with; continue. records, described login. email\" verify. accept user agreement. reads immediately signed in. sign-up, return anytime logging created. troubleshooting walk four checks status \"active\" deactivated record flag. trying must exact (case-insensitive), field. fix different. add-on still showing \"installed\" marketplace accidentally uninstalled. tried \"forgot password\" fastest problems forgot-password flow reset. pass in, subscriber success error message seeing. controlling controlled two places portal-level controls sit wider customer-defaults stack setting global defaults (account-wide baseline), type (per-type overrides), overrides (one-off exceptions). available default (allow cc, allow ach, etc.). specific (turn customer, plans few, portal-specific matter actually logs live section edit email, add remove cards file change auto-pay settings enroll/unenroll autopay notification edits get notified make changes branding carries business's branding. logo, colors, business name appear header templates. configure panel \u0026gt; saves account, stays reused designate method default. pci-tokenized stores raw numbers. merchant side, record. mark outright (useful asks \"delete old file\"). happens pays details selects method) pay. processes configured gateway. marked paid, recorded sales receipt emailed customer. syncs accounting software (quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet) sync, books automatically. failure shows clear message, gateway decline, retry. merge tags personalizing invitations links sets ones drop working messenger reminders templates (so straight them), portal-invitation (when manually login). supported accounting-software integrations payment, void, refund online, (magiccarpet), xero sync side. used template {customerportallink} pay-now link. important tag meant drive {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. great statement reminder pull without first. (see store ), template. supports smaller {customerfirstname} name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank. {customerlastname} last note context regular {dbaname} dba (the know by). customer-portal pages templated messages (emails, paper mail). browse real data moment viewing, templating involved. lead inventory shared across (customer info, late fees, currency formatting rules), using frequently asked questions need registering. creation optional needed (managing viewing history). fine. https-only, (biller numbers), tokens unique expire extended inactivity. logins strong-password requirements two-factor authentication quick (1) with, (2) (paid voided session). worst case, resend manual fresh yes load exactly would. verifying everything right big batch related articles reminders,","categories":{"current":{"id":1369273,"name":"The Customer Portal","url":"/customer-portal"}},"category_param":"customer-portal"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369273,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T12:56:27.000Z","tag_names":["customer portal","payment splits"],"answer_sample":"Overview Customers can make full, bulk, or partial payments inside the Customer P","long_answer_sample":"Overview Customers can make full, bulk, or partial payments inside the Customer Portal. While full and bulk payments can be made directly from the home screen, partial payments must be made from the individual invoice page. This article explains how customers can submit a partial payment.     How To Make a Partial Payment Step 1 Log in to the Custom","language_id":1,"id":1957653,"last_published_date":"May 25th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"overview customers can make full, bulk, partial payments inside customer portal. full bulk made directly home screen, must individual invoice page. article explains submit payment.   payment step 1 log locate needs click number left-hand side. will open 2 page, select desired method (for example, credit card ach). 3 amount field. edit reflect wish make. 4 process submitted, transaction balance update accordingly. important notes portal screen. require opening first. remaining stay paid full. still trouble unable payment, contact biller genie support team support@billergenie.com include following details used error messages displayed providing information help assist efficiently possible.","name":"Partial Payments inside Customer Portal","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"partial-payments-inside-customer-portal","first_category":"The Customer Portal","categories_display_for_views":"The Customer Portal","parent_categories":[1369273],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customer-portal/partial-payments-inside-customer-portal?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"overview customers can make full, bulk, partial payments inside customer portal. full bulk made directly home screen, must individual invoice page. article explains submit payment.   payment step 1 log locate needs click number left-hand side. will open 2 page, select desired method (for example, credit card ach). 3 amount field. edit reflect wish make. 4 process submitted, transaction balance update accordingly. important notes portal screen. require opening first. remaining stay paid full. still trouble unable payment, contact biller genie support team support@billergenie.com include following details used error messages displayed providing information help assist efficiently possible.","categories":{"current":{"id":1369273,"name":"The Customer Portal","url":"/customer-portal"}},"category_param":"customer-portal"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T14:56:52.000Z","tag_names":["biller genie logo upload","brand color","branding setup","color picker hex","company color","customer portal branding","icon logo","invoice branding","logo","logo dimensions","logo preference","png logo","site primary color","square logo","wide logo"],"answer_sample":"Branded invoices and reminders build trust with your customers — they recognize t","long_answer_sample":"Branded invoices and reminders build trust with your customers — they recognize the email as legitimate, recognize your logo and color, and are more likely to act on it. Biller Genie's branding takes about five minutes to set up: upload one to two logos, pick a Site Primary Color, and you're done. Branding applies everywhere your customers see Bille","language_id":1,"id":1957809,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"branded invoices reminders build trust customers — recognize email legitimate, logo color, likely act it. biller genie's branding takes five minutes set upload one two logos, pick site primary done. applies everywhere see genie invoices, reminders, customer portal, hosted payment page, mobile receipt. lives control panel \u0026gt; branding. three slots wide, square, icon slots, used different places. wide most-used bare minimum. square work aspect ratio, use app. slot recommended dimensions shows 500 × 100 (51 ratio), png reminder emails, portal header, page header (11 places select \"use square\" preference setting (good real-world circular rectangular) 100, app (the next business name receipts phone) file format size tips png. jpegs keeps transparent background, looks better colored headers. match dimensions. built-in cropper, starting correctly-sized gives best result. wider 51 (very narrow), letterbox sides; narrower, top bottom. white light backgrounds best. headers light-colored. dark background safest combination. keep reasonable. 200 kb plenty bigger files slow opens portal. uploading step 1. navigate 2. want fill (wide / icon), click choose image. 3. slider crop fit inside preview box, upload. immediately refresh tab another window live. uploaded logo, lets uses page. (default) good modern especially text-heavy ones. badge, monogram, stacked design read well ratio. governed always regardless. color accent call-to-action buttons big pay now button portal), invoice header. company input field. using four methods type hex code (e.g. #265074) easiest know brand's spec. enter rgb values. hsv drag picker visually. ok picker, update save. enough contrast text. text color. yellows pale colors will make hard read. aim medium-dark website visual identity. websites publish brand style guide can pull free like colorzilla. red unless actually red-themed. associate errors. businesses look trustworthy blue, green, teal, neutral. pdfs (or square) every send. bar, button. top-left action buttons. receipt name. sender emails comes custom domain configuration, domains . related articles configure general settings writing effective","name":"Branding Setup","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"branding-setup","first_category":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","categories_display_for_views":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","parent_categories":[1368782],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/settings-and-account/branding-setup?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"branded invoices reminders build trust customers — recognize email legitimate, logo color, likely act it. biller genie's branding takes five minutes set upload one two logos, pick site primary done. applies everywhere see genie invoices, reminders, customer portal, hosted payment page, mobile receipt. lives control panel \u0026gt; branding. three slots wide, square, icon slots, used different places. wide most-used bare minimum. square work aspect ratio, use app. slot recommended dimensions shows 500 × 100 (51 ratio), png reminder emails, portal header, page header (11 places select \"use square\" preference setting (good real-world circular rectangular) 100, app (the next business name receipts phone) file format size tips png. jpegs keeps transparent background, looks better colored headers. match dimensions. built-in cropper, starting correctly-sized gives best result. wider 51 (very narrow), letterbox sides; narrower, top bottom. white light backgrounds best. headers light-colored. dark background safest combination. keep reasonable. 200 kb plenty bigger files slow opens portal. uploading step 1. navigate 2. want fill (wide / icon), click choose image. 3. slider crop fit inside preview box, upload. immediately refresh tab another window live. uploaded logo, lets uses page. (default) good modern especially text-heavy ones. badge, monogram, stacked design read well ratio. governed always regardless. color accent call-to-action buttons big pay now button portal), invoice header. company input field. using four methods type hex code (e.g. #265074) easiest know brand's spec. enter rgb values. hsv drag picker visually. ok picker, update save. enough contrast text. text color. yellows pale colors will make hard read. aim medium-dark website visual identity. websites publish brand style guide can pull free like colorzilla. red unless actually red-themed. associate errors. businesses look trustworthy blue, green, teal, neutral. pdfs (or square) every send. bar, button. top-left action buttons. receipt name. sender emails comes custom domain configuration, domains . related articles configure general settings writing effective","categories":{"current":{"id":1368782,"name":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","url":"/settings-and-account"}},"category_param":"settings-and-account"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2025-07-21T19:53:47.000Z","tag_names":["dual pricing customer experience","dual pricing invoice view","card price ach price","side by side pricing","cash discount checkout","dual pricing email","dual pricing receipt","customer portal dual pricing","how dual pricing looks to customer"],"answer_sample":"With Biller Genie's Dual Pricing option, your invoices and payment screens displa","long_answer_sample":"With Biller Genie's Dual Pricing option, your invoices and payment screens display both a card price and an ACH (or cash) price side-by-side. The customer sees both prices from the start — there's no popup at checkout — and they pick the payment method that matches the price they're willing to pay. This article walks through the six points where you","language_id":1,"id":3411087,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie's dual pricing option, invoices payment screens display card price ach (or cash) side-by-side. customer sees prices start — popup checkout pick method matches willing pay. article walks six points typical payment, know exactly experience. surcharging equivalent (which different flow single checkout), see experience . step 1 invoice syncs accounting software create (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) normal price. becomes will see. genie automatically calculates applying technology fee percentage top. 2 shows side-by-side opens invoice, two clearly labeled label second depends cash labels setting (see fees account ). 3 messenger email reflects total new-invoice reminder emails sent show (the price). visible itself. 4 summary screen clicks pay, displays decision point pay option choose accordingly. 5 selects \"pay card,\" higher two) nothing else. surprise surcharge disclosure saw chose previous screen. 6 receipt chosen emailed amount actually paid card, another method. \"fee\" line item appears customer's pricing; just chose. looks inside portal logs (instead via public link), follows steps. view related articles glance reconciling","name":"What Your Customer Sees: The Dual Pricing Checkout Experience","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"dual-pricing-customer-experience","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/dual-pricing-customer-experience?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie's dual pricing option, invoices payment screens display card price ach (or cash) side-by-side. customer sees prices start — popup checkout pick method matches willing pay. article walks six points typical payment, know exactly experience. surcharging equivalent (which different flow single checkout), see experience . step 1 invoice syncs accounting software create (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) normal price. becomes will see. genie automatically calculates applying technology fee percentage top. 2 shows side-by-side opens invoice, two clearly labeled label second depends cash labels setting (see fees account ). 3 messenger email reflects total new-invoice reminder emails sent show (the price). visible itself. 4 summary screen clicks pay, displays decision point pay option choose accordingly. 5 selects \"pay card,\" higher two) nothing else. surprise surcharge disclosure saw chose previous screen. 6 receipt chosen emailed amount actually paid card, another method. \"fee\" line item appears customer's pricing; just chose. looks inside portal logs (instead via public link), follows steps. view related articles glance reconciling","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T12:52:44.000Z","tag_names":["storing payment methods","store credit card","store ach","tokenize card","ach authorization","electronic ach authorization","save and send ach","self-authorize ach","merchant liability ach","customer portal vault","add stored card","add ach account","remove stored payment method","biller genie vault","authorize ach"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie can securely store your customers' payment methods — both credit/deb","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie can securely store your customers' payment methods — both credit/debit cards and ACH bank accounts — so you can charge them on future invoices, set up Auto Pay, or run scheduled payments without re-collecting payment details each time. Cards and ACH follow the same merchant-side workflow, with one important difference: ACH requires cust","language_id":1,"id":1957650,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie can securely store customers' payment methods — credit/debit cards ach bank accounts charge future invoices, set auto pay, run scheduled payments without re-collecting details time. follow merchant-side workflow, one important difference requires customer authorization (an electronic signature attestation collected outside genie). don't. article covers flow. rather enter information handling details, use customer-invitation flow instead see invite method . storing credit debit card step 1. log genie, navigate customers, open customer's profile clicking id display name. 2. click stored tab. 3. add \u0026gt; card. 4. number, expiration date, security code (cvv). address file, auto-populates. tokenized use. never stores raw number systems gateway token. (bank account) account follows first three steps explicit record showing agreed charged. supports two paths. 1 customers [select customer] account. 2 bank-account fill holder name routing type (checking savings) 3 choose authorize options. save send recommended merchants collects signed behalf. option (recommended) send. emails request. signs electronically; form genie. keep separate copy file case dispute. b self-authorize (merchant confirmation) (a form, in-person agreement, etc.), self-authorize. account, pop-up confirmation button next selecting tells obtained. ⚠ merchant liability method, responsibility document shifts you. will electronically form. dispute, return, chargeback, inquiry happens, service provider require submit proof directly. produce valid documentation, transaction may returned reversed. strongly recommend using unless robust process collecting retaining forms letting (customer portal) portal enabled, themselves, signing process. hands-off side. six-step customer-side clicks vault icon. enters info, save. guides authorization. name, last email record. reviews 5. scrolls next. 6. checks consent box, types draws signature, sign document. vault. adds skips step, saved unauthorized complete it. return finish. authorized pay source, schedule. additional required transactions download records. removing currently assigned deleted removed pay. delete disable update first. tab remove method. ways self-storage checkout. anytime pays (see customer-enabled article). invitation link. handle secure link themselves. still trouble contact support@billergenie.com include (card ach) whether used self-authorize, completed error messages displayed related articles turn connecting gateways codes explained","name":"Storing Customer Payment Methods (Cards and ACH)","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"storing-payment-methods","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/storing-payment-methods?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie can securely store customers' payment methods — credit/debit cards ach bank accounts charge future invoices, set auto pay, run scheduled payments without re-collecting details time. follow merchant-side workflow, one important difference requires customer authorization (an electronic signature attestation collected outside genie). don't. article covers flow. rather enter information handling details, use customer-invitation flow instead see invite method . storing credit debit card step 1. log genie, navigate customers, open customer's profile clicking id display name. 2. click stored tab. 3. add \u0026gt; card. 4. number, expiration date, security code (cvv). address file, auto-populates. tokenized use. never stores raw number systems gateway token. (bank account) account follows first three steps explicit record showing agreed charged. supports two paths. 1 customers [select customer] account. 2 bank-account fill holder name routing type (checking savings) 3 choose authorize options. save send recommended merchants collects signed behalf. option (recommended) send. emails request. signs electronically; form genie. keep separate copy file case dispute. b self-authorize (merchant confirmation) (a form, in-person agreement, etc.), self-authorize. account, pop-up confirmation button next selecting tells obtained. ⚠ merchant liability method, responsibility document shifts you. will electronically form. dispute, return, chargeback, inquiry happens, service provider require submit proof directly. produce valid documentation, transaction may returned reversed. strongly recommend using unless robust process collecting retaining forms letting (customer portal) portal enabled, themselves, signing process. hands-off side. six-step customer-side clicks vault icon. enters info, save. guides authorization. name, last email record. reviews 5. scrolls next. 6. checks consent box, types draws signature, sign document. vault. adds skips step, saved unauthorized complete it. return finish. authorized pay source, schedule. additional required transactions download records. removing currently assigned deleted removed pay. delete disable update first. tab remove method. ways self-storage checkout. anytime pays (see customer-enabled article). invitation link. handle secure link themselves. still trouble contact support@billergenie.com include (card ach) whether used self-authorize, completed error messages displayed related articles turn connecting gateways codes explained","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-26T22:54:34.243Z","tag_names":["payment location","virtual terminal name","transaction labels","payment source","payment flow","invoice checkout","statement checkout","portal invoice payment","portal bulk payment","bulk invoice payment","payment plan","recurring billing","hosted payment link","integration payment","check payment","apple pay invoice checkout","apple pay statement checkout","apple pay portal invoice payment","apple pay portal bulk payment","apple pay hosted payment link","merchant receipt","gateway transactions report","csv export of transactions","what does payment location mean","what label is on my receipt","customer portal label","scheduler label","what is bulk pay on my receipt"],"answer_sample":"Every time a customer pays you through Biller Genie, the merchant receipt email y","long_answer_sample":"Every time a customer pays you through Biller Genie, the merchant receipt email you receive includes a \"Payment Location\" field. That field tells you which Biller Genie flow took the payment, so you can tell at a glance whether a payment came through an invoice checkout, a Hosted Payment Link, a Payment Plan, or something else. The same value appear","language_id":1,"id":3829008,"last_published_date":"May 26th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"every time customer pays biller genie, merchant receipt email receive includes \"payment location\" field. field tells genie flow took payment, can tell glance whether payment came invoice checkout, hosted link, plan, something else. value appears \"virtual terminal\" column gateway-transactions report csv export report, whatever label see exported transaction history. location emails. line pays. gateway transactions report. shows row transaction. exports. value. means plain language inside portal specific invoice. bulk covered multiple invoices once. sales entered standalone (no involved). virtual terminal manually using addon. check processed check-processing flow. auto-pay ran automatic file one customers. plan installment active set customer. recurring billing pure recurring-billing stored method (not part plan). checkout paid public link sent them, without logging portal. statement in. logged statements shared. apple pay used sheet pay. sheet. integration originated connected practice-management vertical (such theramanager). third party synced third-party accounting system. process itself. labels work whenever completes sheet, prefixed \"apple \" payments apart typed-card applies five flows. older looking history predates labels, may different values rows — reflect looked like taken. keep original will updated. going forward, new stamped table above. corresponds current naming (and variant those), depending scheduler qdpm page frequently asked questions customers no. copy receipt. include it. difference \"invoice checkout\" \"portal payment\" directly first plan\" \"recurring billing\" structured (for example, four installments $250 months). true subscription-style charge regular schedule defined end date. \"integration mean integration, theramanager another business-application supports. yes. uses receipts screen. related articles void refund (full partial) refunds voids turn auto feature utilization","name":"What 'Payment Location' Means on Your Transaction Receipts","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"what-payment-location-means-on-your-transaction-receipts","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/what-payment-location-means-on-your-transaction-receipts?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every time customer pays biller genie, merchant receipt email receive includes \"payment location\" field. field tells genie flow took payment, can tell glance whether payment came invoice checkout, hosted link, plan, something else. value appears \"virtual terminal\" column gateway-transactions report csv export report, whatever label see exported transaction history. location emails. line pays. gateway transactions report. shows row transaction. exports. value. means plain language inside portal specific invoice. bulk covered multiple invoices once. sales entered standalone (no involved). virtual terminal manually using addon. check processed check-processing flow. auto-pay ran automatic file one customers. plan installment active set customer. recurring billing pure recurring-billing stored method (not part plan). checkout paid public link sent them, without logging portal. statement in. logged statements shared. apple pay used sheet pay. sheet. integration originated connected practice-management vertical (such theramanager). third party synced third-party accounting system. process itself. labels work whenever completes sheet, prefixed \"apple \" payments apart typed-card applies five flows. older looking history predates labels, may different values rows — reflect looked like taken. keep original will updated. going forward, new stamped table above. corresponds current naming (and variant those), depending scheduler qdpm page frequently asked questions customers no. copy receipt. include it. difference \"invoice checkout\" \"portal payment\" directly first plan\" \"recurring billing\" structured (for example, four installments $250 months). true subscription-style charge regular schedule defined end date. \"integration mean integration, theramanager another business-application supports. yes. uses receipts screen. related articles void refund (full partial) refunds voids turn auto feature utilization","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T12:43:42.000Z","tag_names":["financing","credit cards"],"answer_sample":"Overview To allow customers to store and use Credit Card and ACH payment methods,","long_answer_sample":"Overview To allow customers to store and use Credit Card and ACH payment methods, these payment options must first be enabled in your Biller Genie account. Once enabled, customers will be able to add and manage their payment methods through the Customer Portal (if enabled), and payment options will be available on invoices.     How To Enable Credit ","language_id":1,"id":1957640,"last_published_date":"May 21st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"overview allow customers store use credit card ach payment methods, options must first enabled biller genie account. enabled, will able add manage methods customer portal (if enabled), available invoices.   enable payments step 1 log navigate control panel \u0026gt; defaults 2 general section, locate following settings toggle setting yes needed. click save new apply moving forward.  3 (optional – existing customers) like update current well scroll bottom page. individual customers. select appropriate name dropdown changes. ensures profiles updated reflect preferences.  important notes enabling allows pay invoices using selected methods. see defaults. invoice pages, active. still trouble unable payments, contact support team support@billergenie.com include details method attempting whether applies customers, error messages displayed providing information help assist efficiently possible.","name":"Allowing Credit Card \u0026 ACH Payments","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"allowing-credit-card-ach-payments","first_category":"Payment Acceptance","categories_display_for_views":"Payment Acceptance","parent_categories":[1366687],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/payment-acceptance/allowing-credit-card-ach-payments?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"overview allow customers store use credit card ach payment methods, options must first enabled biller genie account. enabled, will able add manage methods customer portal (if enabled), available invoices.   enable payments step 1 log navigate control panel \u0026gt; defaults 2 general section, locate following settings toggle setting yes needed. click save new apply moving forward.  3 (optional – existing customers) like update current well scroll bottom page. individual customers. select appropriate name dropdown changes. ensures profiles updated reflect preferences.  important notes enabling allows pay invoices using selected methods. see defaults. invoice pages, active. still trouble unable payments, contact support team support@billergenie.com include details method attempting whether applies customers, error messages displayed providing information help assist efficiently possible.","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369274,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T15:29:13.000Z","tag_names":["billing automation","invoice genie"],"answer_sample":"To view your account billing information, visit the billing tab within Biller Gen","long_answer_sample":"To view your account billing information, visit the billing tab within Biller Genie. To view your billing information, click on the username in the top right-hand corner, then click Billing. You can view your current Payment Method and add a new payment method. Enter your payment information. When you add a new payment method, you can choose to Set ","language_id":1,"id":1957855,"last_published_date":"May 25th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"view account billing information, visit tab within biller genie. information, click username in top right-hand corner, then click billing. can current payment method add new method. enter information. method, choose to set default and system will bill   viewing invoice \u0026amp; plan history the invoice history section, change filter to all to your open and paid invoices. section show active start date. you’ll see information previous upgrade downgrade. step 1 click number pdf version breakdown charges invoice. 2 summary page, sign corner register and/or log customer portal us.","name":"Biller Genie Billing \u0026 Subscription","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"biller-genie-billing-subscription","first_category":"Account \u0026 Billing","categories_display_for_views":"Account \u0026 Billing","parent_categories":[1369274],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/account-and-billing/biller-genie-billing-subscription?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"view account billing information, visit tab within biller genie. information, click username in top right-hand corner, then click billing. can current payment method add new method. enter information. method, choose to set default and system will bill   viewing invoice \u0026amp; plan history the invoice history section, change filter to all to your open and paid invoices. section show active start date. you’ll see information previous upgrade downgrade. step 1 click number pdf version breakdown charges invoice. 2 summary page, sign corner register and/or log customer portal us.","categories":{"current":{"id":1369274,"name":"Account \u0026 Billing","url":"/account-and-billing"}},"category_param":"account-and-billing"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369272,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T20:25:26.000Z","tag_names":["invoice messenger","invoice delivery","send invoice email","paper mail invoice","invoice updated email","invoice notification","bill with parent invoice messenger","merge tags invoice","invoice messenger settings","invoice messenger matrix"],"answer_sample":"Invoice Messenger handles the first touch with your customer when an invoice goes","long_answer_sample":"Invoice Messenger handles the first touch with your customer when an invoice goes out: emailing the invoice, mailing the invoice on paper if you've enabled paper mail, and updating the customer if the invoice changes. It's the front half of Biller Genie's customer-communication system; Reminders handles the follow-up cadence after that first touch. ","language_id":1,"id":1957013,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"invoice messenger handles first touch customer goes emailing invoice, mailing paper enabled mail, updating changes. front half biller genie's customer-communication system; reminders follow-up cadence touch. sends organized matrix — six message types, two channels (email mail). cell independently toggleable, can choose exactly communications go channel. upcoming payment heads-up sent due. especially useful autopay know charge hit. due invoice's date. updated existing changed (line item edited, amount adjusted, date moved). email mail offered arrive next update. statement periodic listing customer's open invoices. overdue past late fee posts. vs always available genie ships invoices sender address (or custom domain set one up). requires add-on enabled, hands print-and-mail vendor puts physical mailbox within business days. type, gets both. customers reliably check \"belt suspenders\" approach. differs systems use structure serve different purposes out, updates triggers once. cadence. repeats schedule paid. may trigger time. practice, usually turn every type ever see, repeat pressure find configured layered model used everywhere global defaults baseline applied customer. control panel \u0026gt; tab. overrides per quickbooks type. per-customer specific customers. most-specific layer wins. configure first, add exceptions. starter setup service b2b businesses, works well on, off. (turn insist paper). (paper option here). accounts want hardcopy month-end statement). (enable level stubborn invoices). bill parent sub-customer parent, settings sub-customer's record grayed parent's drive sent. keeps messaging consistent actually paying. customizing content wording, branding, footer emails comes template (classic / modern simple), text, columns shown, whether pdf includes qr code. specifically, see customize . merge tags personalizing templates support placeholders like {customerfirstname} {amountdue} replaces real data out. let render correctly invoice. work mail. tag system shared contexts. information name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank (useful businesses). {customerbusinessname} blank. {customerdisplayname} preferred display name (combines + based set). {jobname} job title (for setups). {other} value field. {invoicenumber} number. {invoicedate} (mm/dd/yyyy). {duedate} balance remaining, formatted currency example, $1,234.56). statements, total instead {ponumber} po number (empty none). {invoicedayslate} days is. plain (negative yet messages might \"due 5 days\" phrasing). (conditional) fees merchant qualifies. otherwise empty strings, safely include double \"with fee\" \"without variants. particularly template. {latefee} will (currency formatted). {latefeedate} scheduled post link {customerportallink} full url portal important one-click pay-now needs. {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. {dbaname} business's dba (the by). rules case-sensitive works; replace literally. single curly braces ({{...}}) square brackets ([...]) supported. dates hardcoded mm/dd/yyyy format uses locale's symbol formatting. merge-tag example send simple hi {customerfirstname}, ready. {duedate}. pay online click questions, just reply email. thanks, abc plumbing co., personalized name, number, exact amount, date, working manual editing frequently asked questions says receive look activity history shows timestamp, delivery channel used. went it, (1) file correct, (2) server bounce (check records), (3) spam folder. worst case, fire resend (see manually ). disable insists another way yes types suppressed. change settings, already-sent re-sent fires event (invoice created, updated). changing affects future updates, gone already-issued again, action. get only, record, emailed, ones paper. active. related articles using setting reminders, fees, features","name":"Invoice Messenger","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"invoice-messenger","first_category":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","categories_display_for_views":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","parent_categories":[1369272],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoice-messenger-and-reminders/invoice-messenger?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"invoice messenger handles first touch customer goes emailing invoice, mailing paper enabled mail, updating changes. front half biller genie's customer-communication system; reminders follow-up cadence touch. sends organized matrix — six message types, two channels (email mail). cell independently toggleable, can choose exactly communications go channel. upcoming payment heads-up sent due. especially useful autopay know charge hit. due invoice's date. updated existing changed (line item edited, amount adjusted, date moved). email mail offered arrive next update. statement periodic listing customer's open invoices. overdue past late fee posts. vs always available genie ships invoices sender address (or custom domain set one up). requires add-on enabled, hands print-and-mail vendor puts physical mailbox within business days. type, gets both. customers reliably check \"belt suspenders\" approach. differs systems use structure serve different purposes out, updates triggers once. cadence. repeats schedule paid. may trigger time. practice, usually turn every type ever see, repeat pressure find configured layered model used everywhere global defaults baseline applied customer. control panel \u0026gt; tab. overrides per quickbooks type. per-customer specific customers. most-specific layer wins. configure first, add exceptions. starter setup service b2b businesses, works well on, off. (turn insist paper). (paper option here). accounts want hardcopy month-end statement). (enable level stubborn invoices). bill parent sub-customer parent, settings sub-customer's record grayed parent's drive sent. keeps messaging consistent actually paying. customizing content wording, branding, footer emails comes template (classic / modern simple), text, columns shown, whether pdf includes qr code. specifically, see customize . merge tags personalizing templates support placeholders like {customerfirstname} {amountdue} replaces real data out. let render correctly invoice. work mail. tag system shared contexts. information name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank (useful businesses). {customerbusinessname} blank. {customerdisplayname} preferred display name (combines + based set). {jobname} job title (for setups). {other} value field. {invoicenumber} number. {invoicedate} (mm/dd/yyyy). {duedate} balance remaining, formatted currency example, $1,234.56). statements, total instead {ponumber} po number (empty none). {invoicedayslate} days is. plain (negative yet messages might \"due 5 days\" phrasing). (conditional) fees merchant qualifies. otherwise empty strings, safely include double \"with fee\" \"without variants. particularly template. {latefee} will (currency formatted). {latefeedate} scheduled post link {customerportallink} full url portal important one-click pay-now needs. {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. {dbaname} business's dba (the by). rules case-sensitive works; replace literally. single curly braces ({{...}}) square brackets ([...]) supported. dates hardcoded mm/dd/yyyy format uses locale's symbol formatting. merge-tag example send simple hi {customerfirstname}, ready. {duedate}. pay online click questions, just reply email. thanks, abc plumbing co., personalized name, number, exact amount, date, working manual editing frequently asked questions says receive look activity history shows timestamp, delivery channel used. went it, (1) file correct, (2) server bounce (check records), (3) spam folder. worst case, fire resend (see manually ). disable insists another way yes types suppressed. change settings, already-sent re-sent fires event (invoice created, updated). changing affects future updates, gone already-issued again, action. get only, record, emailed, ones paper. active. related articles using setting reminders, fees, features","categories":{"current":{"id":1369272,"name":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","url":"/invoice-messenger-and-reminders"}},"category_param":"invoice-messenger-and-reminders"}},{"question":{"category_id":1369272,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T21:22:32.000Z","tag_names":["reminders","using reminders","reminder cadence","overdue reminders","payment due","upcoming payment","statement","merge tags","invoice messenger","escalation sequence","dunning","late fee reminder","reminder schedule","disable reminders","attach pdf"],"answer_sample":"Reminders are the automatic follow-up communications Biller Genie sends to your c","long_answer_sample":"Reminders are the automatic follow-up communications Biller Genie sends to your customers between the time an invoice goes out and the time it's paid. They're the engine that \"chases\" payments on your behalf — and the reason most Biller Genie merchants get paid significantly faster than they used to. This article explains how reminders work, what ea","language_id":1,"id":1957096,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"reminders automatic follow-up communications biller genie sends customers time invoice goes paid. engine \"chases\" payments behalf — reason merchants get paid significantly faster used to. article explains work, reminder type for, configure them. fit genie's messaging model two flavors customer communication messenger first touch. (and updates changes). (this article) cadence. repeats together cover whole life invoice. gets customer's hands; keeps top mind. six types organized message types, purpose. can turn one off, choose whether deliver email, paper mail, both. exact timing set globally configuration page. upcoming payment heads-up sent due. especially useful businesses offer terms (net 15, net 30) want encourage pay early, autopay appreciate charge hits. overdo early-warning touch usually plenty; starts feel like nagging. due invoice's date. updated existing changed (line item edited, amount adjusted, date moved). email only. statement periodic summary listing open invoices document. overdue past workhorse system. run recurring cadence core collections process. see escalation-sequence pattern below. late fee posts, giving chance kicks in. mail delivered always available. requires add-on . enabled type, reliably check email. installing add-on. brand-new account install takes ten seconds. step 1. add-ons marketplace genie, go marketplace, select category, click reminders. 2. tile. now shows ready configure. next section find configured three levels layered everywhere global defaults baseline every customer. once. overrides quickbooks (e.g. wholesale fewer retail). per-customer specific send vip touches; chronically more). most-specific layer wins. says \"statement on\" override turns statements. configuring (how days fires, soon etc.) page control panel \u0026gt; trigger schedule. fire due, itself); others schedule repeat n days). save. new applies point forward. global, channels change account. vary per turned delivery (email / mail) active \"message less\" pattern. practical start balanced works service b2b 3 date, update, month, (for accounts only). below; part spend tuning. 1 day adjust based fits policy. tune aggressive feels pushy; gentle ignored. watch overlap multiple schedules collide example, lands ends emails you, reads overzealous collections. setting cadence, walk couple sample timelines (day 0, 5, 30…) make sure scheduled day. unavoidable, stagger two. building escalation sequence effective single repeating tiered messages escalate tone channel older. tier block age range, matches serious situation become. common four-tier 0 60 friendly nudges, \"just reminder, please chance.\" 7-14 days. 2 120 firmer reminders, still \"your contact resolve this.\" add 90-day mark tangible escalation. 7-10 180 final notice. + mail. \"this hear may referred collections.\" 7 4 180+ either \"account suspended collections\" notice, stop sending route whichever schedule, subject line, body content. let opt later tiers never threaten everyone assumes genuinely delinquent unresponsive. long-standing who've simply slow will damage relationship. use exempt a-list tiers, carry friendlier 1/2 instead. merge tags personalizing templates support placeholders {customerfirstname} {amountdue} replaces real data out. template render correctly work information name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" name file (useful businesses). {customerbusinessname} business blank. {customerdisplayname} preferred display (combines set). {jobname} job title sub-customer setups). {other} value custom field. {invoicenumber} number. {invoicedate} (mm/dd/yyyy). {duedate} balance remaining, formatted currency $1,234.56). statements, total instead {ponumber} po number (empty none). {invoicedayslate} is. plain 42). negative yet. (conditional) fees merchant qualifies. otherwise empty strings, safely include double \"with fee\" \"without variants. {latefee} applied (currency formatted). {latefeedate} post link {customerportallink} full url portal drop give one-click pay-now link. {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. {dbaname} business's dba (the know by). tag rules case-sensitive works; replace literally. curly braces ({{...}}) square brackets ([...]) supported. dates hardcoded mm/dd/yyyy format uses locale's symbol formatting. merge-tag example simple scales across hi {customerfirstname}, remains unpaid. online thanks, abc plumbing co., personalized name, number, amount, late, manual editing disable need just customer, per-invoice opt-out portal, navigate reach record tab. modify confirmation banner appears. re-enabling path currently opted settings sparingly (customer → overrides) handles \"stop noise\" scenarios cleanly. statements behave little differently invoice, has, (typically month). config last month. recipient view links place, them, download pdf copy. partial within payments, directly view. apply paid, pro-rated customer-record off-schedule invoices, one-off immediately. calls asking complete picture. vs. individual pick strategy often crosses \"too email.\" monthly prefer consolidated view; retail time. attach default, rather whose ap teams archive pdfs toggle attachment yes. save settings. forward includes addition asks receiving sometimes ask redundant, quiet. oblige instead, want. patterns quiet pays consistently. statement, payment, fee. keep loop something lapses. everything except bare minimum. due; repeated follow-ups. entirely, prefers physical (with ). majority benefit exceptions. behavior genie; broader playbook. interact status future automatically. reduce outstanding getting nudges fully voided refunded generating voided/refunded amount. skipped (via waive flag) remind about. frequently asked questions automated sender address (or domain up) look correspondence company. notice automated. replies reply reply-to back genie. expected five causes (1) (check record), (2) fire, (3) bounced invalid, (4) disabled, (5) setting. actually right without changing yes itself, send. manually flow. preview looks option type. real-data receive. related articles fees, features using","name":"Using Reminders","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-reminders","first_category":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","categories_display_for_views":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","parent_categories":[1369272],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoice-messenger-and-reminders/using-reminders?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"reminders automatic follow-up communications biller genie sends customers time invoice goes paid. engine \"chases\" payments behalf — reason merchants get paid significantly faster used to. article explains work, reminder type for, configure them. fit genie's messaging model two flavors customer communication messenger first touch. (and updates changes). (this article) cadence. repeats together cover whole life invoice. gets customer's hands; keeps top mind. six types organized message types, purpose. can turn one off, choose whether deliver email, paper mail, both. exact timing set globally configuration page. upcoming payment heads-up sent due. especially useful businesses offer terms (net 15, net 30) want encourage pay early, autopay appreciate charge hits. overdo early-warning touch usually plenty; starts feel like nagging. due invoice's date. updated existing changed (line item edited, amount adjusted, date moved). email only. statement periodic summary listing open invoices document. overdue past workhorse system. run recurring cadence core collections process. see escalation-sequence pattern below. late fee posts, giving chance kicks in. mail delivered always available. requires add-on . enabled type, reliably check email. installing add-on. brand-new account install takes ten seconds. step 1. add-ons marketplace genie, go marketplace, select category, click reminders. 2. tile. now shows ready configure. next section find configured three levels layered everywhere global defaults baseline every customer. once. overrides quickbooks (e.g. wholesale fewer retail). per-customer specific send vip touches; chronically more). most-specific layer wins. says \"statement on\" override turns statements. configuring (how days fires, soon etc.) page control panel \u0026gt; trigger schedule. fire due, itself); others schedule repeat n days). save. new applies point forward. global, channels change account. vary per turned delivery (email / mail) active \"message less\" pattern. practical start balanced works service b2b 3 date, update, month, (for accounts only). below; part spend tuning. 1 day adjust based fits policy. tune aggressive feels pushy; gentle ignored. watch overlap multiple schedules collide example, lands ends emails you, reads overzealous collections. setting cadence, walk couple sample timelines (day 0, 5, 30…) make sure scheduled day. unavoidable, stagger two. building escalation sequence effective single repeating tiered messages escalate tone channel older. tier block age range, matches serious situation become. common four-tier 0 60 friendly nudges, \"just reminder, please chance.\" 7-14 days. 2 120 firmer reminders, still \"your contact resolve this.\" add 90-day mark tangible escalation. 7-10 180 final notice. + mail. \"this hear may referred collections.\" 7 4 180+ either \"account suspended collections\" notice, stop sending route whichever schedule, subject line, body content. let opt later tiers never threaten everyone assumes genuinely delinquent unresponsive. long-standing who've simply slow will damage relationship. use exempt a-list tiers, carry friendlier 1/2 instead. merge tags personalizing templates support placeholders {customerfirstname} {amountdue} replaces real data out. template render correctly work information name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" name file (useful businesses). {customerbusinessname} business blank. {customerdisplayname} preferred display (combines set). {jobname} job title sub-customer setups). {other} value custom field. {invoicenumber} number. {invoicedate} (mm/dd/yyyy). {duedate} balance remaining, formatted currency $1,234.56). statements, total instead {ponumber} po number (empty none). {invoicedayslate} is. plain 42). negative yet. (conditional) fees merchant qualifies. otherwise empty strings, safely include double \"with fee\" \"without variants. {latefee} applied (currency formatted). {latefeedate} post link {customerportallink} full url portal drop give one-click pay-now link. {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. {dbaname} business's dba (the know by). tag rules case-sensitive works; replace literally. curly braces ({{...}}) square brackets ([...]) supported. dates hardcoded mm/dd/yyyy format uses locale's symbol formatting. merge-tag example simple scales across hi {customerfirstname}, remains unpaid. online thanks, abc plumbing co., personalized name, number, amount, late, manual editing disable need just customer, per-invoice opt-out portal, navigate reach record tab. modify confirmation banner appears. re-enabling path currently opted settings sparingly (customer → overrides) handles \"stop noise\" scenarios cleanly. statements behave little differently invoice, has, (typically month). config last month. recipient view links place, them, download pdf copy. partial within payments, directly view. apply paid, pro-rated customer-record off-schedule invoices, one-off immediately. calls asking complete picture. vs. individual pick strategy often crosses \"too email.\" monthly prefer consolidated view; retail time. attach default, rather whose ap teams archive pdfs toggle attachment yes. save settings. forward includes addition asks receiving sometimes ask redundant, quiet. oblige instead, want. patterns quiet pays consistently. statement, payment, fee. keep loop something lapses. everything except bare minimum. due; repeated follow-ups. entirely, prefers physical (with ). majority benefit exceptions. behavior genie; broader playbook. interact status future automatically. reduce outstanding getting nudges fully voided refunded generating voided/refunded amount. skipped (via waive flag) remind about. frequently asked questions automated sender address (or domain up) look correspondence company. notice automated. replies reply reply-to back genie. expected five causes (1) (check record), (2) fire, (3) bounced invalid, (4) disabled, (5) setting. actually right without changing yes itself, send. manually flow. preview looks option type. real-data receive. related articles fees, features using","categories":{"current":{"id":1369272,"name":"Invoice Messenger \u0026 Reminders","url":"/invoice-messenger-and-reminders"}},"category_param":"invoice-messenger-and-reminders"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:35:19.000Z","tag_names":["bill with parent","display invoices with parent","parent customer","sub customer","sub-customer","quickbooks jobs","qbo job","qbd customer job","bill to parent","viewsubcustomersinvoices","consolidated billing","parent rollup","sub-customer email inheritance","sub customer autopay"],"answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — u","long_answer_sample":"In QuickBooks, a customer can be set up as a sub-customer of another customer — useful for tracking jobs under a single account, multiple locations of one client, or a contractor doing work for a property owner. Biller Genie reads these parent/sub relationships from QuickBooks and gives you two distinct features to leverage them: Bill With Parent (r","language_id":1,"id":1956845,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default payment method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), processing flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees marked paid, coming card file. late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), goes inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists across magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip check something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. gets communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked sub-customers' (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, open record. pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. select whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. turned inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups email address. in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, payments. companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Parent and Sub Customers (including QuickBooks Jobs)","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"parentsub-customer","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/parentsub-customer?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"quickbooks, customer can set sub-customer another — useful tracking jobs single account, multiple locations one client, contractor work property owner. biller genie reads parent/sub relationships quickbooks gives two distinct features leverage bill parent (route sub-customer's billing parent), customer-portal experience lets portal user see, switch between, pay invoices records connected to. glance per-customer-or-per-type setting sub-customer. on, receives reminders, parent's autopay configuration drives payment, communications route parent. sub's invoice messenger , reminders auto settings get grayed take over. display per-customer toggle customer. view includes sub-customers combined list. independent turn either without other. works hood sub-customer, several pieces genie's behavior shift sub runtime messenger. send time, checks billtoqbonlineparent flag. looks uses reminder toggles decide whether send. ignored. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default payment method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), processing flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees marked paid, coming card file. late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), goes inheritance. methods shared automatically methods. merge just means method. file does, will fail method make sure working relying autopay. qbo qbd differ handling customer's to, persisted differently behind scenes online native \"billed with\" dropdown profile). syncs flag bi-directionally flip qbo, bg picks next sync; bg, writes back qbo. systems stay aligned automatically. desktop (magiccarpet) equivalent setting. stores locally persists across magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip check something off. qbd, source truth ever change projects require careful bulk changes technically hood, requires \"bill customer\" checkbox every project. use defaults surgical option push customers once, inadvertently breaks alignment cause confusing invoicing behavior. including projects; special handling.  projects, per non-project need changed, leave projects' alone. see intuit's help qbo-side requirement. management. owner parent; individual properties sub-customers. gets communications, arrangement, job billed reported separately. multi-location franchisees. franchisee corporate office handles keep per-location billing. general contractors paying subs' invoices. gc trades gc's covers trades' holding company operating entities. subsidiaries centralized decentralized point handle separately-tracked accounts, cleanest pattern. independently, let manage settings. configure system, sync, auto-pay run cover linked sub-customers' (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, open record. pay, messenger, fields now inheriting video walkthrough short tutorial showing side setup, end step-by-step screenshots (quickbooks online) step 1. log account. 2. go sales \u0026gt; customers. 3. select whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. turned inside tab, confirmation message configured ways (and optionally pay) view, access portal's top navigation. (configurable type ) mixed logs normally would. grid shows hide button collapse ones checkout. processes credited correct receipts depending sub). necessarily portal. happen together. switching person manages accounts example, manager pays bills three different llcs, separate accident logging out. customer-switching groups email address. in, active merchant's account shares logged-in user's match, navigation listing matched alphabetically. person, email, records. lists clicking switches context invoices, saved cards, configuration. share email. address, them. matching. customers, accountant clients switcher move freely. enable alone put surface one. link access. routes adds existing view. feature. email-based, parent/sub-based purely email-driven. records, separate, emails. status drive switcher. putting together common configurations buildings llc. subs building 101, 102, 103. manager. building. llc's charges building's place. result schedule b llcs llc a, b, c totally relationship. accountant's applicable (no relationship). applicable. c. needed. cadence login. independently co. co 1, payments. companies. company's cards stand own. companies' emails, accident, used. functions genie. reporting tag company; anything else. frequently asked questions charged back-invoices no. affects future retroactively charge exist unpaid picked going forward. manually-paid history touched. charged. fallback. multi-level hierarchy (grandparent → sub) model flat immediate only. \"parent\" grandparent, resolution; cascade chain. recommend hierarchies purposes level (parent predictable dropdown. (1) record's matches exactly (case-insensitive, punctuation whitespace matter), (2) (deactivated appear), (3) merchant logged in. \"display parent\" viewing historical hidden turning hides forward, delete already-issued receipts. stops seeing related articles global overrides fees, customer-enabled supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T20:59:01.000Z","tag_names":["requested funds","payment plan"],"answer_sample":"Your customers can request payment plans through the Customer Portal, allowing th","long_answer_sample":"Your customers can request payment plans through the Customer Portal, allowing them to break up larger invoices into easier-to-manage chunks. To request a payment plan, the customer must log in to their Customer Portal. Step 1 On the right, navigate to Request Plan. Step 2 Once Request Plan is clicked, scroll down to view the Payment Plan options. S","language_id":1,"id":1957066,"last_published_date":"May 25th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customers can request payment plans customer portal, allowing break larger invoices easier-to-manage chunks. plan, must log portal. step 1 right, navigate to request plan. 2 plan clicked, scroll down to view options. 3 choose total amount, payment, frequency (daily, weekly, monthly), number payments. 4 sent, following confirmation message will appear","name":"Request a Payment Plan","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"request-a-payment-plan","first_category":"Features \u0026 Addons","categories_display_for_views":"Features \u0026 Addons","parent_categories":[1368784],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/features-and-addons/request-a-payment-plan?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customers can request payment plans customer portal, allowing break larger invoices easier-to-manage chunks. plan, must log portal. step 1 right, navigate to request plan. 2 plan clicked, scroll down to view options. 3 choose total amount, payment, frequency (daily, weekly, monthly), number payments. 4 sent, following confirmation message will appear","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T15:02:56.000Z","tag_names":["allow ach","allow credit card","biller genie customer defaults","by customer type","charge late fees default","control panel customer defaults","customer defaults","customer type defaults","customer type quickbooks","enable customer type defaults","global customer defaults","require auto-pay at checkout","save and apply to existing","update individual setting","wholesale retail defaults","xero contact groups"],"answer_sample":"Customer Defaults control how Biller Genie behaves for your customers by default ","long_answer_sample":"Customer Defaults control how Biller Genie behaves for your customers by default — what payment methods are allowed, whether autopay is required, whether late fees apply, and how invoice messages and reminders go out. You set the defaults once and they shape every new customer added to your account going forward. For most accounts, one set of defaul","language_id":1,"id":1957815,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer defaults control biller genie behaves customers default — payment methods allowed, whether autopay required, late fees apply, invoice messages reminders go out. set shape every new added account going forward. accounts, one enough; sophisticated setups, can switch page type mode maintain different (wholesale vs retail, net 30 60, etc.). customer-level settings stack two layers play, understanding difference saves lot confusion later (this article) template seeds onto first created (via accounting-software sync, manual creation, import). global mode; per mode. per-customer actual customer's record, edited customer-by-customer time. see overrides reminders, fees, features . important nuance seed create time step way. editing automatically update existing keep whatever plus edits made since. explicit \"apply existing\" options (covered below) want push change customers; deliberate, automatic. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. three tabs general, messenger, reminders. general tab policies allow credit card payments pay debit card. means offered screen, gateway supports it. ach (bank transfer). apm alternative methods. today primarily paypal supported gateway. partial amount total instead paying full. useful overdue large invoices full balance right away. charge applies late-fee policy. requires fee manager add-on. technology on, dual pricing surcharging applied credit-card configuration. plans request plan portal. merchant must approve takes effect. enable receipts emails receipt pays. customer-portal checkout behavior require stored method \"save file\" agreement forced checkout. workflow charging later. auto-pay beyond storing enroll future paid. best subscription, retainer, recurring-billing models. display parent portal sub-customer login shows sub-customer's too. sub bill route payment. ignore email conflicts controls without addresses appear report. flagged. use serve walk-in paper-only never collect email. missing address messenger get delivered matrix rows message types, columns delivery channels (email, paper mail). row, toggle channel independently. always available; mail active paper-mail subscription. types upcoming heads-up sent ahead invoice's due date. updated changed. arrive next update. statement periodic listing invoices. past due. applied. inherits. configured parent, toggles record grayed parent's drive gets sent. follow-up cadence uses governs repeating follow-ups delivered. covers touch; nudges top-of-mind messenger. independent row. newer add-on version, statements email-only. inherits settings. switching business need say wholesale retail set, seeded based managed accounting software, genie. reads via sync bucket create, rename, delete inside quickbooks online live lists types. assign record. desktop built-in field additional info xero contact groups, maps model. requirements premium-plan feature. page, include support@billergenie.com discuss upgrade options. least defined software assigned. configure on. selector appears header \"default – customers\" followed dropdown synced special option pick dropdown. type. click save. repeat differentiate. catch-all fallback baseline. worked example sell (b2b, 30, prefers ach) (one-off, pays point sale, only). longer reminder cadence. off, shorter sensible middle-ground assigned type, one. syncs \"wholesale,\" \"retail\" retail's changes changing re-seed type's run create/import. reset match defaults, either edit manually individual setting current tool (described specific across given save apply adjusting tab's settings, behave differently. everyday adjusted become touched. almost situation. forward overwrites heads up. wipes customization board. override replaced. established accounts surgical instead. rarely. typically setup customization, genuinely everyone updating single (or type) overwriting anything else. top expand drop-down. name dropdown, value, value customers. mode, scopes currently-selected turn customers, anyone's policy, cadence, partial-payment wholesale, drop-down, autopay, apply. done now on; everything else stays same. recommended day-to-day adjust shapes baseline touching anyone existing. leaves (including settings) intact. one-off adjustments directly. frequently asked questions (what cadence). looks (which show, footer text, template). goes shown ones currently effect customer. time; subsequent with. toggle. toggle, upgrades. no. (qbo qbd field, groups). rename there, automatically. different. keeps related articles","name":"Customer Defaults: Global and By Customer Type","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-global-customer-defaults","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/setting-global-customer-defaults?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer defaults control biller genie behaves customers default — payment methods allowed, whether autopay required, late fees apply, invoice messages reminders go out. set shape every new added account going forward. accounts, one enough; sophisticated setups, can switch page type mode maintain different (wholesale vs retail, net 30 60, etc.). customer-level settings stack two layers play, understanding difference saves lot confusion later (this article) template seeds onto first created (via accounting-software sync, manual creation, import). global mode; per mode. per-customer actual customer's record, edited customer-by-customer time. see overrides reminders, fees, features . important nuance seed create time step way. editing automatically update existing keep whatever plus edits made since. explicit \"apply existing\" options (covered below) want push change customers; deliberate, automatic. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. three tabs general, messenger, reminders. general tab policies allow credit card payments pay debit card. means offered screen, gateway supports it. ach (bank transfer). apm alternative methods. today primarily paypal supported gateway. partial amount total instead paying full. useful overdue large invoices full balance right away. charge applies late-fee policy. requires fee manager add-on. technology on, dual pricing surcharging applied credit-card configuration. plans request plan portal. merchant must approve takes effect. enable receipts emails receipt pays. customer-portal checkout behavior require stored method \"save file\" agreement forced checkout. workflow charging later. auto-pay beyond storing enroll future paid. best subscription, retainer, recurring-billing models. display parent portal sub-customer login shows sub-customer's too. sub bill route payment. ignore email conflicts controls without addresses appear report. flagged. use serve walk-in paper-only never collect email. missing address messenger get delivered matrix rows message types, columns delivery channels (email, paper mail). row, toggle channel independently. always available; mail active paper-mail subscription. types upcoming heads-up sent ahead invoice's due date. updated changed. arrive next update. statement periodic listing invoices. past due. applied. inherits. configured parent, toggles record grayed parent's drive gets sent. follow-up cadence uses governs repeating follow-ups delivered. covers touch; nudges top-of-mind messenger. independent row. newer add-on version, statements email-only. inherits settings. switching business need say wholesale retail set, seeded based managed accounting software, genie. reads via sync bucket create, rename, delete inside quickbooks online live lists types. assign record. desktop built-in field additional info xero contact groups, maps model. requirements premium-plan feature. page, include support@billergenie.com discuss upgrade options. least defined software assigned. configure on. selector appears header \"default – customers\" followed dropdown synced special option pick dropdown. type. click save. repeat differentiate. catch-all fallback baseline. worked example sell (b2b, 30, prefers ach) (one-off, pays point sale, only). longer reminder cadence. off, shorter sensible middle-ground assigned type, one. syncs \"wholesale,\" \"retail\" retail's changes changing re-seed type's run create/import. reset match defaults, either edit manually individual setting current tool (described specific across given save apply adjusting tab's settings, behave differently. everyday adjusted become touched. almost situation. forward overwrites heads up. wipes customization board. override replaced. established accounts surgical instead. rarely. typically setup customization, genuinely everyone updating single (or type) overwriting anything else. top expand drop-down. name dropdown, value, value customers. mode, scopes currently-selected turn customers, anyone's policy, cadence, partial-payment wholesale, drop-down, autopay, apply. done now on; everything else stays same. recommended day-to-day adjust shapes baseline touching anyone existing. leaves (including settings) intact. one-off adjustments directly. frequently asked questions (what cadence). looks (which show, footer text, template). goes shown ones currently effect customer. time; subsequent with. toggle. toggle, upgrades. no. (qbo qbd field, groups). rename there, automatically. different. keeps related articles","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:54.108Z","tag_names":["send reminder with attachment","attach file invoice reminder","qbo attachment sync","include on send qbo","show attachments to reminders","invoice attachment biller genie","auto-attach invoice pdf","mailjet 14.5 mb attachment limit","qbo include on send flag","qbd no attachment sync","xero no attachment sync","manual reminder attach file","invoice supporting documents"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie can attach files to outbound invoice reminder emails so your custome","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie can attach files to outbound invoice reminder emails so your customers receive supporting documents along with the invoice. There are three ways it happens: (1) the invoice PDF itself attached automatically, (2) QuickBooks Online attachments synced and attached automatically, and (3) one-off files attached manually when you send an imme","language_id":1,"id":3826881,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie can attach files outbound invoice reminder emails customers receive supporting documents along invoice. three ways happens (1) pdf attached automatically, (2) quickbooks online attachments synced (3) one-off manually send immediate reminder. article covers plus need stay permanently record. automatically ride use online, syncs qbo includes emails. document (pdf, image, etc.) check \"include send\" option attachment, pulls next sync every flag on-switch turned on. file including reminders, first thing check. view, find attachment row, click dropdown, toggle save. picks up. genie-side whether reminders controlled show setting control panel \u0026gt; defaults. (the default accounts), qbo-synced off, still include total size limit ~14.5 mb email providers cap big be. genie's service (mailjet) enforces 14.5 per — combined together. add that, skips attaching sends without goes out; just attachments). seeing missing one specific invoice, qbo. desktop xero automatic accounting software from. xero, stored invoices systems included reminders. manual paths merchants. integration, see connect . auto-attaching separately sync, turn on, gets fresh copy current work, syncing qbo, biller-genie-generated rendered pdf. useful want printable rather relying pay now link. sending / flow (also called \"immediate reminder\" \"send manually\") field. sent future open invoices. (or depending variant). picker dialog files. optionally adjust recipient list (to cc), send. supported types per-file max 5 mb. allowed extensions pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png. multiple single reminder, subject limit. recommended pattern merchants, cleanest workflow (it's source truth anyway). make sure checked emailed. \"show reminders\" scheduled will automatically. never qbd merchants (which sync), send, put link shared (google drive, dropbox) memo appears itself. customer portal email-send-time feature shown page inside portal. logs directly (rather clicking email), needs access demand, host somewhere accessible memo. related articles defaults notes memos","name":"Attaching Files to Invoice Reminders","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"adding-attachments-to-invoices","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/adding-attachments-to-invoices?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie can attach files outbound invoice reminder emails customers receive supporting documents along invoice. three ways happens (1) pdf attached automatically, (2) quickbooks online attachments synced (3) one-off manually send immediate reminder. article covers plus need stay permanently record. automatically ride use online, syncs qbo includes emails. document (pdf, image, etc.) check \"include send\" option attachment, pulls next sync every flag on-switch turned on. file including reminders, first thing check. view, find attachment row, click dropdown, toggle save. picks up. genie-side whether reminders controlled show setting control panel \u0026gt; defaults. (the default accounts), qbo-synced off, still include total size limit ~14.5 mb email providers cap big be. genie's service (mailjet) enforces 14.5 per — combined together. add that, skips attaching sends without goes out; just attachments). seeing missing one specific invoice, qbo. desktop xero automatic accounting software from. xero, stored invoices systems included reminders. manual paths merchants. integration, see connect . auto-attaching separately sync, turn on, gets fresh copy current work, syncing qbo, biller-genie-generated rendered pdf. useful want printable rather relying pay now link. sending / flow (also called \"immediate reminder\" \"send manually\") field. sent future open invoices. (or depending variant). picker dialog files. optionally adjust recipient list (to cc), send. supported types per-file max 5 mb. allowed extensions pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png. multiple single reminder, subject limit. recommended pattern merchants, cleanest workflow (it's source truth anyway). make sure checked emailed. \"show reminders\" scheduled will automatically. never qbd merchants (which sync), send, put link shared (google drive, dropbox) memo appears itself. customer portal email-send-time feature shown page inside portal. logs directly (rather clicking email), needs access demand, host somewhere accessible memo. related articles defaults notes memos","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:39:00.638Z","tag_names":["approve payment plan","biller genie payment plan","customer payment plan request","down payment","payment plan add-on","payment plan request","payment plan workflow","pending payment plans","reject payment plan"],"answer_sample":"When a customer requests a payment plan through the customer portal, the request ","long_answer_sample":"When a customer requests a payment plan through the customer portal, the request lands in Reports \u0026gt; Pending Payment Plans for your team to approve or reject. This article covers the report itself, the approval/rejection workflow, and what happens after each. Where to find it From the main menu, click Reports \u0026gt; Pending Payment Plans. The page l","language_id":1,"id":3833020,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"customer requests payment plan portal, request lands reports \u0026gt; pending plans team approve reject. article covers report itself, approval/rejection workflow, happens each. find main menu, click plans. page lists every currently status — meaning submitted waiting decision. shows see approved, rejected, completed plans, open record look section. column id internal id. plan's details page. business name request. amount offering approval time. always \"pending\" report. reviewing invoice(s) covers. proposed terms payment, recurring installment amount, frequency (typically monthly), number installments, start date. stored method specified installments. reject action buttons (visible status). approving approve. biller genie several things one step processes immediately customer's method. applied invoice(s). creates schedule remaining scheduled will charge automatically configured frequency. emails plan-approved confirmation schedule. flips approved status. drops list. fails process time, stays error fix underlying issue (often card file needs updating) try again. rejecting flipped rejected receives notification email. remain continue follow normal reminder cadence. common reasons fit policy, history failed payments, prefer negotiate different directly. built-in counter-offer flow; negotiated decline conversation outside genie, can manually create needed. customers submit option appear two must true add-on installed account. allow enabled level either default (set defaults ) per-customer override. eligible sees \"request plan\" invoices. fill terms, save method, submit. submission appears related articles global type overrides using portal","name":"Pending Payment Plans","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"pending-payment-plans","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/pending-payment-plans?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer requests payment plan portal, request lands reports \u0026gt; pending plans team approve reject. article covers report itself, approval/rejection workflow, happens each. find main menu, click plans. page lists every currently status — meaning submitted waiting decision. shows see approved, rejected, completed plans, open record look section. column id internal id. plan's details page. business name request. amount offering approval time. always \"pending\" report. reviewing invoice(s) covers. proposed terms payment, recurring installment amount, frequency (typically monthly), number installments, start date. stored method specified installments. reject action buttons (visible status). approving approve. biller genie several things one step processes immediately customer's method. applied invoice(s). creates schedule remaining scheduled will charge automatically configured frequency. emails plan-approved confirmation schedule. flips approved status. drops list. fails process time, stays error fix underlying issue (often card file needs updating) try again. rejecting flipped rejected receives notification email. remain continue follow normal reminder cadence. common reasons fit policy, history failed payments, prefer negotiate different directly. built-in counter-offer flow; negotiated decline conversation outside genie, can manually create needed. customers submit option appear two must true add-on installed account. allow enabled level either default (set defaults ) per-customer override. eligible sees \"request plan\" invoices. fill terms, save method, submit. submission appears related articles global type overrides using portal","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T14:51:25.000Z","tag_names":["consumer surveys","client reports"],"answer_sample":"Use the Customer Report to view: Customer Portal Registrations Stored Payment Met","long_answer_sample":"Use the Customer Report to view: Customer Portal Registrations Stored Payment Methods Customers with Auto Pay Enabled   To view Customer Reports, navigate to Reports \u0026gt; Customer Reports.   Customer Portal Registrations This is the list of customers that are registered for your Customer Portal. By clicking on the section header, you can collapse th","language_id":1,"id":1957798,"last_published_date":"May 26th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"use customer report view portal registrations stored payment methods customers auto pay enabled   reports, navigate to reports \u0026gt; reports. list registered portal. clicking section header, can collapse easily search box customer’s name, display email. click up/down arrows right column header sort selection. email confirmed column, see confirmation status customer. remember, need confirm addresses they’ll able method identifies (card ach) purpose enabling pay, skip enter card/account number manually paying invoice. security, will ever last 4 digits number, full information securely gateway.  cards, displays expiration date, used contact whose card close expiring expired. cards expired highlighted red. auto-pay separate page simple yes/no learn more, read article storing profile. either  one enables disables feature.  descriptions ach account made. date reflects setting customer's profile controls occurs. options create due invoice date. payable invoices open invoices, count amount appear here. typically reached set go here, auto-pay.","name":"Use Customer Reports","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"use-customer-reports","first_category":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","categories_display_for_views":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","parent_categories":[1368781],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/reports-and-reconciliation/use-customer-reports?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"use customer report view portal registrations stored payment methods customers auto pay enabled   reports, navigate to reports \u0026gt; reports. list registered portal. clicking section header, can collapse easily search box customer’s name, display email. click up/down arrows right column header sort selection. email confirmed column, see confirmation status customer. remember, need confirm addresses they’ll able method identifies (card ach) purpose enabling pay, skip enter card/account number manually paying invoice. security, will ever last 4 digits number, full information securely gateway.  cards, displays expiration date, used contact whose card close expiring expired. cards expired highlighted red. auto-pay separate page simple yes/no learn more, read article storing profile. either  one enables disables feature.  descriptions ach account made. date reflects setting customer's profile controls occurs. options create due invoice date. payable invoices open invoices, count amount appear here. typically reached set go here, auto-pay.","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:54.960Z","tag_names":["autopay receipt","customer receipt","email merchant receipts","merchant receipt","multiple recipient receipts","paid invoice email","receipt branding","receipt for ach","receipts biller genie","receipt timing","resend receipt","route receipts to accountant","send receipts","suppress receipts","transaction receipt"],"answer_sample":"Every payment processed through Biller Genie can produce two emails: a customer r","long_answer_sample":"Every payment processed through Biller Genie can produce two emails: a customer receipt (the person who paid) and a merchant receipt (your own staff inbox). Whether each one actually goes out is controlled by three independent toggles. This article walks through the toggles, when receipts fire, and how to route them. When receipts fire Receipts fire","language_id":1,"id":3826882,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"every payment processed biller genie can produce two emails customer receipt (the person paid) merchant (your staff inbox). whether one actually goes controlled three independent toggles. article walks toggles, receipts fire, route them. fire transaction creation time — moment successfully authorizes writes record. true manual one-off payments (virtual terminal, processing invoice portal) customer-driven (paying portal via link) autopay charges bulk pay flows captured checks (rdc mobile check capture) paypal wait funding. ach takes 3–5 business days settle, sent day created. later rejects, follow-up \"receipt cancellation\" email instead, reopens rejection appears rejected transactions report . toggles decide sending decided control different scope toggle set controls org level panel \u0026gt; settings \"email receipts\" copy ever account. record \"send specific gets receipt. per form receipt\" checkbox sends (overrides customer-level setting downward suppress single payment). copies require valid recipient file needs least address field settings. customer's contact turned receipts. address(es) page. accepts multiple addresses separated commas semicolons list receives routing inboxes native way send inbox example, say credit card billing@ operations@.\" all-or-nothing. need split, common workarounds distribution like billing@yourcompany.com, use rules provider (gmail filters, outlook rules) split inbound stream based subject line body content. alias (gmail's + aliases, fan-out provider) there. paid working together per-customer flag default new customers. explicitly told want high-volume b2b whose accounting team data software sync instead. per-transaction form. defaults flag. useful suppression e.g., refunding duplicate charge notified separately, internal write-off. send, must process email, regardless branding logo site primary color configured setup share template differences salutation. sender's name come custom domain , envelope better deliverability trust. scenarios \"this open off. will still receive reminders (a type) post-payment suppressed. \"my flooded either turn settings, add filter auto-archives folder (so searchable main inside covers information, case prefer look demand. \"i go accountant\" accountant's comma-separated email. going forward. \"a says get order checked ask spam/junk search \"biller genie\" inbox. missing, see troubleshooting support@billergenie.com name, date, amount pull mailjet delivery log. resend (or invoice's list), click resend-receipt action detail alternate point original recipient's changed. related articles configure general domains","name":"Receipts in Biller Genie — Customer and Merchant Copy","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"receipts-customer-and-merchant-copy","first_category":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","categories_display_for_views":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","parent_categories":[1368782],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/settings-and-account/receipts-customer-and-merchant-copy?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every payment processed biller genie can produce two emails customer receipt (the person paid) merchant (your staff inbox). whether one actually goes controlled three independent toggles. article walks toggles, receipts fire, route them. fire transaction creation time — moment successfully authorizes writes record. true manual one-off payments (virtual terminal, processing invoice portal) customer-driven (paying portal via link) autopay charges bulk pay flows captured checks (rdc mobile check capture) paypal wait funding. ach takes 3–5 business days settle, sent day created. later rejects, follow-up \"receipt cancellation\" email instead, reopens rejection appears rejected transactions report . toggles decide sending decided control different scope toggle set controls org level panel \u0026gt; settings \"email receipts\" copy ever account. record \"send specific gets receipt. per form receipt\" checkbox sends (overrides customer-level setting downward suppress single payment). copies require valid recipient file needs least address field settings. customer's contact turned receipts. address(es) page. accepts multiple addresses separated commas semicolons list receives routing inboxes native way send inbox example, say credit card billing@ operations@.\" all-or-nothing. need split, common workarounds distribution like billing@yourcompany.com, use rules provider (gmail filters, outlook rules) split inbound stream based subject line body content. alias (gmail's + aliases, fan-out provider) there. paid working together per-customer flag default new customers. explicitly told want high-volume b2b whose accounting team data software sync instead. per-transaction form. defaults flag. useful suppression e.g., refunding duplicate charge notified separately, internal write-off. send, must process email, regardless branding logo site primary color configured setup share template differences salutation. sender's name come custom domain , envelope better deliverability trust. scenarios \"this open off. will still receive reminders (a type) post-payment suppressed. \"my flooded either turn settings, add filter auto-archives folder (so searchable main inside covers information, case prefer look demand. \"i go accountant\" accountant's comma-separated email. going forward. \"a says get order checked ask spam/junk search \"biller genie\" inbox. missing, see troubleshooting support@billergenie.com name, date, amount pull mailjet delivery log. resend (or invoice's list), click resend-receipt action detail alternate point original recipient's changed. related articles configure general domains","categories":{"current":{"id":1368782,"name":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","url":"/settings-and-account"}},"category_param":"settings-and-account"}},{"question":{"category_id":459465,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:45.131Z","tag_names":["first invoice","getting started","onboarding","save and close","save and send","qbo workflow","duplicate invoice","two emails","invoice to cash","new merchant","biller genie setup"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work with the accounting software you already use. Yo","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work with the accounting software you already use. You keep creating invoices in QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Desktop, or Xero the same way you always have. Biller Genie syncs each invoice over and takes care of getting it to your customer, collecting payment, applying reminders if needed, and posting the payment back to","language_id":1,"id":3826871,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie designed work accounting software use. keep creating invoices quickbooks online, desktop, xero way always have. syncs invoice takes care getting customer, collecting payment, applying reminders needed, posting payment back software. guide walks set first goes out, day-one workflow changes (in small ways) on. defaults over, configure two things. quick (under 15 minutes each) shape every sends. setting global customer — decides methods customers can use, whether autopay required, late-fee policy, go when. behavior layer. looks like columns show, template (classic / modern simple), footer message, pdf includes qr code. appearance optional useful meaningfully different groups (premium vs. standard, retail wholesale, etc.) type too. otherwise come later. day-to-day owns invoice-to-cash cycle sending invoice, taking reminding back. stops shifts matter online merchants finish qbo, click save close instead send . tells qbo email itself, creates duplicate (your get email). just saves invoice; picks next sync handles send. turn automatic emailing qbo. account settings \u0026gt; sales disable \"automatically send\" toggles. sender now. manually do, will version plus stick genie's flow desktop (magiccarpet) create magiccarpet new company file pushes genie. directly desktop. reason sender. qbd's \"send\" \"email\" actions message receives. \"two invoices\" happens gets emails, almost either (a) auto-sends still on, (b) clicked \"save close\" (c) merchant emailed accounting-software paths let sends invoice. within (qbo) scheduled (qbd), lands renders using defaults. columns, template, code (if enabled) earlier. email. contains \"view invoice\" link opens branded portal. pay card, ach, whatever allowed fire automatically. pay, schedule configured. chase manually. posts pays, processes transaction gateway quickbooks. closes systems. customize specific dialed in, find need treatment vips late fees, big one-off wants paper invoices. use per-customer overrides handle without changing larger setup, type. experiences business, logo colors. view land portal, pay. complete whole minutes. see portal full customer-facing walkthrough. frequently asked questions software, layer top replace practical change stop (save qbo). want can. open generator there. sync. yes. menu. reminder cadence applies that. never got now check three things (1) customer's correct (2) synced (look list), (3) bounce spam. bounced report flags delivery failures. long initial take usually 30 average-sized base. via depends interval (configurable, 5 minutes) size file. talk implementation contact estimate. related articles reminders, features connect","name":"Your First Invoice in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"your-first-invoice-in-biller-genie","first_category":"Getting Started","categories_display_for_views":"Getting Started","parent_categories":[459465],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/getting-started/your-first-invoice-in-biller-genie?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie designed work accounting software use. keep creating invoices quickbooks online, desktop, xero way always have. syncs invoice takes care getting customer, collecting payment, applying reminders needed, posting payment back software. guide walks set first goes out, day-one workflow changes (in small ways) on. defaults over, configure two things. quick (under 15 minutes each) shape every sends. setting global customer — decides methods customers can use, whether autopay required, late-fee policy, go when. behavior layer. looks like columns show, template (classic / modern simple), footer message, pdf includes qr code. appearance optional useful meaningfully different groups (premium vs. standard, retail wholesale, etc.) type too. otherwise come later. day-to-day owns invoice-to-cash cycle sending invoice, taking reminding back. stops shifts matter online merchants finish qbo, click save close instead send . tells qbo email itself, creates duplicate (your get email). just saves invoice; picks next sync handles send. turn automatic emailing qbo. account settings \u0026gt; sales disable \"automatically send\" toggles. sender now. manually do, will version plus stick genie's flow desktop (magiccarpet) create magiccarpet new company file pushes genie. directly desktop. reason sender. qbd's \"send\" \"email\" actions message receives. \"two invoices\" happens gets emails, almost either (a) auto-sends still on, (b) clicked \"save close\" (c) merchant emailed accounting-software paths let sends invoice. within (qbo) scheduled (qbd), lands renders using defaults. columns, template, code (if enabled) earlier. email. contains \"view invoice\" link opens branded portal. pay card, ach, whatever allowed fire automatically. pay, schedule configured. chase manually. posts pays, processes transaction gateway quickbooks. closes systems. customize specific dialed in, find need treatment vips late fees, big one-off wants paper invoices. use per-customer overrides handle without changing larger setup, type. experiences business, logo colors. view land portal, pay. complete whole minutes. see portal full customer-facing walkthrough. frequently asked questions software, layer top replace practical change stop (save qbo). want can. open generator there. sync. yes. menu. reminder cadence applies that. never got now check three things (1) customer's correct (2) synced (look list), (3) bounce spam. bounced report flags delivery failures. long initial take usually 30 average-sized base. via depends interval (configurable, 5 minutes) size file. talk implementation contact estimate. related articles reminders, features connect","categories":{"current":{"id":459465,"name":"Getting Started","url":"/getting-started"}},"category_param":"getting-started"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:53:38.081Z","tag_names":["autopay","thresholds"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie lets you set a per-customer autopay threshold so only invoices that ","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie lets you set a per-customer autopay threshold so only invoices that match a specific size are automatically charged. You choose an amount and a direction — for example, \"autopay invoices at or below $500\" — and only invoices in that range are charged automatically. Invoices outside the range stay in your queue for you to review and act ","language_id":1,"id":3825102,"last_published_date":"August 10th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie lets set per-customer autopay threshold invoices match specific size automatically charged. choose amount direction — example, \"autopay $500\" range charged automatically. outside stay queue review act manually. common ways use auto-collect small recurring invoices, large ones \"≤ customer pays monthly subscription occasional project invoices. autopay; wait approval. only. \"≥ $1,000\" want handle big-ticket items send reminders smaller merchant portal, open customer's record (contact). go settings (same area turn on/off). (e.g., 500) pick amount, amount. save. fall inside autopay. remain invoice list can manually charge them, reminder, take whatever action prefer. thresholds bulk work together multiple queued time, groups single transaction (see autopay). evaluated individually, sees eligible included $500 skipped queue. faqs difference one failed skip means never attempted fell range. card touched, failure notification sent. tried gateway declined (declined card, expired error, etc.). failures trigger pay another way. see fails failures. one-time rather live (contact) apply every customer. keep autopay, cleanest path skip-autopay enters two $2,000) (one direction). need bracketed range, workflow tail. got normal details visible. usual actions charge, edit invoice, anything else invoice. related articles auto grouped notifications expired-card auto-disable initiating full history resync (resync all)","name":"Setting Up Autopay Thresholds for a Customer","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"autopay-thresholds","first_category":"Features \u0026 Addons","categories_display_for_views":"Features \u0026 Addons","parent_categories":[1368784],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/features-and-addons/autopay-thresholds?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie lets set per-customer autopay threshold invoices match specific size automatically charged. choose amount direction — example, \"autopay $500\" range charged automatically. outside stay queue review act manually. common ways use auto-collect small recurring invoices, large ones \"≤ customer pays monthly subscription occasional project invoices. autopay; wait approval. only. \"≥ $1,000\" want handle big-ticket items send reminders smaller merchant portal, open customer's record (contact). go settings (same area turn on/off). (e.g., 500) pick amount, amount. save. fall inside autopay. remain invoice list can manually charge them, reminder, take whatever action prefer. thresholds bulk work together multiple queued time, groups single transaction (see autopay). evaluated individually, sees eligible included $500 skipped queue. faqs difference one failed skip means never attempted fell range. card touched, failure notification sent. tried gateway declined (declined card, expired error, etc.). failures trigger pay another way. see fails failures. one-time rather live (contact) apply every customer. keep autopay, cleanest path skip-autopay enters two $2,000) (one direction). need bracketed range, workflow tail. got normal details visible. usual actions charge, edit invoice, anything else invoice. related articles auto grouped notifications expired-card auto-disable initiating full history resync (resync all)","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:14.317Z","tag_names":["consolidate customers","duplicate customer records","merge contacts xero","merge customers","merge duplicate customers","merge in quickbooks","merge in xero","qbd merge customer","qbo customer merge","remove duplicate customer"],"answer_sample":"Duplicate customer records — where you have two (or more) Biller Genie customer r","long_answer_sample":"Duplicate customer records — where you have two (or more) Biller Genie customer records for the same real-world business or person — usually appear after a one-time customer import, a manual entry that didn't match an existing record, or a sync hiccup with your accounting software. This article covers how Biller Genie handles merging and the practic","language_id":1,"id":3826909,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"duplicate customer records — two (or more) biller genie real-world business person usually appear one-time import, manual entry match existing record, sync hiccup accounting software. article covers handles merging practical workflow getting list back one record per customer. native merge merchant portal \"merge customers\" button. reason software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) system identity. customers inside without create worse mismatch still two, next re-create side. correct first, let merged state. online decide want keep (the \"winner\"). note exact display name. open \"loser\" duplicate. click edit. change loser's name exactly winner's save. asks merge. yes. invoices transactions loser reassigned winner. wait trigger add-ons \u0026gt; online). will marked hidden winner pick consolidated invoices. merges irreversible make sure picked correctly saving. desktop idea rename center, right-click loser, choose edit customerjob, exactly, ok, confirm sync, state propagates. limitation sub-customers (jobs) underneath it, need move jobs first delete them. attached. xero supports contact list. select contacts using checkboxes, merge, master keep), confirm. moves master. propagates genie. five-minute checklist things software, result side regardless deliberately. duplicates stored payment methods set genie, accurate info, active access, keep. methods, biller-genie-side customization (autopay thresholds, per-customer reminder overrides, etc.) lost cc emails. additional email recipients file (different winner), copy can add see adding . disable autopay temporarily. invoices, turn avoid accidental charge window. verify actually duplicates. different locations real customers, syncs previously-spread-across-two-records now record. emails old noted merging. re-enable disabled login winner's, support@billergenie.com help re-link access surviving preventing future search adding. manually creating new xero, name, email, phone there. standardize names. convention (e.g. \"last name\" \"business name\") stick it. come entered \"smith, john\" \"john smith.\" use import tool carefully. importing csv run dedupe pass first. quick reference guide trouble went refusing ids audit reconcile. related articles parent sub deleting deactivating","name":"Merging Duplicate Customer Records","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"merging-duplicate-customer-records","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/merging-duplicate-customer-records?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"duplicate customer records — two (or more) biller genie real-world business person usually appear one-time import, manual entry match existing record, sync hiccup accounting software. article covers handles merging practical workflow getting list back one record per customer. native merge merchant portal \"merge customers\" button. reason software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) system identity. customers inside without create worse mismatch still two, next re-create side. correct first, let merged state. online decide want keep (the \"winner\"). note exact display name. open \"loser\" duplicate. click edit. change loser's name exactly winner's save. asks merge. yes. invoices transactions loser reassigned winner. wait trigger add-ons \u0026gt; online). will marked hidden winner pick consolidated invoices. merges irreversible make sure picked correctly saving. desktop idea rename center, right-click loser, choose edit customerjob, exactly, ok, confirm sync, state propagates. limitation sub-customers (jobs) underneath it, need move jobs first delete them. attached. xero supports contact list. select contacts using checkboxes, merge, master keep), confirm. moves master. propagates genie. five-minute checklist things software, result side regardless deliberately. duplicates stored payment methods set genie, accurate info, active access, keep. methods, biller-genie-side customization (autopay thresholds, per-customer reminder overrides, etc.) lost cc emails. additional email recipients file (different winner), copy can add see adding . disable autopay temporarily. invoices, turn avoid accidental charge window. verify actually duplicates. different locations real customers, syncs previously-spread-across-two-records now record. emails old noted merging. re-enable disabled login winner's, support@billergenie.com help re-link access surviving preventing future search adding. manually creating new xero, name, email, phone there. standardize names. convention (e.g. \"last name\" \"business name\") stick it. come entered \"smith, john\" \"john smith.\" use import tool carefully. importing csv run dedupe pass first. quick reference guide trouble went refusing ids audit reconcile. related articles parent sub deleting deactivating","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:16.057Z","tag_names":["credit memo biller genie","customer credit","customer account credit","apply credit to invoice","overpayment refund","goodwill credit customer","customer prepayment","returned goods credit","qbo credit memo","xero credit note","unapplied credit"],"answer_sample":"A common ask from new Biller Genie customers: \"Can I create a credit memo to appl","long_answer_sample":"A common ask from new Biller Genie customers: \"Can I create a credit memo to apply against this customer's next invoice?\" The short answer is no — credit memos and customer account credit are handled entirely in your accounting software. This article explains why, what to do instead, and how the workflow lands on the Biller Genie side. Credit memos ","language_id":1,"id":3826912,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"common ask new biller genie customers \"can create credit memo apply customer's next invoice\" short answer — memos customer account handled entirely accounting software. article explains why, instead, workflow lands side. feature \"credit memo\" \"customer credit\" object merchant portal. page view balance, action invoice, field record showing \"available credit.\" credit-memo lives software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), simply reflects resulting invoice payment balances produces. belong transactions. reduce revenue, affect a/r general ledger, need reflected books exactly way regular invoices payments are. system that. tax handling non-trivial. original tax, usually reverses too. qbo, qbd, xero handle natively; rebuilding inside reconciliation problems. auditability. ever get audited, able show every applied. keeps audit trail wouldn't. scenarios \"my overpaid two options depending wants refund overpayment. open transaction genie's transactions report, click refund, overage amount. processes gateway funds return customer. simplest option overpayment small asked difference back. invoice. qbo + \u0026gt; memo, pick customer, enter amount handling, save. becomes available syncs genie, it'll applied pays net returned goods paying want future items. software, will offer memo. save applied, sync difference. \"i give $100 goodwill gesture\" line like \"goodwill service interruption.\" (or oldest makes sense). reduced balance sync. prepaid sent hold patterns work prepayment deposit / (this varies \"receive payment\" without selecting invoice; qbd payments\" undeposited workflow; contact). eventually it. first amount, mark paid, actual later separate transaction. simpler creates invoices. looks brings state shows total minus credit. sees page. fully covers marks paid (no reminders go out, autopay charge attempted). unapplied (not yet attached specific invoice), surface record. credits via per-invoice reduction. related articles sales tax-exempt connect online deleting deactivating","name":"Credit Memos and Customer Account Credit","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"credit-memos-and-customer-credit","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/credit-memos-and-customer-credit?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"common ask new biller genie customers \"can create credit memo apply customer's next invoice\" short answer — memos customer account handled entirely accounting software. article explains why, instead, workflow lands side. feature \"credit memo\" \"customer credit\" object merchant portal. page view balance, action invoice, field record showing \"available credit.\" credit-memo lives software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), simply reflects resulting invoice payment balances produces. belong transactions. reduce revenue, affect a/r general ledger, need reflected books exactly way regular invoices payments are. system that. tax handling non-trivial. original tax, usually reverses too. qbo, qbd, xero handle natively; rebuilding inside reconciliation problems. auditability. ever get audited, able show every applied. keeps audit trail wouldn't. scenarios \"my overpaid two options depending wants refund overpayment. open transaction genie's transactions report, click refund, overage amount. processes gateway funds return customer. simplest option overpayment small asked difference back. invoice. qbo + \u0026gt; memo, pick customer, enter amount handling, save. becomes available syncs genie, it'll applied pays net returned goods paying want future items. software, will offer memo. save applied, sync difference. \"i give $100 goodwill gesture\" line like \"goodwill service interruption.\" (or oldest makes sense). reduced balance sync. prepaid sent hold patterns work prepayment deposit / (this varies \"receive payment\" without selecting invoice; qbd payments\" undeposited workflow; contact). eventually it. first amount, mark paid, actual later separate transaction. simpler creates invoices. looks brings state shows total minus credit. sees page. fully covers marks paid (no reminders go out, autopay charge attempted). unapplied (not yet attached specific invoice), surface record. credits via per-invoice reduction. related articles sales tax-exempt connect online deleting deactivating","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:14.941Z","tag_names":["biller genie notes","customer note qbo only","customer notes","customer-visible memo","invoice memo","invoice memos field","invoice notes","message displayed on invoice","other information customer","qbo customer notes sync"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie has two places to record free-text notes: a customer-level note (one","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie has two places to record free-text notes: a customer-level note (one field per customer, called \"Other Information\") and an invoice-level memo (one field per invoice, called \"Memos\"). Both round-trip with your accounting software. This article covers where each lives, who sees what, and how the sync behaves. Customer-level note: \"Other ","language_id":1,"id":3826910,"last_published_date":"May 30th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie two places record free-text notes customer-level note (one field per customer, called \"other information\") invoice-level memo invoice, \"memos\"). round-trip accounting software. article covers lives, sees what, sync behaves. information\" customer single (or views). mirrors quickbooks online's — type syncs back online, online forward here. find open customer's customers \u0026gt; customers. click edit. scroll field. whatever like record, update customer. heads up. editable account integrated online. desktop xero, render edit page systems either corresponding expose via api way can write to. leave qbd software directly, use (see below) invoice-specific notes. see internal only. visible users record. shown invoices, portal, receipt emails, anywhere else customer-facing. toggle make invoice memos. \"message displayed invoice\" / \"memo\" directions desktop, xero. invoices invoices. memos appears detail view. created (which common case), value comes there. create directly genie, creation time. customer-visible. printed/pdf portal view invoice. treat anything something will read. need private never see, recommendation keep software's internal-only fields (where exist) separate spreadsheet customer-hidden practical uses case put \"this prefers invoiced quarterly\" general account-level reminder (qbo accounts only) \"po #12345 purchase department contact jane\" info needs \"customer disputed 2026-03-15, escalated manager\" feature (memo qbo, reference etc.) payment instructions, \"thank you\" message, return policy handles edits (qbo) changes system propagate next sync. recent wins. propagate. most-recent-edit-wins. accountant syncs, later overwrites earlier one merge. related articles adding cc email recipients parent sub per-customer overrides reminders, late fees, features","name":"Notes and Memos on a Customer or Invoice","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"notes-and-memos-on-customer-or-invoice","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/notes-and-memos-on-customer-or-invoice?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie two places record free-text notes customer-level note (one field per customer, called \"other information\") invoice-level memo invoice, \"memos\"). round-trip accounting software. article covers lives, sees what, sync behaves. information\" customer single (or views). mirrors quickbooks online's — type syncs back online, online forward here. find open customer's customers \u0026gt; customers. click edit. scroll field. whatever like record, update customer. heads up. editable account integrated online. desktop xero, render edit page systems either corresponding expose via api way can write to. leave qbd software directly, use (see below) invoice-specific notes. see internal only. visible users record. shown invoices, portal, receipt emails, anywhere else customer-facing. toggle make invoice memos. \"message displayed invoice\" / \"memo\" directions desktop, xero. invoices invoices. memos appears detail view. created (which common case), value comes there. create directly genie, creation time. customer-visible. printed/pdf portal view invoice. treat anything something will read. need private never see, recommendation keep software's internal-only fields (where exist) separate spreadsheet customer-hidden practical uses case put \"this prefers invoiced quarterly\" general account-level reminder (qbo accounts only) \"po #12345 purchase department contact jane\" info needs \"customer disputed 2026-03-15, escalated manager\" feature (memo qbo, reference etc.) payment instructions, \"thank you\" message, return policy handles edits (qbo) changes system propagate next sync. recent wins. propagate. most-recent-edit-wins. accountant syncs, later overwrites earlier one merge. related articles adding cc email recipients parent sub per-customer overrides reminders, late fees, features","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:59:46.551Z","tag_names":["per-customer overrides","customer overrides","waive next late fee","autopay one customer","customer-specific settings","override defaults","vip customer settings","turn off late fees one customer","customer-only autopay","bill with parent override","send receipts off"],"answer_sample":"Per-Customer Overrides are settings you change on one specific customer's record ","long_answer_sample":"Per-Customer Overrides are settings you change on one specific customer's record to make Biller Genie behave differently for that customer than your Customer Defaults seeded onto that customer at create time. Because defaults only run at create/import, anything you change on a customer's record at any point afterward is what's in effect for that cus","language_id":1,"id":3825118,"last_published_date":"July 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"per-customer overrides settings change one specific customer's record make biller genie behave differently customer defaults seeded onto create time. run create/import, anything point afterward effect going forward — periodically re-apply edits. mental model majority, exceptions cleanest way think genie's set match behavior want greater base treat majority customers, day out. use handle exceptions. common example charge late fees everybody, handful vips to. turn globally defaults, open vip's individually. default takes care every automatically; touch records need differ. pattern keeps account easy manage. remember configure new syncs inherit right baseline automatically, intervene real exception comes up. customize individual cautious \"save apply existing\" (and type defaults), save existing customers overwrites override customer. customizations made time, damage button can do. meaningful amount tuning place, switch + surgical \"update single setting\" option changes propagate. keep deliberate, rare reset action. find (customers tab \u0026gt; click name). edit page sections. default; others per-customer-only features global equivalent all. advanced options general-tab equivalents (payment methods, fees, partial payments, etc.) plus waive next fee grace lever. invoice messenger message types reach channels. reminders matrix messenger, scoped follow-up cadence. portal log portal. auto pay per-customer-only. enrollment, type, threshold, payment method live record; override. stored methods cards bank accounts file customer; defaults. fields look version checkboxes, toggles, dropdowns. visual \"this using default\" indicator. whatever value see active identical setting does. means whatever's wins regardless say. allow credit card payments ach apm (alternative primarily paypal today) send receipts ignore conflicts (email report) plans require checkout auto-pay bill parent (when sub-customer another) display invoices (sub-customer show parent's too) grace-period lever feature yes will skip exactly upcoming automatically back no. classic case calls say \"i'm three days, just got pulled fire-drill.\" short delay, permanently disable either. record, yes. charged skipped, flag flips standard late-fee policy. single-use waives fee. resets consistently late, either (a permanent change) design intentional grace, policy change. (per-customer only) gets overridden per \"auto pay\" toggle enrollment inherently per-customer, configuration lives record. section controls auto-charges enabled whether enrolled autopay full balance amount. charged. threshold invoice-amount cutoff (e.g. $500; bigger requires manual approval). leave blank direction \"auto-pay amount\" amount.\" closest thing \"global checkout-policy toggle, itself. forces enroll part paying first invoice. actual (type, method) sending less matrices six (upcoming payment, due, updated, statement, overdue, fee) email paper mail toggles each. lets decide receives. messaging often others, \"defaults = exceptions\" vips. long-tenured pays statement month overdue redundant. need. chronically customers. repeatedly might benefit additional touches enable email, on. channel preference. tell check mail; never paper. match. timing global, channels cadence days due date fires, soon fires vary turned message-type-on/off control logged profile update contact info, address, etc. add/remove enroll, unenroll, receive notification edits get notified matter actually in, leaving fine. lists customer, designate autopay. per-customer. workflow. sub-customer, routes communications side-effect, several sub-customer's disabled instead taken parent. mind again, become editable goes them. \"reset fields. stores like manually flip now. current customers\" easier path across pick setting, value, scope, done. works including ones pick. frequently asked questions survive sync quickbooks normal updates quickbooks-sourced data (name, genie-specific fees. overwritten qbo applies. bg remain unless explicitly ran lost overrides. undo. truly destructive design, run, previous values gone. strongly recommend switching single-setting customization place. support help reconstructing settings. versus inherited values, \"uses markers. be, (or type) separate compare. card. place add mark (if autopay). old deleted view. managed related articles supported accounting-software integrations","name":"Per-Customer Overrides for Reminders, Late Fees, and Other Features","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"per-customer-overrides","first_category":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","categories_display_for_views":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","parent_categories":[515332],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customers/per-customer-overrides?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"per-customer overrides settings change one specific customer's record make biller genie behave differently customer defaults seeded onto create time. run create/import, anything point afterward effect going forward — periodically re-apply edits. mental model majority, exceptions cleanest way think genie's set match behavior want greater base treat majority customers, day out. use handle exceptions. common example charge late fees everybody, handful vips to. turn globally defaults, open vip's individually. default takes care every automatically; touch records need differ. pattern keeps account easy manage. remember configure new syncs inherit right baseline automatically, intervene real exception comes up. customize individual cautious \"save apply existing\" (and type defaults), save existing customers overwrites override customer. customizations made time, damage button can do. meaningful amount tuning place, switch + surgical \"update single setting\" option changes propagate. keep deliberate, rare reset action. find (customers tab \u0026gt; click name). edit page sections. default; others per-customer-only features global equivalent all. advanced options general-tab equivalents (payment methods, fees, partial payments, etc.) plus waive next fee grace lever. invoice messenger message types reach channels. reminders matrix messenger, scoped follow-up cadence. portal log portal. auto pay per-customer-only. enrollment, type, threshold, payment method live record; override. stored methods cards bank accounts file customer; defaults. fields look version checkboxes, toggles, dropdowns. visual \"this using default\" indicator. whatever value see active identical setting does. means whatever's wins regardless say. allow credit card payments ach apm (alternative primarily paypal today) send receipts ignore conflicts (email report) plans require checkout auto-pay bill parent (when sub-customer another) display invoices (sub-customer show parent's too) grace-period lever feature yes will skip exactly upcoming automatically back no. classic case calls say \"i'm three days, just got pulled fire-drill.\" short delay, permanently disable either. record, yes. charged skipped, flag flips standard late-fee policy. single-use waives fee. resets consistently late, either (a permanent change) design intentional grace, policy change. (per-customer only) gets overridden per \"auto pay\" toggle enrollment inherently per-customer, configuration lives record. section controls auto-charges enabled whether enrolled autopay full balance amount. charged. threshold invoice-amount cutoff (e.g. $500; bigger requires manual approval). leave blank direction \"auto-pay amount\" amount.\" closest thing \"global checkout-policy toggle, itself. forces enroll part paying first invoice. actual (type, method) sending less matrices six (upcoming payment, due, updated, statement, overdue, fee) email paper mail toggles each. lets decide receives. messaging often others, \"defaults = exceptions\" vips. long-tenured pays statement month overdue redundant. need. chronically customers. repeatedly might benefit additional touches enable email, on. channel preference. tell check mail; never paper. match. timing global, channels cadence days due date fires, soon fires vary turned message-type-on/off control logged profile update contact info, address, etc. add/remove enroll, unenroll, receive notification edits get notified matter actually in, leaving fine. lists customer, designate autopay. per-customer. workflow. sub-customer, routes communications side-effect, several sub-customer's disabled instead taken parent. mind again, become editable goes them. \"reset fields. stores like manually flip now. current customers\" easier path across pick setting, value, scope, done. works including ones pick. frequently asked questions survive sync quickbooks normal updates quickbooks-sourced data (name, genie-specific fees. overwritten qbo applies. bg remain unless explicitly ran lost overrides. undo. truly destructive design, run, previous values gone. strongly recommend switching single-setting customization place. support help reconstructing settings. versus inherited values, \"uses markers. be, (or type) separate compare. card. place add mark (if autopay). old deleted view. managed related articles supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:13:18.000Z","tag_names":["send invoice manually","immediate reminder","send reminder now","resend invoice email","send invoice to alternate email","ad-hoc invoice email","invoice email override"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie sends invoices automatically through Invoice Messenger when an invoi","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie sends invoices automatically through Invoice Messenger when an invoice first syncs in and through Reminders on the cadence you've configured. But sometimes you want to send an invoice on demand — a customer asks for a copy, a reminder didn't reach them, or you want to test what an invoice looks like before a big batch goes out. The manu","language_id":1,"id":1956821,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie sends invoices automatically invoice messenger first syncs reminders cadence configured. sometimes want send demand — customer asks copy, reminder reach them, test looks like big batch goes out. manual action covers cases. use requests copy. \"can resend last month's invoice\" fire send. verify like. draft address sees final. one-off communication specific customer. without changing global everyone else. replace bounced email. original bounced, can correct email trigger fresh manually open genie. find via list (invoices tab), searching name, directly number. click top page. choose recipients. default customer's billing email; edit one (without record), add cc addresses, verification. delivery channel email, paper mail (if add-on ), both. optionally customize subject body records invoice's activity history. gets sent delivers receive template, branding, one-click portal access link. pdf attachment latest version (so updated since send, reflects updates). emails fix bounces, surfaces two places history shows bounce record underlying smtp error. bounces report reports \u0026gt; see every recent across invoices. record, address, return corrected address. sending multiple (bulk send) need group example, month-end customers, resending problem bulk view portal, navigate search keyword filters (customer type, date range, status) narrow filtered want, list. dialog, changes apply batch, per-customer. merge tags work individual sends, still personalized message. queues list, sequentially. repeat different batches (e.g. net 30 60). frequently asked questions will start no. separate . schedule keeps running based due copy reset schedule. go quickbooks infrastructure. online desktop get involved intentional, cause duplicate-email problems qbo's \"save send\" qbd features. reply yes replies business's reply-to (or custom domain configured). way regular paid paid, replaced receipt. longer needs receipt payment made. related articles using create","name":"How to Send an Invoice Manually","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"how-to-send-an-invoice-manually","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/how-to-send-an-invoice-manually?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie sends invoices automatically invoice messenger first syncs reminders cadence configured. sometimes want send demand — customer asks copy, reminder reach them, test looks like big batch goes out. manual action covers cases. use requests copy. \"can resend last month's invoice\" fire send. verify like. draft address sees final. one-off communication specific customer. without changing global everyone else. replace bounced email. original bounced, can correct email trigger fresh manually open genie. find via list (invoices tab), searching name, directly number. click top page. choose recipients. default customer's billing email; edit one (without record), add cc addresses, verification. delivery channel email, paper mail (if add-on ), both. optionally customize subject body records invoice's activity history. gets sent delivers receive template, branding, one-click portal access link. pdf attachment latest version (so updated since send, reflects updates). emails fix bounces, surfaces two places history shows bounce record underlying smtp error. bounces report reports \u0026gt; see every recent across invoices. record, address, return corrected address. sending multiple (bulk send) need group example, month-end customers, resending problem bulk view portal, navigate search keyword filters (customer type, date range, status) narrow filtered want, list. dialog, changes apply batch, per-customer. merge tags work individual sends, still personalized message. queues list, sequentially. repeat different batches (e.g. net 30 60). frequently asked questions will start no. separate . schedule keeps running based due copy reset schedule. go quickbooks infrastructure. online desktop get involved intentional, cause duplicate-email problems qbo's \"save send\" qbd features. reply yes replies business's reply-to (or custom domain configured). way regular paid paid, replaced receipt. longer needs receipt payment made. related articles using create","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-11-14T21:15:02.000Z","tag_names":["create invoice","new invoice biller genie","add invoice","invoice line items","invoice due date","invoice memo","invoice in biller genie","manual invoice creation"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work alongside the accounting software you're already","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work alongside the accounting software you're already using — most of the time, invoices are created in QuickBooks (or Xero) and sync into Biller Genie automatically. But Biller Genie can also create invoices directly when you don't have your accounting software handy or when you need to bill a one-off customer quickly. T","language_id":1,"id":2297802,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie designed work alongside accounting software using — time, invoices created quickbooks (or xero) sync automatically. can create directly handy need bill one-off customer quickly. article walks paths. come pulls two sources, end place software. online, desktop (via magiccarpet ), xero. new next sync, sent, paid, reconciled genie. invoice genie, synced back sales receipt journal entry. flows systems way qbo qbd directly. either path produces result tracked goes messenger . best practice merchants, creating cleanest path. records, item catalog, tax rates, accounts there. connected, every automatically double entry, opportunity drift systems. online use \"save close,\" send\" qbo, finish save close. tells email itself, creates duplicate syncs sends it. want handle send, manually merchants find easier just always close let sending. merchant portal, click left nav. invoice. pick customer. start typing customer's name; shows matches list. exist yet, first will add line items. set quantity amount per item. number, date, due date. auto-suggests override optional po custom message, memo. flow receives finalize based settings. work-in-progress without sending yet draft status holds gets shown columns, footer text, template (classic / modern simple), pdf formatting defaults includes payment qr code (if enabled), branding, one-click portal access link body. configure control panel \u0026gt; whether qbo/qbd uses look. default save, fires immediately within seconds. send manual action different email, cc additional addresses, paper mail addition email. hold (see ) ready. editing voiding sent open edit. updates trigger updated message knows changed. applies outstanding balance immediately. error needs canceled, void page. software, reminders stop firing. refunding paid) refund record saved method credited. frequently asked questions show yes. invoice, entry (depending configuration). sees yes inline. made mistake sent. fix edit small (a wrong amount, typo memo). communication turned on. large (wrong customer, altogether), one cleaner trying massively rewrite existing record. bulk-create genie's strength processing scale bulk software's bulk-invoice features rest. genie-created invoicing, reach subscribersuccess guidance right approach volume. related articles setting","name":"How To Create An Invoice","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"how-to-create-an-invoice","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/how-to-create-an-invoice?from_search=236885554","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie designed work alongside accounting software using — time, invoices created quickbooks (or xero) sync automatically. can create directly handy need bill one-off customer quickly. article walks paths. come pulls two sources, end place software. online, desktop (via magiccarpet ), xero. new next sync, sent, paid, reconciled genie. invoice genie, synced back sales receipt journal entry. flows systems way qbo qbd directly. either path produces result tracked goes messenger . best practice merchants, creating cleanest path. records, item catalog, tax rates, accounts there. connected, every automatically double entry, opportunity drift systems. online use \"save close,\" send\" qbo, finish save close. tells email itself, creates duplicate syncs sends it. want handle send, manually merchants find easier just always close let sending. merchant portal, click left nav. invoice. pick customer. start typing customer's name; shows matches list. exist yet, first will add line items. set quantity amount per item. number, date, due date. auto-suggests override optional po custom message, memo. flow receives finalize based settings. work-in-progress without sending yet draft status holds gets shown columns, footer text, template (classic / modern simple), pdf formatting defaults includes payment qr code (if enabled), branding, one-click portal access link body. configure control panel \u0026gt; whether qbo/qbd uses look. default save, fires immediately within seconds. send manual action different email, cc additional addresses, paper mail addition email. hold (see ) ready. editing voiding sent open edit. updates trigger updated message knows changed. applies outstanding balance immediately. error needs canceled, void page. software, reminders stop firing. refunding paid) refund record saved method credited. frequently asked questions show yes. invoice, entry (depending configuration). sees yes inline. made mistake sent. fix edit small (a wrong amount, typo memo). communication turned on. large (wrong customer, altogether), one cleaner trying massively rewrite existing record. bulk-create genie's strength processing scale bulk software's bulk-invoice features rest. genie-created invoicing, reach subscribersuccess guidance right approach volume. related articles setting","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}}]