[{"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=236884141","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":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-02-23T21:14:57.000Z","tag_names":["cash flow stage billing","estimate progress invoice","milestone invoicing","one big invoice vs many","partial payments","progress invoices","progress invoicing quickbooks","project invoice","qbo progress invoicing setup","stage billing"],"answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at ","long_answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at framing, 25% at drywall, 25% at completion — you have two ways to structure the receivable: progress invoices (multiple smaller invoices issued as work progresses) or one large invoice with partial payments. This article covers the trade-offs and when each pattern is th","language_id":1,"id":2428271,"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":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","name":"Progress Invoices vs. Partial Payments: Best Practices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online","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/setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online?from_search=236884141","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}}]