[{"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=236871668","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":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-16T15:17:09.000Z","tag_names":["account settings","ach web terms","auto pay terms","biller genie settings","chrome extension","configure general settings","control panel settings","email auto-pay failures","email merchant receipts","email sync notification","invoice email","invoice payment terms","merchant email","persistent filters","sync notifications setup","terms and conditions"],"answer_sample":"Your Control Panel \u0026gt; Settings page is where you set the account-level defaults","long_answer_sample":"Your Control Panel \u0026gt; Settings page is where you set the account-level defaults that apply everywhere in Biller Genie — who receives merchant notifications, which automated emails go out, the Terms \u0026amp; Conditions your customers agree to, and whether the Chrome Extension is enabled. This article walks through every field on the page, what it cont","language_id":1,"id":1957837,"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":"control panel \u0026gt; settings page set account-level defaults apply everywhere biller genie — receives merchant notifications, automated emails go out, terms \u0026amp; conditions customers agree to, whether chrome extension enabled. article walks every field page, controls, small gotchas catch people one. open click main menu, settings. need user superuser manager role see managing users . email address (or addresses) receive copy sales receipts customer-driven notifications example, customer updates stored payment method card file expires. gets auto-pay failure alert sync toggles enabled below. multiple recipients can enter one here. separate comma semicolon accounting@yourcompany.com, owner@yourcompany.com. list notification triggers. way send another nothing. invoice sender reminder sends. reply-to hits reply reminder, it. use real, monitored inbox (not no-reply address) reply, often questions. want sent domain (so look like come billing@yourcompany.com instead genie's envelope), custom domains enable persistent filters toggle on, column search grids (invoices, customers, transactions, etc.) remembered across sessions account. off, reset time load grid. turn frequently filter (e.g., \"always show overdue invoices type = wholesale\"). team members share account prefers start clean view. three address(es) above. processed (credit card, ach, check, manual, autopay), receipt. don't. org-level setting applies payments receipt controlled separately per-transaction \"send receipt\" checkbox payment, plus flag individual customer's record. full breakdown. successfully synced accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) configurable number days, get email. failures commonly happen oauth connection expired password changed. configuring threshold. default \"alert 3 days without successful sync.\" change per-integration make sure save add-ons select xero). find last field, whenever automatic attempt fails (declined nsf etc.), details unnoticed. recommended keep on. failed autopay attempts notice quickly past-due invoices. pre-populates sets corresponding flows. edit match business's policies, next revert default. sees paying one-time portal via link. auto pay enrolling agrees charge automatically becomes due. ach web transaction t\u0026amp;cs bank / ach. nacha requires explicit authorization language web-channel debits customize language. tip. legal counsel review customizing phrasing general; industry (rentals, subscriptions, professional services) specific worth adding rather invoice. installed (which adds in-line buttons quick-actions online tools), shows status lets issues 90-day credential authenticate calls back genie. required first work new browser device. disable immediately invalidates credential. uninstalled device authorized lost compromised. related located elsewhere feel live actually dedicated pages quick map know branding (logo + brand color) branding. setup (reminder cadence, terms, messenger settings) defaults. welcome area hosted (fraud thresholds look/feel public page) link menu. late fees reminders add-ons, core fee manager, reminders. session timeout user-configurable. signs 25 minutes inactivity production security reasons. saving changes button. saved edited. enable/disable save. articles","name":"Configure General Settings","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"configure-general-settings","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/configure-general-settings?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"control panel \u0026gt; settings page set account-level defaults apply everywhere biller genie — receives merchant notifications, automated emails go out, terms \u0026amp; conditions customers agree to, whether chrome extension enabled. article walks every field page, controls, small gotchas catch people one. open click main menu, settings. need user superuser manager role see managing users . email address (or addresses) receive copy sales receipts customer-driven notifications example, customer updates stored payment method card file expires. gets auto-pay failure alert sync toggles enabled below. multiple recipients can enter one here. separate comma semicolon accounting@yourcompany.com, owner@yourcompany.com. list notification triggers. way send another nothing. invoice sender reminder sends. reply-to hits reply reminder, it. use real, monitored inbox (not no-reply address) reply, often questions. want sent domain (so look like come billing@yourcompany.com instead genie's envelope), custom domains enable persistent filters toggle on, column search grids (invoices, customers, transactions, etc.) remembered across sessions account. off, reset time load grid. turn frequently filter (e.g., \"always show overdue invoices type = wholesale\"). team members share account prefers start clean view. three address(es) above. processed (credit card, ach, check, manual, autopay), receipt. don't. org-level setting applies payments receipt controlled separately per-transaction \"send receipt\" checkbox payment, plus flag individual customer's record. full breakdown. successfully synced accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero) configurable number days, get email. failures commonly happen oauth connection expired password changed. configuring threshold. default \"alert 3 days without successful sync.\" change per-integration make sure save add-ons select xero). find last field, whenever automatic attempt fails (declined nsf etc.), details unnoticed. recommended keep on. failed autopay attempts notice quickly past-due invoices. pre-populates sets corresponding flows. edit match business's policies, next revert default. sees paying one-time portal via link. auto pay enrolling agrees charge automatically becomes due. ach web transaction t\u0026amp;cs bank / ach. nacha requires explicit authorization language web-channel debits customize language. tip. legal counsel review customizing phrasing general; industry (rentals, subscriptions, professional services) specific worth adding rather invoice. installed (which adds in-line buttons quick-actions online tools), shows status lets issues 90-day credential authenticate calls back genie. required first work new browser device. disable immediately invalidates credential. uninstalled device authorized lost compromised. related located elsewhere feel live actually dedicated pages quick map know branding (logo + brand color) branding. setup (reminder cadence, terms, messenger settings) defaults. welcome area hosted (fraud thresholds look/feel public page) link menu. late fees reminders add-ons, core fee manager, reminders. session timeout user-configurable. signs 25 minutes inactivity production security reasons. saving changes button. saved edited. enable/disable save. articles","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":"2023-05-15T17:51:29.000Z","tag_names":["attach invoice pdf to reminders","biller genie invoice defaults","invoice columns","invoice custom fields","invoice defaults","invoice footer","invoice memo display","invoice qr code","invoice templates","invoice theme","show billing address","show shipping address"],"answer_sample":"Invoice Defaults control what your customer-facing invoices look like and what da","long_answer_sample":"Invoice Defaults control what your customer-facing invoices look like and what data they include. You set them once and Biller Genie applies them to every invoice that syncs in from your accounting software. Take 10 to 15 minutes to lock these in before your first invoice goes out — every invoice your customer ever sees is shaped by these settings. ","language_id":1,"id":1956790,"last_published_date":"June 2nd, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/JT?bg=f1ba57\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fc4f4b69f7e4a4303f236ed2e8c96854.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Juan Tobon","indexable_body":"invoice defaults control customer-facing invoices look like data include. set biller genie applies every syncs accounting software. take 10 15 minutes lock first goes — customer ever sees shaped settings. global, per-customer setting page customer. overridden true behavior settings (autopay, late fees, allowed payment methods, reminder cadence) live . box toggle starts position. default theme simple. brand-new configured shows stripped-down layout turn columns options need. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. organized four sections display, advanced options, custom messages, theme. recommended starter setup sure on, configuration works service-based businesses (hvac, plumbing, property management, landscape, b2b services) item/product name, description, quantity, unit price, total, billing address, sales tax, subtotal, amount, service date, due date. show display name (so business invoice), memo field notes quickbooks come through), add pdf emails turned best deliverability, send messages inactive customers off. replace footer text one-line thank-you phone number. leave \"bill to\" / \"ship labels unless use different term. modern common pick. classic used traditional quickbooks-style invoice. simple want least visual weight. product wholesale usually shipping address job name. management often renames bill label \"account holder\" \"owner\". hoas sometimes \"unit\" instead. hide column yes/no toggles. date line item, record service. merchants on. category category, used. description item. quantity column. blank software, left too. price per-unit price. total line-item total. block. ship tax line. subtotal pre-tax amount grand bottom. good rule thumb actually needs make decision. rest. clean gets paid faster busy one. section bundles everything affects beyond columns. group control. identity bill-to address. accounting-software same, can avoid redundancy. separate useful contractors uses jobs track work fields put software displays required \"append message memo\" (in messages) place area. appear populated either \"print\" \"screen\" checkbox enabled quickbooks. location choose header field. \"memo field\" option requires on; otherwise dropdown locks header. pdfs, qr codes, email attachments includes copy attachment. recommend leaving lower deliverability (more land spam). still click view download there. reminders include files attached online email. only. code adds pdf. scan page. whose accounts new generator enabled. contact support@billergenie.com dates statement delayed statements yet customer's statement. plan ahead. current closed standard \"thank paying\" rather genie. allows closing fire regardless recorded. (recommended), marked get statements. do. customize let personalize wording append enabled, appended memo. \"show free-text bottom us!\" terms, language, number questions. rename label. 50-character limit. to\". holder\", \"owner\", \"buyer\", unit\". idea \"job site\", \"service address\", \"deliver pick template single radio-button choice across three layouts layout. receiving ones accountant sends them, quickbooks-only long time change feel minimal. cleaner spacing, larger headers, hierarchy. newer businesses, brand wants polished. starting point merchants. lightest fewest elements. quick (hoas, dues, subscription billing). picked theme, whichever fits brand. going forward. happens save changes immediately rendering delay background queue. (what \"view invoice\" statement) always renders fresh next reflects rules. sent months ago synced five ago. pdfs generated downloads saved, re-downloading old file delivered attachment sitting inbox. keeps sent. reach update it. thing stays frozen. invoices, reminders, statements, receipts immediately. short nothing waits sync, overnight. moment save, behaves existed (except literal inboxes). frequently asked questions override specific no. global columns, overridable cadence, partial-payment policy) , tune individual level via overrides will changing re-send gone never re-emails anything change. opens link past email, practice see causes (1) corresponding (2) empty populate (3) fields, must up. \"custom location\" locked advanced) lets off, disabled entirely. available test without affecting customers. change, (your own, low-stakes customer's). instantly. see, revert again. part test. related articles type features","name":"Setting Invoice Defaults","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-invoice-defaults","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-invoice-defaults?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"invoice defaults control customer-facing invoices look like data include. set biller genie applies every syncs accounting software. take 10 15 minutes lock first goes — customer ever sees shaped settings. global, per-customer setting page customer. overridden true behavior settings (autopay, late fees, allowed payment methods, reminder cadence) live . box toggle starts position. default theme simple. brand-new configured shows stripped-down layout turn columns options need. find open panel \u0026gt; defaults. organized four sections display, advanced options, custom messages, theme. recommended starter setup sure on, configuration works service-based businesses (hvac, plumbing, property management, landscape, b2b services) item/product name, description, quantity, unit price, total, billing address, sales tax, subtotal, amount, service date, due date. show display name (so business invoice), memo field notes quickbooks come through), add pdf emails turned best deliverability, send messages inactive customers off. replace footer text one-line thank-you phone number. leave \"bill to\" / \"ship labels unless use different term. modern common pick. classic used traditional quickbooks-style invoice. simple want least visual weight. product wholesale usually shipping address job name. management often renames bill label \"account holder\" \"owner\". hoas sometimes \"unit\" instead. hide column yes/no toggles. date line item, record service. merchants on. category category, used. description item. quantity column. blank software, left too. price per-unit price. total line-item total. block. ship tax line. subtotal pre-tax amount grand bottom. good rule thumb actually needs make decision. rest. clean gets paid faster busy one. section bundles everything affects beyond columns. group control. identity bill-to address. accounting-software same, can avoid redundancy. separate useful contractors uses jobs track work fields put software displays required \"append message memo\" (in messages) place area. appear populated either \"print\" \"screen\" checkbox enabled quickbooks. location choose header field. \"memo field\" option requires on; otherwise dropdown locks header. pdfs, qr codes, email attachments includes copy attachment. recommend leaving lower deliverability (more land spam). still click view download there. reminders include files attached online email. only. code adds pdf. scan page. whose accounts new generator enabled. contact support@billergenie.com dates statement delayed statements yet customer's statement. plan ahead. current closed standard \"thank paying\" rather genie. allows closing fire regardless recorded. (recommended), marked get statements. do. customize let personalize wording append enabled, appended memo. \"show free-text bottom us!\" terms, language, number questions. rename label. 50-character limit. to\". holder\", \"owner\", \"buyer\", unit\". idea \"job site\", \"service address\", \"deliver pick template single radio-button choice across three layouts layout. receiving ones accountant sends them, quickbooks-only long time change feel minimal. cleaner spacing, larger headers, hierarchy. newer businesses, brand wants polished. starting point merchants. lightest fewest elements. quick (hoas, dues, subscription billing). picked theme, whichever fits brand. going forward. happens save changes immediately rendering delay background queue. (what \"view invoice\" statement) always renders fresh next reflects rules. sent months ago synced five ago. pdfs generated downloads saved, re-downloading old file delivered attachment sitting inbox. keeps sent. reach update it. thing stays frozen. invoices, reminders, statements, receipts immediately. short nothing waits sync, overnight. moment save, behaves existed (except literal inboxes). frequently asked questions override specific no. global columns, overridable cadence, partial-payment policy) , tune individual level via overrides will changing re-send gone never re-emails anything change. opens link past email, practice see causes (1) corresponding (2) empty populate (3) fields, must up. \"custom location\" locked advanced) lets off, disabled entirely. available test without affecting customers. change, (your own, low-stakes customer's). instantly. see, revert again. part test. related articles type features","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"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=236871668","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"}},{"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=236871668","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":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=236871668","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":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=236871668","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":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=236871668","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":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:38:58.745Z","tag_names":["autopay decline reasons","auto-pay declines","autopay failures","autopay report","biller genie autopay failed","do not honor","expired card autopay disabled","gateway decline","insufficient funds autopay"],"answer_sample":"The Auto-Pay Declines report is the single place where every declined automatic-p","long_answer_sample":"The Auto-Pay Declines report is the single place where every declined automatic-payment attempt across your account is logged. Use it as your daily punch list — every entry here is an open invoice that tried to auto-charge and didn't go through, which means you have a customer to follow up with. Where to find it From the main menu, click Reports \u0026gt","language_id":1,"id":3833018,"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":"auto-pay declines report single place every declined automatic-payment attempt across account logged. use daily punch list — entry open invoice tried auto-charge go through, means customer follow with. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; declines. need user viewer (or higher) role see managing users . entries appear biller genie logs new row time automatic payment declined. common reasons insufficient funds ach debit card rejected customer's balance. / honor issuing bank without specific reason. expired stored file past expiration date. auto-disables autopay happens. closed invalid method longer valid (closed account, replaced number). gateway error communication temporary issue (uncommon; usually self-resolves). exact decline reason whatever returned. full ach-specific return codes (r01-r85), credit reject column shows id event's internal id. mostly support reference. display name name. jump record. details compound cell number (links invoice), company name, first/last gateway. date failed happened. filtering sorting header sort. filter beneath narrowing useful spotting trends like \"every week funds.\" page sizes range 10 all. exporting csv export top page. download named autopayreport.xlsx (it's inside .xlsx-named spreadsheet apps correctly either way). right action depends reach customer. retry manually days, send link pay another way. next scheduled happens standard cadence (typically reminder cycle). auto-disabled. update via portal invite store method). dead. replace it. self-resolves cycle. repeated identical errors, contact support@billergenie.com related articles transactions storing methods customer-enabled auto","name":"Auto-Pay Declines Report","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"auto-pay-declines-report","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/auto-pay-declines-report?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"auto-pay declines report single place every declined automatic-payment attempt across account logged. use daily punch list — entry open invoice tried auto-charge go through, means customer follow with. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; declines. need user viewer (or higher) role see managing users . entries appear biller genie logs new row time automatic payment declined. common reasons insufficient funds ach debit card rejected customer's balance. / honor issuing bank without specific reason. expired stored file past expiration date. auto-disables autopay happens. closed invalid method longer valid (closed account, replaced number). gateway error communication temporary issue (uncommon; usually self-resolves). exact decline reason whatever returned. full ach-specific return codes (r01-r85), credit reject column shows id event's internal id. mostly support reference. display name name. jump record. details compound cell number (links invoice), company name, first/last gateway. date failed happened. filtering sorting header sort. filter beneath narrowing useful spotting trends like \"every week funds.\" page sizes range 10 all. exporting csv export top page. download named autopayreport.xlsx (it's inside .xlsx-named spreadsheet apps correctly either way). right action depends reach customer. retry manually days, send link pay another way. next scheduled happens standard cadence (typically reminder cycle). auto-disabled. update via portal invite store method). dead. replace it. self-resolves cycle. repeated identical errors, contact support@billergenie.com related articles transactions storing methods customer-enabled auto","categories":{"current":{"id":1368781,"name":"Reports \u0026 Dashboards","url":"/reports-and-reconciliation"}},"category_param":"reports-and-reconciliation"}},{"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=236871668","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":"2023-05-15T18:06:44.000Z","tag_names":["autopay attempt log","detach payment timeline","email opened invoice","invoice activity","invoice event log","invoice history","invoice opt out reminders","invoice timeline","mailjet open click","reminder sent log","when was invoice sent","who paid invoice"],"answer_sample":"Every invoice in Biller Genie has a Timeline — a chronological log of everything ","long_answer_sample":"Every invoice in Biller Genie has a Timeline — a chronological log of everything that's happened to it: payments applied, payment attempts, reminders sent, opt-out toggles, voids/refunds, autopay attempts, manual notes, and email opens and clicks. The Timeline is the first place to look when you need to answer \"what happened with this invoice?\" — fo","language_id":1,"id":1956817,"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":"every invoice biller genie timeline — chronological log everything happened payments applied, payment attempts, reminders sent, opt-out toggles, voids/refunds, autopay manual notes, email opens clicks. first place look need answer \"what invoice\" support questions, audit needs, troubleshooting customer's experience match expected. find open invoices \u0026gt; (or clicking number anywhere appears). detail view, scroll history / section. entries appear newest-first. entry types mean lifecycle means created either synced accounting software, manually bg, imported. timeline. updated field changed typically edit software through, bg. paid invoice's remaining balance hit $0 (a payment, multiple payments, credit memo zeroed out). sets paiddate. applied card debit made amount $x processed applied. funds available 1-2 business days. ach submitted bank. note takes 3-5 days settle can still reject window. check captured via mobile capture rdc invoice. settles pending [type] attached yet funded associated reduced funds. common payments. voided, refunded, detached previously-applied reversed. went back paiddate cleared marked paid. attempts auto pay skipped since automatic attempted [date] per day. system tried earlier today, next attempt skipped. failed - ending xxxx expired. automatically disabled customer. stored auto-disables customer) fix due date. method (ending xxxx) authorization file bank account verification holds completes. #x [reason] gateway declined returned error. reason text comes response ones insufficient funds, declined, honor. activity \"[reminder type]\" reminder sent out. type tells one cadence (upcoming due, overdue, upcoming late fee, statement). paper mail queued add-on active. opened clicked click telemetry provider (mailjet). indicates recipient least loaded images link. useful \"they saw it\" signal though 100% reliable clients block tracking pixels. bounced (soft hard) deliver. soft bounce = temporary (full inbox, server unavailable); hard permanent (bad address). bounces, customer email. per-invoice opted reminders (also will excluded reminders) someone team opt emails go specifically. (if configured) attempts. now included sending resume scheduled cadence. notes add internal recording conversations, escalations, anything else want record of. detail, note, save. appears username timestamp. internal-only (the never sees them). diagnostic patterns \"did ever receive send entries, opens/clicks. see sends opens, might spam. \"why run\" recent entry. skip/fail tell (already-attempted, expired card, authorization). \"this supposed there\" pending-payment detach entries. shows full diagnostic. going out\" record's active status. delivery diagnosis . related articles viewing attaching detaching transactions","name":"Invoice Timeline and Activity History","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"view-invoice-timeline","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/view-invoice-timeline?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every invoice biller genie timeline — chronological log everything happened payments applied, payment attempts, reminders sent, opt-out toggles, voids/refunds, autopay manual notes, email opens clicks. first place look need answer \"what invoice\" support questions, audit needs, troubleshooting customer's experience match expected. find open invoices \u0026gt; (or clicking number anywhere appears). detail view, scroll history / section. entries appear newest-first. entry types mean lifecycle means created either synced accounting software, manually bg, imported. timeline. updated field changed typically edit software through, bg. paid invoice's remaining balance hit $0 (a payment, multiple payments, credit memo zeroed out). sets paiddate. applied card debit made amount $x processed applied. funds available 1-2 business days. ach submitted bank. note takes 3-5 days settle can still reject window. check captured via mobile capture rdc invoice. settles pending [type] attached yet funded associated reduced funds. common payments. voided, refunded, detached previously-applied reversed. went back paiddate cleared marked paid. attempts auto pay skipped since automatic attempted [date] per day. system tried earlier today, next attempt skipped. failed - ending xxxx expired. automatically disabled customer. stored auto-disables customer) fix due date. method (ending xxxx) authorization file bank account verification holds completes. #x [reason] gateway declined returned error. reason text comes response ones insufficient funds, declined, honor. activity \"[reminder type]\" reminder sent out. type tells one cadence (upcoming due, overdue, upcoming late fee, statement). paper mail queued add-on active. opened clicked click telemetry provider (mailjet). indicates recipient least loaded images link. useful \"they saw it\" signal though 100% reliable clients block tracking pixels. bounced (soft hard) deliver. soft bounce = temporary (full inbox, server unavailable); hard permanent (bad address). bounces, customer email. per-invoice opted reminders (also will excluded reminders) someone team opt emails go specifically. (if configured) attempts. now included sending resume scheduled cadence. notes add internal recording conversations, escalations, anything else want record of. detail, note, save. appears username timestamp. internal-only (the never sees them). diagnostic patterns \"did ever receive send entries, opens/clicks. see sends opens, might spam. \"why run\" recent entry. skip/fail tell (already-attempted, expired card, authorization). \"this supposed there\" pending-payment detach entries. shows full diagnostic. going out\" record's active status. delivery diagnosis . related articles viewing attaching detaching transactions","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368781,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-31T02:38:59.645Z","tag_names":["address conflict","confirm mailing address","paper mail add-on","paper mail conflicts","paper mail not sending","paper mail reminder not delivered","snail mail conflicts","unconfirmed address","usps validation"],"answer_sample":"The Paper Mail Conflicts report is the paper-mail counterpart to Email Conflicts ","long_answer_sample":"The Paper Mail Conflicts report is the paper-mail counterpart to Email Conflicts . It lists customers who are set up to receive invoice reminders by paper mail, who have an open invoice, but whose mailing address hasn't been confirmed — meaning Biller Genie isn't going to mail them anything until you confirm the address. When a customer appears on t","language_id":1,"id":3833019,"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":"paper mail conflicts report paper-mail counterpart email . lists customers set receive invoice reminders mail, open invoice, whose mailing address confirmed — meaning biller genie going anything confirm address. customer appears flagged three true least one (unpaid, hidden, pending). reminder settings turned on. delivery typically file validate usps, multiple records reconciled, field left blank. resolve conflict, go out. (if configured) continue fire normally. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; conflicts. requires viewer role (or higher) active add-on subscription. resolving conflict report. address-resolution action. modal opens showing customer's available candidates billing record, plus usps-suggested correction tried validate. choose correct pending \"new invoice\" waiting confirmation, triggered immediately. future scheduled now flow standard cadence. neither candidate cancel modal, edit value. return confirm. saved record will offers. physical can turn specifically. tab toggle channel row. drops only. searching use search bar specific display name, business first last name. useful want whether particular list. related articles missing per-customer overrides defaults","name":"Paper Mail Conflicts","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"paper-mail-conflicts","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/paper-mail-conflicts?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"paper mail conflicts report paper-mail counterpart email . lists customers set receive invoice reminders mail, open invoice, whose mailing address confirmed — meaning biller genie going anything confirm address. customer appears flagged three true least one (unpaid, hidden, pending). reminder settings turned on. delivery typically file validate usps, multiple records reconciled, field left blank. resolve conflict, go out. (if configured) continue fire normally. find main menu, click reports \u0026gt; conflicts. requires viewer role (or higher) active add-on subscription. resolving conflict report. address-resolution action. modal opens showing customer's available candidates billing record, plus usps-suggested correction tried validate. choose correct pending \"new invoice\" waiting confirmation, triggered immediately. future scheduled now flow standard cadence. neither candidate cancel modal, edit value. return confirm. saved record will offers. physical can turn specifically. tab toggle channel row. drops only. searching use search bar specific display name, business first last name. useful want whether particular list. related articles missing per-customer overrides defaults","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":"2026-02-09T17:00:10.000Z","tag_names":["biller genie email templates","customize invoice email","dbaname merge tag","email delivery best practices","email template best practices","invoice messenger","invoice number merge tag","invoice reminder emails","merge tags","new invoice template","paid invoice template","reminder customization","spam filter avoidance","subject line best practices","transactional email"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie's default invoice email templates are tuned for deliverability — sho","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie's default invoice email templates are tuned for deliverability — short, transactional subject lines and clean message bodies that look like the legitimate transactional email they are, not a marketing blast. When you customize the templates, the choices you make affect whether your customer's email provider routes the message to the inb","language_id":1,"id":3686047,"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 default invoice email templates tuned deliverability — short, transactional subject lines clean message bodies look like legitimate are, marketing blast. customize templates, choices make affect whether customer's provider routes inbox junk folder. article covers genie sends, good bad customization looks like, confirm changes still deliver. heads up. caps, lots !!!, words \"limited time offer\" trigger spam filters google workspace, microsoft 365, corporate gateways. avoid patterns purpose. bigger change make, higher chance lands spam. live editable inside two add-ons send behalf \u0026gt; messenger \"new invoice,\" \"paid manually-sent \"invoice\" templates. reminders \"invoice reminders\" sent schedules. template line body fields, plus header comes branding setup. lifecycle stage sends new automatically created synced accounting software. (manual send) demand click \"email\" invoice. separately can craft personal voice one-offs. based reminder schedule rules configured (days before/after due date, cadence, escalation tone). paid marked confirms customer received payment. best practices keep short 40–60 characters sweet spot. anything longer gets truncated mobile. include number match specific reference business name using {dbaname} merge tag customers recognize sender sight. use neutral, language \"invoice,\" \"payment receipt,\" \"statement,\" \"reminder.\" solid examples #{invoicenumber} excessive punctuation , $$$. caps acronym brand name. emojis friendly ones. emails them. urgency/sales \"act now,\" \"final notice,\" time,\" \"must open.\" (will hurt deliverability) pay now!!! final notice – act fast must open immediately providers analyze text. apply transactional, promotional. professional invoice-focused. lead (\"this for...\") rather warming language. standard capitalization. large blocks bold colored extra links. now button call action adding links (social media, marketing) reduces focus filters. limit repeated urgency keywords (e.g., \"overdue overdue overdue\"). one mention fine; piling flagged. want upsell share news, separate tool top template. useful tags supports bodies. most-used inserts {invoicenumber} invoice's 1024) (as displayed genie) {customername} display {invoicetotal} amount (formatted currency) {duedate} date {paymentlink} unique payment link picker editor see full list available account. defaults recommended years real-world delivery data shaped align practices. pass common spam-filter sender-reputation checks. deliver consistently across recognized major b2b mail billing email. lightly business's tone voice, add thank-you line, swap \"statement\" industry calls underlying structure intact. testing go test address (gmail, outlook, yahoo control). mirrors real sees. landed inbox, promotions. check rendered correctly (no leftover text). resolves hosted page. wait 24 hours, window delivers right. customized starts landing spam, revert previous wording. original subject/body note (or run view history it) roll back. related articles custom domains troubleshooting setup configure general settings","name":"Writing Effective Invoice Reminder Emails","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"email-delivery-best-practices-for-subject-lines-and-content","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/email-delivery-best-practices-for-subject-lines-and-content?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie's default invoice email templates tuned deliverability — short, transactional subject lines clean message bodies look like legitimate are, marketing blast. customize templates, choices make affect whether customer's provider routes inbox junk folder. article covers genie sends, good bad customization looks like, confirm changes still deliver. heads up. caps, lots !!!, words \"limited time offer\" trigger spam filters google workspace, microsoft 365, corporate gateways. avoid patterns purpose. bigger change make, higher chance lands spam. live editable inside two add-ons send behalf \u0026gt; messenger \"new invoice,\" \"paid manually-sent \"invoice\" templates. reminders \"invoice reminders\" sent schedules. template line body fields, plus header comes branding setup. lifecycle stage sends new automatically created synced accounting software. (manual send) demand click \"email\" invoice. separately can craft personal voice one-offs. based reminder schedule rules configured (days before/after due date, cadence, escalation tone). paid marked confirms customer received payment. best practices keep short 40–60 characters sweet spot. anything longer gets truncated mobile. include number match specific reference business name using {dbaname} merge tag customers recognize sender sight. use neutral, language \"invoice,\" \"payment receipt,\" \"statement,\" \"reminder.\" solid examples #{invoicenumber} excessive punctuation , $$$. caps acronym brand name. emojis friendly ones. emails them. urgency/sales \"act now,\" \"final notice,\" time,\" \"must open.\" (will hurt deliverability) pay now!!! final notice – act fast must open immediately providers analyze text. apply transactional, promotional. professional invoice-focused. lead (\"this for...\") rather warming language. standard capitalization. large blocks bold colored extra links. now button call action adding links (social media, marketing) reduces focus filters. limit repeated urgency keywords (e.g., \"overdue overdue overdue\"). one mention fine; piling flagged. want upsell share news, separate tool top template. useful tags supports bodies. most-used inserts {invoicenumber} invoice's 1024) (as displayed genie) {customername} display {invoicetotal} amount (formatted currency) {duedate} date {paymentlink} unique payment link picker editor see full list available account. defaults recommended years real-world delivery data shaped align practices. pass common spam-filter sender-reputation checks. deliver consistently across recognized major b2b mail billing email. lightly business's tone voice, add thank-you line, swap \"statement\" industry calls underlying structure intact. testing go test address (gmail, outlook, yahoo control). mirrors real sees. landed inbox, promotions. check rendered correctly (no leftover text). resolves hosted page. wait 24 hours, window delivers right. customized starts landing spam, revert previous wording. original subject/body note (or run view history it) roll back. related articles custom domains troubleshooting setup configure general settings","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":"2026-05-22T17:30:49.289Z","tag_names":["customer says no invoice","diagnose invoice delivery","inactive customer no reminders","invoice delivery indicator","invoice email bounce","invoice email not received","invoice email troubleshoot","invoice not sending","invoice sent log","opted out reminders","reminder not sending","was invoice emailed"],"answer_sample":"\"My customer says they never received the invoice.\" It's the most common support ","long_answer_sample":"\"My customer says they never received the invoice.\" It's the most common support question in any AR workflow. This article gives you a structured way to confirm whether the email actually went out, and if it didn't, what the likely reason is. Most cases resolve in under 5 minutes once you know where to look. Step 1: Check the Invoice Timeline Open t","language_id":1,"id":3826875,"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":"\"my customer says never received invoice.\" common support question ar workflow. article gives structured way confirm whether email actually went out, didn't, likely reason is. cases resolve 5 minutes know look. step 1 check invoice timeline open scroll timeline. looking two types entries reminder sent — \"[reminder type]\" sent. one corresponds outbound email. / click bounce telemetry comes provider (mailjet) tells happened send. state happening sends present, opens/clicks present opened it. sometimes customers genuinely forget gentle works. opens, bounces landed spam junk. see deliverability troubleshooting . search \"biller genie\" business name folder. hard address bad. fix customer's record. conflicts soft mailbox full, server temporarily unavailable, similar. biller genie will retry next cycle. persists, treat like bounce. (no entries) out. continue 2. 2 order 1. file primary field blank, report add email; scheduled go active inactive receive reminders, statements, receipts (unless account send messages enabled control panel \u0026gt; settings). reactivate setting. 3. opted reminders look detail. \"excluded reminders\" indicator, point. show excluded entry. opt resume invoice. 4. disabled turned level maybe per-customer override vip, \"do contact\" arrangement. tab every channel toggled off, gets regardless level. 5. billed parent bill on, governed settings own. parent's configuration flowing parent. 6. \"reminders skip\" window fire schedule (x days before/after due date, cadence) configured add-ons reminders. invoice's date far future upcoming-payment configured, simply yet. cadence scheduled. 7. still pending yet synced brand-new invoices created accounting software typically take sync genie. sync, first follows immediate \"you new invoice!\" unless messenger creation. forcing right now want immediately without waiting use detail page. ad-hoc goes cc emails file. lets optionally recipient additional cc. attach extra (up 5mb; pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png). logs reminder. manually stuck checked sending, contact support@billergenie.com number expecting approximate date/time team can pull mailjet delivery log attempted, delivered, bounced, blocked. related articles activity history missing","name":"Invoice Email Delivery: Confirm What Was Sent and Diagnose What Wasn’t","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"my-invoices-are-not-sending-diagnose","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/my-invoices-are-not-sending-diagnose?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"\"my customer says never received invoice.\" common support question ar workflow. article gives structured way confirm whether email actually went out, didn't, likely reason is. cases resolve 5 minutes know look. step 1 check invoice timeline open scroll timeline. looking two types entries reminder sent — \"[reminder type]\" sent. one corresponds outbound email. / click bounce telemetry comes provider (mailjet) tells happened send. state happening sends present, opens/clicks present opened it. sometimes customers genuinely forget gentle works. opens, bounces landed spam junk. see deliverability troubleshooting . search \"biller genie\" business name folder. hard address bad. fix customer's record. conflicts soft mailbox full, server temporarily unavailable, similar. biller genie will retry next cycle. persists, treat like bounce. (no entries) out. continue 2. 2 order 1. file primary field blank, report add email; scheduled go active inactive receive reminders, statements, receipts (unless account send messages enabled control panel \u0026gt; settings). reactivate setting. 3. opted reminders look detail. \"excluded reminders\" indicator, point. show excluded entry. opt resume invoice. 4. disabled turned level maybe per-customer override vip, \"do contact\" arrangement. tab every channel toggled off, gets regardless level. 5. billed parent bill on, governed settings own. parent's configuration flowing parent. 6. \"reminders skip\" window fire schedule (x days before/after due date, cadence) configured add-ons reminders. invoice's date far future upcoming-payment configured, simply yet. cadence scheduled. 7. still pending yet synced brand-new invoices created accounting software typically take sync genie. sync, first follows immediate \"you new invoice!\" unless messenger creation. forcing right now want immediately without waiting use detail page. ad-hoc goes cc emails file. lets optionally recipient additional cc. attach extra (up 5mb; pdf, doc, docx, txt, xls, xlsx, jpg, png). logs reminder. manually stuck checked sending, contact support@billergenie.com number expecting approximate date/time team can pull mailjet delivery log attempted, delivered, bounced, blocked. related articles activity history missing","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"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=236871668","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":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=236871668","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":1366687,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-21T03:59:12.860Z","tag_names":["instalments","payments"],"answer_sample":"By default, Biller Genie requires customers to pay invoices in full. You can enab","long_answer_sample":"By default, Biller Genie requires customers to pay invoices in full. You can enable partial payments at the account level so customers can choose any amount up to the invoice total when paying online. How to enable partial payments Open Control Panel \u0026gt; Customer Defaults.\nSet Enable Partial Payments to Yes.\nClick Save Settings. Once enabled, this ","language_id":1,"id":3825110,"last_published_date":"July 16th, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/DW?bg=5aa6d9\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/709e2a5a560cb6adb4da7419a0daf8fd.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Daniel Wilbur","indexable_body":"default, biller genie requires customers pay invoices full. can enable partial payments account level choose amount invoice total paying online. open control panel \u0026gt; customer defaults. set yes. click save settings. enabled, applies every invoice. per-customer per-invoice partial-payments toggle. see enabled portal public payment page, field edit. enter one cent full total. amount, remains remaining balance, reminders continue per normal cadence. apply autopay always pays amount. customer-initiated transactions chooses less related articles article 1957679 inside","name":"Allowing Partial Payments on Invoices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"allowing-partial-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-partial-payments?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"default, biller genie requires customers pay invoices full. can enable partial payments account level choose amount invoice total paying online. open control panel \u0026gt; customer defaults. set yes. click save settings. enabled, applies every invoice. per-customer per-invoice partial-payments toggle. see enabled portal public payment page, field edit. enter one cent full total. amount, remains remaining balance, reminders continue per normal cadence. apply autopay always pays amount. customer-initiated transactions chooses less related articles article 1957679 inside","categories":{"current":{"id":1366687,"name":"Payment Acceptance","url":"/payment-acceptance"}},"category_param":"payment-acceptance"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368784,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T20:35:07.000Z","tag_names":["penalty fees","late payment"],"answer_sample":"The Late Fee Manager automatically calculates and applies late fees to your invoi","long_answer_sample":"The Late Fee Manager automatically calculates and applies late fees to your invoices. In Biller Genie, an invoice is not considered late until it is 30 days past due. After the 30 days, late fees will be applied on a recurring 30 day schedule. Late fees can only be applied to current, existing invoices. From the Main Menu, navigate to the Add-Ons dr","language_id":1,"id":1957028,"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":"late fee manager automatically calculates applies fees invoices. biller genie, invoice considered 30 days past due. days, will applied recurring day schedule. can current, existing main menu, navigate the add-ons drop-down menu select the late manager. need installed the add-ons marketplace.   begin charging fees, configuration, toggle “late status” “active”. configure desired schedule, frequency, amount, customize terms \u0026amp; conditions meet needs. choose add memo field invoices, body reminders, included every invoice. booked new revenue account accounting software called \"biller genie finance charge\". refunding refund added invoice, software. open quickbooks online, desktop, xero, remove late-fee line item. next sync, picks removal clears copy keeping change side first preserves source truth. keep reapplying them, check configuration above. open, past-due continues accrue 30-day cadence paid, written off, voided","name":"Setup Late Fees","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setup-late-fees","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/setup-late-fees?from_search=236871668","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"late fee manager automatically calculates applies fees invoices. biller genie, invoice considered 30 days past due. days, will applied recurring day schedule. can current, existing main menu, navigate the add-ons drop-down menu select the late manager. need installed the add-ons marketplace.   begin charging fees, configuration, toggle “late status” “active”. configure desired schedule, frequency, amount, customize terms \u0026amp; conditions meet needs. choose add memo field invoices, body reminders, included every invoice. booked new revenue account accounting software called \"biller genie finance charge\". refunding refund added invoice, software. open quickbooks online, desktop, xero, remove late-fee line item. next sync, picks removal clears copy keeping change side first preserves source truth. keep reapplying them, check configuration above. open, past-due continues accrue 30-day cadence paid, written off, voided","categories":{"current":{"id":1368784,"name":"Features \u0026 Addons","url":"/features-and-addons"}},"category_param":"features-and-addons"}}]