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I bill all of my customers on the last day of the month. Only two of them demand to pay me as I finish each cut the rest all mail me a check. It seems to be the best way to get paid, at least for this area.
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Could you bill the customers in advance? Have them pay at the beginning of the month?
Another idea is could you split up your customer list and bill have of them mid-month and the other half at the end of the month? That could help improve your cash flow. What's your thoughts on that?
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I have some clients that pay at the 1 st of the month. I do that as a probational period till I am sure that I can trust the client. I tell them this up front and they understand. All the others pay at the end of the month through an invoice system that mails out on the 1 st. Just like Justin they have a 15 day grace period till they are charged with a 20% late fee. In the years of doing this only 1 client had to pay the late fee.
If a client didn't pay for the service and it was going past the 15 days I would inform the client that service has stopped till payment is received. John |
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I bill at the beginning of each month for that months service. I give 14 days for them to pay the bill. All but one or two of my clients all pay by check and most of them mail them, but the odd one catches me when I stop.
One thing that has been very helpful for me and my customers has been that about 15% of them have given me post dated checks for about 6 months in advance. This has worked really well for me as I don't have to chase them down or worry about getting paid. I have mentioned this to any client who has commented about it being a pain to mail or catch me when I am there. For info purposes, 95% of my clients are seniors and they usually don't have trouble catching me when I stop ... course I usually see them everytime I am at their yard and have a short visit, some even spoil me with cookies to bring home. Got to love those ones! |
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We don't often talk about this payment option, how did you come up with this idea?
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Been awhile since i have had a chance to be on, but any way, I always get paid in advance if it is a cash customer or an annual agreement, one month in advance. then for the hard to get in touch with customer, this no matter what you talk with them when they hire you and find out what day are they home every month that you will be able to meet with them to arrange payment. they all are always home at a certain time of month for sure . Bill monthly getting one month in advance ( Using the gopher software makes it easy) then send out invoicesmonthly one month in advance. even cash customers collect a month in advance, if weekly cuts collect for the month of cuts if bi-weekly, then just collect for 2 cuts, you stay paid, if they dont pay for the next month because you cant get ahold of them dont cut and your not out anything, they will usally call saying my yard has not been cut, your reply, my bill has not been paid, lft several messages and did not hear back.
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You bill them? Invoices? Most of my people aren't on contracts. As I'm growing, I'm getting all my new people on contracts, do I need to start billing my customers an invoice? If so, how do I get them to pay on time without causing pressure and jeopardizing the business relationship? I'm a one man show right now, my time is tight. How do I fit a billing schedule/system into my routine seamlessly? What's the most convenient route? |
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