Send the invoice.
Get paid.
Move on.
You bill clients project by project. You want the invoice to take two minutes, the payment to land without a follow-up call, and the system to grow with you when you're ready.
Tuesday, May 14
Open Settle
4:14 PM
Type Acme Studios · $2,750 · 3 line items.
Draft ready
4:16 PM
Logo brand kit, revisions, full scope.
Sent
4:17 PM
Email to Sarah at Acme. Pay button inside.
Client viewed
6:42 PM
Tapped the email on her phone.
Paid
6:43 PM
$2,750 settling to your bank.
You already are a business
You don't need to act like one.
You already are one.
Your invoices, payment pages, reminders, and receipts all carry the same structure and polish that clients expect from larger businesses. From the first send, you look established.
No more undercharging because it feels awkward to send a polished invoice. No more delaying reminders because they feel pushy. Settle handles the appearance. You handle the work.
Invoice
Maya Wong Design
INV-1042 · Acme Studios
$2,750.00
Payment page
Maya Wong Design
Amount due
$2,750
Secured by Stripe
Reminder email
Maya Wong Design
A friendly reminder
“Hi Sarah, INV-1042 is due Friday. Let me know if you need anything.”
Receipt
Maya Wong Design
Paid
INV-1042 · May 28
$2,750.00
Thank you, Sarah.
A Tuesday afternoon
What invoicing actually looks like.
Real beats, real timestamps. Not feature bullets.
Mon
Brief arrives
Acme Studios wants a logo system. Scope agreed by email.
Fri
Work done
Three concept rounds delivered. Final files handed off.
Tue 4:14 PM
Open Settle
Type the amount, the client, line items. Two minutes.
Tue 4:17 PM
Send
Email goes out. Stripe pay button inside.
Tue 6:42 PM
Paid
Client tapped Pay on their phone. Funds settling to your bank.
Common questions
The things you actually Google.
Question
How do I look professional without paying for accounting software?
Your invoice carries your logo and (on paid plans) your colors. The payment page is hosted by Settle, but it carries your brand, not ours. Clients pay on a page that looks like yours.
Maya Wong Design
Amount due
$2,750.00
Question
How do I take card payments without setting up a merchant account?
Connect a Stripe account in two minutes. Every invoice you send carries a Stripe payment button. Card, ACH, Apple Pay, Google Pay. Funds settle to your bank in two business days.
$2,750
Amount due
Funds in 2 business days
Question
How do I chase payment without sounding pushy?
Settle handles the follow-up so you don't have to. Friendly before the due date, firmer after. Tone you choose, words you can edit. To clients, the reminders read like a professional billing system — not a freelancer asking for money.
Heads-up reminder
5 days before due
Friendly nudge
On due date
Quick check-in
Day 3 past due
Stages escalate. You stay yourself.
Question
Quarter-end shouldn't require detective work.
Every invoice and every payment lives in Settle. Search by client, date, amount, or status. Export to CSV anytime. What used to be a Saturday afternoon is now thirty seconds.
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PaidQuestion
What if I only send a few invoices a month?
Settle has a Free plan that fits low-volume work. You don't pay a subscription just to send four invoices. Stripe's standard processing fee applies when a client pays by card. That's it.
This month
3
invoices sent
Within Free plan limits
When you're ready
Solo today. More later.
You don't need everything Settle does on day one. The system is here when you grow.
When
When you worry about cash flow
Then
Open Cash Pulse
Know who pays fast, who drags things out, and what money is actually arriving this month.
Learn more →When
When you start hiring a sub-contractor
Then
Use Settle Intake
Your sub sends their bill through your branded link. Sanctions and fraud checks run automatically before it reaches you.
Learn more →When
When you start billing international clients
Then
Switch to multi-currency
Bill in EUR, GBP, CAD, INR, MXN, and 15+ more. Each invoice tracked in the currency the client expects.
When
When invoicing becomes routine
Then
Hand it to a Revenue agent
The agent drafts and sends invoices on your behalf, within your spending caps and recipient whitelist. You stay in control.
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