Invoice Crowd Payments lets a client settle an invoice the moment they open it. Configure an eligible merchant connection and offer only the options supported for that invoice; settlement is recorded after the provider-specific verification succeeds.
What is inside
Online payment is a setting on your account rather than a separate service. Choose what you accept, connect it once, and the option appears on every invoice you send.
Choose, connect, collect
Start by deciding how you want to be paid. PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay and Airwallex are all available, and you can offer one of them or several. Whatever you switch on is what a client sees when they open an invoice, so the choice stays yours rather than the processor's.
Connecting a processor is a matter of adding your own account details in settings. From then on the money moves between your client and your merchant account; Invoice Crowd records the payment and marks the invoice as settled. Funds reach your bank on the processor's usual payout schedule.
Nothing for the client to install
The invoice the client receives carries its payment options on the page, so reading the bill and starting the payment happen in one place. Pay opens the processor's own secure checkout, so card details go to the processor, not to you, and never sit in your invoicing account.
Behind the processors sit the cards people actually use, Visa and Mastercard among them. Invoice Crowd adds nothing on top of what your processor charges, so the fee you pay is the one you agreed with them and the amount on the invoice is the amount your client owes.
The chasing happens without you
Reminders go out on a schedule you set, before the due date and after it, and a late fee can be applied automatically when a bill goes past due. Recurring invoices raise and send themselves. You choose how much of this runs on its own and how much you do by hand.
Each payment is written against the invoice it settles and kept in the account, so the history of what was paid, when and through which processor is there months later. The same entries feed your income reports and your ledger, which means the books do not need a second pass.
Also included
None of this is charged as an extra. It sits in the same account as the invoices, the clients and the books.
Set when each amount falls due so a long job is billed in stages rather than one lump.
Money collected through your processor settles into your bank account on its normal payout cycle.
The major card brands are accepted through the processors you connect to your account.
Connect any of the supported configured processors, from PayPal and Stripe to Payoneer and Braintree.
Invoices that repeat on a cycle collect payment the same way a one-off invoice does.
Nudges go to the client before a due date and again once an invoice is overdue.
Bill a client in their currency while your own reporting stays in your base currency.
Clients sign in to see what they owe, what they paid and download their invoices.
Sell a product from a shareable link when there is no invoice to attach it to.
Payments received feed the income and aged debt reports without any re-keying.
Card data goes to the payment processor; your invoicing account never stores it.
Every invoice keeps the payments made against it, so the balance is never in doubt.
Questions
They open the invoice you sent and press Pay. The payment options you switched on are listed on the invoice itself, and they do not need an Invoice Crowd account to pay.
PayPal, Stripe, Razorpay and Airwallex are the ones most accounts start with, and Square, Payoneer, Braintree, Authorize.net, GoCardless, PayFast, PayTabs, Telr and M-Pesa are supported too. Between them they cover the major card brands, including Visa and Mastercard. You decide which of them appear on an invoice. The free plan includes PayPal and Payment note; the other gateways need a paid plan.
You connect your own eligible merchant account. Processor fees, Invoice Crowd plan charges and any other applicable terms should be confirmed from the current provider and pricing pages before use.
The payment is recorded against that invoice straight away and the outstanding balance drops by the amount received. You are notified, the client gets confirmation, and the entry carries through to your income reports and ledger without being typed again.
Yes. Reminders can be scheduled before and after the due date, late fees can be applied to overdue invoices at a rate you set, and recurring invoices go out on their own cycle. Turn on as much or as little of it as suits you.
The transaction is handled by the processor you connected, not by Invoice Crowd, so card numbers are entered on their side and are never stored in your invoicing account. What comes back is the record of the payment: amount, date and method.
Connect a processor once and the option travels with every invoice you send, along with the reminders, the payment confirmations and the record in your books.
