[{"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=237968275","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":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=237968275","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=237968275","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":1368778,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-24T14:51:16.328Z","tag_names":["xero features","xero limitations","xero vs quickbooks","xero feature parity","xero refunds","xero sales receipts","xero abr","xero projects","xero sub customers","xero contact groups","xero multi currency","xero draft invoice"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie integrates with Xero so your customers and invoices stay in sync bet","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie integrates with Xero so your customers and invoices stay in sync between the two systems automatically. That said, the Xero integration doesn't have full feature parity with Biller Genie's QuickBooks Online integration — some Biller Genie features that QBO users rely on aren't available on Xero. This article explains what syncs, what do","language_id":1,"id":3827354,"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 integrates xero customers invoices stay sync two systems automatically. said, integration full feature parity genie's quickbooks online — features qbo users rely available xero. article explains syncs, doesn't, manual workflows use automated. syncs share customer invoice data. table shows flows data → (contacts) ✓ ⚠ fees (late fees, technology added line items) items / system created chart accounts ✗ modified email addresses contact groups types synced payments payment records indirect (biller marks paid via fee/payment line) refunds sales receipts several work supported account connected important workflow, plan around limitation consider instead. workaround (credit memo sync) issue refund genie, record manually automatic batch reconciliation (abr) reconcile bank deposits (immediate-payment docs) immediate instead bill parent (parent pays sub-customer) manage sub-customer's billing individually sub-customers hierarchy limited projects appear sub-customers; see \"projects\" section auto-sync toggle ui webhook-driven real-time custom fields xero's built-in history resync (one-click) support auto open button (jump source) new tab attachment forwarding add attachments directly gap exists online's api exposes richer set entities (refund receipt, sub-customer hierarchy) map cleanly features. document model simpler example, treats just rather separate type. gaps technical (no equivalent), scope built version yet). matters complete integration. recording voids void transaction merchant, still back. keep books accurate, log locate for. click remove payment. reopens original outstanding balance. want fully credit customer, create note refunded amount apply (or leave account). known limitation. roadmap yet available. depend sync, better fit. \"sales receipt\" type calls receipt (an immediate-payment document) regular gets day issued. result similar; different. need syncing behavior (a distinct entity accounting software), option. xero, every paid; sales-receipt books. abr add-on automatically reconciles deposit batches feed online. merchants connected, removed add-ons marketplace entirely, automated reconciliation, feed, find deposit, match batch. \"bulk autopay\" report included makes easier. (xero's sub-customers) called projects. project linked (customer). projects, contact. relationship one level deep sub-projects supported. list syncing. show info icon next name. hovering name refers \"sub-customers,\" regardless whether creating tab. project. select (customer) associate dropdown. details save. runs (typically within seconds webhook, scheduled polling sync), appears associated must first. changing project's always contact; exist own. move different go overview. three-dot menu edit. dropdown save change. updates parent. limitations detached requires billing, reminders, autopay managed record. only. display works deep. turn contact, contact's portal view includes projects' invoices. . grouped contacts (wholesale, retail, etc.), can defaults them) sync. multi-currency supports invoicing certain plans, currently expose handling merchants. organization uses multiple currencies, amounts raw numbers without currency conversion cause inaccurate totals reporting genie. single-currency organizations fine. draft three statuses draft, authorised, paid. authorised (and later paid, voided, deleted) drafts skipped considered \"real\" vice versa), check invoice's status approve moves authorised. tax handles differently qbo, item explicit code. inferred posts taxable\" applies configured rate means calculated total per-line codes ui. late inherit setting fine-grained control per item, configure frequently asked questions showing recorded gateway), \"recording xero\" above. get or, critical switch (which abr). pay sub-customers' online-only feature. (sub-customer) autopay, reminders independently route parent's method. settings page. list, project, it. per-customer overrides things like configuration. optimized pattern picks up. primarily double-check appearing expected verify (draft vs. authorised) disconnect losing yes. disconnecting removes ↔ authorization leaves already-synced receive reconnect. related articles connect sub","name":"Using Xero in Biller Genie","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-xero-in-biller-genie","first_category":"Accounting Software","categories_display_for_views":"Accounting Software","parent_categories":[1368778],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/accounting-software/using-xero-in-biller-genie?from_search=237968275","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie integrates xero customers invoices stay sync two systems automatically. said, integration full feature parity genie's quickbooks online — features qbo users rely available xero. article explains syncs, doesn't, manual workflows use automated. syncs share customer invoice data. table shows flows data → (contacts) ✓ ⚠ fees (late fees, technology added line items) items / system created chart accounts ✗ modified email addresses contact groups types synced payments payment records indirect (biller marks paid via fee/payment line) refunds sales receipts several work supported account connected important workflow, plan around limitation consider instead. workaround (credit memo sync) issue refund genie, record manually automatic batch reconciliation (abr) reconcile bank deposits (immediate-payment docs) immediate instead bill parent (parent pays sub-customer) manage sub-customer's billing individually sub-customers hierarchy limited projects appear sub-customers; see \"projects\" section auto-sync toggle ui webhook-driven real-time custom fields xero's built-in history resync (one-click) support auto open button (jump source) new tab attachment forwarding add attachments directly gap exists online's api exposes richer set entities (refund receipt, sub-customer hierarchy) map cleanly features. document model simpler example, treats just rather separate type. gaps technical (no equivalent), scope built version yet). matters complete integration. recording voids void transaction merchant, still back. keep books accurate, log locate for. click remove payment. reopens original outstanding balance. want fully credit customer, create note refunded amount apply (or leave account). known limitation. roadmap yet available. depend sync, better fit. \"sales receipt\" type calls receipt (an immediate-payment document) regular gets day issued. result similar; different. need syncing behavior (a distinct entity accounting software), option. xero, every paid; sales-receipt books. abr add-on automatically reconciles deposit batches feed online. merchants connected, removed add-ons marketplace entirely, automated reconciliation, feed, find deposit, match batch. \"bulk autopay\" report included makes easier. (xero's sub-customers) called projects. project linked (customer). projects, contact. relationship one level deep sub-projects supported. list syncing. show info icon next name. hovering name refers \"sub-customers,\" regardless whether creating tab. project. select (customer) associate dropdown. details save. runs (typically within seconds webhook, scheduled polling sync), appears associated must first. changing project's always contact; exist own. move different go overview. three-dot menu edit. dropdown save change. updates parent. limitations detached requires billing, reminders, autopay managed record. only. display works deep. turn contact, contact's portal view includes projects' invoices. . grouped contacts (wholesale, retail, etc.), can defaults them) sync. multi-currency supports invoicing certain plans, currently expose handling merchants. organization uses multiple currencies, amounts raw numbers without currency conversion cause inaccurate totals reporting genie. single-currency organizations fine. draft three statuses draft, authorised, paid. authorised (and later paid, voided, deleted) drafts skipped considered \"real\" vice versa), check invoice's status approve moves authorised. tax handles differently qbo, item explicit code. inferred posts taxable\" applies configured rate means calculated total per-line codes ui. late inherit setting fine-grained control per item, configure frequently asked questions showing recorded gateway), \"recording xero\" above. get or, critical switch (which abr). pay sub-customers' online-only feature. (sub-customer) autopay, reminders independently route parent's method. settings page. list, project, it. per-customer overrides things like configuration. optimized pattern picks up. primarily double-check appearing expected verify (draft vs. authorised) disconnect losing yes. disconnecting removes ↔ authorization leaves already-synced receive reconnect. related articles connect sub","categories":{"current":{"id":1368778,"name":"Accounting Software","url":"/accounting-software"}},"category_param":"accounting-software"}},{"question":{"category_id":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:31:13.566Z","tag_names":["customer no longer active","deactivate customer","delete customer biller genie","inactive customer","reactivate customer","remove customer biller genie","send messages to inactive customers","soft delete customer","stop sending reminders one customer","sub-customer auto-flip bill with parent"],"answer_sample":"\"Deactivating\" a customer is the cleanest way to handle end-of-relationship situa","long_answer_sample":"\"Deactivating\" a customer is the cleanest way to handle end-of-relationship situations — when you're no longer doing business with someone and you want them off your active customer list, out of your reminder runs, and out of your reports going forward. It is not the right tool for \"I just want to stop sending payment reminders on one open invoice\" ","language_id":1,"id":3826908,"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":"\"deactivating\" customer cleanest way handle end-of-relationship situations — longer business someone want active list, reminder runs, reports going forward. right tool \"i just stop sending payment reminders one open invoice\" write past-due balance.\" article covers situations, explains exactly deactivation (and do) can use confidently call. heads up. true delete customers biller genie. deactivating sets inactive soft state stops outbound activity preserves historical record (invoices, payments, notes). reactivated time. truly removed, need accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), will propagate genie via sync hidden. goal billing, first billing customer\" fit deactivation. three correct paths depending actually stop. pick matches situation. to... chasing specific invoice off, mark uncollectible, refund duplicate, etc. void, delete, software. closed/written-off within minutes. 90% \"stop billing\" handled. emails permanently keeping otherwise (e.g. pays paper check emails) customer's \u0026gt; edit, turn send toggle, save. future specifically reports, portal. opt / late fees receipts without changing customer-wide settings invoice, click modify, toggle behaviors disabled off). reading options still deactivate entirely example, genuinely gone severed relationship read on. customers. edit. (red). update customer. now inactive. change immediate. set inactive, immediately email invoices. payments. paper-mail mail add-on enabled. autopay charges invoices (autopay attempts skipped customers). ends toggle. history. invoices, transactions, notes, audit trail preserved. close zero remain existing balance. see a/r aging report. closed, take action (void accounting-software sync. add new xero, continue trigger autopay. block manual actions. process manually merchant flag automation, access. revoke portal access, retain it. revoke, access record. side effect parent automatically un-link sub-customers bill turned on, flips every affected sub-customer. deactivation, sub-customer goes back billed independently (with email, stored method, behavior extent sub configured). later reactivate parent, re-enable resume rolling . escape hatch messages merchant-wide setting called ignores reminders, receipts, meaning receive like do. skip applies; messaging overridden. uncommon. case collect legacy actively serve, new-business pipeline.\" situation \"deactivated accident, keep flowing,\" instead. reactivating record, active, resumes immediately. previously deactivated auto-flipped sub-customers' subs re-enabled reactivation one-way. deleting expose remove xero). transactions void/delete next flagged hidden removed list. practical purposes, enough almost think stays filtered default customer-list view. related articles per-customer overrides fees, features merging duplicate records","name":"Deactivating a Customer","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"deleting-or-deactivating-a-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/deleting-or-deactivating-a-customer?from_search=237968275","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"\"deactivating\" customer cleanest way handle end-of-relationship situations — longer business someone want active list, reminder runs, reports going forward. right tool \"i just stop sending payment reminders one open invoice\" write past-due balance.\" article covers situations, explains exactly deactivation (and do) can use confidently call. heads up. true delete customers biller genie. deactivating sets inactive soft state stops outbound activity preserves historical record (invoices, payments, notes). reactivated time. truly removed, need accounting software (quickbooks online, quickbooks desktop, xero), will propagate genie via sync hidden. goal billing, first billing customer\" fit deactivation. three correct paths depending actually stop. pick matches situation. to... chasing specific invoice off, mark uncollectible, refund duplicate, etc. void, delete, software. closed/written-off within minutes. 90% \"stop billing\" handled. emails permanently keeping otherwise (e.g. pays paper check emails) customer's \u0026gt; edit, turn send toggle, save. future specifically reports, portal. opt / late fees receipts without changing customer-wide settings invoice, click modify, toggle behaviors disabled off). reading options still deactivate entirely example, genuinely gone severed relationship read on. customers. edit. (red). update customer. now inactive. change immediate. set inactive, immediately email invoices. payments. paper-mail mail add-on enabled. autopay charges invoices (autopay attempts skipped customers). ends toggle. history. invoices, transactions, notes, audit trail preserved. close zero remain existing balance. see a/r aging report. closed, take action (void accounting-software sync. add new xero, continue trigger autopay. block manual actions. process manually merchant flag automation, access. revoke portal access, retain it. revoke, access record. side effect parent automatically un-link sub-customers bill turned on, flips every affected sub-customer. deactivation, sub-customer goes back billed independently (with email, stored method, behavior extent sub configured). later reactivate parent, re-enable resume rolling . escape hatch messages merchant-wide setting called ignores reminders, receipts, meaning receive like do. skip applies; messaging overridden. uncommon. case collect legacy actively serve, new-business pipeline.\" situation \"deactivated accident, keep flowing,\" instead. reactivating record, active, resumes immediately. previously deactivated auto-flipped sub-customers' subs re-enabled reactivation one-way. deleting expose remove xero). transactions void/delete next flagged hidden removed list. practical purposes, enough almost think stays filtered default customer-list view. related articles per-customer overrides fees, features merging duplicate records","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"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=237968275","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":"2023-05-16T15:02:56.000Z","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=237968275","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":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=237968275","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"}}]