[{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:49.289Z","tag_names":["invoice not sending","customer says no invoice","invoice email not received","diagnose invoice delivery","was invoice emailed","invoice delivery indicator","invoice sent log","invoice email bounce","reminder not sending","inactive customer no reminders","opted out reminders","invoice email troubleshoot"],"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":"October 12th, 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 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 delivery record 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=243379574","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 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 delivery record 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":"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=243379574","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":515332,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T18:35:19.000Z","tag_names":["bill to parent","bill with parent","consolidated billing","display invoices with parent","paper mail bill with parent","parent customer","parent paper mail settings","parent rollup","qbd customer job","qbo job","quickbooks jobs","sub customer","sub-customer","sub customer autopay","sub-customer email inheritance","viewsubcustomersinvoices"],"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":"September 12th, 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. paper mail reminders. follows way email statements mailed, envelope goes mailing address. needs turned confirmed address file. check payments. captured mobile capture scanner applied across sub-customers' step. select processing open listed own, marked belongs gets payment record. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees paid, coming card late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), 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 magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip 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. 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 (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, 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. whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. 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 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, 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 capturing magtek reader 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=243379574","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. paper mail reminders. follows way email statements mailed, envelope goes mailing address. needs turned confirmed address file. check payments. captured mobile capture scanner applied across sub-customers' step. select processing open listed own, marked belongs gets payment record. pay. eligible autopay, system (autopay enabled, autopay-on-type, default method, threshold) determine charge. off, runs regardless record says. routing. still recorded database (the for), flow processing. payments processed using stored applies invoice. accounting software sees paid, coming card late fees. fees calculated \"owns\" overdue balance perspective), 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 magiccarpet never read written desktop. qbd-connected customer, directly bg. nothing appears itself, qbd-side override value. practical implication expect round-trip 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. 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 (or desktop), profile \"is sub-customer\". reads. wait sync manual sync). relationship genie, 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. whose want via 4. click edit profile. 5. section, parent, save. sync. 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 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, 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 capturing magtek reader supported accounting-software integrations","categories":{"current":{"id":515332,"name":"Customers \u0026 Jobs","url":"/customers"}},"category_param":"customers"}},{"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=243379574","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":1369273,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-05-15T19:02:46.000Z","tag_names":["customer portal","using customer portal","customer portal sign up","customer portal login","customer portal troubleshooting","portal access","pay invoice online","save card on file","customer self service","portal branding"],"answer_sample":"The Customer Portal is the self-service web page Biller Genie gives every one of ","long_answer_sample":"The Customer Portal is the self-service web page Biller Genie gives every one of your customers. When they receive an invoice, the email contains a button that opens the portal, where they can view what they owe, pay it, save a card on file, set up autopay, request a payment plan, and download receipts and statements. This article explains what the ","language_id":1,"id":1956892,"last_published_date":"October 26th, 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 portal self-service web page biller genie gives every one customers. receive invoice, email contains button opens portal, can view owe, pay it, save card file, set autopay, request payment plan, download receipts statements. article explains looks like, customers control features available. open invoices. clean list unpaid invoice amount, due date, button. invoice. credit card, ach (bank transfer), apm (alternative methods like paypal) depending enabled. multiple invoices once. select several open-invoice single checkout. partial amounts. enabled payments, amount total. see payments inside . bank account file. one-click reuse next payment. enroll autopay. agrees automatic charging future saved method. customer-enabled auto plan. plans, submits approve takes effect. paid receipts. full history going back joined genie. update contact info. name, address, — controllable per-customer (you decide self-edit). inviting reach access link (covered section). send separate invitation lets permanent username password. useful wants log directly, manage stored methods, want ready use first ships. find public url go add-ons → shown there. share website, signatures, anywhere else might directly. install marketplace. free, just enable account. personal [the customer] tab. never invited (or resend), click invitation. subject \"welcome portal\" includes clicks second sent confirm address. confirmation link, chosen says got verify address customer's profile matches inbox checking, look spam folder. welcome comes noreply@billergenie.com. registered check completed registration, run report. reports report fields show registration status. register create sends directly portal. behind scenes, generates secure token per customer; authenticates via token. \"permanent\" login, invite password required actions managing methods. person manages accounts (an accountant handling clients, property manager parent sub-customer setup, etc.), login customer-switcher dropdown. sub switcher works parent/sub relationships quickbooks shape experience. sign (rather relying emails), complete short sign-up flow. gets triggered experience email. locates noreply@billergenie.com \"click reset password.\" page, enters password, up. match to. choose profile. associated with; continue. records, described login. email\" verify. accept user agreement. reads immediately signed in. sign-up, return anytime logging created. troubleshooting walk four checks status \"active\" deactivated record flag. trying must exact (case-insensitive), field. fix different. add-on still showing \"installed\" marketplace accidentally uninstalled. tried \"forgot password\" fastest problems forgot-password flow reset. pass in, subscriber success error message seeing. controlling controlled two places portal-level controls sit wider customer-defaults stack setting global defaults (account-wide baseline), type (per-type overrides), overrides (one-off exceptions). available default (allow cc, allow ach, etc.). specific (turn customer, plans few, portal-specific matter actually logs live section edit email, add remove cards file change auto-pay settings enroll/unenroll autopay notification edits get notified make changes branding carries business's branding. logo, colors, business name appear header templates. configure panel \u0026gt; saves account, stays reused designate method default. pci-tokenized stores raw numbers. merchant side, record. mark outright (useful asks \"delete old file\"). happens pays details selects method) pay. processes configured gateway. marked paid, recorded sales receipt emailed customer. syncs accounting software (quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet) sync, books automatically. failure shows decline reason keeps form. saved, turned on, receipt. transaction try again. merge tags personalizing invitations links sets ones drop working messenger reminders templates (so straight them), portal-invitation (when manually login). supported accounting-software integrations payment, void, refund online, (magiccarpet), xero sync side. used template {customerportallink} pay-now link. important tag meant drive {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. great statement reminder pull without first. (see store ), template. supports smaller {customerfirstname} name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank. {customerlastname} last note context regular {dbaname} dba (the know by). customer-portal pages templated messages (emails, paper mail). browse real data moment viewing, templating involved. lead inventory shared across (customer info, late fees, currency formatting rules), using frequently asked questions need registering. creation optional needed (managing viewing history). fine. https-only, gateway (biller numbers), tokens unique expire extended inactivity. logins strong-password requirements two-factor authentication quick (1) with, (2) (paid voided session). worst case, resend manual fresh yes load exactly would. verifying everything right big batch related articles reminders,","name":"Using the Customer Portal","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"using-the-customer-portal","first_category":"The Customer Portal","categories_display_for_views":"The Customer Portal","parent_categories":[1369273],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/customer-portal/using-the-customer-portal?from_search=243379574","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"customer portal self-service web page biller genie gives every one customers. receive invoice, email contains button opens portal, can view owe, pay it, save card file, set autopay, request payment plan, download receipts statements. article explains looks like, customers control features available. open invoices. clean list unpaid invoice amount, due date, button. invoice. credit card, ach (bank transfer), apm (alternative methods like paypal) depending enabled. multiple invoices once. select several open-invoice single checkout. partial amounts. enabled payments, amount total. see payments inside . bank account file. one-click reuse next payment. enroll autopay. agrees automatic charging future saved method. customer-enabled auto plan. plans, submits approve takes effect. paid receipts. full history going back joined genie. update contact info. name, address, — controllable per-customer (you decide self-edit). inviting reach access link (covered section). send separate invitation lets permanent username password. useful wants log directly, manage stored methods, want ready use first ships. find public url go add-ons → shown there. share website, signatures, anywhere else might directly. install marketplace. free, just enable account. personal [the customer] tab. never invited (or resend), click invitation. subject \"welcome portal\" includes clicks second sent confirm address. confirmation link, chosen says got verify address customer's profile matches inbox checking, look spam folder. welcome comes noreply@billergenie.com. registered check completed registration, run report. reports report fields show registration status. register create sends directly portal. behind scenes, generates secure token per customer; authenticates via token. \"permanent\" login, invite password required actions managing methods. person manages accounts (an accountant handling clients, property manager parent sub-customer setup, etc.), login customer-switcher dropdown. sub switcher works parent/sub relationships quickbooks shape experience. sign (rather relying emails), complete short sign-up flow. gets triggered experience email. locates noreply@billergenie.com \"click reset password.\" page, enters password, up. match to. choose profile. associated with; continue. records, described login. email\" verify. accept user agreement. reads immediately signed in. sign-up, return anytime logging created. troubleshooting walk four checks status \"active\" deactivated record flag. trying must exact (case-insensitive), field. fix different. add-on still showing \"installed\" marketplace accidentally uninstalled. tried \"forgot password\" fastest problems forgot-password flow reset. pass in, subscriber success error message seeing. controlling controlled two places portal-level controls sit wider customer-defaults stack setting global defaults (account-wide baseline), type (per-type overrides), overrides (one-off exceptions). available default (allow cc, allow ach, etc.). specific (turn customer, plans few, portal-specific matter actually logs live section edit email, add remove cards file change auto-pay settings enroll/unenroll autopay notification edits get notified make changes branding carries business's branding. logo, colors, business name appear header templates. configure panel \u0026gt; saves account, stays reused designate method default. pci-tokenized stores raw numbers. merchant side, record. mark outright (useful asks \"delete old file\"). happens pays details selects method) pay. processes configured gateway. marked paid, recorded sales receipt emailed customer. syncs accounting software (quickbooks online desktop magiccarpet) sync, books automatically. failure shows decline reason keeps form. saved, turned on, receipt. transaction try again. merge tags personalizing invitations links sets ones drop working messenger reminders templates (so straight them), portal-invitation (when manually login). supported accounting-software integrations payment, void, refund online, (magiccarpet), xero sync side. used template {customerportallink} pay-now link. important tag meant drive {customerstatementlink} direct download/view statement. great statement reminder pull without first. (see store ), template. supports smaller {customerfirstname} name. renders \"sir/ma'am\" blank. {customerlastname} last note context regular {dbaname} dba (the know by). customer-portal pages templated messages (emails, paper mail). browse real data moment viewing, templating involved. lead inventory shared across (customer info, late fees, currency formatting rules), using frequently asked questions need registering. creation optional needed (managing viewing history). fine. https-only, gateway (biller numbers), tokens unique expire extended inactivity. logins strong-password requirements two-factor authentication quick (1) with, (2) (paid voided session). worst case, resend manual fresh yes load exactly would. verifying everything right big batch related articles reminders,","categories":{"current":{"id":1369273,"name":"The Customer Portal","url":"/customer-portal"}},"category_param":"customer-portal"}},{"question":{"category_id":1368782,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2026-05-22T17:30:54.960Z","tag_names":["receipts biller genie","merchant receipt","customer receipt","send receipts","email merchant receipts","suppress receipts","resend receipt","receipt branding","transaction receipt","autopay receipt","route receipts to accountant","multiple recipient receipts","receipt for ach","receipt timing","paid invoice email"],"answer_sample":"Every payment processed through Biller Genie can produce two emails: a customer r","long_answer_sample":"Every payment processed through Biller Genie can produce two emails: a customer receipt (the person who paid) and a merchant receipt (your own staff inbox). Whether each one actually goes out is controlled by three independent toggles. This article walks through the toggles, when receipts fire, and how to route them. When receipts fire Receipts fire","language_id":1,"id":3826882,"last_published_date":"October 26th, 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 payment processed biller genie can produce two emails customer receipt (the person paid) merchant (your staff inbox). whether one actually goes controlled three independent toggles. article walks toggles, receipts fire, route them. fire transaction creation time moment successfully authorizes writes record. true manual one-off payments (virtual terminal, processing invoice portal) customer-driven (paying portal via link) autopay charges bulk pay flows captured checks (rdc mobile check capture) paypal makes declined, get receipt; still copy. declined charge sends know another way. wait funding. ach takes 3 5 business days settle, sent day created. later rejects, follow-up \"receipt cancellation\" email sent. instead, reopens rejection appears rejected transactions report . toggles decide sending decided control different scope toggle set controls (org level) panel \u0026gt; settings \"email receipts\" copy ever account. (customer record \"send specific gets receipt. (per transaction) form receipt\" checkbox (overrides customer-level setting downward, suppress single payment). copies require valid recipient file needs least address field settings. customer's contact turned receipts. address(es) page. accepts multiple addresses separated commas semicolons. list receives routing inboxes native way send inbox inbox. example, say credit card billing@ operations@.\" all-or-nothing. need split, common workarounds distribution like billing@yourcompany.com, use rules provider (gmail filters, outlook rules) split inbound stream based subject line body content. alias (gmail's + aliases, fan-out provider) there. paid working together per-customer flag default new customers. explicitly told want receipts, example high-volume b2b whose accounting team data software sync instead. per-transaction form. defaults flag. useful suppression, refunding duplicate notified separately, internal write-off. send, must process email, regardless branding logo site primary color configured setup share template. differences salutation. sender's name come custom domain , envelope domain, better deliverability trust. scenarios \"this open off. will receive reminders (a type). post-payment suppressed. \"my flooded either turn settings, add filter auto-archives folder (so searchable main inside covers information, case prefer look demand. \"i go accountant\" accountant's comma-separated email. going forward. \"a says order checked ask spam/junk search \"biller genie\" missing, see troubleshooting support@billergenie.com name, date, amount, delivered. resend (or invoice's list), click resend-receipt action detail alternate point original recipient's changed. related articles configure general domains","name":"Receipts in Biller Genie: Customer and Merchant Copy","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"receipts-customer-and-merchant-copy","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/receipts-customer-and-merchant-copy?from_search=243379574","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"every payment processed biller genie can produce two emails customer receipt (the person paid) merchant (your staff inbox). whether one actually goes controlled three independent toggles. article walks toggles, receipts fire, route them. fire transaction creation time moment successfully authorizes writes record. true manual one-off payments (virtual terminal, processing invoice portal) customer-driven (paying portal via link) autopay charges bulk pay flows captured checks (rdc mobile check capture) paypal makes declined, get receipt; still copy. declined charge sends know another way. wait funding. ach takes 3 5 business days settle, sent day created. later rejects, follow-up \"receipt cancellation\" email sent. instead, reopens rejection appears rejected transactions report . toggles decide sending decided control different scope toggle set controls (org level) panel \u0026gt; settings \"email receipts\" copy ever account. (customer record \"send specific gets receipt. (per transaction) form receipt\" checkbox (overrides customer-level setting downward, suppress single payment). copies require valid recipient file needs least address field settings. customer's contact turned receipts. address(es) page. accepts multiple addresses separated commas semicolons. list receives routing inboxes native way send inbox inbox. example, say credit card billing@ operations@.\" all-or-nothing. need split, common workarounds distribution like billing@yourcompany.com, use rules provider (gmail filters, outlook rules) split inbound stream based subject line body content. alias (gmail's + aliases, fan-out provider) there. paid working together per-customer flag default new customers. explicitly told want receipts, example high-volume b2b whose accounting team data software sync instead. per-transaction form. defaults flag. useful suppression, refunding duplicate notified separately, internal write-off. send, must process email, regardless branding logo site primary color configured setup share template. differences salutation. sender's name come custom domain , envelope domain, better deliverability trust. scenarios \"this open off. will receive reminders (a type). post-payment suppressed. \"my flooded either turn settings, add filter auto-archives folder (so searchable main inside covers information, case prefer look demand. \"i go accountant\" accountant's comma-separated email. going forward. \"a says order checked ask spam/junk search \"biller genie\" missing, see troubleshooting support@billergenie.com name, date, amount, delivered. resend (or invoice's list), click resend-receipt action detail alternate point original recipient's changed. related articles configure general domains","categories":{"current":{"id":1368782,"name":"Control Panel \u0026 Settings","url":"/settings-and-account"}},"category_param":"settings-and-account"}}]