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Automating unpaid invoice follow-up

Following up on invoices is the work no one wants to do and everyone puts off. It is also one of the automations whose impact can be measured most quickly.

The system

What the system does

The system reads your due dates from your billing tool, detects overdue invoices, and triggers a sequence of tiered follow-ups. You define the tone, frequency, and content of each stage: a courteous first reminder a few days after the due date is not worded the same way as a formal notice at sixty days.

The sensitive point is not sending the follow-up, but removing the invoice from the cycle. Following up with a customer who has already paid costs more than the invoice itself. The system therefore checks payment status before each send and immediately removes a paid invoice from the sequence.

You remain in control of sensitive cases through an exclusion list: accounts you prefer to handle yourself never enter the automated process.

Deliverables

What you receive

  • Due-date tracking, fed from your billing tool
  • Follow-up sequences, with stages and message templates
  • Payment verification before each send, and immediate removal from the cycle
  • An exclusion list for customers to be handled manually
  • A dashboard of outstanding receivables and follow-ups sent

When it makes sense

  • You have a regular volume of invoices and recurring late payments
  • Follow-ups currently depend on one person's availability
  • Your billing data is accessible through an online tool
  • You want a controlled tone rather than an improvised follow-up

When it does not make sense

  • You invoice a few customers per year, whom you call directly
  • Your invoices exist only in unstructured documents
  • The delay stems from a substantive dispute: it requires a conversation, not a follow-up
  • You expect legal debt collection action, which is a different line of work

Tools commonly used

n8nAirtableonline billing toolsemail

We prioritize connecting to your existing tools. This list adapts to your environment, not the other way around.

Frequently asked questions

About this service

Can the system send a formal notice?

It can send the message you have drafted and approved, at the stage you have defined. The legal classification of a letter and its consequences are your decision and, where appropriate, that of your legal counsel. We automate sending; we do not draft legal documents.

What happens if a customer pays between two follow-ups?

They are removed from the cycle immediately. This is the system's most important rule: payment status is checked before every send, not only when the sequence begins.

Can certain customers be kept out of the system?

Yes, through an exclusion list that you manage yourself. An account on that list never enters the automated process, regardless of how late the payment is.

First conversation

Is a repetitive process costing you time?

Describe it to us in a few lines: which process, how many times a week, and how many people it affects. We will respond with an initial assessment of what can be automated and what cannot.

Response within one business day · Quote after scoping · Confidential discussions